For numbers 1-3.

Clarrie the manager of a department store determined that the probabilities for 20,
25, 30, 35, 40, or 45 shirts sold per day are 0.12, 0.15, 0.35, 0.19, 0.1, and 0.09, respectively.

1. Calculate the mean of the distribution and interpret the result.

A. the average number of shirts sold per day in a department store is 31.35.
B. the average number of shirts sold per day in a department store is 36.35.
C. the average number of shirts sold per day in a department store is 41.35.
D. the average number of shirts sold per day in a department store is 46.35.
2. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the distribution.

A. 𝜎 2 = 42.93; 𝜎 = 6.55 C. 𝜎 2 = 46.93; 𝜎 = 6.85

B. 𝜎 = 44.93; 𝜎 = 6.70
2 D. 𝜎 2 = 48.93; 𝜎 = 6.99
3. If Clarrie wants to make sure that she has enough shirts for the next five days, approximately how
many shirts should she stock the store?
A. 126 shirts B. 135 shirts C. 143 shirts D. 157 shirts

4. The average hours of sleep per day for teens is classified as what type of random variable?
A. continuous B. discrete C. probability D. Variable
5. Aidan decided to enumerate examples of random variables. Which of the following correctly represents
discrete random variable?
I. Number of male athletes III. Number of books in a bookstore
II. Height of water in a river IV. Temperature in Taguig City on a particular day
A. I and III B. II and IV C. I and IV D. II and III
6. Bia takes a 5-item true or false quiz. Suppose the random variable X denotes the number of false Bia
answered, what are the possible values of the random variable X?

A. X = 1, 2 B. X = 0, 1, 2 C. X = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 D. X = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
7. Determine whether the distribution represents a probability distribution or not.

𝑋 1 2 3 4 5
𝑃(𝑋) 1 3 11 7 5
26 26 26 26 26

A. It is a probability distribution because the sum of all the probabilities is equal to 1.

B. It is a probability distribution because the sum of all the probabilities is not equal to 1.
C. It is not a probability distribution, because the sum of all the probabilities is equal to 1.
D. It is not probability distribution, because the sum of all the probabilities is not equal to 1.

For numbers 8–11. Isabella determines the probabilities for the number of flower arrangements they
deliver each day. Given below is a probability distribution of flower arrangement delivered each day.

X 8 9 10 11 12
P(X) 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1
8. What is the probability that they will deliver at least 10 flower arrangements.

A. 0.7 B. 0.6 C. 0.4 D. 0.3

9. Calculate the mean of the distribution and interpret the result.

A. The average number of flower arrangements delivered each day is 8.8.

B. The average number of flower arrangements delivered each day is 9.8.
C. The average number of flower arrangements delivered each day is 10.8.
D. The average number of flower arrangements delivered each day is 11.8.

10. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the distribution.

A. 𝜎 2 = 1. 36; 𝜎 = 1.17 C. 𝜎 2 = 1.56; 𝜎 = 1.25

B. 𝜎 = 1.46; 𝜎 = 1.21
2 D. 𝜎 2 = 1.66; 𝜎 = 1.29
11. Approximately how many arrangements should Isabella expect to deliver each week?

A. 69 arrangements B. 49 arrangements C. 29 arrangements D. 9 arrangements

12. Which of the following is not a property of a normal distribution?
A. The graph of a normal distribution is a bell-shaped curve.
B. The mean and standard deviation of a normal distribution is always equal to 0 and 1,
respectively.
C. The normal curve is asymptotic to the x-axis.
D. The normal curve is symmetrical about the median.
13. The distribution in the following graph is a ________ distribution.

A. exponential
B. gamma
C. normal
D. uniform

14-15. Assuming that the scores are normally distributed, the final examination in Statistics and
Probability has a mean of 38 and standard deviation of 3.
14. What is the probability that the score of a student is greater than 44?
A. 2.28% B. 15.87% C. 50% D. 84.13%

15. What is the range of data values so that approximately 68% of the data fall within the mean?
A. 29-47 B. 33-44 C. 35-41 D. 38-41

16. Find the 𝑧-score for which the area under the normal curve to the left of that value is 0.1587.

A. 𝑧 = −2 B. 𝑧 = −1 C. 𝑧 = 1 D. 𝑧 = 2

17. Given 𝜇 = 52 and 𝜎 = 4, find the 𝑧-score that corresponds to 𝑥 = 43.8.

A. 𝑧 = −0.95 B. 𝑧 = −2.05 C. 𝑧 = 0.95 D. 𝑧 = 2.05

18. Given 𝜇 = 65 and 𝜎 = 2.1, find the normal score that corresponds to 𝑧 = 1.3

A. 𝑥 = 67.31 B. 𝑥 = 67.52 C. 𝑥 = 67.73 D. 𝑥 = 67.94

19. Find the area of the region to the right of 𝑧 = −0.23 under the standard normal curve.
A. 0.0910 B. 0.4910 C. 0.5910 D. 0.9090

20. Find the area of the region to the left of 𝑧 = 2.16 under the standard normal curve.
A. 0.9846 B. 0.5144 C. 0.4846 D. 0.0154

21. Find the area of the region in between of 𝑧 = 1.23 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧 = 2.45 under the standard normal curve.
A. 0.9929 B. 0.8907 C. 0.1022 D. 0.0071

22. Which of the following is a population subset?

A. average B. element C. estimate D. sample
23. The teacher gave the researcher a list of 406 Garde 11 students. The researcher selected every 4 th
name on the list. Identify the probability sampling technique used.
A. Simple random sampling B. Systematic sampling
C. Stratified sampling D. Cluster sampling
24. A researcher surveyed all students in each of the 15 randomly selected section in a school. Identify
the probability sampling technique used.
A. Simple random sampling B. Systematic sampling
C. Stratified sampling D. Cluster sampling
25. Which of these values is a parameter?

