Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS PROVINCE
DISTRICT OF CUENCA
CUENCA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Poblacion 2, Cuenca, Batangas

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

THIRD PERIODICAL TEST
S.Y. 2024-2025
NAME: _______________________________________ GRADE AND SECTION: ______________________

Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each number.
1. A variable that can be discrete or continuous is called The given table shows the probability distribution of a random
A. Random sample B. Random notation variable Z which represents the percentage of male students
C. Random variable D. Random elimination per section among Grade 11 senior high school students.
2. Which of the following statement describe a
continuous random variable? 11. Find P(Z≥11)
A. The average distance traveled by a jeep in a week A. 84% B.59% C. 51% D.43 %
B. The number of students present in a class
C. The number of motorcycle owned by a randomly 12. Find P(8< Z<18)
selected household A. 43% B.59% C. 75% D.83 %
D. The number of girls taller than 5 feet in a random 13. Which formula is appropriate to use in finding the
sample of 10 girls mean of a discrete random variable?
A. E(x) = μ = ∑ x ∙ p (x) B. E(x) = μ = ∑ x + p (x)
3. Which of the following is a discrete random variable? C. E(x) = μ = ∑ x − p (x) D. E(x) = μ = ∑ x ∙ p (x)2
A. The average amount of electricity consumed
B. The amount of paint used in repainting a building 14. What can we generate if we take the squares of
C. The number of patients in a hospital. standard deviation?
D. The average weight of female athletes A. Expected Value B. Mean Value
C. Probability value D. Variance
4. If a coin is tossed, what are the possible values of the 15. If the variance of a probability distribution is 2.6 grams,
random variable for the number of heads?
A. √2.6
then what proper way to do to get the standard deviation?
A. 0, 1 B. 0, 1, 2 B. (2.6)2
C. 1, 2, 3 D. 0, 1, 2, 3 C. 1.61 + 2.6 D. 1.61 – 2.6
5. Suppose you tossed two coins. What are the sample 16. If the variance of a probability distribution is 1.21
spaces for the experiment above? grams, what is the standard deviation?
A. HH, TT B. HH, HT, TT A. 1.1 B. 1.2 C. 11 6 D. 1.01
C. HH, TH, TT D. HH, HT, TT, TH
Refer to the problem below to answer item # 17-18.
6. In a local community, a couple was asked the The number of qualified voters living in the household on a
questions, “Are you satisfied with the work of the randomly selected Subdivision block is described by the
current president?” If the husband and the wife both following probability distribution.
said “yes”, the response is written as YY. If the
husband said yes and the wife said “no”, the response
is YN. Let X be the number of “yes” responses, what
are the possible values of the random variables?
A. 0, 1, 2 B. 1, 2, 3 17. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
C. 2, 3, 4 D. 1, 1, 2 A. 1.0 B. 1.8 C. 2.0 D. 2.1
18. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
7. What is the sum of the probabilities of all values of A. 0.68 B. 0.78 C. 0.88 D. 0.99

