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Department of Education
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SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF DINAGAT ISLANDS
PLARIDEL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Plaridel, Libjo, Dinagat Islands

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

Grade 11 - Archimedes

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Choose a letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is a discrete random variable?

A. The number of patients in a hospital
B. The average weight of female athletes
C. The average amount of electricity consumed.
D. The amount of paint used in repainting a building.
2. If two coins are tossed, which is not a possible value of the random variable for the number of
heads?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
3. Which of the following is not a true statement?
A. The value of a random variable could be zero.
B. The probability of the value of a random variable could be zero.
C. The sum of all the probabilities in a probability distribution is always equal to one.
D. Random variables can only have one value.
4. Which formula gives the probability distribution shown by the table?
X 2 3 6

P(x) ½ 1/3 1/6

1
A. P(x) =
x
x
B. P(x) =
6
6
C. P(x) =
x
1
D. P(x) =
6
x
5. If P(x) = , what are the possible values of X for it to be a probability distribution?
6
A. 0,2,3 B. 1,1,2 C. 1,2,3 D. 2,3,4

For number 6-8, refer to the probability distribution shown below.

X 0 1 2 3

P(x) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8

6. What is the mean of the probability distribution?

A. 1.2 B. 1.5 C. 1.6 D. 1.8
7. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 0.50 B. 0.75 C. 1.00 D. 1.25
8. What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?
A. 0.71 B. 0.87 C. 1.00 D. 1.12
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For numbers 9-10, refer to the probability distribution shown below.

X 0 2 4 6 8

P(x) 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5

9. What is the mean of the probability distribution?

A. 1.5 B. 2.0 C. 3.5 D. 4.0
10. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 4.15 B. 6.35 C. 7.50 D. 8.00
11. Which of the following is an example of continuous random variable?
A. The number of books in the library
B. The lifetime in hours of 15 flashlights
C. The number if tourist each day in a museum
D. The weight of Grade 1 pupils
12. If a normal distribution has a mean of 35 and a standard deviation of 10, then
A. the median is 45 and the mode is 25.
B. the median is 35 and the mode is 45.
C. the median is 25 and the mode is 45.
D. the median is 35 and the mode is 35.
13. Find the probability P(0 < z < 1.67), using the standard normal distribution.
A. 35.54% B. 42.07% C. 45.25% D. 45.54%
14. Which of the following properties distinguishes the standard normal distribution from other normal
distributions?
A. The mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 1.
B. The total area under the curve is equal to 1.00.
C. The mean is located at the center of the distribution.
D. The curve is continuous.
15. Find the probability P(0.16 < z < 1.23) using the standard normal distribution.
A. 0.8271 B. 0.3600 C. 0.6729 D. 0.3271
16. Find the area under the standard normal curve to the left of z = 1.5.
A. 0.4332 B. 0.9332 C. 0.4666 D. 0.0668
17. In a standard normal distribution, what z value corresponds to 17% of the data between the mean
and the z value?
A. 0.44
B. 1.25
C. 2.10
D. 0.52
18. Find the z value that corresponds to the given area.
A. 0.07
B. 1.23
C. 1.46
D. –1.46
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19. One normal curve has a mean of 24 and a standard deviation of 3. A second normal curve has a
mean of 3 and a standard deviation of 24. The curve that is more dispersed, or spread out, is
A. Neither, by definition, a normal curve shows no spread.
B. both; they are equally spread out.
C. the second normal curve.
D. the first normal curve.
20. Find the z value that corresponds to the given area.
A. –0.22
B. 1.33
C. –0.51
D. 0.41
21. Which choice is another term that can be used to describe a normal
distribution:
A. bell curve.
B. independent variable.
C. negatively or positively skewed.
D. discrete distribution.
22. For a normal distribution curve with a mean of 15 and a standard deviation of 5, which range of the
variable defines an area under the curve corresponding to a probability of approximately 68%?
A. from 12.5 to 17.5 C. from 5 to 25
B. from 10 to 20 D. from 15 to 25
23. The number of standard deviations a particular X value is from the mean is commonly referred to
as___.
A. µ
B. p(x)
C. σ 2
D. z
24. Identify the type of distribution pattern that occurs when the majority of the data values fall to the left
of the mean?
A. negatively skewed.
B. left skewed.
C. positively skewed.
D. Symmetrical.
25. Find the z-score for which the area to the right is 0.27. 2
A. 0.82 B. 0.52 C. 0.34 D. 0.61
26. Which of the following is an example of a discrete random variable?
A. Age C. Number of siblings
B. Height of a tree D. Weight of a kid
27. How would you differentiate between discrete random variable and continuous random variable?
A. Discrete RV values usually arise from measurements while continuous RV arises from counting.
B. Discrete RV values usually arise from counting while continuous while continuous RV arises
from measurements.
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C. Continuous RV can be represented in whole numbers while Discrete RV cannot.

