STA. ELENA (CAM. NORTE) COLLEGE, INC.

Purok 10, Brgy. Sta. Elena (Poblacion), Sta. Elena, Camarines Norte

BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

2nd Semester AY 2024-2025

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY –– 3rd QUARTER EXAMINATION

Instructor: Bryan Jay A. Navia

Name Date of Exam

Grade/Strand Block/Section Score

MULTIPLE CHOICE - Read each question carefully. Write the letter of the correct and best
answer for each question in the given blank space before each number. Strictly NO
ERASURES, any form of erasures are not allowed and means wrong. CALCULATOR IS
ALLOWED

“OBVIOUS is the most dangerous word in mathematics”

_____1. It is the central or average of its corresponding probability mass function.

a. Mean c. Standard deviation
b. Variance d. Probability
_____2. The _________ distribution of sample means is frequency distribution of the sample
means taken from a population.
a. Population c. Standard deviation
b. Sampling d. Mean
_____3. This is data that can be counted and has a limited number of values. It usually comes
in the form of whole numbers or integers.
a. Population c. Probability
b. Continuous d. Discrete
_____4. A random variable is a variable whose value is determined by:
a. the random space c. the random population
b. the outcome of an experiment d. All of the above
and associated with probability
_____5. Which of the following is true for the probability distribution of a discrete random
variable x?
a. ΣP (x) = 2 c. ΣP(x) < 0
b. ΣP (x) > 1 d. ΣP (x) = 1
_____6. Find the number of all possible samples from a population containing 8 items from
which 2 items are selected at random without replacement.
a. 56 c. 38
b. 48 d. 28
_____7. What is the probability of picking a card of the diamond from a pack of cards?
a. 1/8 c. 1/4
b. 1/13 d. 1/2
_____8. x = 28 µ = 16 SD= 5, What is the percentile of rank?
a. 0.9918 c. 0.9981
b. 99.18 d. 99.81
_____9. Six friends want to play enough games of chess to be sure everyone plays everyone
else. How many games will they have to play?
a. 11 c. 12
b. 14 d. 15
____10. A statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a data set.
a. Discrete c. variable
b. Variance d. Probability
____11. Classify each of the following variables is not nominal variables.
a. gender c. blood
b. Zip code d. time
____12. A numerical description of the outcome of an experiment is called a;
a. descriptive statistic c. random variable
b. Variance d. probability function
____13. The standard deviation is the,
a. square root of the sum of the deviations from the mean
b. same as the expected value
c. variance squared
d. positive square root of the variance
____14. Find the area corresponding to z=1
a. 0.3413 c. 0.8413
b. 0.8143 d. 0.3143
____15. The shape of the Normal Curve is ______.
a. Circular c. Flat
b. Spiked d. Bell Shaped
____16. Normal Distribution is symmetric is about _______
a. Mean c. Standard deviation
b. Variance d. Covariance
____17. The area under a standard normal curve is?
a. 1 c. 0
b. ∞ d. not defined
____18. Normal Distribution is also known as ___________
a. Cauchy’s Distribution c. Gaussian Distribution
b. Lagrangian Distribution d. Laplacian Distribution
____19. Find the area that correspond to z= -1.22?
a. 0.1212 c. 0.6112
b. 0.6212 d. 0.1112
____20. x = 24 µ = 38 SD= 8, find approximate area.
a. 0.3401 c. 0.5401
b. 0.0401 d. 0.0410
____21. x = 24 µ = 38 SD= 8, what is z-score?
a. 1.75 c. -1.75
b. 1.25 d. -1.25
____22. In Standard normal distribution, the value of median is ___________
a. 1 c. 0
b. 2 d. not fixed
____23. Mark has 5 pants and 7 shirts in his closet. He wants to wear a different pant/shirt
combination each day without buying new clothes for as long as he can. How many weeks
can he do this for?
a. 3 c. 6
b. 4 d. 5
____24. A population has N items. Samples of size n are selected without replacement. Find
the number of possible samples.
a. nCN c. 2n
b. 2N d. NCn
____25. A distributor manufactures a product that has an average weight of 20 pounds. If the
standard deviation is 2 pounds, determine the z-score of a product that has a weight
of 18 pounds.
a. 1/2 c. 0
b. -1 d. – 1/2
____26. Find the number of all possible samples from a population containing 8 items from
which 2 items are selected at random without replacement.
a. 27 c. 28
b. 26 d. 56
____27. If the mean of population is 28 then the mean of sampling distribution is __________
a. 14 and 2 c. 14
b. 20 and 8 d. 28
____28. Which of the following is classified as unknown or exact value that represents the
whole population?
a. predictor c. estimator
b. guider d. parameter

