Sara National High School

Sara, Iloilo

ASSESSMENT IN STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

(Third Quarter)
I. Multiple Choice. Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer in your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following is the sum of the probabilities of all values of the random variable.
a. ¼ b. ½ c. 1 d. 1.25
2.The probability of each value of the random variable must be equal or between ____.
a. 0 to 1 b. 0 to 2 c. 0 to 3 d. 0 to 4
3. Which of the following is an example of discrete random variable
a. age of a person c. volume of water
b. number of children in a family d. thickness of a book
4. Which of the following is an example of continuous random variable.
a. number of PUJ drivers c. number of students
b. age of a person d. number of tricycles
5. Which of the following is the probability of getting a sum of 11 when two dice are rolled?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 1 d. 1
# of Probability 12 12 3 18
6. consumptio P(x) Which of the following is the probability of getting all children are girls
if a n couple has three
0 0.23 children?
1 0.16 1 1 1
a. b. c.
2 0.20 3 4 6
1 3 0.19
d.
8 4 0.22
7. The following data shows the daily consumption of rice in your town sold in a day.

What is the probability that two or more consumption of rice sold in

a day?
a. 0.20 b. 0.39 c. 0.41 d. 0.61

8. Which of the following illustrates a probability distribution?

a. c.
X 0 1 2 X 0 1 2
P(x) 2 1 2 P(x) 2 4 2
4 4 4 6 6 6
b. d.
X 0 1 2 X 0 1 2
P(x) 2 1 2 P(x) 1 2 3
5 5 5 8 8 8
9.Students were asked to estimate the length ( in inches) of a table. The errors in the estimated
values were recorded and tabulates as follows:
Error x 3 4 5 6 7

P(x) 0.25 0.1 0.3 0.15 0.2

Find the mean error of the probability. Use the formula: μ = Σ x ● P (x)
a. 2.95 b. 3.95 c. 4.95 d. 5.95
10. Consider the problem in number 9. Determine the variance. Use the formula: σ 2= Σ[ (x-μ)2 ● P (X)]
a. 2.05 b. 3.05 c. 4.05 d. 5.05
11. Consider the problem in number 9. Determine the standard deviation. Use the formula: σ = √σ 2
a. 4.43 b. 3.43 c. 2.43 d. 1.43
12. How many sample spaces in tossing two unbiased coins?
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1
13. It is a variable whose value is obtained through counting.
a. qualitative variable b. continuous variable c. sample space d. discrete variable
14. It is a variable whose value is obtained through measurement.
a. qualitative variable b. continuous variable c. sample space d. discrete variable
15. What is the weighted average of all the possible values of the random variables
a. mean b. variance c. standard deviation d. range
16. It measures the variations of the values of a random variable from the mean.
a. mean b. variance c. standard deviation d. range
17. What do you call the square root of variance?
a. mean b. variance c. standard deviation d. range

For items 18-20.

