STATISTICS AND

PROBABILITY
____1. The average score of the whole class under study is 85.5. The
parameter in the given problem is the ___.
a. Average score c. Whole Class
b. Under study d. None of the above
____2. It is a frequency distribution using the means computed from
all possible random samples of a specific size taken from a
population.
a.T- distribution c. Sampling distribution of sample mean
b. Central Limit Theorem d. Sampling distribution of population
means
____3. A sampling technique in which each member of the population
is given equal chance to be chosen as part of the sample.
a. Random Sampling c. Snowball Sampling
b. Purposive Sampling d. Systematic Sampling
_____4. Thirty (30) out of 100 animals in the zoo are randomly selected
to test the new vaccine to boost the immunity of these animals. Which of
the following is true about the statement?
a. There are 30 samples. c. There are 30/100 average
animals in the zoo.
b. There are 100 samples. d. The average number of animals in the
zoo is 30.
_____5. Which of the following is not true about samples?
a. It describes by statistic. c. It is the subset of a population.
b. It relatively large number. d. It can be a portion of a population.
_____6. The scores in a quiz of Grade 11 students in a school is normally
distributed with a mean of 34 and a standard deviation of 5. Find the
value of X corresponding to a z-score of 1.18
a. 37.9 c. 39.9

b. 38.9 d. 40.9
_____7. Find the z-score for which 65% of the distribution’s area
lies to its left.
a. 0.13 c. 0.48
b. 0.39 d. 0.57
_____8. Find the z-score that has 93.82% of the distribution’s area
to its right.
a. -0.155 c. 0.155
b. -1.54 d. 1.54
____9. Find the area under the normal curve between
z = 3.49 and z = -3.49
a. 0.1 b. 0.9996
c. 0.9999 d. 1
For nos. 10-11. A bakeshop owner determines the number
of boxes of pandesal that are delivered each day.
____10. Find the mean of the probability distribution
shown above.
a. 35 c. 37 Number of Probabilit
Boxes X y P(X)

b. 36 d. 38
35 0.10
____11. If the manager stated that 35 boxes of pandesal
were delivered in one day, do you think that this is a 36 0.20

believable claim? 37 0.30

a. Yes, it is a believable claim.
38 0.30
b. Yes. But the average is 36.
c. No, it is not a believable claim because the mean is 38. 39 0.10

d. No, it is not a believable claim because the mean is not

equal to 35
For nos. 12-14. Complete the table below. Then,
compute for the mean, variance, and standard
deviation. The probabilities that a sari-sari store sells
1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 detergent powder in any day are 0.25,
0.10. 0.15, 0.25 and 0.25, respectively.
_____12. What is the mean of the probability
distribution?
a. 2.15 c. 3.10 Y P(Y)
Y*
Y-µ (Y-µ)2 (Y-µ)2*P(Y)
P(Y)

b. 3.05 d. 3.15 1 0.25

_____13. What is the standard deviation of the 2 0.10

probability distribution?
a. 1.25 c. 1.67 3 0.15

4 0.25
b. 1.53 d. 1.89
5 0.25
_____14. What is the variance of the probability
distribution?
a. 1.53 c. 2.33

b. 2.13 d. 3.13
______15. find the mean of the ungroup data. 4, 1, 3, 5, 3, 2,
3
a. 21 c. 3

b. 7 d. none of these
______16. find the mean of the ungroup data.
5,9,4,7,8,6,3,5,5,6
a. 58 c. 5.1

b. 10 d. 5.8
______17. find the mean of the ungroup data.
10,20,36,92,95,40,50,56,60,70,92,88,80,70,72,70,36,40,36,
40,92,40,50,50,60,70,60,60,88
a. 43.13 c. 86.25

b. 59.3 d. 172.5
_____18. A random variable that represents count data, such as the
number of defective chairs produced in a factory. Its set of possible
outcomes is countable.
a. Random Variable c. Continuous Random Variable

b. Discrete Random Variable d. All of the above

_____19. A random variable that represents measured data, such as
heights, weights, and temperatures.
a. Random Variable c. Continuous Random Variable

b. Discrete Random Variable d. All of the above

_____20. A set whose elements are the numbers assigned to the
outcomes of an experiment.
a. Random Variable c. Continuous Random Variable

b. Discrete Random Variable d. All of the above

_____21. It is an activity which can be done repeatedly under
similar conditions.
a. Event c. Statistical Experiment

b. Possible Outcome d. Sample Space

_____22. It is the set of all possible outcomes in an experiment.
a. Event c. Statistical Experiment

b. Possible Outcome d. Sample Space

_____23. It is a subset of a sample space.
a. Event c. Statistical Experiment

b. Possible Outcome d. Sample Space

_____24. These are the elements of the sample space.
a. Event c. Statistical Experiment

b. Possible Outcome d. Sample Space

C
B

For no. 25-29 The probability distribution of the number of

cotton candies sold per day at a store is shown.
____ 25.Based on the table, how many is the total possible
outcomes?
X 0 2 4 6 8
a.2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 8
____ 26.What is the probability of selling more than 4
candies? P(X) 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5

