Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
LA UNION SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE
DON EULOGIO DE GUZMAN MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Calumbaya, Bauang, La Union

3RD QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Directions: Select the BEST answer from the given choices. Write the CAPITAL LETTER of your choice on the space
provided before the number.

_______1. What do you call the variables that can take on a finite number of distinct values?
A. Continuous Random Variable B. Dependent Random Variable
C. Discrete Variables D. Independent Variable
_______2. What do you call the numerical amount that is derived from the results of an arbitrary trial in an experiment?
A. Constant Variable B. Dependent Variable C. Independent Variable D. Random Variable
_______3. In an experiment,what do you call the list of all possible outcomes?
A. trials B. samples C. sample space D.outcomes
_______4. What is the weighted average of the possible values that the random variable can take?
A. Mean of Dependent variable B. Mean of Independent variable
C. Mean of Discrete random variable D. Mean of Continuous random variable
______5. What is the measure of how much the probability mass is spread out around the center which is the mean?
A. Variance of Dependent variable B. Mean of Independent variable
C. Variance of Discrete random variable D. Mean of Continuous random variable
______6. What must be the sum of the probabilities P(X) of all the values in the discrete random variable?
A. 1% B. 10% C. 100% D. 1 000%
______7. Which of the following is a discrete random variable?
A. Height of basketball player B. Weight of a newborn baby
C. Number of books in the library D. Length of time in watching TV
______8.Which of the following is a continuous random variable?
A. Average weight of female athletes. B. Number of basketball players
C. Number of suspected cases of COVID-19. D. both A and C
______9. Which term defines that the normal curve gets closer and closer to the horizontal axis but never touches it?
A. Asymptotic B. Asymmetrical C. Parabolic D. Symmetrical
______10. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a normal distribution?
A. Asymptotic B. Symmetrical C. the mean is 1 D. The area is between 0 to 1
______11. What is the formula in converting a normal variable to a standard normal variable (z-score) for population?
A. z = (x – y)/s B. z = (x – y)/σ C. z = (x – µ)/σ D. z = (x – µ)/s
______12.What is the area/probability of the half of a normal curve?
A. -1 B. -0.5 C. 0.5 D. 1
______13.Which of the following refers to a portion taken from the total number of subjects?
A. Parameter B. Population C. Sample D. Statistic
______14. Which of the following refers to the calculated value from a sample?
A.Parameter B. Population C. Sample D. Statistic
______15. .Who is the French-born Mathematician who proved the first version of the Central Limit Theorem?
A. Abraham de Moivre B. Aristotle C. Aleksander Lyapunov D. Rene Descartes
______16. Which of the following terms is the same as the word average?
A. Mean B. Variance C. Sample Size D. Standard Deviation
______17. What is the notation of the confidence level?
A. α B. 1 - α C. 100%(1 – α) D. 100%(α)
______18. Which of the following is not required to apply the t – distribution?
A. n < 30 B. σ is known.
C. σ is unknown D. population is nearly normally distributed
______19. You decide to collect a bunch of bottles of vinegar and measure the volume of vinegar in each bottle. Let X be the number of
milliliter (ml) of vinegar in each bottle. What type of variable is X?
A. X is a constant. B. X is a place holder.
C. X is a discrete random variable. D. X is a continuous random variable
______20. Suppose three laptops are tested. Let D represent the defective laptop and N for the non-defective laptop.
How many possible outcomes will occur from the experiment?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 8 D. 9
______21. Which of the following table represents probability distribution? C

