Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Caraga Region
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF AGUSAN DEL SUR

DIVISION ACHIEVEMENT TEST

S.Y. 2022-2023
Statistics and Probability

Name: _____________________________________ Section: __________ Score: _______

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________________________
School: _____________________________________District: _______________________

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. It maps outcomes of a statistical experiment determined by chance into a numerical value.

A. Algebraic function
B. Variable
C. Probability Distribution
D. Random Variable
2. It is a random variable whose possible values or outcomes are measurable.
A. Continuous random variable
B. Discrete random variable
C. Interior random variable
D. Posterior random variable
3. Each letter of the word “SWAB” is written in strips of paper and are placed in a box. Two letters
are drawn in succession without replacement. Let Y be the random variable representing the
number of consonants. Find the possible values of Y.
A. 0,1,2
B. 1,2
C. 0,1,2,3
D. 1,2,3
4. Suppose there are three multiple choice questions in a test, each has 4 possible answers –
only one of which is correct. Let X be the number of correct answers. Determine the possible
values of X.
𝐴. 1, 2, 3
𝐵. 0, 1, 2, 3
𝐶. 1, 2, 3, 4
𝐷. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

5. Which of the following tables represents a discrete probability distribution?

A.
𝑥 5 7 9
𝑃(𝑥) 0.6 0.8 −0.4

B. 𝑥 7 14 21
𝑃(𝑥) 0.3 0.1 1.7

C.
𝑥 3 7 9 12 14
𝑃(𝑥) 4 1 3 1 2
13 13 13 13 13

D.
𝑥 1 2 3 4 5
𝑃(𝑥) 3 1 1 2 3
10 10 10 10 10

For items 6 – 7.
Two pens are drawn one by one in a box with replacement containing 2 red pens and 3 black
pens. Let X be the number of red pens drawn.

6. What are the values of the Random Variable X?

𝐴. 0, 1, 2
𝐵. 1, 2
𝐶. 0,1,2,3
𝐷. 1,2,3
7. Which of the following is its Discrete Probability Distribution?
A.
𝑥 1 2
𝑃(𝑥) 1 1
2 2
B.
𝑥 1 2 3
𝑃(𝑥) 1 1 1
4 2 4
C.
𝑥 0 1 2
𝑃(𝑥) 9 12 4
25 25 25

D.
𝑥 0 1 2 3
𝑃(𝑥) 9 6 6 4
25 25 25 25

8. The discrete probability distribution of 𝑋 is shown below. Find 𝑃(𝑋 = 30).

𝑥 20 30 40 50
𝑃(𝑥) 0.05 0.4 0.2
𝐴. 0.35
𝐵. 0.30
𝐶. 0.25
𝐷. 0.20

9. Find 𝑃(𝑋 < 3) considering the discrete probability distribution below.

𝑥 1 2 3 4 5 6
𝑃(𝑥) 0.21 0.07 0.22 0.13 0.28 0.09

𝐴. 0.50
𝐵. 0.72
𝐶. 0.28
𝐷. 0.37
10. A roulette is divided equally into 8 partitions with a corresponding number on it as shown
in the figure 1. Let Z be the number where the arrow will stop. What is the probability of getting
a number 5?
1
𝐴.
2
1
𝐵.
4
1 Figure 1
𝐶.
8
𝐷. 0

11. It describes the average of the squared differences or deviations of the values of the
random variable from the mean.
A. Mean
B. Variance
C. Standard deviation
D. Mode
 For items 12 to 13:
If you go to Play Zone at Gaisano Grand you can play several games of chance.
These are games which do not require skills but purely games of chance and players who
will win the games will be awarded tickets and eventually exchange them for a large prize
at booths also located within the arcade. Suppose you are with your brother and he wants
to obtain a prize ( a giant robot) that costs 500 tickets. He can only choose from the
following two games: a slot machine ( table 1.1) and a spinning wheel ( table 1.2 ). Each
games costs ₱20 per play. He has to choose only one game but he can play as many times
as it takes to earn 500 tickets. Listed below are the probability distribution for the two
games:

Table 1.1 Table 1.2

12. In accumulating 500 tickets, what would be the cost of the prize in playing the spinning wheel?

A. ₱ 1,080

B. ₱ 1,093

C. ₱ 1,299

D. ₱ 1,440

13. Which is the best game would you advise your brother to play?

A. Slot Machine

B. Spinning Wheel

C. Both game

D. Neither

14. Which of the following statements describes the normal

distribution shown?
A. The mean is 15 and the standard deviation is 125.
B. The mean is 125 and the standard deviation is 15.
C. The mean is 155 and the standard deviation is 25.
D. The mean is 25 and the standard deviation is 155.
15. There are 1000 students in Sibagat National High School who took the National Achievement
test. The results show that the distribution of the scores is normally distributed with a mean of
180 and standard deviation of 8. Which graphs shows the distribution?

