NAME: _________________________________________________ SCORE: _____________/20

QUIZ #4

DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on your answer sheet. Use CAPITAL LETTERS.
_________1. In the set of scores: 14, 17, 10, 22, 19, 24, 8, 12, and 19, the median score is _____
A. 17 B. 16 C. 15 D. 13
_________2. When a set of data is divided into 10 equal parts then it is called ___________________
A. percentile B. decile C. quartile D. median
_________3. How many deciles are in a given set of data?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 100
_________4. The score- points that divide a distribution into 100 equal parts.
A. percentile B. decile C. quartile D. median

_________5. These are points that divide a distribution into four equal parts.
A. deciles B. median C. quartiles D. percentiles
_________6. The upper quartile is another name for the .
A. 50th percentile B. 25th percentile C. 2nd decile D. 3rd quartile

_________7. Which one of the following measurements does not divide a set of observations into equal parts?
A. standard B. median C. percentiles D. quantiles
deviation
_________8. Gian’s score in a 75-item test was the median score. What is his percentile rank?
A. 25th B. 35th C. 50th D. 75th
For nos 9– 11, given the following scores: 23, 27, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 33, 37, 38
_________9. What is the 3rd decile (𝐷3) of the scores? A. 27 B. 28 C. 29 D. 30
th
_________10. What is the 4 decile (𝐷4) of the scores? A. 27 B. 28 C. 29 D. 30
_________11. What is the median of the scores? A. 28 B. 29 C. 30 D 30.5

For nos. 12 – 14, given the following scores: 11, 13, 13, 14, 16, 16, 18, 18, 18, 21
________ 12. What is the 10th percentile (𝑃10) of the scores? A. 11 B. 13 C. 16 D. 18
________ 13. What is the 70th percentile (𝑃70) of the scores? A. 11 B. 13 C. 16 D. 18
________ 14. Which of the following is not equal to the median? A. P50 B. Q2 C. D5 D. Q3
________ 15. The two measures which pertain to the same value are .
A. Q4 and P40 B. D3 and Q3 C. median and D4 D. Q3 and P75
________ 16. The number of defective items produced daily in a factory in a week are 16, 26, 20, 18, 6, 10, and 6. What
is the 50th percentile of this set of data?
A. 10 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20
________ 17. The median score or second quartile score is also the .
A. 1st quartile B. 3rd quartile C. 5th decile D. 75th percentile
________ 18. If you scored 35th percentile on an exam, which of these are true?
A. 65% of the class scored worse than you did.
B. You are at the top scorer on the exam.
C. Your score in the test is 35
D. 65% of the class scored better than you did.

______ 19. Carina got a score of 55 which is equivalent to 70th percentile in a mathematics test. Which of the following is
NOT true?
A. She scored above 70 th of her classmates
B. 30% of the class got scores of 55 and above
C. If the passing mark is the 1 st quartile, she passed the test
D. Her score is above the 5 th decile.

_________20. Which of the following shows the equation used to solve for interquartile range?

B
A. 𝑄3 − 𝑄1 . Q3−Q1 C. 𝑄3 + 𝑄1 D. Q3+Q1
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Name: _____________________________ Score: _____________/20
QUIZ #5
_____ 1. In a group of 55 examinees taking the 50-item test, Anne obtained a score of 42. This implies that her score
A. below the 50th percentile B. equal to the 55th percentile C. at the upper quartile D. below the 3rd quartile
_____ 2. Andrea ranks 10th in a class of 40. Her percentile rank is .
A. 10 B. 25 C. 75 D. 90
_____ 3. Which of the following statements about the quartile system is TRUE?

A. The third quartile will always be less than the first quartile. _________
B. The third quartile is the median of the upper half of the data.
C. The first quartile is the median of the upper half of the data.

D. The first quartile will always be greater than the third quartile.
______4. The 1st
quartile of the ages of 250 fourth year students is 16 yrs. old. Which of the ff. statements is true?
A. Most of the students are below 16 yrs. old
B. Seventy-five percent of the students are 16 yrs. old and above
C. Twenty-five percent of the students are 16 yrs. old or below.
D. One hundred fifty students are younger than 16 years old.

For nos. 5-9 consider the set of data: 3, 9, 12, 14, 16, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25.
_______5. Which value corresponds Q3 ? A. 22 B. 21.5 C. 21 D. 20
_______6. Which value corresponds Q1 ? A. 9 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14
_______7. What is the inter-quartile range of the set of data? A. 9 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14
_______8. If 𝑄1 = 23, 𝑄2 = 27.7, and 𝑄3 = 34, find the value of interquartile range.
A. 4.7 B. 5.5 C. 6.3 D. 11
_______9. In the set of scores: 6, 9, 5, 15, 10, 9, 7, 4, 10, 9, 8, 6,7, the median score is .
A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9
 83 72 87 79 82 77 80 73 86 81 79 82 79 74 74
Score Frequency Cumulative Cumulative
Frequency Percentage (%)
40 – 44 6 20 100.00
35 – 39 7 14 70.00
30 – 34 3 7 35.00
25 – 29 4 4 20.00

______ 10. In solving for the 5th decile, what is the lower boundary to be used?
A. 34.5 B. 34 C. 29.5 D. 29
th
_______11. What is the 5 decile?
A. 36.64 B. 36 C. 29.5 D. 37.25

For Nos. 12-15, consider the score distribution of 15 students given below.

_______ 12. The median score is .

A. 73 B. 79 C. 80 D. 82
_______ 13. The lower quartile is .
A. 74 B. 74 C. 79 D. 86
_______ 14. The value of the 2nd decile is .
A. 85 B. 83 C. 74 D. 72
_______ 15. If the white paper collected (in kilos) during the school’s waste segregation scheme has a 70 th
percentile of 17.64, it means that 70% of the white paper collected is the 17.64

A. less than B. equal to C. greater than D. 70% of

For nos. 16 – 20, Given the list that shows the number of bottles of strawberry jam sold in a day by 14 different vendors:
20 18 16 10 12 15 13 9 11 16 18 20 22 24
_____ 16. What is the 3rd quartile? A. 15 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20
_____ 17. What percent of the distribution in fall under this sale? A. 10% B. 25% C. 50% D. 75%
_____ 18. What percent of the distribution in fall above this sale? A. 10% B. 25% C. 50% D. 75%
_____ 19. What is the 5th decile? A. 11 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20
_____ 20. What is the P80? A. 16 B. 18 C. 20 D. 24