FIRST PERIODICAL TEST IN MATHEMATICS 11

NAME: _______________________________________ DATE: _______________SCORE : ____________

GRADE & SECTION: ___________________________ PARENT’S SIGNATURE :
___________________
DIRECTION : Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.
_____1. Which of the following is a random variable where the set of possible outcomes is
countable?
A. Continuous Random variable B. Discrete Random variable
C. Sample space D. Variable
_____2. Which of the following is a random variable where it takes on values on a continuous
scale?
A. Continuous Random variable B. Discrete Random variable
C. Sample space D. Variable
_____3. Which of the following is a discrete random variable?
A. the amount of paint used in repainting a building.
B. the average weight of female athletes.
C. the average amount of electricity consumed.
D. the number of patients in a hospital.
_____4. Which of the following is a continuous random variable?
A. the number of defective computers. B. the number of cars.
C. the number of voters favoring a candidate. D. the time needed to finish the
test.
_____5. Which of the following is/are (a) continuous random variable(s)?
i. The real numbers from 1 to 6.
ii. The distance students travel to class.
iii. The average number of stars a business is rated online.
iv. The final grade given to students in the K to 12 curriculum
A. i and ii only B. i, ii and iii only
C. i, ii and iv only D. ii, iii and iv only
_____6. If two coins are tossed, which is not a possible value of the random variable for the
number of heads?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
_____7. If two coins are tossed, how many possible outcomes can we have with two tails as a
result?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
_____8. Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
A. Random variables can only have one value
B. The probability of the value of a random variable could be zero
C. The sum of all the probabilities in a probability distribution is always equal to one.
D. The value of a random variable could be zero
_____9. If P(X) = X/6, what are the possible values of X for it to be a probability distribution?
A. 0, 2, 3 B. 1,2,3 C. 2,3,4 D. 1,1,2
_____10. Which formula gives the probability distribution shown by the table?
X 2 3 6
P(X) 1/2 1/3 1/6
A. P(x) = 1/X B. P(x) = 6/X
C. P(x) = X/6 D. P(x) = 1/6
_____11. If two coins are tossed, what is the probability that one tail will appear?
A. P(T) = 1/4 B. P(T) = 2/4 C. P(T) = 3/4 D. P(T) = 4/4
_____12. What is the possible probability in the table below to consider it as probability
distribution?
X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 1/10 3/10 ? 1/10
A. 3/10 B. 4/10
C. 5/10 D. 6/10
_____13. How do you get the mean of a discrete random variable?
A. Difference of the product of the values of the random variable X and its
corresponding probabilities
B. Product of the product of the values of the random variable X and its corresponding
probabilities
 C. Quotient of the product of the values of the random variable X and its
corresponding probabilities
D. Sum of the product of the values of the random variable X and its corresponding
probabilities

For numbers 14 – 16, refer to the probability distribution shown below.

X 0 1 2 3

1 3 3 1
P(X)
8 8 8 8

_____14. What is the mean of the probability distribution?

A. 1.2 B. 1.5 C. 1.6 D. 1.8
_____15. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 0.75 B. 1.00 C. 1.25 D. 1.50
_____16. What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?
A. 0.67 B. 0.77 C. 0.87 D. 0.97

_____17. Find the mean of the given probability distribution.

No. of
P(X) X ∙ P(X)
Patients X

3 0.15

4 0.10

5 0.20

6 0.25

7 0.30

A. 2.45 B. 3.45 C. 4.45 D. 5.45

_____18. If the mean of the random variable X is equal to 3.5 after tossing a die, what does the
mean tell us?
A. Literal 3.5 spot will appear in the die.
B. Only 3 or 4 spots will appear in the die.
C. The value obtained which is 3.5, expressed variability of the data.
D. Theoretical mean will be 3.5 after rolling the die many times.
_____19. Find the mean of the probability distribution of the random variable X, which can take
only the values 1, 2 and 3, given that P(1) = 4/9, P(2) = 4/9, and P(3) = 1/9
A. 1.67 B. 1.57 C. 1.47 D. 1.37
_____20. The probabilities of a machine manufacturing 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 defective parts in one day
are 0.75, 0.17, 0.04, 0.025, 0.01, and 0.005, respectively. Find the mean of the probability
distribution.
A. 0.38 B. 0.39 C. 0.40 D. 0.41
_____21. What is the variance in no. 19?
A. 0.23 B. 0.33 C. 0.43 D. 0.53
_____22. What is the standard deviation in no. 20?
A. 0.73 B. 0.83 C. 0.93 D. 1.03