a.1/5 b. 2/5 c. 3/5 d. 4/5

____ 27.What is the mean of the probability distribution?
a.1.5 b. 2.0 c. 3.5 d. 4.0
____ 28.What is the variance of the probability distribution?
a.4.15 b. 6.35 c. 8.00 d. 7.50
____ 29.What is the standard deviation of the probability
distribution?
a.2.38 b. 2.83 c. 3.82 d. 3.28
C
B

Y 0 2 3 4
P(Y) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8
For no. 30-32
____30.What is the mean of the probability distribution?
a.1.375 c. 3.375
b.2.375 d. 4.475
____31.What is the variance of the probability distribution?
a.2.641 c. 1.235
b.0.391 d. 5.641
____32.What is the standard deviation of the probability
distribution?
a.1.111 c. 3.111
b.2.111 d. 4.111
C
B

Y 1 2 3 4 5
P(Y) 0.100 0.035 0.565 0.20 0.100
For no. 33-34
____33.What is the mean of the probability
distribution?
a.2.980 c. 3.165
b.3.265 d. 2.890
____34. What is the standard deviation of the
probability distribution?
a.1.007 c. 1.006
b.1.003 d. 1.004
C
B

____35. What is the purpose of the sampling distribution of the sample mean?
a. To find the mean of a sample
b. To understand how sample means behave from different samples of the population
c. To measure individual data points
d. To calculate the sample variance
____36. What does the Central Limit Theorem state about the sampling distribution of
the sample mean?
a. It becomes skewed for large samples
b. It always has a mean of zero
c. It approaches a normal distribution as the sample size increases, even if the
population distribution is not normal
d. It is always uniformly distributed
____37. How do you calculate the standard error of the mean in the sampling
distribution?
a. Multiply the sample size by the population variance
b. Divide the population standard deviation by the square root of the sample size
c. Add the population mean and the sample size
d. Multiply the sample mean by the population standard deviation
C
B

____38. Which of the following is the correct definition of a sampling

distribution of the sample mean?
a. A distribution of population values
b. A distribution of sample means from multiple random samples taken from a
population
c. A distribution of individual sample data points
d. A distribution of population variances
____39. What happens to the standard error of the sample mean as the sample
size increases?
a. It becomes larger c. It stays the same
b. It becomes smaller d. It is unaffected by sample size
____40. How does the shape of the sampling distribution change as the sample
size increases?
a. It becomes more skewed
b. It stays uniform
c. It becomes more normal due to the Central Limit Theorem
d. It becomes more bimodal
C
B

____41. If the population is not normally distributed, what happens to the sampling
distribution of the sample mean as the sample size increases?
a. It remains skewed c. It becomes a uniform distribution
b. It approaches a normal distribution d. It remains irregular
____42. Which of the following best describes the variance of the sampling distribution
of the sample mean as compared to the population variance?
a. It is larger than the population variance
b. It is always equal to the population variance
c. It is the population variance divided by the sample size
d. It is irrelevant to the population variance
____43. What is the impact of increasing sample size on the standard error of the
sample mean?
a. It increases c. It decreases
b. It stays the same d. It becomes zero
____44. How does the variability of sample means change when we take larger samples
from a population?
a. It increases c. It decreases
b. It stays the same d. It becomes erratic
C
B

____45. Given a population with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10,

what is the standard error for a sample size of 25?
a. 10 b. 2 c. 5 d. 1
____46. What happens to the shape of the sampling distribution of the sample
mean if the sample size is very small (e.g., n = 2)?
a. It becomes perfectly normal
b. It may not resemble a normal distribution
c. It becomes skewed
d. It becomes uniform
____47. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the
population distribution and the sampling distribution of the sample mean?
a. They are always the same
b. The sampling distribution will approximate a normal distribution even if the
population is not normal for larger sample sizes
c. The sampling distribution will always be skewed
d. The sampling distribution is irrelevant to the population distribution
C
B

____48. What does the standard error of the mean tell you in the context
of sampling distributions?
a. The exact value of the population mean
b. The amount of variability or precision of the sample mean
c. The sample variance
d. The probability of selecting a specific sample mean
____49. Which scenario would best illustrate the use of a sampling
distribution of the sample mean?
a. Calculating the probability of an individual data point
b. Estimating the population mean based on multiple sample means
c. Determining the range of values for individual data points
d. Analyzing the raw data of a single sample
_____50. Find the z-score for which 65% of the distribution’s area lies to its
left.
a. 0.13 b. 0.39 c. 0.48 d. 0.57