When 3 coins are tossed, the probability distribution for the random variable X representing the number of
heads that occur is given at the right.
X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 1 2 1 1
18. What is the mean of the probability distribution? 5 5 5 5
a. 1.1 b. 1.2 c. 1.3 d. 1.4
19. What is the variance?
a. 0.04 b. 1.04 c. 1.40 d. 4.10
20. What is the standard deviation?
a. 1.02 b. 1.20 c. 2.01 d. 2.10
21. The following are qualitative variables EXCEPT
a. gender b. marital status c. age d. citizenship
22. Which of the following is a quantitative variable?
a. blood type b. price of commodityc. currency d. color of the skin
23. A volleyball team has to play 3 games during the elimination round of a tournament. What is the
probability that they will win 1 game?
 3 4 7 8
a. b. c. x d.
8 8 8 8
x n−x
24. In the binomial distribution P ( X )=❑n C x ∙ p ∙ q what does p stand for?
a. probability of failure b. probability of success c. number of trials d. number of cases
x n−x
25. In the binomial distribution P ( X )=❑n C x ∙ p ∙ q what does q stand for?
a. probability of failure b. probability of success c. number of trials d. number of cases
26. Which of the following formula shows: “squaring the difference between the number of X and the mean”?
a. X −μ b. (X −μ)2 c. X∗P(X ) d. (X −μ)2∗P(X )
27. Which of the following formula shows the variance?
a. X −μ b. (X −μ)2 c.∑ X∗P( X ) d. ∑ (X −μ)2∗P(X )
28. Which of the following formula shows the variance?
a. X −μ b. (X −μ)2 c.∑ X∗P( X ) d. ∑ (X −μ)2∗P(X )
29. The following are characteristics of a normal curve EXCEPT
a. asymptotic b. asymmetrical c. the total area is equal to 1 d. the area to the left of mean is 0.5
30. It is a division of statistics that does just description of data and does not allow to come up with further
conclusions about the data.
a. descriptive statistics b. inferential statistics c. mean d. sampling
31. What is the shape of the normal curve?
a. bell- shaped b. pot-shaped c. table-shaped d. clock-shaped
32. What is the total area under the normal curve?
a. 1 b. 0.5 c. 0.25 d. 0
33. What is the area that corresponds to z= 1.36? (Use the table of Areas under the Normal Curve)
a. 0.4131 b. 0.1406 c. 0.4115 d. 0.4332
34. What is the area that corresponds to z= 2.01? (Use the table of Areas under the Normal Curve)
a. 0.4772 b. 0.4778 c. 0.4783 d. 0.5000
35. Which of the following is the area that shows below z= 1.25?
a. 0.1056 b. 0.3944 c.0.8944 d. 0.9844
x−μ
36. In the formula z= , what is μ ?
σ
a. mean of the sample b. mean of the population c. variance d. standard deviation

For items number 37-38: A University admission test which is normally distributed has a mean of 83 and a
standard deviation of 4.
37. If Mel got 91, what is the z-value that corresponds to her raw score?
a. z=−2 b. z=−1 c. z=1 d. z=2
38. If Ray got 80, what is the z-value that corresponds to his raw score?
a. z=−2 b. z=−1 c. z=−0.75 d. z=0.75
For items 39-42 refer to the problem that follows: A population (normally distributed) has a mean of 75 with
a standard deviation of 5. Calculate the probability that the sample mean is a) greater than 74 and b) below
82?

39. Which is the z-value, when x= 74?

a. -0.20 b. 0.20 c. 1.62 d. 2.51
40. Which is the probability when x is greater than 74?
a.0.8993 b. 0.5793 c. 0.0793 d. 0.4207
41. Which is the corresponding z- value for 82?
a. 1.04 b. 1.40 c. 2.04 d. 2.44
42. Which is the probability when x is below 82?
 a.0.4192 b. 0.6192 c. 0.9192 d. 0.9872
43. It is the difference between the sample mean and the population mean.
a. Sample Mean b. Sampling Error c. Random Sampling d. Simple Random
44. It is the totality of items, things, or people under consideration.
a. Random Sampling b. Simple Random Sampling c. Population d. Statistics
45. A population consists of the number 2, 4, 9, 10 and 5. Let us all list the possible samples of size 3 from this
n!
population and compute the mean of each sample. Use the formula: N C n=
r ! (n−r )!
a .r C 3=8 b .r C 3=9 c .r C3 =10 d .r C3 =11

46. It is a subset of the population.

a. Sub-total b. Population c. Statistics d. Sample
47.It is a part of the sampling technique in which each sample has an equal probability of being chosen.
a. Cluster Sampling b. Stratified Sampling c. Systematic Sampling d. Random Sampling

48. Identify the type of random sampling method illustrated in the scenario:
Divide Iloilo Province into municipalities, choose a simple random sample of 10 municipalities, and
interview who lives there.
a. Systematic Random Sampling c. Cluster Random Sampling
b. Simple Random Sampling d. Stratified Random

49. Determine whether the numerical value is a parameter of a statistic: A recent survey by the alumni of a
major university indicated that the average salary of 10,000 of its 300,000 graduates was 125,000.
a. Parameter b. Statistic c. Sampling d. Population

50. Identify the type of random sampling method illustrated in the statement: Choose an entry random from
the phonebook and select every 50th number thereafter.
a. Simple Random Sampling c. Systematic Random Sampling
b. Cluster Random Sampling d. Stratified Random Sampling

GOOD LUCK! HAPPY SOLVING

Prepared by:

GRETCHEN D. ABAŇERA
Teacher III
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