Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Bureau of Secondary Education
Schools Division of Cauayan City
CAUAYAN CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Turayong, Cauayan City
E-mail address: cnhs_cyn@yahoo.com
Telefax No. (078)652–1514

4TH QUARTER EXAMINATION

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
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GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
A. Choose the letter that corresponds to the BEST (if not, the nearest) answer for each item.
B. Maintain INTELLECTUAL HONESTY.
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1. In sampling distribution, the mean of the sample means is equal to the ______.
A. population mean B. population variance C. sample variance D. sample std. dev.
σ
2. The standard deviation of a sampling distribution is equal to . It is also referred to as the ______.
√n
A. sample std. dev. B. standard error C. margin of error D. n x́ x́ one of these
3. Which of the following is the z-transformation when the Central Limit Theorem (CLT) is applied?
x́−μ μ−x́ x́−μ μ−x́
A. z = σ B. z = σ C. z = σ D. z = σ
√n √n n n
4. It is the process used to calculate the population parameters by analyzing only a small random sample
from the population.
A. estination B. esimation C. estimasion D. estimation
5. Which of the following is/are NOT true about an estimate?
A. It is used to approximate a parameter. C. It must be unbiased, consistent, and efficient.
B. There are three types of an estimate. D. Its role is to reduce error and increase accuracy.
6. Which of the following analogies is/are TRUE?
I. population : sample as parameter : statistic
II. μ : x́ as z-value : t-value
A. I only B. II only C. Both I and II D. Neither I nor II
7. It is a single value that gives an estimate of the true parameter of the population.
A. estimate B. point estimate C. interval estimate D. confidence level
8. It is a range of scores that is likely to contain the estimated population parameter.
A. estimate B. point estimate C. interval estimate D. degrees of
freedom
9. A ________ for μ is an interval computed from sample data where the probability of arriving at an interval
containing the actual value of μ is the confidence level (CL).
A. confidence level B. confidence interval C. degrees of freedom D. alpha α
10. It refers to the difference between the point estimate and the true population parameter.
A. standard error B. margin of error C. standard deviation D. sample std. dev.
11. As the sample size increases the standard error and margin of error _________.
A. also increases B. decreases C. remains the same D. becomes equal to
0
12. Each trial in a Binomial Experiment has _______ possible outcome/s.
A.no B. one C. two D. three
13. Problems involving population proportions are examples of Binomial Experiments.
A. true B. sometimes true C. false D. sometimes false
14. Unlike z-distribution, the t-distribution depends on the degrees of freedom df where df = n – 2.
A. True B. Sometimes true C. False D. Insufficient info.
15. Which of the following is/are real world application/s of mean, variance and estimation?
I. Determining the effectiveness of a strategy in teaching and learning mathematics
II. Identifying the prices of goods in the market
A. I only B. II only C. Both I and II D. Neither I nor II
16. Confidence levels correspond to probabilities which may be given in the form of the ff. EXCEPT a ______.
A. percent B. decimal C. fraction D. letter
17. It represents the area outside the confidence level in both on-tailed and two-tailed tests.
A. alpha α B. confidence interval C. estimate D. t-value
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18. If the confidence level of a two-tailed test is 95%, then the area in each tail is outside the CL is ________.
A. 5% B. 10% C. 25% D. 2.5%
19. In the analogy “ confidence level : z-score AS _________ “ which of the ff. does NOT make it true?
A. 90% : ± 1. 645 B. 95% : ± 1. 83 C. 95% : ± 1. 96 D. 99% : ± 2. 576
20. The confidence interval for μ can be determined when
A. the population standard deviation σ is known C. n ≥ 30
B. the variable is normally distributed D. All of these
21. Use the z-distribution in finding the confidence interval for the population mean when
A. σ is known B. the sample size is small C. n less than 30 D. All of these
22. The margin of error for the confidence interval involving t-distribution is _______.
σ σ s
A.t ( )
√n
B. t ()
n
C. t ( )
√n
D. t ( ns )
For items 23-27, consider the situation below.
Teacher Pepe would like to estimate the grade in mathematics of all Grade-11 students of a particular
school in Cauayan City. He picked 10 students at random whose grades are as follows: 75, 76, 82, 84, 85,
85, 88, 90, 92 and 98.

x 1+ x 2 +…+ x n
23. –24. Estimate the average mathematics grade of all the students. (Clue: x́= )
n
A. 85 B. 85.5 C. 86 D. 86.5
25. – 26. Estimate the variance of their grades in math. (Clue:
( x ¿¿ n− x́)2
s2=(x ¿¿1−x́)2 +(x ¿¿ 2− x́)2+ …+ ¿¿¿ )
( n−1)
A. 48 B. 48.9 C. 48.94 D. 50
27. Estimate the standard deviation of their grades in math. (Clue: s = √ s 2 )
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 7.5

For items 28-34, consider the situation below.

