Central Philippine Adventist College

Alegria, Murcia, Negros Occidental

EDMATH 1306 – ELEMENTARY STATISTICS & PROBABILITY

FINAL EXAM

Name: _______________________________________ Date: ____________ Score: ___________

Multiple Choice. Chose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The median score is also the __________________.
a. 75th percentile c. upper decile
b. 5th decile d. 1st quartile
2. Rochelle got a score of 55 which is equivalent to a 70th percentile rank in a Math Test. Which
of the following is not true?
a. She scored above 70% of her classmates
b. 30% of the class got scores of 55 and above.
c. If the passing mark is the first quartile, she pass the test.
d. Her score is below the 5th decile.
3. In the set of scores, 14, 17, 10, 22, 19, 24, 8, 12, and 19, the median score is ___________.
a. 17 b. 16 c. 15 d. 13
4. Roxanne ranks 10th in a class of 40. Her percentile rank is __________.
a. 75 b. 90 c. 10 d. 25
5. Lanze’s score in a 75-item test was the median score. What is his percentile rank?
a. 35th b. 55th c. 75th d. 50th
6. The data given below are the heights (in cm) of 10 girls in a certain school. Find the mode.

154 151 152 147 152

148 153 149 145 150
a. 147 b. 149 c. 152 d. 150
For questions #’s 7 – 12, please refer to the table below.

Score Frequency CF
40 – 44 6 18
35 – 39 5 12
30 – 34 3 7
25 – 29 4 4

7. In solving the 60th percentile, the lower limit/boundary to be used is _________.

a. 34 b. 39.5 c. 34.5 d. 39
8. The 45th percentile is ___________.
a. 33.45 b. 35.6 c. 32.87 d. 31.33
9. The 5th decile is ____________.
a. 36.0 b. 36.5 c. 37.0 d. 37.5
10. What is the mean of the distribution?
a. 34.5 b. 35.6 c. 36.5 d. 35.4
11. What is the median of the distribution?
a. 35.6 b. 37.5 c. 38 d. 36.5
12. What is the mode?
a. 41.25 b. 42 c. 40.21 d. 43.1
13. Find the area under the curve, to the right z=2.
a. 0.4772 b. 0.1179 c. 0.0228 d. none of the choices.
14. Find the area under the curve to the left of z=−1.5 .
a. 0.0668 b. 0.9332 c. 0.4332 d. -0.4332
15. Find the area between z=1.32 ¿ z=1.78 .
a. 0.4622 b. 0.4066 c. 0.0556 d. 0.8688
16. Find the area between z=−1.25 ¿ z=1.01 .
a. 0.3439 b. 0.3944 c. 0.0505 d. 0.7383
17. Given that mean is 100 and the standard deviation is 15. Find the z value of 80.
a. 1.33 b. -1.33 c. 1.23 d. – 1.23
(For #’s 18 – 20, refer to the problem below)
Two hundred eighty (280) incoming freshmen at a certain college were given an IQ tests. Assuming
that their IQ’s are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 15.
18. How many freshmen have an IQ 80 and lower?
a. 200 b. 56 c. 140 d. 26
19. How many freshmen have an IQ 105 and higher?
a. 204 b. 104 c. 94 d. 84
20. How many of them have an IQ of 80 – 105?
a. 101 b. 125 c. 151 d. 201
21. Find the number of permutations using 6 different objects taken 3 at a time.
a. 12 b. 24 c. 30 d. 120
22. If 5 persons are to be seated at a round table with 5 chairs, how many ways can they be seated?
a. 20 b. 24 c. 120 d. 720
23. In how many ways can a committee of 5 executives be organized from 12 executives?
a. 95040 b. 792 c. 120 d. 5040
24. Using the numbers 0, 2, 3, 4, and 6, how many 3-digit numbers can be formed if repetition is
not allowed?
a. 60 b. 48 c. 16 d. 12
25. In how many ways can 4 different cars be arranged in a garage if only 3 cars can be
accommodated at a time?
a. 24 b. 4 c. 12 d. 6
26. If you consider the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, how many 3-digit numbers can be formed if
repetition is not allowed and such that they are all ending in 5?
a. 4 b. 8 c. 12 d. 16

For #’s 27 – 30, refer to the table below.

Monthly Salaries of 70 Executives of a Computer Company

Monthly Salaries No. of Executives

(in thousand pesos)
91 – 95 4
86 – 90 9
81 – 85 12
76 – 80 20
71 – 75 15
66 – 70 7
61 – 65 3
27. What is the mean of the distribution?
a. 77.25 b. 78.29 c. 80.5 d. 79.5
28. What is the Mean Deviation (MD) or Average Deviation?
a. 6.79 b. 5.79 c. 7.79 d. 8.79
29. What is the variance?
a. 58.71 b. 57.71 c. 56.71 d. 55.71
30. What is the standard deviation?
a. 7.46 b. 7.6 c. 7.67 d. 7.53