2nd Semester – 3rd Periodical Examination

STATISTICS & PROBABILITY

S.Y. 2024-2025

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MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the spaces provided. NO ERASURES.
Correction pen and use of pencil are not allowed.

_______1) It is a variable whose value is a numerical outcome of a random phenomenon.

A. Random Variable C. Discrete Variable
B. Continuous Variable D. Variable
_______2) Which of the following is a discrete random variable?
A. The average amount of electricity consumed C. The number of patients in a hospital
B. The amount of paint used in repainting a building D. The average weight of female athletes
_______3) Which of the following is a continuous random variable?
A. the number of books in the library C. the number of tourists each day in museum
B. the lifetime in hours of 15 flashlights D. the weight of Grade 1 pupils
_______4) Which of the following is not a true statement?
A. The value of a random variable could be zero.
B. Random variables can only have one value.
C. The probability of 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.
_______5) 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
_______6) Which formula gives the probability distribution shown by the table?
X 2 3 6
P(X) 1 1 1
2 3 6
1 x
A. P(X) = C. P(X) =
x 6
6 1
B. P(X) = D. P(X) =
x 6
x
_______7) If P(X) = , what are the possible of values of X for it to be a probability distribution?
6
A. 0,2,3 B. 1,2,3 C. 2,3,4 D.1,1,2

For number. 8-10. The spinner on the right is divided into eight sections. Let X be the score
where the arrow will stop (numbered as 1,2,3,4 in the drawing below.
_______8) Find the probability that the arrow will stop at 4.
A, ¼ B. 1/8 C. ¾ D. 3/8
_______9) Find the probability that the arrow will stop at 3.
A. ¼ B. 1/8 C. ¾ D. 3/8
_______10) Find the probability that the arrow will stop at 2.
A. ¼ B. 1/8 C. ¾ D. 3/8

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For numbers 11-13, refer to the probability distribution shown below.
X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 1 3 3 1
8 8 8 8

_______11) What is the mean of the probability distribution?

A.1.5 B.1.2 C. 1.6 D.1.8
_______12) What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 0.75 B. 0.90 C. 1.00 D. 1.12
_______13) What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?
A. 1.00 B. 0.87 C. 1.12 D. 0.71
For numbers 14-15, refer to the probability distribution shown below.
X 0 2 4 6 8
P(X) 1 1 1 1 1
5 5 5 5 5

_______14) What is the mean of the probability distribution?

A. 1.5 B. 2.0 C. 3.5 D. 4.0
_______15) What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 4.15 B. 6.35 C. 8.00 D. 7.50
_______16) The area under the normal curve is ____________.
A. 0 B. ½ C. 1 D. 2
_______17) The curve of a probability distribution is formed by ________________.
A. circle B. parabola C. egg-shaped D. bell-shaped
_______18) In a class of 50 students, 10 students are selected at random, the mean age of the ten students is 11.5.
The mean age of the 10 students illustrates
A. statistic B. parameter C. random variable D. probability distribution
_______19) Using the z-table, find the area below z = 1.32
A. 0.4066 B. 0.5000 C. 0.9066 D. 0.9660
_______20) A population consists of the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. Find the number of samples of size 2.
A. 10 B. 8 C. 5 D. 2
_______21) It states if the population is normally distributed with mean μ and standard deviation σ, then the
sampling distribution of the sample mean is also normally distributed no matter what the sample size is.
A. sampling distribution of the sample mean C. weighted mean
B. population mean D. probability distribution mean
_______22) It is known as the probability distribution that is obtained through a large number of samples from a
specific population that can be presented in a form of table, graph or formula.
A. random sampling B. probability distribution C. sampling distribution D. random variable
_______23) Find the area of the normal curve from -1 to +1
A. 0.2668 B. 0.6826 C. 0.9544 D. 0.9974
_______24) Given x = 60, s = 8. Find the z-score value of raw score 78 up to two decimal places
A. 1.25 B. 2.25 C. 3.25 D.4.25
_______25) Given z = 1.25, s = 15 and x = 75. Find the value of the raw score
A. 73.75 B. 83.75 C. 93.75 D.103.75
_______26) How many different samples of size n = 3 can be selected from a population of 20?
A. 1,014 B. 1,041 C. 1,104 D. 1,140
_______27) Find the 85th percentile of a normal curve.
A. 0.04 B.0.94 C. 1.04 D.1.94
_______28) Find the area above z = 1.2
A. 0.3849 B. 0.1151 C. 0.1115 D. 0.1511
_______29) Which of the following illustrates random sampling?
A. interviewing students regarding school admission policy