A scientist claims that the results of her newly-invented machine is normally distributed and that it can
produce at an average of 150 units per day with a standard deviation of 30 units per day. A certain
production is scheduled for 36 days.

28. 150 units per day stands for _____.

A. population mean μ B. population SD σ C. sample size n D. sample mean x́
29. 30 units per day stands for _____.
A. population mean μ B. population SD σ C. sample size n D. sample mean x́
30. 36 days stands for _____.
A. population mean μ B. population SD σ C. sample size n D. sample mean x́
31. 160 units per day stands for _____.
A. population mean μ B. population SD σ C. sample size n D. sample mean x́
x́−μ
32. Determine the z-value when average production in a certain day is 160 units.
( Clue : z =
σ
√n )
A. 1 B. – 1 C. 2 D. – 2
33. – 34. What is the probability that the average production in a certain day is less than 160 units?
(Clue: Apply the 68-95-99.7 Rule)
A. 16% B. 84% C. 95% D. 97.5%

For items 35-40, consider the situation below.

One hundred fifty randomly selected SHS students were asked whether they believe that, after high
school graduation, they will take the same field they took in senior high. One hundred twenty of them
affirmed and answered YES. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of students who
affirmed.
35. n = 150 while x = _____

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 A. 95 B. 150 C. 120 D. None of these
36. Let ^p = probability of students who affirmed the survey and answered YES. What is the value of ^p?
A. 0.08 B. 0.02 C. 80% D. 20%
37. Then, the value of q^ is _______.
A. 0.08 B. 0.02 C. 80% D. 20%

^p q^
(
38. What is the value of the margin of error to the nearest percent? Clue : ME=
√ )
n
A. 1% B. 2% C. 3% D. 4%
39. Hence, the 95% confidence interval is ____________.
A. 79% < p < 81% B. 78% < p < 82% C. 77% < p < 83% D. 76% < p < 84%
40. What conclusion can we draw from the result?
A. Among all SHS students, 80% believe that, after high school graduation, they will still pursue the same
field they took in senior high.
B. About 77% to 83% of all SHS students believe that that, after high school graduation, they will still
pursue the same field they took in senior high.
C. Among all SHS students, no one believes that, after high school graduation, they will take the same field
they took in senior high.
D. There is no enough evidence to make a conclusion.

41. A type I error occurs when the __________.

A. null hypothesis is incorrectly accepted when it is false. C. x́ differs from μ.
B. null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected when it is true. D. sample is not random.
42. Which of the following is NOT a typical value assigned to α ?
A. 0.01 B. 0.10 C. 0.05 D. 0.25
43. Which of the following is the first step in hypothesis testing?
A. Interpret the result. C. Compute the test statistic.
B. Decide on the level of significance. D. Identify the null and alternative hypotheses.
44. A trainer says his team athletes have an average of 95 physical fitness rating, but someone in the crowd
think that they still have to work harder in order to reach this rate. What is the null hypothesis?
A. μ>95 B. μ<95 C. μ=95 D. μ ≠ 95

45. The school nurse thinks that the average height of 8th grades has increased. The average height of the
students a year ago was 150 cm. What is the alternative hypothesis?
A. μ>150 B. μ<150 C. μ=150 D. μ ≠150
For items 46-50, consider the situation below.
A local farm takes pride in its poultry and says that each dressed chicken they sell provides 175 grams of
protein. Test this claim at 0.01 level of significance based on a random sample of 50 dressed chickens that
yielded an average of 169 grams of protein with sample standard deviation of 18 grams.

46. What type of test is appropriate for the situation?

A. z-table B. F-table C. x-table D. t-table
47. Which of the following are the critical values for a two-tailed test at α = 0.01?
A. ± 1.645 B. ± 1.83 C. ± 1.96 D. ± 2.576
48. What is the value of the test statistic?
A. 2.36 B. – 2.36 C. 0.42 D. – 0.42
49. What is the correct decision?
A. Accept Ho B. Reject Ho C. Accept Ha D. Not enough info.
50. Which of the following is a sound and just interpretation of the result?
A. There is enough evidence to claim that each dressed chicken sold by the local farm provides 175 grams
of protein.
B. There is enough evidence to claim that each dressed chicken sold by the local farm provides more than
175 grams of protein.
C. There is enough evidence to claim that each dressed chicken sold by the local farm provides less than
175 grams of protein.
D. There is no enough evidence to claim that each dressed chicken sold by the local farm provides 175
grams of protein.

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