FOURTH PERIODIC TEST

Statistics and Probability - Grade 11

SECOND SEMESTER*ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023

Instructions:
1. Read and answer each item carefully.
2. You are given 1.5 hours to complete the examination.
3. LATE SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Read each statement carefully. Choose the correct answer. (R x 1).

1. According to the Central Limit Theorem, For a sample to be large enough, the sample size should
be ______?
A. at most 100 C. at least 30
B. half of the population D. 75% of the population size
2. Which of the following symbols describes the population mean?
A. µ C. 𝑛
B. 𝑥 D. σ
3. What is the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean with a sample size of 30.
Given: µ = 50, σ = 5
A. 50 C. 25
B. 20 D. 5
4. What is the other term for t-distribution?
A. Percentile distribution C. Probability distribution
B. Student's t-distribution D. Normal Distribution
5. It is a value in the t-distribution that is less than the probability of the given percentage.
A. degrees of freedom C. Percentile
B. right-tailed value D. T-value
6. What is needed in order to identify a percentile using the t-table?
A. degrees of freedom only
B. degrees of freedom and given percentage
C. degrees of freedom and area to the left tail of the t-distribution
D. degrees of freedom and area to the right tail of the t-distribution
7. What is the degree of freedom of the data whose sample size is 18?
A. 20 C. 19
B. 18 D. 17
8. An IQ test was given to a simple random sample of 75 students at a certain college. The sample
mean score was 105.2. Scores on this test are known to have a standard deviation of 10. It is
desired to construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean IQ scores of the students at the
college. What is the sample mean?
A. 10 C. 0.90
B. 75 D. 105.2
9. What is the confidence coefficient for a 90% confidence interval?
A. 1.44 C. 1.96
B. 1.75 D. 1.645
10. If the area of the unshaded part of the t-distribution is 0.85, what is the area of the shaded
region?
A. 0.15 C. 0.25
B. 0.75 D. 0.85
11. If the confidence level is 95%, what is the significance level or α?
A. 95% C. 90%
B. 10% D. 5%
12. It is a proposed explanation, assertion, or assumption about a population parameter or about
the distribution of a random variable.
A. Decision C. Statistics
B. Hypothesis D. Probability
13. Which describes an alternative hypothesis using a two-tailed test?
A. 𝐻𝑎: µ = 100 C. 𝐻𝑎: µ ≠ 100
B. 𝐻𝑎: µ > 100 D. 𝐻𝑎: µ < 100
14. When is a type 1 error committed?
A. We reject a null hypothesis that is false.
B. We reject a null hypothesis that is true.
C. We fail to reject a null hypothesis that is true.
D. We fail to reject a null hypothesis that is false.
15. When is a type 2 error committed?
A. We reject a null hypothesis that is false.
B. We reject a null hypothesis that is true.
C. We fail to reject a null hypothesis that is true.
D. We fail to reject a null hypothesis that is false.
16. If the computed z-value is 2.015 and the critical value is 1.833, which of the following statements
could be true?
A. It lies in the rejection region, 𝐻𝑜 must be rejected.
B. It lies in the rejection region, we failed to reject 𝐻𝑜.
C. It lies in the non-rejection region, 𝐻𝑜 must be rejected.
D. It lies in the non-rejection region, we failed to reject 𝐻𝑜.

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17. Using a left-tailed test, which of the computed z-values falls in the rejection region where the
critical value is -1.725?
A. 𝑧𝑐 =− 1. 700 C. 𝑧𝑐 =− 1. 715
B. 𝑧𝑐 =− 1. 724 D. 𝑧𝑐 =− 1. 728
18. What is the critical value in the one-tailed test with 5% level of significance and a sample size of
19?
A. 1.734 C. 2.101
B. 2.567 D. 2.898
19. Given: n=130, σ = 25, level of confidence is 92%. What is the margin of error in the given data?
𝐸 = 𝑧α/2 ( )
σ
𝑛
A. 3.73 C. 3.84
B. 3.99 D. 4.25
20. How does the margin of error and sample size affect one another? (Assume that the other
factors are constant)
A. A smaller sample size reduces the margin of error.
B. A higher margin of error requires a larger sample size.
C. A lower margin of error requires a larger sample size.
D. A small sample size results in a lower margin of error.
21. What would be the correlation between study time and test scores?
A. Positive C. No correlation
B. Negative D. cannot be determined
22. Teachers noticed that the students' dialect affects their pronunciation. What type of data is
illustrated in the given situation.
A. Analysis C. Multivariate
B. Bivariate D. Univariate
23. What is the variable in the situation? “ Jake, a STEM student, was tasked to conduct a survey on
the number of hours spent in playing online games.”
A. Conducting a survey C. Playing mobile games
B. Hours spent in playing online games D. STEM student
24. What type of correlation (association? “ The outside temperature and the number of layers you
wear.”
A. Negative C. Strong
B. Positive D. Weak
25. A statistical method used to determine whether a relationship between two variables exist.
A. Correlation C. t-test
B. Regression D. z-test

