Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
MIMAROPA Region
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PUERTO PRINCESA CITY

THIRD QUARTER ASSESSMENT IN STATISTICS & PROBABILITY

I. Directions: Read and understand each item carefully. In your answer sheet, shade the circle
that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. Which of the following refers to a random variable that can assume an infinite number of values in
an interval between two specific values?
A. Continuous
B. Discrete
C. Infinite
D. Finite

2. Which of the following is an example of Discrete Random Variable?

A. Capacity of water in a dam
B. Height of buildings in the city proper
C. Number of mobile phones sold per week
D. Distance traveled from Puerto Princesa terminal to Brooke’s Point

3. A random variable X has the following probability distribution. What is the value of R in P(2)?

X 1 2 3 4
P(x) 0.5 0.03R 0.14 0.24

A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
4. Observe the table below. Is it a probability distribution?

X 1 2 3 4 5
P(x) 0.05 0.25 0.33 0.28 0.08

A. Yes, the sum of P(x) is less than 1.

B. Yes, the sum of P(x) is 1 and the probability of each value is between 0 and 1
inclusive.
C. No, the sum of the probabilities is less than 1.
D. No, the sum of the probabilities is less than 1 & the probability of each value
is between 0 & 1.

Use the situation below to answer items number 5-6.

(Source:https://www.google.com/search?q=teacher+thinking&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwi0pMvdiqf-AhWR-2EKHfBeBd0Q2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=teacher+thinking&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIECAAQHjIECAAQHjIECAAQHjIECAAQHjIECAAQHjIECAAQHjIECAAQHjoHCAAQgAQQEzoICAAQBxAeEBM6CAgAEAUQHhATOgcIABCKBRBDOggIABCABBCxAzoKCAAQigUQsQMQQ1DfCljbI2DNLGgAcAB4AIAByQSIAbogkgEMMC40LjExLjEuMC4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1
pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=xRM4ZPStKJH3hwPwvZXoDQ&bih=609&biw=1280&rlz=1C1CHBF_enPH1008PH1008#imgrc=uwMPBiEwFWWBUM)

1|P age
UNIFIED ASSESSMENT | STATISTICS & PROBABILITY| QUARTER 3
 Ms. Corpuz, a Math teacher is preparing for the 3rd Quarterly exam of the students in her Statistics
and Probability class. She wants the last three questions to be a true-false type of test. In order that the
answers do not follow her favorite pattern, she lists all possible true-false combinations for three
questions on small strips of paper and then picks one at random from a box.

5. What is the probability that all three items will be true?

1
A. P(all T) = 8

2
B. P(all T) = 8

3
C. P(all T) = 8

1
D. P(all T) =
2

6. What is the probability that exactly two items will be false?

1
A. P(two F) = 8

2
B. P(two F) = 8

3
C. P(two F) = 8

1
D. P(two F) =
2

7. What does it suggest if in a certain computer store the computed mean of sales per day is 3?
A. The average number of department store is 3.
B. The average number of items that the store buys is 3.
C. The average number of customers in department store is 3.
D. The average number of items that the customers buy per day is 3.

8. What is the mean of the probability distribution?

X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 1 2 1 2
6 6 6 6
A. 1
B. 1.33
C. 1.57
D. 1.67

9. What does the variance of a discrete random variable represent?

A. The range of values.
B. The expected value.
C. The deviation from the mean.
D. The probability of each outcome
10. Jayson tosses an unbiased coin. He receives Php 40 if a head appears and he pays Php 20 if a
tail appears. If you were Jayson, will you continue to play the game?
A. Yes, there will be a gain of Php10 if the game continues.
B. Yes, there will be a gain of Php1000 if the game continues.
C. No, there will be a loss of Php10 if the game continues.
D. No, there will be a loss of Php1000 if the game continues
For items number 11 & 12.
The SSG officers of a public high school are planning to sell 160 tickets to be raffled
during the School Founding anniversary. One ticket will win Php 5000. The other tickets will
win nothing. The table below shows the probability distribution of buying a ticket.
x P(x) xP(x) x2P(x)
0 0.99375 0 0
5000 0.00625 31.25 156,250

2|P age
UNIFIED ASSESSMENT | STATISTICS & PROBABILITY| QUARTER 3
11. Which of the following statements proves that the above table is really a probability
distribution?
I. The probability of each random variable is between 0 and 1 inclusive.
II. The sum of the probabilities of the random variables is 1.
III. The expected value is 31.25.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I, II and III
12. What facts can you gather about the distribution?
I. The expected value is 31.25.
II. The table is not a probability distribution.
III. The variance is 155,273.44 and the standard deviation is 394.05.
IV. The probability of winning is greater than the probability of losing.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and III only
D. II and IV only

13. Which has a larger area covered, between z = 0 and z = 1.54 or between z = 0 and
z = -1.54?
A. Between z = 0 and z = 1.54
B. Between z = 0 and z = -1.54
C. The area they cover are the same.
D. It is difficult to find out.
14. What value measures how many standard deviation a given value (x) is above or below the mean?
A. mean
B. median
C. variance
D. standard score
15. On a quarterly examination in Mathematics, the mean was 75 and the standard deviation was 10.
Which of the following statements is true if the student scored 60 in the said test?
A. 60 is 10 standard deviation above the mean.
B. 60 is 10 standard deviation above the mean.
C. 60 is 1.5 standard deviation above the mean.
D. 60 is 1.5 standard deviation below the mean.

