FINAL TERM REVIEWER

MAT112
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Prepare your pens, correction tape/fluid, and scientific calculator (and other materials as may be instructed by your proctor) upon settling down
in their seats.
2. Cellular phones and other gadgets must be set/put to silent mode and placed inside your bags.
3. Your bags and other personal belongings (i.e., notebooks, handouts, scratch papers, etc.) must be placed on the platform in front of the
classroom. You are not allowed to get/open your bags unless you are done with the exam.
4. Please read all the instructions carefully before answering.
5. You are encouraged to use black/blue-inked pens in answering the examination.
6. Write all of your answers on the answer sheet (if any).
7. Test questionnaires may be used as scratch paper.
8. If you have concerns, you must raise your hand quietly and remain seated until the proctor approaches you.
9. NO CHEATING. If you are caught cheating while taking the exam, you will:
o be sent immediately to the Office of the Prefect of Discipline (OPD) for due process.
o not be given a chance or opportunity to continue your exam.
o automatically get a score of zero.
10. If you’re done answering, do a review first before submitting.

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Instructions: Read each statement carefully and write the letter that corresponds to your answer in the provided
answer sheet. Answers should be written in CAPITAL letters. Avoid any form of erasure,
alteration, and superimposition on the final answer. If your answer is not among the choices, write
your answer. Each item is equivalent to one (1) point.

1. Which of the following is TRUE about normal distribution?

A. Normal distribution is a type of probability mass function.
B. The right tail is asymptotic to the horizontal axis.
C. The left tail is asymptotic to the vertical axis.
D. All of the above.

2. What is the value of the standard deviation of a standard normal distribution?

A. -1 B. 0
C. 1 D. 2
For item 3-4, refer to the given below.
The scores in a 100-item test is normally distributed with a mean of 65 and a standard deviation of 15.
3. What is the range of the random variable X that lies within 1.75 standard deviations above the mean?
A. 38.75 − 65 B. 65 − 83.75
C. 65 − 87.5 D. 65 − 91.25

4. What is the lowest score that lies within 1.5 standard deviation from the mean?
A. 38.75 B. 42.5
C. 87.5 D. 91.25

5. Which of the following is the graph of a normally distributed random variable 𝑋 that has a mean of 180 and a
standard deviation of 35?
A. B.

C. D.

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For item 6-10, identify the sampling technique used in the following situation then refer to the choices below.
A. Simple Random Sampling C. Cluster Random Sampling
B. Systematic Random Sampling D. Stratified Random Sampling

6. The people in a certain seminar are all members of two out of five groups are asked what they think about the
topic.

7. A researcher who studies the effectiveness of a particular drug chose four hospitals at random which are located
within the region and then surveyed all the patients in the selected hospitals.

8. A company executive selected 15 participants for the international business congress by writing the names of
all the employees and then choosing a name one at a time until the delegation is completed.

9. A barangay health worker asks every four house in the village for the ages of the children living in those
households.

10. There are 1300 Grade 6 students in Cebu South School district. Mr. Pedrosa, a Math teacher coordinator is
given the task of estimating their arithmetic achievement by randomly selecting a percentage from each sections
to complete a sample of 200 students.

TEST II. COMPUTATION

A. Given the Normal Score [15 points]
Instructions: Find the area of the following items. For the value of 𝑧 express your final answer in two (2) decimal
places (Ex. If your answer is 5, write 5.00). Show your complete solution and box the percentage
as your final answer. You will be graded based on the scoring criteria below.
Complete Solution (case number, area of z, final area, and percentage) – 5 points
Normal Curve illustration –2.5 points

Given the weights of the students in a certain year level are normally distributed with a mean of 60 kilograms and
a standard deviation of 3.5 kilograms.

1. More than 55 kilograms 2. Between 45 kilograms and 70 kilograms

B. Given the Percentile [15 points]

Instructions: Show your complete solution and box the normal score (𝑥) as your final answer. You will be graded
based on the scoring criteria below.
Complete Solution (case number, z-score, and x-score) – 5 points
Normal Curve illustration – 2.5 points

Given the test scores of the students in a certain year level are normally distributed with a mean of 85 and a
standard deviation of 15, find the value of 𝑥 (test score) of the following items.

3. Lower 45% 4. Middle 54%

C. Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean [15 points]

Instructions: For item number 5 & 6, CHOOSE ONLY ONE (1) item to solve completely, then calculate its
mean, variance, and standard deviation of the sample mean. You will be graded based on the scoring
criteria below.
6 points – Correct Solution 3 points – Correct Mean
4 points – Correct Variance 2 points – Correct Standard Deviation

5. 6.
𝑥̅ 𝑃(𝑥̅ ) 𝑥̅ 𝑃(𝑥̅ )
38 5/25 3.5 1/10
39 3/25 4.25 1/10
40 2/25 5 3/10
41.1 4/25 7.1 2/10
42 8/25 8 1/10
9 2/10
42.5 3/25

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TEST III. PROBLEM SOLVING [20 points]

Instructions: Solve ONE (1) problem by showing your complete solution. For the value of z, express your answer
in two (2) decimal places (Ex. If your answer is 5.3, write 5.30). Box the percentage as your final
answer. You will be graded based on the scoring criteria below.
Complete Given – 4 points
Illustration – 2 points
Complete Solution (formula used, z-score, area of z, case number) – 9 points
Complete Conclusion – 5 points

1. The time it takes a computer repair company to diagnose a computer follows a normal distribution with a
mean of 60 minutes and a standard deviation of 20 minutes. The company closes at 4 pm every day. If the
technician starts diagnosis at 3 pm, what is the probability he will finish his diagnosis before he closes for the
day?
2. On the major examination in Statistics and Probability, a teacher gives a remark of Excellent to students who
score at least 75%. The score of the examination have approximately a normal distribution with mean of 84
and standard deviation of 8. If your score in the exam is 91, will your teacher give you an excellent remark?
Why or why not?