Third Quarter Examination

IN
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

Name: _________________________________________ Grade & Section: ________________

Name of Teacher: Mrs. Amparo H. Jamio Score: ________________________

I. Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of your answer.

1. Which of the following is classfied as continuous random variable?

a. the number of voters favoring a candidate
b. the amount of sugar in a cup of coffee
c. the number of female athletes
d. the number of patient arrivals per hour at a medical clinic
2. Which among the following describes a discrete random variable?
a. It takes values on a continuous scale
b. It represents measured data, such as heights, weights and temperatures
c. Its set of possible outcomes is countable
d. It contains infinite number of possibilities
3. Which among the following is a TRUE statement?
a. The normal distribution has a very important role in descriptive statistics
b. The normal curve is symmetric about its tails
c. The normal curve is bell-shaped
d. The area under a normal curve is 2
4. It represents the distance between a given measurement X and the mean, expressed in standard deviation.
a. z – score b. median c. standard deviation d. z-table
5. What is the standard deviation value of a standard normal curve?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
6. If two coins are being tossed which is not a possible outcome?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
7. How many possible outcomes are there if three coins are tossed?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 10
8. Which among the following is a TRUE statement?
a. The mean, the median, and the mode coincides at the baseline.
b. The normal curve is symmetric about its tails
c. The area under the normal curve is 2
d. The normal curve is bell-shaped

9. What is the first step in solving for the variance of a discrete probability distribution?

a. Subtract the mean from each value of the random variable X

b. Multiply the value of the random variable X by the corresponding probability
c. Multiply the square of the value of the random variable X by its corresponding probability
d. Find the mean of the probability distribution

10. It is a random variable that can take infinitely many values.

a. Discrete b. Nominal c. Continuous d. Ordinal
11. What is the area that corresponds to z=1.05?
a. .1915 b. .3531 c. .4332 d. .3413
12. What is the area that corresponds to z=0.27?
a. .1064 b. .0675 c. .0478 d. .0438
13. It describes the amount of spread, dispersion, or variability of the items in a distribution
a. Mean c. Quartile
b. Variance & standard deviation d. Normal Distribution
14.Determine which among the following table represents a probability distribution?
a. b.
X 0 1 2 3
X 2 5 8 7 9
P(X) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8
P(X) 1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3
c. d.
X 0 2 4 6 8
X 4 8 12 15 17
P(X) 1/6 1/6 1/3 1/3 1/6
P(X) 1/5 1/8 1/8 1/5 1/8

For item 15-17, refer to the probability distribution shown below.

X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8
15. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
a. 1.3 b. 1.8 c. 1.2 d. 1.5
16. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
a. 1.00 b. 1.25 c. 0.74 d. 0.50
17. What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?
a. 0.86 b. 0.71 d. 1.00 d. 1.12

For item 18-20, refer to the probability distribution shwn below.

X 1 2 3 4 5
P(X) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2
18. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
a. 3.9 b. 3.1 c. 3.6 d. 3.2
19. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
a. 2.18 b. 2.12 c. 2.08 d. 2.02
20. What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?
a. 1.24 b. 1.14 c. 1.54 d. 1.44

For item 21-22, refer to the table of posssible outcomes below.

Possible Outcomes 21. Let Y be the random variable representing the number of heads that
TT occur, what is value of the random variable for the possible outcome of HH?
HT a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
22. Let Y be the random variable representing the number of heads that
TH
occur, what is the value of the random variable for the possible outcome of
HH
one(1) head?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d.3
23. What is the probability of getting a sum of 12 when two dice are rolled?
a. 1/6 b. 1/18 c. 1/8 d. 1/36
24. What is the probability of getting an even number in a single roll of a die?
a. ½ b. ¼ c. 1/3 d. 1/5
25. If P(X)=X/4, what are the possible values of X for it to be a probability distribution?
a. 0,1,2 b. 0,1,3 c. 1,2,3 d. 0,2,3
II. Solve for the z-score of the following and give its corresponding area under the normal curve. Show your
solution in getting the z-score.

1. 𝜇 = 50, 𝜎 = 5, 𝑋 = 40
2. 𝜇 = 38, 𝜎 = 8, 𝑋 = 44
3. 𝑋̅ = 60, 𝑠 = 10, 𝑋 = 84
4. 𝑋̅ = 75, 𝑠 = 12, 𝑋 = 60
5. 𝜇 = 48, 𝜎 = 8, 𝑋 = 56

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