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Statistics and Probability Second Semester Test Questions

This document is the midterm examination in statistics and probability for the school year 2018-2019. It contains multiple choice questions that assess concepts in probability and random variables. Some key questions ask students to identify: - Whether a variable measuring soda volume in cans is discrete or continuous - Possible values of a random variable counting the number of boys in families with two children - Properties of random variables - The expected value of a lottery payoff distribution

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Statistics and Probability Second Semester Test Questions

This document is the midterm examination in statistics and probability for the school year 2018-2019. It contains multiple choice questions that assess concepts in probability and random variables. Some key questions ask students to identify: - Whether a variable measuring soda volume in cans is discrete or continuous - Possible values of a random variable counting the number of boys in families with two children - Properties of random variables - The expected value of a lottery payoff distribution

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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY


S.Y. 2018 - 2019

Name: _________________________________________ Gr. & Level: ________ Date: ___________ Score: _________________
Multiple Choices: Read each questions carefully and encircle the letter that correspond to the correct answer.

1. You decide to collect a bunch of cans of soda and measure the volume of soda in each can. Let x = the number of mL of soda
in each can. What type of variable is x?
A. discrete random variable B. continuous random variable C. constant D. not a random variable
2. You decide to conduct a survey of families with two children. You are interested in counting the number of boys (out of 2
children) in each family. Is this a random variable, and if it is, what are all its possible values?
A. Yes, it is a random variable, and its values can be 1 or 2. C. Yes, it is a random variable, and its values can be 2 or 4.
B. Yes, it is a random variable, and its values are 0, 1, and 2. D. No, it is not a random variable.
3. Which of the following is NOT a property of a random variable?
A. The sum of the probabilities of a random variable is equal to 1.
B. A random variable represents numerical outcomes for different situations or events.
C. A random variable can be discrete or continuous.
D. A random variable cannot be negative.
4. The probability of an outcome ________.
A. is the number of times that the outcome occurs in the long run
B. equals M×N, where M is the number of occurrences and N is the population size
C. is the proportion of times that the outcome occurs in the long run
D. equals the sample mean divided by the sample standard deviation
5. A numerical description of the outcome of an experiment is called a ________.
A. descriptive statistics B. probability function C. variance D. random variable
6. The expected value of a random variable is the ________.
A. value that has the highest probability of occurring C. most common value over an infinite number of observations of the variable
B. mean value over an infinite number of observations of the variable D. largest value that will ever occur
7. The pay off (X) for a lottery game has the following probability distribution. What is the expected value of X= payoff?
X = Pay off Php 0 Php 5
Probability 0.8 0.2
A. Php 0.00 B. Php 0.50 C. Php 1.00 D. Php 2.50
8. Which one of these variables is a continuous random variable?
A. The time it takes a randomly selected student to complete an exam.
B. The number of tattoos a randomly selected person has.
C. The number of women taller than 68 inches in a random sample of 5 women.
D. The number of correct guesses on a multiple choice test.
For numbers 9-11, refer to the given distribution.
In the town of Tower Hill, the number of cell phones in a household is a random variable W with the ff. distribution:
W 0 1 2 3 4 5
P (W) 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.3 0.2 0.05
Find:
9. P (at least 2 cell phones)
A. 0.20 B. 0.25 C. 0.70 D. 0.80
10. P (2 cell phones)
A. 0.20 B. 0.25 C. 0.70 D. 0.80

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