MARIAN LEARNING CENTER AND SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL INC.

Senior High School Department

Alangilan Batangas City

EXAM 2.4
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
S.Y. 2019-2020
Ms. Jaycelyn M. Britania

NAME: SCORE:
GRADE & SECTION: DATE:

Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between a parameter and a
statistic?
A. A parameter has a sampling distribution with the statistic as its mean.
B. A parameter has a sampling distribution that can be used to determine what values the
statistic is likely to have in repeated samples.
C. A parameter is used to estimate a statistic.
D. A statistic is used to estimate a parameter.

2. A sampling distribution is the probability distribution for which one of the following:
A. A sample C. A population
B. A sample statistic D. A population parameter

3. Which of the following is the most common example of a situation for which the main parameter of
interest is a population proportion?
A. A binomial experiment C. A randomized experiment
B. A normal experiment D. An observational study

4. Which of the following statements is correct about a parameter and a statistic associated with
repeated random samples of the same size from the same population?
A. Values of a parameter will vary from sample to sample but values of a statistic will not.
B. Values of both a parameter and a statistic may vary from sample to sample.
C. Values of a parameter will vary according to the sampling distribution for that parameter.
D. Values of a statistic will vary according to the sampling distribution for that statistic.

5. The expected value of a random variable is the

A. value that has the highest probability of occurring.
B. mean value over an infinite number of observations of the variable.
C. largest value that will ever occur.
D. most common value over an infinite number of observations of the variable.

6. Which one of these variables is a continuous random variable?

A. The time it takes a randomly selected student to complete an exam.
B. The number of tattoos a randomly selected person has.
C. The number of women taller than 68 inches in a random sample of 5 women.
D. The number of correct guesses on a multiple choice test.

7. Which one of these variables is a binomial random variable?

A. time it takes a randomly selected student to complete a multiple choice exam
B. number of textbooks a randomly selected student bought this term
C. number of women taller than 68 inches in a random sample of 5 women
D. number of CDs a randomly selected person owns
8. The probability is p = 0.80 that a patient with a certain disease will be successfully treated with a
new medical treatment. Suppose that the treatment is used on 40 patients. What is the "expected
value" of the number of patients who are successfully treated?
A. 40 B. 20 C. 8 D. 32

9. In random experiment, observations of random variable are classified as:

A. events B. composition C. trials D. functions

10. If you rolled a 6-sided dice, what is the probability of rolling a 3?

A. 1/6 B. 2/3 C. 3/6 D. 5/6

11. If you flipped 2 coins, what is the probability that both will land on tails?
A. 2/4 B. 3/4 C. 1/4 D. 0/4
 
12.If you rolled a 6-sided dice, what is the probability of rolling an even number?
A. 2/6 B. 3/6 C. 4/6 D. 5/6
 
13. A lolly bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue gum balls. What is the probability of selecting a
green one ?
A. 2/7 B. 5/7 C. 4/7 D.  3/7
 
14. A card is selected from a deck of playing cards. What is the probability of selecting a red card?
A. 1/4 B. 3/4 C. 0/2 D. 1/2
 
16.  What is the probability of selecting the diamond suit from a deck of playing cards?
A.1/4 B. 2/4 C. 3/4 D. 0/4
 
17. What is the probability of rock beating paper?
A. 0/3 B. 1/3 C. 2/3 D.  1
 
18.  If you flipped a coin, what is the probability it will land on heads?
A. 0/2 B. 1/4 C. 3/4 D. 1/2

19. There are red, yellow and green lollipops in a bag. What is the probability of selecting a blue one?
A.1/4 B. 1 C. 0/3 D. 2/3
 
20. What is the probability of paper losing to scissors?
A. 0/3 B. 1/3 C. 2/3 D. 1

II. Solve the following distribution.

A. The frequency distribution of weights (in kg) of 55 persons is given below. (15 pts.)

Weights Frequency
in (kg) ( f) Compute the following:
30 – 35 6 a. sample mean
35 – 40 13 b. sample variance
40 – 45 14 c. sample standard deviation
45 – 50 4
50 – 55 3
55 – 60 10
60 – 65 5
B. SAMPLE MEAN
The following are the scores of 7 randomly selected students in Grade VII. (15 pts.)

STUDENTS X Compute the following:

1 10 a. sample mean
b. sample variance
2 12 c. sample standard deviation
3 11
4 13
5 15
6 9 Approved by:
MR.RONNIE B. ILAGAN, MAEd
7 14 Principal