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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
IN
GE 4 - MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Name: ______________________ Course/Year/Section: ____________

I. Multiple Choice. Select the correct answer from the given choices.

1. A special sequence of numbers wherein the set of numbers generated from this
problem could be extended by getting the sum of the two previous terms.
a. Fibonacci sequence
b. Fobinacci sequence
c. Fiboccani sequence
d. Fobiccani sequence

2. The patterns observed in a snowflake is an example of what pattern?

a. Number Patterns
b. Logic Patterns
c. Geometric Patterns
d. All of the above

3. A form of symmetry in which the opposite sides are similar and the external
appearance is the same on the left and right sides in a sagittal plane.
a. Radial Symmetry
b. Bilateral Symmetry
c. Rotational Symmetry
d. Translational Symmetry

4. What would be the next number in the pattern 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55?
a. 76
b. 77
c. 88
d. 89

5. 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, … what number should come next?

A. 7
B. 12
C. 10
D. 13

6. 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), … what number should come next?

A. (1/3)
B. (1/8)

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C. (2/8)
D. (1/16)

7. 12, 11, 13, 12, 14, 13, … what number should come next?
A. 10
B. 16
C. 13
D. 15

8. 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, … what number should come next?
A. 22
B. 26
C. 23
D. 20

9. 80, 10, 70, 15, 60, … what number should come next?
A. 20
B. 25
C. 30
D. 50

10. A __________ is an ordered collection of objects.

a. Relation
b. Function
c. Set
d. Proposition

11. The set O of odd positive integers less than 10 can be expressed by _______.
a. {1, 2, 3}
b. {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}
c. {1, 2, 5, 9}
d. {1, 5, 7, 9, 11}

12. What is the Cartesian product of A = {1, 2} and B = {a, b}?

a. {(1, a), (1, b), (2, a), (b, b)}
b. {(1, 1), (2, 2), (a, a), (b, b)}
c. {(1, a), (2, a), (1, b), (2, b)}
d. {(1, 1), (a, a), (2, a), (1, b)}

13. For the given set, A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, which of the following statement is correct?
a. {2, 3} ⊂ A
b. {1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7} ⊃ A
c. {1} ⊂ A

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d. All of the above

14. The Cartesian Product B x A is equal to the Cartesian product A x B.

a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
d. Unsure

15. Which of the following two sets are equal?

a. A = {1, 2} and B = {1}
b. A = {1, 2} and B = {1, 2, 3}
c. A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {2, 1, 3}
d. A = {1, 2, 4} and B = {1, 2, 3}

16. The set of positive integers is _____________

a. Infinite
b. Finite
c. Subset
d. Empty

17. The members of the set S = {x | x is the square of an integer and x < 100} is _____.
a. {0, 2, 4, 5, 9, 58, 49, 56, 99, 12}
b. {0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81}
c. {1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 64, 81, 85, 99}
d. {0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 121}

18. The process of reaching a general conclusion by examining specific examples.

a. Simple Reasoning
b. Logical Reasoning
c. Inductive Reasoning
d. Deductive Reasoning

19. The process of reaching a conclusion by applying general assumptions, procedures,

or principles.
a. Simple Reasoning
b. Logical Reasoning
c. Inductive Reasoning
d. Deductive Reasoning

20. The median of a series of numerical values is _____________.

a. A value for which half of the values are higher and half of the values are lower
b. The value located exactly midway between the minimum and maximum of the
series
c. The most commonly encountered values among the series
d. A measure of the eccentricity of the series

21. The average of a series of numerical values is ____________.

a. Lower than the minimum value in the series
b. Higher than the maximum value in the series

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c. Not an indicator of central tendency for the values of the series

d. The sum of the values divided by their number

22. It involves the drawing of conclusion from the analyzed data. It is also the formulation
of conclusion or judgment or prediction.
a. Interpretation of data
b. Collection or data gathering
c. Analysis of data
d. Organization or the Presentation

23. It refers deals with making a judgment or a conclusion about the population based on
the findings from a sample that is taken from the population.
a. Descriptive Statistics
b. Conclusive Statistics
c. Hypothetical Statistics
d. Inferential Statistics