16. In a Science test, the mean score is 45 and the standard deviation is 4. Assuming normality, what
is the probability that a score picked at random will lie below score 40?
A. 39.44%
B. 50%
C. 10.56%
D. 105.6%
17. A researcher interviewed all top 10 Grade 6 pupils in each of 15 randomly selected elementary schools
in the Division of Puerto Princesa City. What type of sampling technique is used by the researcher in the
situation?
A. Cluster Random Sampling
B. Simple Random Sampling
C. Stratified Random Sampling
D. Systematic Random Sampling
18. Sixty students who were randomly selected will participate in a study on the effects of using a
certain online Math application in learning Mathematics. This situation is an example of ______________.
A. data
B. sample
C. statistic
D. parameter
19. Consider a population with values (3, 5, 7, 9). What is the population mean?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 12
D. 24
3|P age
UNIFIED ASSESSMENT | STATISTICS & PROBABILITY| QUARTER 3
20. How many samples of size 2 can be drawn without replacement from a population (4,8,12)?
A. 3
B. 6
C. 8
D. 24
21. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is equal to:
A. The population mean
B. The sample mean
C. The standard error of the mean
D. Cannot be determined without knowing the population distribution

22. What is the formula for calculating the mean of a sampling distribution of the sample mean?
A. μ = σ/√n
B. μ = σ/n
C. 𝜇 = 𝑢𝑥̅
D. μ = 1/n

23. A certain population has a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 5. If random samples of size
3 is taken from the population, which of the following statements is correct?
A. The mean of the sampling distribution of means is less than 10.
B. The mean of the sampling distribution of means is equal to 10.
C. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means is greater than
10.
D. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means is less than
10.

24. Consider an infinite population with size 4 with mean 5.5 and variance of
5.25. Samples of size 2 are obtained from the population with replacement. What is the mean?
A. 5.5
B. 2.5
C. 3.5
D. 4.5

For items Number 25 & 26

A company manufactures electrical components that have a length of life that is
approximately normally distributed with mean equal to 700 hours and a standard
deviation of 60 hours. Find the probability that a random sample of 36 units will yield an average
life that is more than 720 hours.

25. What is the value of the sample mean (x̅)?

A. 36 hours
B. 60 hours
C. 700 hours
D. 720 hours

26. What is the probability that the random sample of 36 units will yield an average life that is more
than 720 hours?
A. 0.0228
B. 0.228
C. 2.28
D. 22.8

27. Which of the following best illustrates the Central Limit Theorem?
A. A small sample size of data will always accurately represent the population.
B. The mean of a small sample size will always be the same as the mean of the
population.
C. The distribution of sample means approaches a normal distribution as the
sample size
increases.
D. The variance of a small sample size will always be the same as the variance
of the population.

4|P age
UNIFIED ASSESSMENT | STATISTICS & PROBABILITY| QUARTER 3
28. If a population has a mean of 3.6, what is the mean of the sampling distribution of
its means?
A. 1.90
B. 3.6
C. 12.96
D. Cannot be determined.

29. The t-distribution is commonly used in statistics to:

A. Test hypotheses about population means when the sample size is small
B. Test hypotheses about population means when the sample size is large
C. Test hypotheses about population variances when the sample size is small
D. Test hypotheses about population variances when the sample size is large

30. What is the significance level typically set to when using a t-table to find a percentile?
A. 0.01
B. 0.05
C. 0.10
D. 0.25

31. If a t-table is used to find the 80th percentile for a sample with 10 degrees of freedom, what t-
score should be used?
A. 1.282
B. 1.645
C. 1.812
D. 2.306

32. In order to use a t-table to find a percentile, what information do you need to know?
A. The degrees of freedom and the t-score
B. The sample size and the sample mean
C. The sample size and the population standard deviation
D. The degrees of freedom and the significance level

33. A confidence interval is wider if:

A. The sample size is larger.
B. The level of confidence is higher.
C. The variability of the population is lower.
D. The sample mean is closer to the population mean.

34. Which of the following statements is true about the length of a confidence interval?
A. A longer confidence interval implies more uncertainty about the population
parameter.
B. A shorter confidence interval implies more uncertainty about the population
parameter.
C. The length of a confidence interval is independent of the level of confidence.
D. The length of a confidence interval is always equal to the sample size.

35. Which of the following is true about a 95% confidence interval of the mean:

A. 95 out of 100 sample means will fall within the limits of the confidence
interval.
B. 95 out of 100 confidence intervals will contain the population mean.
C. 95% of population means will fall within the limits of the confidence interval.
D. There is a 0.05 probability that the population mean falls within the limits of
the confidence interval.

36. Which z-value is used for 95% confidence interval?

A. 1.65
B. 1.96
C. 2.58
D. 2.33

5|P age
UNIFIED ASSESSMENT | STATISTICS & PROBABILITY| QUARTER 3
37. What is the length of the confidence interval if s = 5.36, n=350, confidence level= 99%?

A. 1.5532
B. 1.4075
C. 1.4735
D. 1.3457

38. What is the sample size if s=5, E= 2.54, confidence interval = 95%?

A. 1.26
B. 1.16
C. 1.15
D. 1.25

39. What factor of sample size determination that determine how certain you want to be that the
parameter falls in the confidence interval?

A. level of confidence
B. population standard deviation
C. margin of error
D. sample size

40. What is excluded in the factors that influence the size determination?

A. level of confidence
B. population standard deviation
C. margin of error
D. sample size

6|P age
UNIFIED ASSESSMENT | STATISTICS & PROBABILITY| QUARTER 3