Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF LAGUNA
BAY SUB-OFFICE
NICOLAS L. GALVEZ MEMORIAL INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

I. Direction: Choose the letter of your answer. Shade E if you think the answer is not in the
choices.

1. A quantity resulting from an experiment by chance that can assume different values is
called ________________.
a. Random sample c. Random process
b. Random variable d. Random experiment
2. Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
a. Random variables can only have one value.
b. The value of a random variable could be zero.
c. The probability of all the value of a random variable could be zero.
d. The sum of all the probabilities in a probability distribution is always equal to
one.
3. Which of the following is NOT a discrete variable?
a. Number of white marbles in the box
b. Number of students present in the classroom.
c. The weight of a box of soft drinks labeled “8 ounces.”
d. The number of arrivals customers in the restaurants between 7:00am to 5:00pm
4. Which of the following is discrete random variable?
a. Jerwin is 165cm tall c. Jerwin has three sisters
b. Jerwin weighs 68 kilograms d. Jerwin ran 500 meters in two
minutes
5. Which of the following is a variable whose value is obtained by measuring?
a. Continuous c. Interval
b. Discrete d. Nominal
6. A variable whose value could be a finite and countable number is a _____________.
a. Continuous Variable c. Qualitative Variable
b. Discrete Variable d. Poison Variable
7. You decided to conduct a survey of families with five children. You are interested in
counting the number of girls (out of five children) in each family. Is this a random variable?
a. Maybe c. Yes, it is a random variable
b. Cannot be determined d. No, it is not a random variable
For numbers 8-12. Suppose you tossed two coins.
8. What are the sample spaces for the experiment above?
a. HH, TT c. HH, TH, TT
b. HH, HT, TT d. HH, HT, TT, TH
9. How many possible outcomes will occur from the experiment above?
a. 2 c. 4
b. 3 d. 5
10. What are the possible values of the random variable for the number of heads?
a. 0,1 c. 1, 2, 3
b. 0, 1, 2 d. 0, 1, 2, 3
11. What are the possible values of the random variable for the number of tails?
a. 0,1 c. 1, 2, 3
b. 0, 1, 2 d. 0, 1, 2, 3
12. Which of the following is NOT a possible value of the random variable for the number of
heads?
a. 1 c. 0
b. 2 d. 4
13. What is the sum of the probabilities of all values of the random variable?
a. ∑ P ( X )=0 c. ∑ P ( X )=1
b. ∑ P ( X )=1/10 d. ∑ P ( X )=10
14. What must be the value of the probability of each random variable?
a. P( X)≥ 0 c. 0 ≤ P(X )≤ 1
b. −1 ≤ P( X )≤ 1 d. P( X)≤1
15. Which of the following values is NOT the value of the probability of the random
variable?
a. 1.01 c. 0.15
b. 0.5 d. 0.05
x
16. If P ( X )= , what are the possible values of X for it to be a probability distribution?
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a. 0, 2, 3 c. 2, 3, 4
b. 1, 1, 2 d. 1, 2, 3
17. The table below shows the probability distribution of a discrete random variable X. Find
the value of n .
X 2 4 6
P( X) 0.4 0.25 n
a. 0.15 c. 0.28
b. 0.25 d. 0.35
18. If two balls are drawn in succession without replacement from an urn containing 5 red
balls and 6 blue balls. If the value of the random variable X represents the number of blue
balls, what is the probability of getting two blue balls?
a. 1/8 c. 1/3
b. 1/4 d. 1/2
19. Which of the following values can serve as the values of a probability distribution?
a. P(1) = 0.42, P(2) = 0.31, P(3)= 0.37
b. P(1) = 9/14, P(2) = 4/14, P(3)= 1/14
c. P(1) = 0.08, P(2) = 0.12, P(3)= 1.03
d. P(1) = 10/33, P(2) = 12/33, P(3)= 10/33
20. If the values of the random variable X are 0,1,2 and 3 where X represents the number of
heads in tossing a coin thrice, what is theprobability that three heads will come up?
a. 1/2 c. 1/4
b. 3/8 d. 1/8
21. The given table represents a probability distribution. What is P(2) + P(3)?
X 1 2 3 4
P(X) 1/3 1/6 1/6 1/3
a. 1/6 c. 1/2
b. 1/3 d. 2/3
For numbers 22-23, refer to the table below:
X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 0.125 0.375 0.375 0.125
22. What is P ( X ≥1 ) ?
a. 0.125 c. 0.625
b. 0.5 d. 0.875
23. What is P ( X ≤1 ) ?
a. 0.125 c. 0.625
b. 0.5 d. 0.875
For numbers 24-25, refer to the table below:
The daily demand for copies of a magazine at a variety store has the probability
distribution as follows.
X 0 1 2 3 4 5
P(X) 0.10 0.25 0.30 0.16 0.05 0.14
24. What is the probability that two or more copies will be demanded on a particular day?
a. 0.30 c. 0.65
b. 0.35 d. 0.75
25. What is the probability that the demand will be at least one but not more than four?
a.0.76 c.0.51
b. 0.71 d. 0.35
26. Which of the following terms is considered as a measure of the `central location' of a
random variable?
a. Probability Value c. Numerical Value
b. Mean Value d. Variance
27. Which of the following notations is equivalent to the mean of the probability
distribution?
a. 𝜎 c. 𝜇
 b. ∞ d. None of the Above
28. Which of the following notations is equivalent to the expected value of the probability
distribution?
a. 𝐸(𝑋) c. 𝜎
b. 𝜀 d. 𝑃(𝑥)