D. Continuous RV and Discrete RV can be represented in decimal.

28. In an experiment of tossing three coins, how many elements are there in sample space?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 10
29. Which of the following is a property of a probability distribution?
A. The sum of the probabilities of a random variable must be equal to zero.
B. The sum of the probabilities of a random variable must be equal to one.
C. The sum of the probabilities of a random variable can be greater than one.
D. The sum of the probabilities of a random variable can be equal to a negative.
30. How would you clarify the meaning of expected value?
A. Expected value is the mean of the discrete random variable.
B. Expected value is the variance of the discrete random variable.
C. Expected value is the standard deviation of the discrete random variable.
D. Expected value is the square of sigma of the discrete random variable.
31. How would you solve the mean of the problem?
A. Getting the square of the standard deviation which is the measure of how close the random
variable is to the mean.
B. Computing the sum of the products of possible outcomes of x and its percent probability of
occurrence.
C. The variable of the discrete random variable is given by the formula.
D. Solving the probability that a random variable will have an outcome.
32. How would you describe the variance of a discrete random variance?
A. Getting the sum of the products of possible outcomes of x and its percent probability of
occurrence.
B. Computing the square of the standard deviation which is the measure of how close the random
variable is to mean.
C. The variance of a continuous random variable x is denoted by σ 2 .
D. The variance of discrete random variable x is the square root of mean.
33. What can you say about sampling distribution?
A. It is a numerical value that summarizes the sample data.
B. It is a numerical value that summarizes the data of an entire population.
C. It is the complete information about the population.
D. It is the distribution of values of the statistics for all possible samples of the same size from the
same population.
34. What is a parameter?
A. It is a numerical value that summarizes the data of an entire population.
B. It is a numerical value that summarizes the sample data.
C. It is a technique used to gather data.
D. It is the complete information about the sample.
35. A sample of 237 college students has an average monthly allowance of P4, 350. In the statement,
what is the sample?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
36. A group of 1000 students took an achievement test. The scores have a normal distribution and the
population mean and variance of the scores are 85 and 9, respectively. Express the sampling
distribution of the sample mean of the scores with a sample size of 36.
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A. The sampling distribution of the sample mean of the scores with a sample size of 36 has a mean
of 85 and standard deviation of 0.5.
B. The sampling distribution of the sample mean of the scores with a sample size of 36 has a mean
of 85 and standard deviation of 0.5.
C. The sampling distribution of the sample mean of the scores with a sample size of 36 has a mean
of 9 and standard deviation of 0.5.
D. The sampling distribution of the sample mean of the scores with a sample size of 36 has a mean
of 9 and standard deviation of 0.8.
37. In a random sample of 120 students who enrolled in Plaridel National High School, 92 passed the 3 rd
Quarterly Examination in General Mathematics. What is the point estimator of the population
proportion?
A. 0.766 B. 0.677 C. 0.92 D. 120
38. In the survey conducted by Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the Province of
Dinagat Islands on their study on lobsters, it states that 157 out 200 randomly picked sample
lobsters are Class A. The confidence internal for the proportion 0.7035 and 0.8103 at 99%
confidence interval. Compute the point estimate of the population proportion?
A. 0.7035 B. 0.785 C. 0.8103 D. 0.875
39. The number of standard deviations a particular X value is from the mean is commonly referred to
as___.
E. µ
F. p(x)
G. σ 2
H. z
40. Identify the type of distribution pattern that occurs when the majority of the data values fall to the left
of the mean?
E. negatively skewed.
F. left skewed.
G. positively skewed.
H. Symmetrical.