A C.

B.
D.

16. Comparing the four figures shown at the right, which of the following denotes the highest value
of standard deviation ?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

.
 For items 17 to 18 :
Refer to this standard normal curve below.

17. What is the area of the shaded region? (use P( 0 <Z < 2.5) = 0.4938 )

A. 0.5938

B. 0.6938

C. 0.9839

D. 0.9938

18. What is the area of the unshaded region. (use P( 0 <Z < 2.5) = 0.4938 )

A. 0.0062

B. 0.0161

C. 0.3062

D. 0.4062

19. It is a sampling method in which all the members of the population have a pre-specified and
an equal chance to be part of the sample.

A. Random Sampling
B. Non-random Sampling
C. Survey
D. Interview
20. It is the method used when all the individuals of the population are not given an equal
opportunity of becoming a part of the sample.
A. Random Sampling
B. Non-random Sampling
C. Survey
D. Interview
21. It refers to a characteristic or measure which describes population.

A. Random Variable
B. Statistic
C. Parameter
D. Probability

22. Identify the parameter of the study if a researcher wants to know the average family size of a
certain barangay and a random sample of 8 families selected in a particular street resulted the
mean of 5.50.
A. Family size of the Philippines.
B. The average family size of the Philippines.
C. The average family size of the Philippines is 5.50.
D. The average family size of 8 randomly selected families is 5.50.

23. Which of the following is the probability distribution of the sample means?

A.

B.

C.

D.
24. All of the following are properties of t – distribution, EXCEPT

A. The curve is bell-shaped and symmetric about the mean.

B. The mean, median and mode are equal to 0.
C. As the sample size increases, the curve reaches normal distribution.
D. The shape of the distribution remains the same regardless of the degrees of freedom.
 25. If a normal random variable 𝑋 has a standardized value of −1.25, a mean of 50 and
standard deviation of 15, find the value of 𝑋.
A. 80.05
B. 68.75
C. 50.00
D. 31.25
For items 26 – 29, refer to the problem below:
The heights of 1000 students are normally distributed with a mean of 174.5 centimeters
and a standard deviation of 6.9 centimeters.

26. What height corresponds to the 𝑧 −value of 1.08?

A. 160.00 centimeters
B. 167.05 centimeters
C. 174.50 centimeters
D. 181.95 centimeters
27. What 𝑧 −value corresponds to a height of 160 centimeters?
A. −1.10
B. 1.10
C. −2.10
D. 2.10
28. Given the mean, µ = 50 and the standard deviation, 𝜎 = 4 of a population of reading score.
Find the z – value that corresponds to a score X = 58.

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

29. What happens to the variance of the sampling distribution of the sample means when the
sample size increases?

A. The variance is still the same.

B. The variance will decrease.
C. The variance will also increase.
D. The variance becomes double.
For items 30 – 32
The following are the scores in Statistics Quiz of the sampled 5 Grade 11 students: 35,
38, 40, 37, and 43.

30. Compute for the sample mean.

A. 38.6
B. 39.6
C. 48.00
D. 48.25

31. Compute for the sample variance.

A. 7.44
B. 7.00
C. 9.30
D. 10.10
32. Compute for the sample standard deviation.
A. 3.05
B. 2.73
C. 2.65
D. 3.18
33. Which of the following is the best estimator of the population parameter?

A. Sample mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Statistic

34. This hypothesis states that there is no significant difference between a parameter and a
specific value or there is no significant difference between two parameters. Any observed
difference is due to chance or sampling error.

A. Null Hypothesis
B. Alternative Hypothesis
C. Hypothesis Testing
D. Hypothesis Difference
35. From the conjecture “The average age of community college students is 24.6 years”, what is
the parameter to be tested?