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 26. When experimenting with the growth of the plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type)
plants to two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal amounts of water. What type of variable
is fertilizer?
A. Compound C. Dependent
B. Control D. Independent
27. A study was done to find if the different tire treads affect braking distance of a car. What is the
dependent variable?
A. Braking distance C. A car
B. Tire treads D. The driver
28. Which Pearson coefficient is considered having the weakest correlation?
A. -0.1 C. -0.45
B. -098 D. -0.18
29. An ornithologist, a person who studies every aspect of birds, found that the correlation
coefficient r between wing length and tail length of 12 different species of birds was 0.43. What
conclusion can be drawn from the result?
A. A bird with longer wing length has a shorter tail length.
B. A bird with shorter wing length has longer tail length.
C. A bird with longer wing length has longer tail length.
D. There is no correlation between bird wing length and tail length.
30. In graphing the scatter plot, where do you plot the dependent variable?
A. Origin C. y-axis
B. x-axis D. z-axis

31-32. A sample size of n = 64 is drawn from a population whose standard deviation is σ = 5.6.Find the
margin of error for a 99% confidence level. 𝐸 = 𝑧α/2 ( ) σ
𝑛
A. 1.799 C. 1.798
B. 1.806 D. 1.308

For numbers 33-36: Given: 90% confidence level, σ = 3. 5, and E = 0.5

33-34. What is the confidence coefficient or critical value?
A. 1.645 C. 1.960
B. 2.20 D. 2.58
(𝑧α/2) σ 2
35-36. What is the appropriate sample size? 𝑛 = ⎡⎢ 𝐸
⎤
⎥
⎣ ⎦
A. 131 C. 132
B. 133 D. 134

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II. Problem Solving:
Direction: Solve the following problems and choose the best answer. (R x 1)

Problem #1: A survey of 200 Senior High School learners shows that they read on average 18.5 hours per
week with a margin of error of 2.2 hours at a 95% confidence level.

37-38. What is the sample mean?

A. 200 C. 18.5
B. 15.7 D. 2.2
39-40. Which of the following values is the margin of error? 𝐸 = 𝑧α/2 ( )σ
𝑛
A. 15.7 C. 0.95
B. 2.2 D. 0.05
41-42. Which of the following intervals is the confidence interval?
A. (18.5, 17.9) C. (135, 179)
B. (14.75, 16.65) D. (16.3, 20.7)
43-44. What is the upper limit of the interval?
A. 20.7 C.. 16.3
B. 17.9 D. 18.7

Problem #2: The manager of a certain TV station claimed that the average rating of people watching
their noontime teleserye in Manila is 62.5. A researcher randomly selected 25 people and asked them
their favorite noontime teleserye. He computed the mean and obtained 67.8 with standard deviation of
15.9. Is there a reason to believe that the manager is correct? Use 0.01 as the level of significance.

45-46. What is the sample mean 𝑥 ?

A. 67.8 C.. 62.5
B. 15.9 D. 0.01
47-48. What is the population mean σ ?
A. 67.8 C. 62.5
B. 15.9 D. 25
49-50. What is the critical value?
A. 0.01 C. 24
B. 1.667 D. 2.797
51-52. What is the null and alternative hypothesis?
A. 𝐻𝑜: µ = 62. 5, 𝐻𝑎: µ > 62. 5
B. 𝐻𝑜: µ = 62. 5, 𝐻𝑎: µ < 62. 5
C. 𝐻𝑜: µ = 62. 5, 𝐻𝑎: µ ≠ 62. 5
D. 𝐻𝑜: µ ≥ 62. 5, 𝐻𝑎: µ > 62. 5
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 𝑥
53-54. What is the computed t-value? 𝑡 = 𝑠
𝑛

A. 0.01 C. 24
B. 1.667 D. 2.797
55-56. Where does the computed t-value fall?
A. Rejection region C. Right tail
B. Non-rejection region D. Left tail

57-58. What is the range of the rejection region?

A. 𝑡 ≥ 2. 797 C. 𝑡 ≤− 2. 797
B. 𝑡 ≤ 2. 797 D. 𝑡 ≥− 2. 797

59-60. What is the decision based on the computed t-value?

A. Rejection region, reject null hypothesis
B. Rejection region, fail to reject null hypothesis
C. Non-Rejection region, fail to reject null hypothesis
D. Non-Rejection region, reject null hypothesis

Prepared by:

MS. CORAZON TRAJICO-DUNGAO

MR. RONJHUN MARAVILLA
MR. JEFFREY DE BELEN
Senior High School Faculty

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