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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN SINEGUELASAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Unit Test #1
RANDOM VARIABLES AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

NAME: _______________________________ SCORE: _____________________

GRADE AND SECTION: __________________ DATE: ______________________

PART 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read and understand each question. Write the letter of your answer on the space
provided. Use CAPITAL LETTERS only. ANY FORM OF ERASURE OR ALTERATION OF ANSWER IS NOT ALLOWED.

______ 1. Which of the following is NOT a true statement?

A. A random variable is a quantitative variable.
B. Capital letters are used to represent a random variable.
C. Random variable can only have one value.
D. A random variable is a numerical quantity that is assigned to the outcome of an experiment.
_______2. Which of the following is a discrete random variable?
A. The average weight of female athletes
B. The average amount of alcohol used in a cocktail
C. The audience capacity of Mall of Asia Arena
D. The average battery capacity of a mid-range smartphone
_______3. If three coins are tossed, which is NOT a possible value of the random variable for the number of heads?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 3 D. 5
_______4. Which of the following is/are correct?
I. The value of a random variable could be zero.
II. 0 < P(X) ≤ 1
III. ∑ P(X) = 1
A. I and II C. I and III
B. II and III D. I, II, and III 2019 - 2020

_______5. Which of the following describes a probability distribution?

1
A. P ( X )= , for X = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
5
X 2 −1
B. P ( X )= , for X = 0, 1, 2, 3.
25
X 2 −6 X +9
C. P ( X )= , for X = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
10
X2
D. P ( X )= , for X = 0, 1, 2, 3.
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PART II: PROBLEM SOLVING. Solve the following problems. Show your solutions. ANY FORM OF ERASURE OR
ALTERATION OF ANSWER IS NOT ALLOWED.
The probabilities that a market inspector will discover violations of the public health code in a public market are
given in the following table.
Number of Violations (X) 0 1 2 3 4
P(X) 0.41 0.22 0.17 0.13 0.07

A. What is the probability that a market inspector will discover:

6. at least, two violations of the public health code?
7. At most three violations of the public health code?
8. At least one but fewer than four violations of the public health code?
B. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
C. What are the variance and standard deviation of the probability distribution?
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