B. ∑ 𝑃(𝑋)) = 1/10
the random variable? 19. Which of the following represents the amount of

C. ∑ 𝑃(𝑋)) = 1 D. ∑ 𝑃(𝑋)) = 10
A. ∑𝑃(𝑋))= 0 spread, dispersion, or variability of the items in a
distribution?
8. What must be the value of the probability of each A. mean or expected value
random variable? B. median and mode
A. P(X) ≥ 0 B. 0≤ P(X) ≤ 1 C. outcomes and probability distribution
C. -1≤ P(X) ≤ 1 D. P(X) ≤ 1 D. variance and standard deviation
9. Which of the following values can serve as the values 20. How would you interpret a very small variance or
of a probability distribution? standard deviation but not equal to zero?
A. P(1) = 0.42, P(2) = 0.31, P(3)= 0.37 A. The values of the random variables are farther
B. P(1) = 9/14, P(2) = 4/14, P(3)= 1/14 from the mean.
C. P(1) = 0.08, P(2) = 0.12, P(3)= 1.03 B. The values of the random variables are nearer to
D. P(1) = 10/33, P(2) = 12/33, P(3)= 10/33 the mean.
C. The values of the random variables are equal to
10. The given table represents a probability distribution.
the mean.
What is P(2) + P(3)?
D. The values of the random variables have no
relationship with the mean.
A. 1/6 B. 1/3 C. 1/2 D. 2/3 21. You buy one ₱500.00 raffle ticket for a prize of new
Refer to the problem below to answer item # 11-12. Toyota Wigo car valued at ₱675, 000.00. Two
 thousand tickets are sold. What is the probability that illustration of the notation (𝑎 < 𝑧 <𝑏)?
you will win the prize?
A. 1 B. 1/500 C. 1/2000 D. 1/675000
Refer to the problem below to answer item # 22-23.
𝑃(𝑍 < −1.78)?
38. What is the probability of z value indicated by
A roulette wheel in a fiesta carnival has the numbers 1
through 50. If you bet ₱5.00, you will have a chance to win A. 0.0375 B. 0.3075 C. 0.9625 D. 0.9633
a kitchen utensil worth ₱200.00. If X denotes the net gain
from taking a chance to bet on a randomly selected 39. The average score on Statistics and Probability First
number. Quarterly Assessment is 35 points with a standard
deviation of 5. What is the probability that Beth’s
22. Which of the following tables of values shows the score is less than 45 points?
probability distribution of X? A. -2 B. 2 C. 97.72% D. 2.28%
40. What is the probability that Beth’s score is higher
than 40 points?
A. 34% B. 16% C. 98% D. 94%
41. What do you call the set of all people, objects, events,
or ideas researchers want to investigate?
23. What is the mean or the expected value for those who A. data B. sample C. population D. statistics
take a bet?
A. – 1.8 B. -1 C. -0.95 D. -0.5 42. Which of the following is NOT a type of random
24. The total area under the normal curve is _________. sampling method?
A. -1 B. 0 C. 0.5 D. 1 A. cluster B. convenience C. simple D. systematic
25. Under the curve, the area to the left of the mean 43. A researcher was given a random list of all
is_________ graduating senior high school students. He decided to
A. 30% B. 47.72% C. 50% D. 68% conduct a survey by asking every seventh student on
the list regarding the courses that they want to take in
26. Which of the following figures is the best illustration college. What type of sampling technique he is
of the area to the right of z =1? planning to use?
A. cluster B. stratified C. random D. systematic
44. The organizer created a list of all players, decided to
survey every sixth name on the list, and later asked
those players that were selected. Which random
sampling technique did he apply?
A. cluster B. simple C. stratified D. systematic
45. Mr. Lagundi writes each name of all first-year college
27. Find the area if the value of z = -0.13. students on small pieces of paper; then he puts them
A. 0.0248 B. 0.0517 C. 0.1398 D. 0.2467 in a box and draws 300 names to participate in the
study. Which random sampling technique does he
28. Find the area above z= 2.56. apply?
A. 0.0052 B. 0.4948 C. 0.9946 D. 0.9948 A. cluster B. simple C. stratified D. systematic
29. Find the area of the shaded region of the given figure. 46. What do you call a number that describes a sample
characteristic?
A. data B. samples C. parameter D. statistic

A. 𝜎2 B. 𝑥̅
47. Which of the following is a parameter?
C. s D. s2
30. Find the area under the normal curve from z =0.83 to For numbers 48-50, the following are the five scores of the
z= 1.84. students above that are randomly selected:
A. 0.0007 B. 0.1704 C. 0.7967 D. 0.9671 3, 5, 6, 6, 4
31. Given: x = 35 ; µ = 15 ; σ = 4. Find the z score. 48. What is the value of the sample mean?
A. -5 B. 5 C. 10 D. 15 A. 4.5 B. 4.6 C. 4.7 D. 4.8
32. Given: z = -2.25 ; µ = 60 ; σ = 8. Find the value of x. 49. What is the value of s2?
A. 18 B. 42 C. 78 D. 102 A. 1.68 B. 1.70 C. 1.73 D. 1.75

Given: z = 2.75; μ = 70; 𝜎 = 9. Find the value of x.

50. What is the value of sample standard deviation?
33.
A. 1.205 B. 1.275 C. 1.298 D. 1.303
A. 94.75 B. 104.75 C. 201.5 D. 148.5
34. If the scores in a Probability and Statistics test are
normally distributed with a mean of 31 and standard
"In statistics and probability, numbers speak the
deviation of 4.5. What is the z-score for a score of
language of chance and possibility."
40?
~ Unknown
A. 1 B.1.5 C. 2 D. 2.5
Prepared by:
35. The mean score of the students on pre-assessment is
10 and the standard deviation is 2. What was Elson’s
raw score if his z – score is 3? JEANNE MARIE LAGO ALONA P .CORONEL
Teacher II Teacher I
A. 4 B. 12 C. 16 D. 2
36. Which of the following notations indicate the
Checked by: Noted:

A. (𝑍 > 𝑧) B. 𝑃(𝑍 < 𝑧) C. 𝑃(𝑋 < 𝑥) D. 𝑃(𝑋 > 𝑥)

probability of a z value from the left?

BLADEMER O. MANALO NALAINE M. QUITAIN

Assistant School Principal Principal II

37. Which of the following graph is the correct