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1. A seller sold 16,000 shares of a stock at (b) The percent of cases of a distribution below
Php42.50 per share. If the broker's the given score
commission, fees, and taxes total 0.895%, what (c) The percent of cases of a distribution above
net amount did the seller receive for this sale? the given score
(a) Php672,000 (d) The percent of cases of a distribution near
(b) Php673,914 the given score
(c) Php680,000 10. Which ones can tell whether the data set
(d) Php6,086 appear compressed or expanded?
2. Which of the following types of investor (a) Measures of position
prioritizes safety in investment? (b) Measures of correlation
(a) Aggressive (c) Measures of variability
(b) Moderately aggressive (d) Measures of central tendency
(c) Moderately conservative 11. What does a negatively skewed score
(d) Conservative distribution imply?
3. On July 5, 1994, SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (a) The scores congregate on the left side of
(SMPH) had its IPO at Php2.0669 per share. the curve.
On July 5, 2019, the market value of SMPH (b) The scores are widespread.
was Php38.25. Disregarding dividends, what is (c) The students must be academically poor.
the ROI of an SMPH stock held for those 25 (d) The score congregate on the right side of
years? the curve.
(a) 1850.60% 12. What can be said of student performance in a
(b) 18.51% positively skewed score distribution?
(c) 17.51% (a) Most students performed well.
(d) 1750.60% (b) Almost all students had average
4. George bought 2,000 shares of stock LCC on performance.
March 7 at Php12. On June 3 of the same year, (c) A few students performed excellently.
he sold these shares at Php14.50. Ignoring all (d) Most students performed poorly.
fees and taxes, if George received a dividend 13. The mode of a score distribution is 25. This
per share of Php0.25, find George’s total stock means that
ROI. (a) twenty-five is the score that occurs least.
(a) 12.5% (c) 25% (b) twenty-five is the score that occurs most.
(b) 22.92% (d) 0.125% (c) twenty-five is the average of the score
5. Which statement about standard deviation is distribution.
CORRECT? (d) there is no score of 25.
(a) The higher the standard deviation the more 14. The computed r for English and Math scores
spread the scores are. is −0.75 . What does this mean?
(b) It is a measure of central tendency. (a) The higher the scores in English, the higher
(c) The higher the standard deviation the less the scores in Math.
the spread the scores are. (b) The scores in Math and English do not
(d) The lower the standard deviation the more have any relationship.
spread the scores are. (c) The higher the scores in Math, the lower
6. Which of the following could produce more the scores in English.
than one value? (d) The lower the scores in English, the lower
(a) Mean the scores in Math.
(b) Median 15. The computed r for scores in Math and
(c) Mode Science is 0.85. What does this mean?
(d) Weighted mean (a) Science scores are slightly related to Math
7. What is the graphic illustration for the scores.
relationship between two variables? (b) Math scores are not in any way related to
(a) Histogram Science scores.
(b) Normal curve (c) Math scores are positively related to
(c) Scatter diagram Science scores.
(d) Pictograph (d) The higher the Math scores, the lower the
8. Which of the following indicates a strong Science scores.
negative correlation: -0.10, -0.15, -0.25, -0.75?
(a) -0.25 (c) -0.15 Answers:
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