Department of Education

Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

Division of Zamboanga City
CABALUAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Cabaluay, Zamboanga City

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS
S.Y. 2018-2019

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Carefully read each question and shade the letter that corresponds to your answer on the answer sheet provided. Shade letter E if the answer
is not among the choices given.

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

A. The average amount of electricity consumed.
B. The number of patients in a hospital.
C. The amount of paint used in repainting a building.
D. The average weight of female athletes.
2. If two coins are tossed, which is not a possible value of a random variable for the number of heads?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
3. Which of the following is not 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 the random variable could be zero.
D. The sum of all the probabilities in a distribution is always equal to one.
For numbers 4-6, refer to the probability distribution shown below.

X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8

4. What is the mean of the probability distribution?

A. 1.2 B. 1.5 C.1.6 D. 1.8
5. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 0.50 B. 0.75 C. 1.00 D. 1.25
6. What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?
A. 0.71 B. 0.87 C. 1.00 D. 1.12
7. Supposed three coins are tossed, how many possible outcomes will there be?
A. 0 B. 2 C. 4 D. 8
8. It is a function that associates a real number with each element in the sample space.
A. Random Variable C. Discrete Random Variable
B. Continuous Random Variable D. Probability Mass Function
9. What do you call a continuous random variable that follows a normal distribution?
A. normal B. binomial C. discrete D. poisson
10. What determines the center of a normal curve?
A. mean B. standard deviation C. range D. proportion
11. Approximately what percentage of the normal curve falls within the interval (−3,3).
A. 68% B. 95% C. 99.7% D. 100%
12. What is the mean and standard deviation of the standard normal distribution?
A. mean = 0, standard deviation = 0 C. mean = 0, standard deviation = 1
B. mean = 1, standard deviation = 1 D. mean = 1, standard deviation = 0
13. What is the area of the entire region under the normal curve?
A. 0.1 B. 0.50 C. 1 D. 2
14. What is the area of the region to the left of Z=0 under the standard normal curve?
A. 0.5000 B.- 0.5000 C. 0 D. 1
15. Find the area of the region to the left of Z=2.9 the standard normal curve.
A. 0.0019 B.0.9817 C. 0.9981 D. 0.0183
16. What is P(Z>−2)?
A. 0.0003 B.0.5028 C. -0.0003 D. -0.9997
17. What is the area of the region between Z=1 and Z=2 under the standard normal curve?
A. 0.1359 B.-0.1359 C. 0.0395 D. -0.395
18. A student’s grade on an exam was transformed into a z-value and turned to be negative. Which of the following is the correct interpretation
for this?
A. The student scored lower than 75% of the class. C. The student scored above 50% of the class.
B. The student got a failing grade. D. The student scored below the mean.
19. What does z-score means?
A. It is the distance below the mean.
B. It gives a positive or negative distance from the standard deviation.
C. It identifies if the distribution comes from a normal distribution or not.
D. It shows how far above or below the mean a score lies.
20. The mean of a normally distributed set of data is 5.5, and its standard deviation is 3.4. Find the z-score for a value of 10.6.
A. -1.5 B.1.5 C. -1.31 D. 1.31
21. A set of data is normally distributed with mean of 37 and a standard deviation of 6. If a normal variable x=15 is selected, what is the
equivalent z-score?
A. -1.67 B. 1.67 C. -3.67 D. 3.67
22. The height of sepak takraw players follows a normal distribution with a mean of 155 cm and a standard deviation of 10 cm. What height is
two standard deviations below the mean?
A. 125 B. 135 C. 165 D. 175
 23. The average number of meals a person eats per day is three with a standard deviation of one. How many standard deviations from the mean
is four meals a day?
A. two standard deviations above the mean C. two standard deviations below the mean
B. one standard deviation above the mean D. one standard deviation below the mean
24. A random sample of 50 observations is to be drawn from a population with a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 15. What value would
be two standard deviations above the mean?
A. 40 B. 60 C. 80 D. 100
25. A student takes a college entrance exam. The scores on the test are normally distributed with a mean of 83 and a standard deviation of 10.
The student obtains a z-score of zero on the test. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The student received a score of zero on college entrance exam.
B. The student’s score is above the mean.
C. The student’s score is below the mean.
D. The student scored 83 on the college entrance exam.
26. It is a science that involves the methods of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data in order to provide answers or solutions to an inquiry.
A. Statistics B. Probability C. Discrete D. Parameter

