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Normal Distribution
Normal Distribution
Normal Distribution
Directions: Choose the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper
D.
A. Gaussian distribution
B. Poisson distribution
C. Bernoulli’s distribution
D. Probability distribution
3. What is the total area in the distribution under the normal curve?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
A. mean B. standard deviation C. mean and standard deviation D. none of the above
A. mean B. standard deviation C. mean and standard deviation D. none of the above
6. What percent of the area under a normal curve is within 2 standard deviations?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
A.A
B. X
C. Y
D. Z
9. A random variable X has a mean of 12 and a standard deviation of 3.2. What is the corresponding z-
score for x = 8?
A. -1.25 B. -1.50 C. -1.75 D. -2.25
10. What is the area under the normal curve if the z-score given is 2.14?
A. 0.9830
B. 0.9834
C. 0.9838
D. 0.9842
11. What is the z-score if the area under the normal curve is 0.0475?
A. -1.66
B. -1.67
C. 1.66
D. 1.67
12. What is the area under the normal curve between the z-scores -1.99 and 1.56?
A. 0.9173
B. 0.9317
C. 0.9369
D. 0.9639
13. What is the area of the P(Z > 2.58) using the standard normal curve?
A. 0.0049
B. 0.0051
C. 0.9949
D. 0.9951
14. In an achievement test, the mean score of normally distributed values is 70 and the standard
deviation is 12. What is the percentage of students who got a score of 85 and above?
A. 0.1056
B. 0.1075
C. 0.8925
D. 0.8944
A. Gaussian distribution
B. Poisson distribution
C. Bernoulli’s distribution
D. Probability distribution
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
A. curve
B. inflection points
C. mean
D. standard deviation
A. mean
B. standard deviation
A. B. µ C.α D.∞
A. asymptotic
B. bell-shaped
C. discrete
8.What percent of the area under a normal curve is within 2 standard deviations?
10. What percent of the area under a normal curve is within 3 standard deviations?