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 B. choosing clothes to wear for wedding occasions
C. interviewing top ten students in a class
D. food testing in SM supermarket
_______30) It states that the sampling distribution of the mean approaches a normal distribution as the number of
samples increases.
A. probability distribution theorem C. random variable theorem
B. random sampling theorem D. central limit theorem
For Numbers (31-35), In a class of 100 students, 80 students passed in all subjects, 10 failed in one subject, 7 failed in
two subjects and 3 failed in three subjects. Find the probability distribution of the variable for number of subjects a
student a student a student from the given class has failed in.

_______31) What is the probability of failing in 0 subjects?

A. P(x=0) = 0.7 B. P(x=0) = 0.8 C. P(x=0) = 0.5 D. P(X=0) = 0.1
_______32) he probability distribution can be shown as:

X 1 2 3
A.
P(x) 0.10 0.80 0.10

X 1 2 3
B. P(x) 0.10 0.70 0.30

X 0 1 2 3
C. P(x) 0.8 0.10 0.07 0.003

X 0 1 2 3
D. P(x) 0.8 0.1 0.07 0.03

_______33) What is the mean of the probability distribution?

A. 0.43 B. 0.33 C. 0.63 D. 0.83
_______34) What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 0.74 B. 0.94 C. 0.54 D. 1.36
_______35) What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?
A. 0.74 B. 0.94 C. 0.54 D. 1.36
For number (36) Shown below are the scores of the 15 randomly selected students in Grade 10. Compute for the
sample mean and sample variance.
Student 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Scores 60 61 58 70 75 68 80 62 78 85 65 58 74 80 86

_______36) What is the sample mean of the above table?

A. 70.67 B. 50.76 C. 70.00 D. 50.00
_______37) When the standard deviation is known, can we transform x to an approximately standard normal
variable, Z?
A. No B. Yes C. Maybe D. None of these
_______38) Which of the following illustrates random sampling?
A. interviewing students regarding school admission policy
B. choosing clothes to wear for wedding occasions
C. interviewing top ten students in a class
D. food testing in SM supermarket
_______39) In a class of 50 students, 10 students are selected at random, the mean age of the ten students is 11.5.
The mean age of the 10 students illustrates
A. statistic C. random variable
B. parameter D. probability distribution
_______40) Which of these values is a parameter?
A.¿ X

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 B. X
C. μ
D. z
From 12 – 15, refer to the table shown below.
Subject Mean Standard Deviation Eric’s Score
Filipino 46 5 43
Araling Panlipunan 32 7 31
TLE 72 13 86

_______41) Find Eric’s standard score in Araling Panlipunan test.

A. – 2.11 B. 0.14 C. – 0.14 D. 2.11
_______42) Which of the following is the standard score in Filipino test?
A. – 0.6 B. – 0.4 C. – 0.5 D. – 0.3
_______43) The standard score of Eric in TLE test is________.
A. 1.08 B. 1.80 C. 1.09 D. 1.90
_______44) In which subject the scores most dispersed?
A. TLE B. Filipino C. Araling Panlipunan D. None of the above
_______45) In which subject the scores less dispersed?
A. TLE B. Filipino C. Araling Panlipunan D. None of the above
_______46) Find the area of the region between z = 1.85 and z = 2.54
A. 0.0127
B. 0.0267
C. 0.0367
D. 0.9623
_______47) Find the area under the standard normal curve between z = 1.25 and z = 2.50
A. 0.1000
B. 0.0001
C. 0.1001
D. 0.8889
_______48) Find the area of the region between z = -1.08 and z = 2.09
A. 0.8416
B. 0.1218
C. – 8416
D. – 0.1218

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MR. NACIANSINO H. AGBAY JR.

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