24. In statistics, it is the totality of objects or individual having the same characteristics.
a. Sample
b. Census
c. Population
d. Category

25. A quantitative data that are obtained through a measure like height, weight, age.
a. Constant
b. Discrete
c. Distinct
d. Continuous

26. A researcher wants to determine the factors that affect successful child delivery of
pregnant mothers in Candon City with a population of 3,400 mothers. If he allows a
margin of error of 3%, how many must he consider into his sample?
a. 1111
b. 837
c. 1700
d. 33

27. Which one of the following variables is not categorical?

a. Age of a person
b. Gender of a person
c. Choices on a test item
d. Marital status of a person

28. The formula [∑𝑛𝑖=1 𝑋𝑖 ]2 refers to the ___________.

a. Square of the sum of variables

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b. Sum of the square of variables

c. Variables of the sum of squares
d. None of the above

29. A summary table in which the data are arranged into conveniently established,
numerically ordered class groupings or ungrouping.
a. Frequency Distribution
b. Tabular Method
c. Graphical Method
d. Textual Method

30. The most commonly used measure of central tendency

a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Middle

31. What is the median of the scores 1, 3, 5, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4?

a. 0.5
b. 1.5
c. 2.5
d. 3.5

32. The median is a measure of ____________.

a. Relative dispersion
b. Absolute dispersion
c. Central location
d. Relative location

33. Used for groups of data which do not tend to group around a central point like a
bimodal set of data with the modes at the extreme ends of the distribution.
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. All of the above

34. In a negatively skewed distribution, ____________.

a. the mode is lesser than the mean
b. the mean is lesser than the mode
c. the mode equal to the mean
d. the mean is directly proportional to the mode.

35. In a positively skewed distribution, the mean is greater the mode.

a. True
b. False
c. Maybe

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d. Unsure

36. Which one of these statistics is unaffected by outliers?

a. Mean
b. Interquartile range
c. Standard deviation
d. Range

37. It is the difference between the highest and the lowest values in a set of observation.
a. Range
b. Average Deviation
c. Standard Deviation
d. Variance

38. The greater the range, the more ___________ is the group and the more spread is
the distribution.
a. Homogenous
b. Heterogenous
c. Complex
d. Simple

39. It ignores extreme scores and measures the range covered by the middle 50% of the
distribution.
a. Central Range
b. Middle Range
c. Interquartile Range
d. Semi-interquartile Range

40. It is the square root of the mean of the squared deviations from the mean of a
distribution.
a. Range
b. Average Deviation
c. Standard Deviation
d. Variance

41. It is the mean of the squared deviations from the mean.

a. Range
b. Average Deviation
c. Standard Deviation
d. Variance

42. We can interpret computed value of dispersion as heterogeneous or homogeneous

even if we are not comparing two or more data.
a. True
b. False

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c. Maybe
d. Unsure

43. The variance of a sample of 169 observations equals 576. What is its standard
deviation?
a. 13
b. 24
c. 576
d. 28,461

44. If S.D. is equal to 2.0, then variance is equal to _______.

a. 0.5
b. 1.0
c. 2.0
d. 4.0

45. It is the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean/average.

a. Coefficient of Variation
b. Average Deviation
c. Mean Deviation
d. None of the above

46. If the average of a series of values is 10 and their variance is 4, then the coefficient of
variation is ______.
a. 40%
b. 20%
c. 80%
d. 10%

47. These are observations or values that are abnormally higher or lower from normal
observations.
a. Outliers
b. Outfielders
c. Abnormalities
d. None of the above

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48. A manufacturer of contact lenses is studying the curvature of the lenses it sells. In
particular, the last 500 lenses sold had an average curvature of 0.5. The population is
__________.
a. the 500 lenses.
b. 0.5
c. the lenses sold today
d. all the lenses sold by the manufacturer

49. What is the variance for the following set of scores: 2, 2, 2, 2, 2?

a. 0
b. 2
c. 4
d. 10

50. Which of the following sets of scores has the greatest range?
a. 2, 5, 8, 11
b. 13, 13, 13, 13
c. 20, 25, 26 ,27
d. 42, 43, 44, 45