Department of Education - NCR

Division of City Schools - Valenzuela

GEN. TIBURCIO DE LEON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Corner Mercado St., Gen. T. de Leon, Valenzuela City

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
STATISTICS and PROBABILITY

NAME: _________________ DATE: _______________ SCORE: _______ ________

SECTION: _ _________________ PARENT/GUARDIAN’S SIGNATURE:______________
A. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Write the letter that corresponds to your answer in the space provided before
each number. Use capital letters and Avoid erasures.
_____1. Which of the following is a measure of spread of a random variable?
A. Standard Deviation C. Mean
B. Expected Value D. Probability
_____2. Which of the following is a measure of central location of a random variable?
A. Standard Deviation C. Variance
B. Mean D. Probability
_____3. Which formula gives the probability distribution shown by the table?
𝑋 2 3 6
1 1 1
𝑃(𝑋)
2 3 6
1 𝑋 6 1
A. 𝑃(𝑋) = 𝑋 B. 𝑃(𝑋) = C. 𝑃(𝑋) = 𝑋 D. 𝑃(𝑋) = 6
6
𝑋
_____4. If 𝑃(𝑋) = , what are the possible 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 numbers 5 – 7 , refer to the probability distribution shown below.

𝑋 0 1 2 3
1 3 3 1
𝑃(𝑋)
8 8 8 8
_____5. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
A. 1.5 B. 1.2 C. 1.6 D. 1.8
_____6. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 0.75 B. 1.00 C. 1.25 D. 0.50
_____7. What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?
A. 1.00 B. 0.87 C. 1.12 D. 0.71

For numbers 8 – 9, refer to the probability distribution shown below.

𝑋 0 2 4 6 8
1 1 1 1 1
𝑃(𝑋)
5 5 5 5 5
_____8. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
A. 1.5 B. 2.0 C. 3.5 D. 4.0
_____9. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 4.15 B. 6.35 C. 8.00 D. 7.50
_____10. If the variance 𝑋 is 0.04, what is the standard deviation of 𝑋?
A. 0.0016 B. 0.08 C. 0.02 D. 0.2
_____11. The probabilities that a surgeon operates on 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 patients in any day are 0.15, 0.10, 0.20, 0.25
and 0.30, respectively. Find the average number of patients that a surgeon operates on a day.
A. 5.45 B. 5.67 C. 6.54 D. 6.75
_____12. The probabilities of a machine manufacturing 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 defective parts in one day are 0.75, 0.17,
0.04, 0.025, 0.01 and 0.005, respectively. Find the standard deviation of the probability distribution.
A. 1.02 B. 1.05 C. 1.11 D. 1.23
_____13. Which of the following is an example of Discrete random variable?
A. Weight of students C. Number of students present
B. Height of students D. Time it takes to get to school
_____14. Which is true about a normal distribution?
A. The mean, the median, and the mode are all equal.
B. The graph of the normal distribution curve is skewed to the left.
C. The total area under the curve is less than 1.
D. The standard normal distribution has a mean of 1 and a standard deviation of 0.
_____15. Which of the following is not an example of discrete random variable?
A. Even number after tossing a die C. Temperature of Valenzuela
B. Number of head in a toss coin D. Number of blue marbles in a jar
_____16. The normal probability distribution has the shape of a ___________.
A. semi-circle B. cone C. mountain D. bell
_____17. In a normal distribution curve, what is the area to the left of the mean?
A. 0 B. 0.25 C. 0.5 D. 1.0
_____18. If 𝑋 follows a normal distribution with mean 10 and standard deviation 2, what is the 𝑧-value of 10?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 1.2 D. 2.4
_____19. What is the area of the region between 2 and 3?
A. 0.4987 B. 0.4772 C. 0.0215 D 0.9759
_____20. In a standard normal distribution, if the area to the left of 𝑧 is 0.9, what is the area to the right of 𝑧?
A. 0 B. 0.1 C. 0.5 D. 0.8
_____21. Which is an example of continuous random variable?
A. Number of red marbles in a jar C. distance traveled between classes
B. Number of heads when lipping a coin D. Students’ grade level
_____22. Use the 𝑧-table to find the area that corresponds to 𝑧 = 1.32
A. 0.3888 B. 0.4049 C. 0.0466 D. 0.4207
_____23. Which of the following DOES NOT describe the area of the graph shown?
A. less than 𝑧 = 1.5
B. at most 𝑧 = 1.5
C. at least 𝑧 = 1.5
D. to the left of 𝑧 = 1.5
_____24. Find the area between 𝑧 = −2 and 𝑧 = −1.5
A. 0.4772 B. 0.4332 C. 0.0440 D. 0.9104
_____25. A card is drawn at random from a deck of cards.

Choose the probability of getting the 3 of diamond.

A. 1/3 B. 1/6 C. 1/52 D. 3/52

_____26. A card is drawn at random from a deck of cards. Create the probability of getting a queen.
A. 1/13 B. 3/6 C. 1/52 D. 13/52
_____27. Illustrate the realization of x in getting some rice from a 20kg sack. What is the weight of rice in kg?
A. x = 20 B. x > 20 C. 0>x > 20 D. 0< x < 20

_____28. Construct a possible values for the random variables of X = number of dots of tossing a die. What are
the possible values of X?
A. x=0,1,2,3,4 B. x=0,1,2,3,4,5 C. x=1,2,3,4,5,6 D. x=0,1,2,3,4,5,6

_____29. Select which of the following random variables is continuous?

A. The number of correct answer in a50-item test
B. The number of students who passed the midterm exam in Statistics and Probability
C. The amount of time to finish reading a book
D. The number of bottles of distilled water sold in a day
_____30. It is a variable whose value is a numerical outcome of a random phenomenon.
A. Variable C. Discrete Variable
B. Random Variable D. Random Variable

_____31. A couple has three kids. What will be the values which can be attained by the random variable
representing number of daughters the couple is having?
A. {1,2,3,4} B. {0,1,2,3} C. {0,2,4} D. {1,2,3}

_____32. John 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. Distinguish what type of variable is x?
A. x is a discrete random variable C. x is a continuous random variable
B. x is a constant D. x is not a random variable

_____33. Construct a tabular representation of the probability mass function for P(X=x). Which table best
described?

A. C.
X 1 2 3 4 x 1 2 3 4
P(X=x) 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.25 P(X=x) 0.1 0.2 3/10 0.25
/B. D.
X 1 2 3 4
X 1 2 3 4 P(X=x) 1/10 2/10 3/10 4/10
P(X=x) 1/10 2/10 0.3 0.25

_____34. Complete the probability mass function of a discrete random variable is shown in the table. The value of
p is ___.
x -1 0 2 4
P(x) 0.1 0.3 p 0.25
A. 0.35 B. 0.25 C. 0.15 D. 0.05
_____35. Analyze which of the following is a probability histogram of a probability mass function?
A. B. C. D.

36-40. Find the area between z= -2 and z= 1. Show the step by step solution. (5points)

41-45. Find the area between z= 1.05 and z= 2.91. Show the step by step solution. (5points)

46-50. A score is in the 87th percentile. Where is the score under the normal curve? Show the step by step
solution. (5points)