______22. 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
______23. For the standard normal distribution, what is the area between z =− 0.94 and z = 0.94?
A. 0.1736 B. 0.3264 C. 0.6528 D. 0.8264
______24.Given the mean µ=50 and standard deviation σ=5 of a population of Statistics and Probability scores, identify what is the z-value
that corresponds to a score X=65?
A.1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
______25. A test was given to Grade 11 class with a mean µ = 50, and the standard deviation σ = 20. If a student’s z-score is -1, then solves
the score of the student. What is its normal score?
A. 20 B. 30 C. 40 D. 50
______26. Interpret the mean of the population and the mean of the sample?
A. The mean of the population is equal to the mean of the sample.
B. The mean of the population is less than the mean of the sample.
C. The mean of the population is greater than the mean of the sample.
D. The mean of the population is different from the mean of the sample.
______27. In a research conducted, there are 50 participants, Identify the type of statistical test should be used for the study?
A. t-table B. t-test C. z-table D. z-test
______28. Which of the following statements is correct if a certain population has a mean of 15.4, a standard deviation of 5.6 and the random
sample size is 5?
A.The sample mean is equal to 15.4.
B.The sample mean is less than 15.4.
C.The standard deviation of sample is equal to 15.6.
D.The standard deviation of sample is more than 15.4.
______29. A group of modules has the following number of pages: 12, 16, 20, 24 and 28.Consider samples of size 3 that can be drawn from
this population. The following could possibly be a sample EXCEPT ONE. Which is the exception?
A. 12, 16, 20 B. 16, 20, 28 C. 20, 24, 28 D. 16, 20, 22
______30. Which of the following assumptions is NOT needed to use the t – distribution to make confidence interval for μ?
A. The sample size is at least 10. B. The sample size is less than 30.
C. The population standard deviation is unknown D. The population from which the sample is taken s approximately normally
distributed.
______31.What is the probability that a number card will be taken from a deck of cards?
A. 13/52 B. 4/52 C. 1/2 D. 10/13
______32. A family with 2 children, and the children can be a boy or a girl, identify what is the probability of having both girls?
A.1/4 B.2/4 C.3/4 D. 4/4

For numbers 33-34, refer to the probability distribution below.

X 0 2 4 6 8

P(X) 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5

______33. What is the mean of the probability distribution?

A. 1.5 B. 2.0 C. 3.5 D. 4.0
______ 34. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 4.15 B. 6.35 C. 8.00 D. 7.50
______35. What is the area under the standard normal curve to the right of z =− 1.66?
A. 0.0038 B. 0.0869 C. 0.4515 D. 0.9962
_____36. If the area under the normal distribution is 0.44179 what z-value correspond to it?
A. -1.57 B. -1.47 C 1.56 D. 1.58
_____37. The distribution of heights of SHS male students is approximately normal with mean 65 inches and standard deviation 2 inches.
What percentage of male students are taller than 69 inches?
A. 1% B. 2.3% C. 5% D. 16%
_____38. The results of the Summative test in Statistics are normally distributed with µ = 15 and σ = 5. Solve the percentile rank of the score
20. What is its percentile rank?
A. 34.13% B. 50% C. 84.13% D. 85%
_____39. Assume that Filipino teenagers spend an average of ₱500.00 on shopping per month with standard deviation of ₱150.00. If the
expenses are normally distributed, and 50 Filipino teenagers are randomly selected, Solve the probability that the mean expenses
on shopping per month is less than ₱450?
A. 0.62% B. 0.91% C. 0.94% D. 1.07%
_____40. What is the standard deviation of sampling distribution if standard deviation of population is 35 and sample size is 9?
A. 11.67 B. 12.67 C. 13.67 D. 14.67
_____41. What is the t – value for a 95% confidence interval with n = 10?
A. 1.812 B. 2.228 C. 2.262 D. 2.821
_____42. A sample of 50 learners showed a mean height of 60 inches. If it is known that the standard deviation of heights of learners is 2.5
inches, what is the 70% confidence interval estimate for the height of all the learners?
A. 59.64 < μ < 60.36 B. 58.52 < μ < 61.48 C. 59.32 < μ < 60.48 D. 59.52 < μ < 62.48
_____43. The daily demand for copies of a magazine at a variety store has the probability distribution as follows:

What is the probability that two or more copies will be demanded on a particular day?
A. 0.30 B. 0.35 C. 0.65 D. 0.75
_____44. Mean is the expected value or the weighted average of all the values that the random variable X would assume. What are the steps
in computing the mean of a discrete random variable?
I. Add the results obtained in multiplying the random variable X by the corresponding probability.
II. Construct the probability distribution for the random variable X.
III. Multiply the value of the random variable X by the corresponding probability.
A. III, II, I B. I, II, III C. II, III, I D. III, I, II
______45. A distribution of data has a mean of 15 and a standard deviation of 2. How many standard deviations away from the mean is a
value of 13?
A. One standard deviation above the mean B. Two standard deviation above the mean
C. One standard deviation below the mean D. Two standard deviation below the mean
______46. Which best describes the data below?
A. All data is -1.5 >μ. B. All data is -1.5 <μ.
C. All data is -1.5 or lower. D. All data is -1.5 or higher.