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____29. The number of changes of a stochastic process in a given interval of time follows
________ law under certain conditions.
a. Poisson c. binomial
b. gamma d. beta
____30. Your teacher tells you that the mean score for a test was a 70 and that the standard
deviation was 7 for your class. You are given that the z-score for your test was 2.5 What did you
score on your test?
a. 90 c. 87.5
b. 84 d. 56
____31. x = 1.72 µ = 1.6 SD= 0.2, find approximate area
a. 0.2257 c. 0.7257
b. 0.4257 d. 0.7255
____32. What is the probability of picking an ace from a pack of cards?
a. 1/13 c. 1/4
b. 1/8 d. 1/2
____33. The factorial of zero is:
a. 0 c. 1
b. 2 d. not defined
____34. Find the upper 10% of the normal curve.
a. 1.75 c. 1.28
b. 1.25 d. 1.50
____35. A random variable X has a mean of 6 and a standard deviation of 2. Find the
corresponding z-score for x= 11?
a. -2.5 c. 2.5
b. -2.25 d. 2.25
____36. Find the area that correspond to z= -0.64
a. 0.7611 c. 0.2611
b. 0.2621 d. 0.7621
____37. How many types of random variables are there?
a. One c. Three
b. Two d. Four
____38. What is the probability of picking an ace from a pack of cards?
a. 1/8 c. 1/13
b. 1/2 d. 1/4
____39. Find the area that correspond to z= -1.22?
a. 0.1221 c. 0.6112
b. 0.6221 d. 0.1112
____40. Type of statistical measurement that gives an idea of how far a raw score is from the
mean of a distribution
a. Z-score c. Statistic
b. research d. Normal distribution

For number 41-50

Note µ= mean

X P(X) P(X) X X-µ ( X −µ)

2
P ( x ¿( X −µ) ¿2
0 1
10 41) ______
1 2
10
44) ______ 47) ______
2 3
10
42) ______ 46) _______
3 2
10
45) 48) ______
4 2
10

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 43) µ = 49) ∑ P ( x ¿( X −µ) ¿2= _______
______

____41.
1
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d.
10
____42.
1 3 6 2
a. b. c. d.
10 10 10 10
____43.
a. 2.12 b. 2.2 c.1.2 d. 1
____44.
a. 2.12 b. 2.2 c.1.2 d. -1.2
____45.
a. 1.8 b. 0.8 c.1.2 d. 1
____46.
a. 0.4 b. 0.04 c.0.16 d. 1
____47.
a. 0.484 b. 0.268 c.0.288 d. 0.88
____48.
a. 0.484 b. 0.128 c.0.288 d. 0.88
____49. What is the variance?
a. 1.46 b. 1.66 c.0.56 d. 1.56
____50. What is standard deviation?
a. 0.484 b. 0.268 c.0.288 d. 0.88

“Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with

pure love,
for its own beauty”
- Archimedes-

Prepared by:

Bryan Jay A. Navia, LPT

Instructor Noted by:

MARJHON O. GIROY, LPT, MAED.

Principal, Basic Education Department

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