Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION XI
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF DAVAO CITY
DAVAO CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
F. TORRES ST. DAVAO CITY
QUARTER 3 – SUMMATIVE TEST
PROBABILITY & STATISTICS
SY 2022-2023

INSTRUCTION: Shade the circle which corresponds to the letter of your answer in the answer
sheet. If the answer is not found in the choices, choose letter E on the answer sheet.

1 3 12 1
A. B. C. D.
2 13 13 6
5. A pair of die is thrown once. What is the
probability the product of both numbers is a
perfect square.

25 8 1 11
A. B. C. D.
36 9 12 36
For items 6 to 8, Let X be the random variable denoting the
number of heads in three throws of a fair coin.

6. What is the sample space of the above

statistical experiment?
A. S = {HTT, HTH, TTT}

B. S = {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, TTT}

C. S = {HHH, TTH, THT, THH, HTT, TTT}

D. S = {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT}

7. If x ≥ 2, how many outcomes correspond to

this?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 7

8. Which is the P(x ≤ 2) ?

1. It is a field of Mathematics that deals with
chance”? 7 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
8 4 6 2
A. Statistics C. Discrete Mathematics
B. Probability D. Probability & Statistics 9. What refers to a numerical value calculated by
using only the data from a sample?
2. It refers to the results of an experiments. A. Parameter C. Statistic
A. outcomes C. event B. Random Sample D. Standard deviation
B. sample D. trial
3. What would be the probability of picking a red
card at random from a standard deck of 52
cards.
1 3 10 1
A. B. C. D.
2 13 13 6

10. Which of the following isa discrete random

variable?
4. What would be the probability of NOT picking
A. score of a student in a quiz
a Queen card in a deck of standard cards.
B. amount of paint utilized in a building project
 C. the speed of a car C. The curve is continuous on both sides and it
D. time needed to finish the test does not touch the horizontal axis.
D. The curve is bell-shaped and has the highest
peak at the center of the distribution.
11. Which of the following is a continuous random
variable? 21. Suppose that the mean is 50 and the standard
A. numbers of pens in a case deviation is 5. Which of the following statement
B. number of defective computers in the office is correct?
C. number of eggs a hen lays.
A. About 68% of the area under the normal curve
D. voltage of car batteries is within 50 and 55.
B. About 13.5% of the area under the
For items 12-18, refer to the table given below. normal curve is within 55 and 65.
C. About 99.7% of the area under the
No. of Defective 0 1 2 3 4 5
Parts (X) normal curve is within 40 and 65.
Probability P(X) 0.30 0.20 0.05 0.20 0.17 0.08 D. About 84% of the area under the normal
curve is above 45.
12. What is the mean of the probability For items 22 – 24 , refer to the problem below.
distribution?
In Samal turtle sanctuary it was observed that the
A. 1.98 B. 2.56 C. 3.89 D. 4.01 incubation period of sea turtles is normally
distributed with a mean of 60 days and a standard
13. What is the variance of the probability deviation of approximately 5 days. If 600 eggs are
distribution? being incubated, how many turtles do we expect
will hatch (Assume all eggs eventually hatch) :
A. 3.68 B. 2.95 C. 3.00 D. 1.98

14. Which is the standard deviation of the 22. What is the probability that eggs will hatch in
probability distribution? 50 to 65 days.
A. 0.4812 B. 0.8185 C. 0.0120 D. 0.4206
A. 1.897 B. 1.872 C. 1.732 D. 2.601

15. What is the probability that 3 or more parts are 23. What percentage of eggs will hatch in 65 days
defective. to 73 days?
A. 0.45 B. 0.20 C. 0.75 D. 0.25 A. 0.1543 B. 0.5956 C. 0.8413 D. 0.1540

16. Find the probability of number of defective

parts will be at least 2 but not more than 4 24. How many turtles to we expect to hatch in 70
parts are defective. days or fewer?
A. 300 turtles C. 587 turtles
A. 1.897 B. 0.42 C. 0.17 D. 0.02
B. 286 turtles D. 17 turtles
17. What is the probability that at least no parts
are defective.
25. Find the area under z-scores (−1.5 ≤ 𝑧 ≤ 2.8)
A. 0.30 B. 1 C. 0 D. 0.20 A. 0.9304 B. 0.4332 C. 0.4972 D. 0.0640
18. What is the probability that fewer than 3 parts
are defective. 26. Find the area under z-scores (𝑧 ≥ 1.85)
A. 1 B. 0.55 C. 0 D. 0.75 A. 0.9678 B. 0.4678 C. 0.0322 D. 0.5000

19. Which of the following is the formula in finding

the mean of a discrete probability distribution? 27. Find the area under z-scores ( 1.25 ≤ 𝑧 ≤ 3.0)
∑𝑋 A. 0.8731 B. 0.4987 C. 0.1043 D. 0.3944
A. 𝜇 = B. 𝜇 = ∑[𝑋 ∙ 𝑃(𝑋)]
𝑛

C. 𝜇 = ∑[𝑋 ∙ 𝑃(𝑋)2 ] D. 𝜇 = ∑[𝑋 2 ∙ 𝑃(𝑋)] − 𝜇2

28. Find the area under z-scores (𝑧 < 0.25)

A. 0.5987 B. 0.0987 C. 0.4013 D. 0.5000
20. Which of the following statements is NOT
TRUE about normal distribution?
29. Find the z-scores for which 90% of the
A. The distribution is positively skewed. distribution's area lies between -z and z.
B. It is symmetrical about the mean that divides
the curve into two equal regions.
 A. -2.33 and 2.33 C. -1.96 and 1.96
B. -1.64 and 1.64 D. -0.99 and 0.99

30. Find the z-score that is greater than the mean

and for which 70% of the distribution's area
lies to its left.
A. 0.53 B. 0.98 C. 0.81 D. 0.47

31. A tire company finds the lifespan for one brand

of its tires is normally distributed with a mean
of 48,700 miles and a standard deviation of
5000 miles. If the manufacturer is willing to
replace no more than 10% of the tires, what
should be the approximate number of miles for
a warranty?
A. 40,300 B. 40,475 C. 56,925 D. 55,150
32. Assume that blood pressure readings are
normally distributed 𝜇 = 120 and 𝜎 = 10. A
blood pressure reading of 145 or more may
require medical attention. What percentage of
people have a blood pressure reading greater
than 145?
A. 49.38% B. 6.2% C. 99.38% D. 0.4938%

33. The lengths of pregnancies of humans are

normally distributed with a mean of 268 days
and a standard deviation of 15 days. Find the
probability of a pregnancy lasting more than
300 days.
A. 0.0166 B. 0.9834 C. 0.2375 D. 0.3189

34. The average number of students in a private

school is 350 with a standard deviation of 70.
Assume that the variable is normally
distributed. If there are 20 private schools
selected randomly in the study, what is the
probability that the average number of
officially enrolled students is above 310?
A. 0.4946 B. 0.0054 C. 0.9946 D. 0.2157

35. The average number of students in a private

school is 350 with a standard deviation of 70.
Assume that the variable is normally
distributed. What is the probability that the
number of officially enrolled students is
between 360 and 490?
A. 0.4772 B. 0.0557 C. 0.5329 D. 0.4215

Solutions for Item 34 & 35. (5 points each)