27. It is a type of a graphical representation used to present data as part of one whole
A. Textual B. Line Graphs C. Bar Graphs D. Pie Charts

28. It is a type of a graphical representation used for time-series data.

A. Textual B. Line Graphs C. Bar Graphs D. Pie Charts
29. In this level of measurement, data can be ordered but zero is absolute meaning it is a true zero.
A. Nominal B. Ordinal C. Interval D. Ratio
30. In this level of measurement, data can be classified into categories
A. Nominal B. Ordinal C. Interval D. Ratio
31. Which of the following variables is not at nominal level?
A. Gender B. Religion C. Color D. Score
32. Which of the following variables is at ratio level?
A. Military Rank B. Temperature C. Salary D. Race

33. It is defined to be the midpoint of a data array.

A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. Average

34. In the set of the data array, (2, 5, 6, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9), what is the mode?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 9

35. The grades of 7 students are as follow; 79, 85, 80, 90, 85, 84, 75, what is the mean score of the data set?
A. 80.57 B. 82.57 C. 83.00 D. 84.00

36. The grades of 7 students are as follow; 79, 85, 80, 90, 85, 84, 75, what is the median score of the data set?
A. 80.57 B. 82.57 C. 83.00 D. 84.00

37. In a standardized examination, the mean score is 250 with a standard deviation of 75. What is the corresponding z-score of 250?
A. z=-1.5 B. z=0 C. z=1.5 D. z=75

38. What is the area to the right of z=0?

A. -0.4900 B. 0.0000 C. 0.5000 D. 1.0000

39. What is the area between z=-1 and z=1.

A. -0.2615 B. 0.3416 C. 0.5000 D. 0.9547

40. Which of the following is an example of a quantitative data?

A. Favorite color B. Score in a Test C. Blood Type D. Shirt Size

TEST II. APPLICATION Solve the following problems completely.

A. Applications on Normal Curve

1. The random variable X is best described by a normal distribution with a mean of 30 and standard deviation of 6. Find the z-
score that corresponds to the following X values.
a. X=21 b. X= 42 c. X=50

2. In a job fair, 3000 applicants applied for a job. Their mean age was found to be 28 with a standard deviation of 4 years.
a. Draw a normal curve showing the z-scores and the raw scores.
b. How many applicants are above 20 years old?
c. How many applicants are below 32 years old?
d. Find the raw score such that 70% of the cases are below it.
 Department of Education
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
Division of Zamboanga City
CABALUAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Cabaluay, Zamboanga City

Answer Sheet

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Carefully read each question and shade the letter that corresponds to your answer on the answer sheet provided. Shade letter E if the answer
is not among the choices given. (25 points)
 1. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 8. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 15. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 22. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
2. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 9. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 16. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 23. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
3. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 10. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 17. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 24. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
4. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 11. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 18. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 25. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
5. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 12. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 19. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
6. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 13. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 20. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
7. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 14. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 21. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]

TEST II. APPLICATION Solve the following problems completely.

A. Applications on Probability Distributions

1. The probabilities that a surgeon operates on 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 patients in any day are 0.15, 0.10, 0.20, and 0.30,
respectively. Find the average number of patients that a surgeon operates on a day.

Number of Patients (X) Probability P(X) X.P(X)

3 0.15 2. The
4 0.10 number
of items
5 0.20
6 sold X
Number of items 0.25 P(X)
Probability X. P(X) X2 . P(X)
7 0.30
19 0.20
Mean Computation=
20 0.20
Conclusion:
21 0.30
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22 0.20

23 0.10

sold per day at a retail store , with its corresponding probabilities, is shown on the table. Find the variance and standard
deviation of the probability distribution.

Solution for Variance: Solution for Standard deviation:

B. Applications on Normal Curve

1. The random variable X is best described by a normal distribution with a mean of 30 and standard deviation of 6. Find the
z-score that corresponds to the following X values.

X= 21 X= 42 X=50

2. In a job fair, 3000 applicants applied for a job. Their mean age was found to be 28 with a standard deviation of 4 years.

Draw a normal curve showing the z-scores and the raw scores. How many applicants are above 20 years old?
How many applicants are below 32 years old? Find the raw score such that 70% of the cases are below it.