A. Average age of community college students

B. The age of community college students

C. An age of 24.6 years

D. Cannot be determined

36. Given that 𝐸 = 3.05, 𝜎 = 15.1, and the confidence level is 90%. What is the value of 𝑛?

A. 3
B. 9
C. 30
D. 67

For items 37 – 39, refer to the following situation.

A researcher claims that the yearly consumption of soft drinks per person is 52 gallons. In
a sample of 50 randomly selected people, the mean of the yearly consumption was 56.3 gallons.
The standard deviation of the population is 3.5 gallons. At 𝛼 = 0.05, is there a sufficient evidence
to conclude that the yearly consumption of soft drinks per person is greater than 52 gallons?

37. What is the parameter being tested in the study?

A. yearly consumption of soft drinks per person

B. mean of the yearly consumption of soft drinks per person
C. yearly consumption of soft drinks per person is greater than 52 gallons
D. mean yearly consumption of soft drinks per person is not 52 gallons

38. What is the null hypothesis?

𝐴. 𝐻0 : 𝜇 = 52
𝐵. 𝐻0 : 𝜇 = 56.3
𝐶. 𝐻0 : 𝜇 ≠ 52
𝐷. 𝐻0 : 𝜇 ≠ 56.3
39. If the critical value is z=1.65, what is/are the critical region/s?

𝐴. 𝑧 > 1.96
𝐵. 𝑧 < −1.96
𝐶. 𝑧 < −1.96 or 𝑧 > 1.96
𝐷. 𝑧 > 1.65

40. Which of the following is the maximum error of the estimate?

𝜎
𝐴. 𝑥̅ ± 𝑧𝛼
2 √𝑛

√𝑛
𝐵. 𝑥̅ ± 𝑧𝛼
2 𝜎
𝜎
𝐶. 𝑧𝛼 ( )
2 √𝑛

√𝑛
𝐷. 𝑧𝛼 ( )
2 𝜎

41. A study of 415 kindergarten students showed that they have seen on average 5000 hours of
television. If the standard deviation of the population is 900 with 95% confidence level, what is
the margin of error?
𝐴. 86.59
𝐵. 27.11
𝐶. 72.90
𝐷. 113.98
42. It is given that a pH below 7.0 is acidic, a pH above 7.0 is alkaline, and a pH of 7.0 is neutral.
A water – treatment plant claimed that the pH level of their water is 8.0. Based on 16 random
samples, it was found out that the mean is 7.6 with a standard deviation of 0.4. Using α = 0.05,
two tailed test, and critical values of ±2.131 and supposed the test statistic result is t = -4, is the
claim true?

A. Yes. The claim is close to the sample mean which is 7.6.

B. Yes. There is no significant difference between the claim and the sample mean.
C. No. The claim is relatively far from the sample mean which is 7.6.
D. No. There is significant difference between the claimed mean and the sample mean.
43. In a one – tailed z – test of proportion, It was found out that the p-value is 0.885. What decision
should be made given that 𝛼= 0.01.

A. Reject the null hypothesis Ho.

B. Accept the null hypothesis H o.
C. The sample proportion is greater than the population proportion.
D. The sample proportion is lesser than the population proportion.

44. It is a statistical method used to determine whether a relationship between two variables exist.

A. Regression analysis
B. Correlation analysis
C. Z – test
D. Bivariate

45. All of the following statements are true, EXCEPT

A. Perfect correlation exists when all the points fall in the trend line.
B. The closeness of the points to the trend line determines the strength of the association.
C. In a positive correlation, high values in one variable correspond to high values in the
other variable.
D. In a negative correlation, low values in one variable correspond to the low values in the
other variable.

46. If the trend line contains all the points in the scatter plot and the line points to the right, then,

A. The computed r value is -1.

B. There is perfect negative correlation.

C. There is perfect positive correlation.

D. Insufficient information

47. How will you describe the value of Pearson r = 0.80?

A. Very low

B. Moderately low

C. Moderately high

D. Very high
48. It is a way of mathematically sorting out which of those variables does indeed have an impact.

A. Regression analysis
B. Correlation analysis
C. Z – test
D. Bivariate

49. Given the regression line y = 0.78x + 16.55, predict y if x = 78.

A. 77.39

B. -77.39

C. 78

D. -78

50. Given the table at the right, determine the regression line.

A. y = 0.78x + 16.55
B. y = 0.78x - 16.55
C. y = -0.78x + 16.55
D. y = -0.78x - 16.55