______47. A jar contains the number 1, 3 and 5. If you got samples of size 2 from this population and Simplify the mean of each sample, what
are the sample means that you will be able to get?
A. 0, 1, 2 B. 1, 2, 3 C. 2, 3, 4 D. 3, 4, 5
______48. Which of the following is the value of t0.01 with 15 degrees of freedom?
A. 2.602 B. 2.624 C. 2.650 D. 2.947
______49. Suppose you tossed two coins. What are the sample spaces for the experiment above?
A. HH, TT B. HH, TH, TT C. HH, HT, TT D. HH, HT, TT, TH
______50. A researcher surveyed the households in a small town. The random variable X represents the number of college graduates in the
households. Does the table illustrate a probability distribution?

A. Yes B. No C. Maybe D. Cannot be determined

______51. The shelf life of a particular dairy products is normally distributed with a mean of 12 days and a standard deviation of 3 days. About
what percent of the products will last between 12 and 15 days?
A. 2.5% B. 16% C. 34% D. 68%
______52. Mr. Marcos, a Statistics and Probability teacher of Don Eulogio de Guzman Memorial National High School want to know the
probability of the scores of his students of getting lower than 80 with a µ = 75 and σ = 10. Evaluate the probability P (X< 80). What is
the probability of the scores lower than 80?
A. 19.15% B. 39.44% C. 50% D. 69.15%
For numbers 53 - 54
The average time it takes for high school students to complete certain examination is 46.2 minutes. The standard deviation is 8 minutes.
There will be 50 random samples to be selected. Assume that the variable is normally distributed.
______53.What is the population mean in the given problem?
A. 0 B. 8 C. 46.2 D. 50
______54.What is the value of n in the given problem?
A. 0 B. 8 C. 46.2 D. 50

______55. If your will create the complete probability distribution of the given table, what will be the is the value of c?

A. 0.05 B. 0.06 C. 0.50 D. 0.60

______56. Based on the probability distribution above, Solve for the value of P (7) to meet the property number 2.
A. 0.12 B. 0.20 C. 0.22 D. 0.24
______57. Which of the following is the correct illustration of the area above z = -2?
A. B.

C. D. Both A and B

_______58. Assume that Filipino teenagers spend an average of ₱500.00 on shopping per month with standard deviation of ₱150.00. If the
expenses are normally distributed, and 50 Filipino teenagers are randomly selected, Solve the probability that the mean expenses on
shopping per month is less than ₱450?
A. 0.62% B. 0.91% C. 0.94% D. 1.07%

______59. The average time it takes for high school students to complete certain examination is 46.2 minutes. The standard deviation is 8
minutes. There will be 50 random samples to be selected. 10. If 50 random selected high school students take the exam, what is the
probability that the mean time it takes the group to complete the test will be less than 43 minutes?
A. 0.23% B. 2.3% C. 3% D. 23%
______60. A college dean wishes to estimate the average number of hours students spend doing homework per week. The standard deviation
from a previous study is 4.5 hours. How large a sample must be selected, if he wants to be 95% confident of finding whether the true
mean differs from the sample mean by 2.1 hours?
A. 16 B. 17 C. 18 D. 20

Prepared by:

MARY JOY C. ACEBES LANIE G. BULONG RENATO MORLA

Subject Teacher Subject Teacher Subject Teacher

ALEXANDER RANDY C. ESTRADA MICHAEL CLINT C. BUENAVISTA JON-JON V. ORPILLA

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Checked by: Noted: Approved:

MARLON U. LIGAS, PhD REYNALDO J. ESTACIO ELISEO C. BUENAFE, PhD

Master Teacher II Head Teacher III, OIC SS Principal IV
Office of the Assist Principal