For items no. 23- 26: Properties of the Normal Probability Distribution

_____23. The distribution curve is _______________ - shaped.

A. bell B. cup C. door D. egg
_____24. The curve is _______________ about its center.
A. horizontal B. symmetrical C. translated D. vertical
_____25. The mean, median and mode _______________ at the center.
 A. coordinate B. collide C. coincide D. come
_____26. The width of the curve is determined by the _______________ of the distribution.
A. mean B. median C. standard deviation D. variance

_____27. Which of the following constructed normal curves is a standard normal curve?

A. B.
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1

C. D.
-3 -2 -1 1 2 3 9 7 5 3 1 -1 -3
_____28. Find the area that corresponds to z = 1.01
A. 0.3413 B. 0.3438 C. 0.3643 D. 0.3665
_____29. Find the area that corresponds to z = -2.45
A. 0.4918 B. – 0.4918 C. 0.4929 D. – 0.4929
_____30. Given the mean μ = 50 and the standard deviation σ = 4 of a population of math scores.
Find the z-value/score that corresponds to a score of x = 58. (HINT: Use the z- score formula)
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
_____31. Locate the z – value that corresponds to a Music score of 39 given that μ = 45 and σ =
6.
A. 0 B. – 1 C. – 2 D. – 3
_____32. Find the 80th percentile of the normal curve.
A. 0.84 B. 0.85 C. 0.86 D. 0.87
_____33. The results of a periodic test in History are normally distributed with μ= 80 and σ= 7.
What is the percentile rank of a score 94?
A. 97.72% B. 47.72% C. 7.93% D. 2.28%
_____34. In order to save money, time and effort, a researcher may not use the whole population
in gathering data but instead use _______________.
A. Parameter B. Population C. Random Sampling D. Statistic
_____35. Samples of three cards are drawn at random from a population of eight cards numbered
from 1 to 8, how many possible samples can be drawn?
A. 24 B. 56 C. 336 D. 512
_____36. It is a descriptive measure computed from a population.
A. Parameter B. Population C. Random Sampling D. Statistic
_____37. It is a descriptive measure computed from a sample.
A. Parameter B. Population C. Random Sampling D. Statistic
_____38. A finite population consists of 8 elements: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 12, 18, 40. What is the
mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means?
A. 13 B. 15 C. 17 D. 19
_____39. A certain population has a mean of 15.4 and a standard deviation of 5.6. If random
samples of size 5 are taken from this population, which of the following statements is correct?
A. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is equal to 15.4.
B. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is less than 15.4.
C. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample means is 5.6.
D. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample means is 15.4.
_____40. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. The mean of sampling distribution of the sample means is less than the population mean.
B. The mean of sampling distribution of the sample 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 the μ.

For items no. 41 – 44:

Given the data as follows: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 n=2
_____41. What is the mean of sampling distribution of sample mean?
A. 3.6 B. 3.8 C. 4 D. 4.2
_____42. What is the variance for population?
A. 3.56 B. 4.56 C. 5.56 D. 6.56
_____43. What is the standard deviation population?
A. 2.13 B. 2.14 C. 2.15 D. 2.16

_____44. What is the value of the population mean?

A. 3.6 B. 3.8 C. 4 D. 4.2
_____45. If the variance of a population is 4, the population size is 5, sample size is 2, what is the
variance of sampling distribution of sample means?
A. 1.2 B. 1.3 C. 1.4 D. 1.5
_____46. What is the shape of the sampling distribution of the means if a random sample of size
n becomes larger?
A. left skewed B. right skewed C. normal D. rectangular
_____47. Which sample size will give a smaller standard error of the means?
A. 35 B. 44 C. 53 D. 62
_____48. What is the finite population correction factor
and the sample size is 25 ?
√ N −n if the size of the population is 200
N −1

A. 0.679 B. 0.779 C. 0.879 D. 0.938

_____49. The average number of mg of cholesterol in a cup of a certain ice cream is 600 mg, and
the standard deviation is 30 mg. Assuming the variable is normally distributed, what is the
probability that the cholesterol content will be more than 660 mg?
A. 2.05% B. 2.28% C. 7.93% D. 47.72%
_____50. What is the probability notation for the statement: probability that the cholesterol
content will be more than 660 mg?
A. P(X< 600) B. P(X>600) C. P(X>660) D. P(X<660)