A. 𝑥̅ B. X C. µ D. z

26. Random samples of size 4 are drawn from the population containing the values 26, 32, 41, 50, 58,
and 63. Determine the number of possible samples with size 5.

A. 15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 30
27. Which of the following statements is a property of the sampling distribution of sample mean?
A. The mean of the sampling distribution of the means is less than the population mean.
 B. The mean of the sampling distribution of the means is greater than the population mean.
C. The means of the samples drawn from a population are always equal to the population mean.
D. The means of the samples drawn from a population may be equal, greater than, or less than
to the population mean.

28. Which of the following steps DOES NOT contribute to the construction of sampling distribution of
the mean?

A. Compute for the variance and standard deviation of the samples.

B. Construct a frequency distribution of the sample mean and probability.
C. Determine the number of possible samples that can be drawn from the population.
D. List all the possible samples and compute the mean of each sample.
29. How many possible combinations of size n = 4 can be drawn from a population of size 12?
A. 48 B. 144 C. 495 D. 1320
For numbers 30 and 32, consider the following:
According to a pharmaceutical manufacturer, the average amount of time it takes for their
painkiller to start working after being taken is 10 minutes, with a standard deviation of 0.5 minutes.
One hundred people who have taken the painkiller manufactured by the pharmaceutical corporation
are randomly selected.

30. Which of the following is/are true about the sampling distribution of 𝑥̅ ?
A. Its variance is 0.25 B. Its mean is 10 min
C. It is normally distributed D. all of the above

31. What is the standard error of the sampling distribution of 𝑥̅ ?

A. 0.5 B. 0.05 C. 0.005 D. 0.000707

32. What is the variance of the sampling distribution of the size 5 mean drawn from a finite population
of size 30 with a population variance of 10?
A. 1.41 B. 1.72 C. 2.0 D. 2.45

33. If random samples of size n increase, what is the shape does the sampling distribution of the means
take?

A. left skewed B. right skewed C. normal D. rectangular

34. What is the finite population correction factor if the size of the population is 410 and the sample size
is 202?
A. 0. 713 B. 0.879 C. 0.938 D. 0.979
For numbers 35-36. David did research about the mathematical ability of high school students. From a
sample of 900 high school students, he found out that 38% of them could not do basic operations on
integers.
35. Identify the statistic in the given situation.

A. 38% of the high school students cannot do basic operation on integers

B. All high school students
C. The 900 high school students
D. The percentage of high school students that cannot do basic operation on integers.

36. Identify the parameter in the given situation.

A. 38% of the high school students cannot do basic operation on integers

B. All high school students
C. The 900 high school students
D. The percentage of high school students that cannot do basic operation on integers.

For numbers 37 and 38, refer to the problem below.

The average time it takes for a group of senior high students of Taguig City to complete a certain
examination is 54.2 minutes. The standard deviation is 8 minutes. Assume that the average precipitation
is normally distributed.
37. What is the probability that a randomly selected student completes the examination in less than 51
minutes?
 A. 1.000 B. 0.3466 C. 0.1544 D. 0.0500

38. If 50 randomly selected senior high school students take the examination, what is the probability
that the mean time it takes the group to complete the test will be less than 51 minutes?
A. 0.23% B. 0.54% C. 0.62% D. 0.71%

39. Which of the following best denotes the central value of a collection of data?

A. standard deviation B. proportion C. average D. variance

40. What do we call the probability that a parameter is contained in a range of values?
A. Confidence level C. Confidence coefficient
B. Confidence limit D. Confidence interval
41. What is the critical value when α=0.01?

A. ±1.96 B. ±2.26 C. ± 2.33 D. ± 2.58

42. When n ≥ 30 and the population standard deviation is known, what is the appropriate distribution?
A. z B. t C. p D. r

43. In a t distribution, the critical values are based on:

A. n B. z C. t D. df

44. When X = 50 and n = 215, what is the value of 𝑝̂ ?

A. 0.15 B. 0.23 C. 0.43 D. 50
For 45-50: The mean amount of gasoline consumed by ten motorized fishing boats at Laguna de Bay is
28 liters, with a standard deviation of 1.6 liters. Using the 95% confidence level, determine the point
and interval estimations.
45. What is α?

a. 0.01 b. 0.05 c. 0.95 d. 0.99

46. What is the point estimate of μ?

A. 95% B. 1.6 C.√10 D. 28

47. What is the appropriate distribution?
A. p B. s C. t D. Z

48. What are the confidence coefficients?

a. ±1.96 b. ±2.26 c. ± 2.33 d. ± 2.58
49. The lower limit is approximately ____________________.

a. 26.68 b.26.81 c. 26.85 d. 27.00

50. The upper limit is ____________________.
a. 29.15 b. 29 c. 29.19 d. 29.32