29. Which term can be displayed the variability or the dispersions of the random variables?
a. Probability Value c. Mean Value
b. Expected Value d. Variance
30. Which formula is appropriate to use in finding the mean of a discrete random variable?
a. E(x) = μx = Σ x ∙ p (x) c. E(x) = μx = Σ x − p (x)
b. E(x) = μx = Σ x + p (x) d. E(x) = μx = Σ x ∙ p (x)^2
31. Locate the z – value that corresponds to a PE score of 39 given that µ = 45 and σ = 6.
a. z = 1 c. z = -2
b. z = 2 d. z = -1
32. To which of the following concepts refer this statement “the sum of the product of each
value of a discrete random variable and its corresponding probability”?
a. Probability Distribution
b. Variance of Discrete Probability Distribution
c. Standard Deviation of Discrete Probability Distribution
d. Mean or Expected Value of Discrete Probability Distribution
33. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
a. A small value of standard deviation (or variance) indicates that the distribution of
the random variable is concentrated narrowly around the mean
b. A negative value of standard deviation (or variance) indicates that the distribution
of the random variable is concentrated narrowly around the mean.
c. The values closer from 𝜇𝑥 have equal probability.
d. The values closer from 𝜇𝑥 have equal probability.
34. Which term is calculated by summing the product of the square of the difference
between the value of the random variable and the expected value, and the associated
probability of the value of the random variable, taken over all the values of the random
variable, and finally taking the square root?
a. Probability Distribution
b. Variance of Discrete Probability Distribution
c. Standard Deviation of Discrete Probability Distribution
d. Mean or Expected Value of Discrete Probability Distribution
35. Which of the following is NOT included in the process of calculating the mean of the
discrete random variable X?
a. Identify the correct probabilities for each x value.
b. Multiply each x value by its probability.
c. Get the summation of the product.
d. Get the square root of the product
36. What can we generate if we take the squares of standard deviation?
a. Expected Value c. Probability Value
b. Mean Value d. Variance
37. Which of the following statements does NOT describes the value of the standard
deviation?
a. A small standard deviation (or variance) means that the distribution of the
random variable is narrowly concentrated around the mean.
b. A large value of standard deviation (or variance) indicates that the distribution is
spread out, with some chance of observing values at some distance from the mean.
c. Standard deviation is obtained by getting the square root of the variance.
d. It is obtained by squaring the variance.
38. In the 50 items test, Miss Santos, a Mathematics teacher claimed that most of the
students’ scores lie closer to 40. In this situation, which of the following terms parallel to
the score of 40?
a. Variance c. Expected Value or Mean
b. Standard Deviation d. Median
39. The total area under the normal curve is _______
a. -1 c. 0.5
b. 0 d. 1
40. The normal curve is bell-shaped.
a. False c. Sometimes
b. True d. It depends
41. Which part of the normal curve is extended indefinitely in both directions along the
horizontal axis, approaching but never touching it?
a. center c. top
b. tail d. spread
42. Which of the following statement is CORRECT about the shape of the normal curve?
a. The shape of the normal curve is based on the given mean and standard deviation
of the distribution.
b. The shape of the normal curve is based on the given mean and median of the
distribution.
c. The shape of the normal curve is based on the given area and standard deviation
of the distribution.
d. All of the above
43. Suppose the distribution of data about the recovered victims of COVID19 daily has a
mean of 145 and a standard deviation of 22. How many standard deviations away from the
mean is a value of 101?
a. It is one standard deviation above the mean.
b. It is one standard deviation below the mean.
c. It is two standard deviations above the mean.
d. It is two standard deviations below the mean.
44. According to the property of a Normal Probability Distribution, the mean is equal to
what measures of central tendency?
a. median c. both A and B
b. mode d. only A
45. Under the curve, the area to the left of the mean is_________
a. 30% c. 50%
b. 47.72% d. 68%
46. Which of the following statements is the characteristic of a normal probability
distribution?
a. The three measures of central tendency such as mean, mode, and median are
equal.
b. The three measures of central tendency such as mean, mode, and median are not
equal
c. The two measures of central tendency such as mean and mode are equal while
the median is greater than zero
d. The two measures of central tendency such as mean and mode are equal while
the median is less than zero.
47. Which of the following parameters is the basis of the shape of the normal curve?
a. mean c. Variance
b. standard deviation d. Both A and B
48. Suppose that distribution of data about the number of deaths of COVID 19 positive has
a mean of 45 and a standard deviation of 18. How many standard deviations away from the
mean is a value of 81?
a. It is one standard deviation above the mean
b. It is two standard deviations above the mean
c. It is one standard deviation below the mean
d. It is two standard deviations below the mean
49. What will you do to find the area between the two z values?
a. Subtract the obtained value from the Z table to 1
b. Rewrite the value obtained from z table
c. Subtract the two obtained values from the z table.
d. Calculate the mean and standard deviation
50. Which of the following figures is the best illustration of the area to the right of z =1?