FINAL EXAMINATION

Statistics and Probability

Multiple Choice
Directions: Identify the choice that corresponds to the correct answer. Write your answer on
the separate sheet of paper.
For number 1-4. The average monthly income of a security guard is P6,500. A random sample of
35 security guard was selected and it was found out that their mean monthly
income was P6,000 with a standard deviation of P300. With a = 10%, can we
conclude that the average monthly income of a security guard is P6,500?
1. What is the alternative hypothesis?
a) The average monthly income of a security guard is P6,500.
b) The average monthly income of a security guard is less than P6,500.
c) The average monthly income of a security guard is not P6,500.
d) The average monthly income of a security guard is at least P6,500.
2. Base on the alternative hypothesis, what type of test is used?
a) One-tailed b) two-tailed c) both a and b d) none of the above

3. What is the value of z?

a) 11.23 b)9.86 c) 21.05 d) 12.57

4. What is the decision?

a) Reject H0 b) Reject H1 c) both a and b d) none of the above

5. Sampling distribution is approximately normal when any of the following conditions are
applied. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a) The one-tailed test is required.
b) The population is normally distributed.
c) The sample size is at most 15 and the sampling distribution is symmetric, unimodal, without
outliers.
d) The sample size is between 16 and 40 and the sampling distribution is moderately skewed,
unimodal, without outliers.
6. What type of error is made if the null hypothesis is rejected but the null hypothesis is true?
a) Type 1 error b) type 11 error c) both a and b d) none of the above

7. The non-rejection region is the probability of making Type 1 error equals to what?
a) Critical value b) computed value c) level of significance d) confidence level
8. The probability of not committing a Type II error .
a) Beta b) Power of a test c) alpha a d) Decision error

9. Which correlation coefficient represent the strongest linear relationship between two
variables?
a) 0.0 b) 0.5 c) -0.89 d) 0.95

10. Which of the following does not belong to the group?

a) The mean daily allowance of high school students in rural areas is at most P150.
 b) The average nicotine content of Brand Y cigarette does not exceed 3.25
milligrams.
c) There is no significant differences between the monthly expenditures of families
in the rural and urban areas
d) The sun rises every morning.
11. The slope of the line is negative because y decreases as x increases.
a) Direct linear relationship c) Inverse linear relationship
b) Inverse curvilinear d) straight forward relationship
12. A small sample left-tailed test for the population mean is performed. If the
sample size is 18 and a = 0.01, what is the critical value for this test?
a) -2.878 b) -2.552 c) 2.878 d) -2.567
13. Under the judicial system, an accused person is presumed innocent until
proven guilty. Suppose we will test the hypothesis that the accused is innocent
(H0) against the alternative hypothesis that he or she is guilty (H1). Which of the
following statement will the jury make a type 1 error?
a) If the accused is convicted where in fact he orshe is innocent.
b) If the accused is convicted where in fact he or she is guilty.
c) If the accused is acquitted where in fact he or she is innocent.
d) If the accused is acquitted where in fact he or she is guilty.
14. Which of the following statement is correct?
I. A null hypothesis is a claim or a statement about a population parameter that is
assumed to be true until it is declare false.
II. An alternative hypothesis is a claim about a population that will be true if the
null hypothesis is false.
a) I b) II c) both I and II d) neither I nor II
For numbers 15-17. According to a company's records, the average length of
alldistance calls in a year is 12.55 min. the company's management wants to
check if the mean length of the long-distance calls is different from that of 12.55
min. A random sample of 50 calls produced a mean length of 13.55 min with a
standard deviation of 2.65 min. Use 0.05 for the level of significance.
15. What is the computed test value?
a) Z = 2.67 b) t = 2.67 c) z = -2.67 d) t = -2.67
16. What is the corresponding critical value?
a) 1.645 b) 2.575 c) 2.633 d) .96

17. What is the type of test to be used?

a) Right-tailed test c) two-tailed test
b) b) left-tailed test d) none of the above
18. A correlation that those categories who were assigned high ranks by the first
rater is given low ranks by the second rater or vice versa.
a) High positive correlation c) High negative correlation
b) Positive rank correlation d) negative rank correlation

19. The relationship or correlation between two variables maybe described in terms of
what?
 a) Strength and size c) strength and significance of the two variables
b) Direction and strength d) direction and correlation itself

20. It is a statistical technique used for determining the functional form of the
relationship between two variables.
a) Test statistics b) correlation c) regression d) Pearson
21. Which of the following determines if there exists a linear relationship between
two variables?
a) Regression c) coefficient of variation
b) Mean d) correlation coefficient
22. Which of the following correlation coefficient indicates a perfect linear
relationship?
a) 1 b) -1 c) both a and b d) 0
23. What does the value r = 0.70 tell about the relationship between two
variables?
a) Negative linear relationship c) moderate positive correlation
b) Positive linear correlation d) low positive correlation
For numbers 24 - 30. A Math placement test is given to all freshmen at a certain
university. The following are the scores of 20 students and their final grades in
Math.
Final Grades in Final Grades in
Placement Scores Math Placement Scores Math

78 80 51 60

95 90 85 79

86 94 76 75

84 97 86 90

85 85 59 65

87 88 59 68

95 90 65 72

92 89 69 73

91 87 72 75

71 70 79 82

24. If the estimated regression equation is constructed, what will be the

equation?
a) Y = -11.828960 + 1.119689x c) y = 11.828960 + 1.119689x
b) Y = -11.828960x + 1.119689 d) y = 11.828960x - 1.119689
25. If you compute the sample correlation coefficient, what will be the value?
a) -0.562536 b) -0.911196 c) 0.562536 d) 0.911196

26. What is the sample coefficient of determination?

a) 56.2536% b) 91.1196% c) 85.0326% d) 83.0279%
27. The residual is_, when the 4 th year math grade is 80.
a) 0.289562 b) 0.25386 c) 0.236253 d) 0.1254463

28. What is the estimated placement test scores if the final grade in Math is 75?
a) 79 b) 74 c) 72 d) 75
29. What is the estimated placement test score if the final grade in Math is 99?
a) 85 b) 95 c) 90 d) 99
30. Based on the data provided, what is the relationship between the Math placement
scores and the final grades in Math ?
a) Positive linear relationship c) no linear relationship
b) Negative linear relationship d) none of the above
31. Which of the following is true about the relationship of the correlation coefficient
and the slope of the estimated regression equation?
a) They have different signs c) they have the same sign
b) No conclusion can be made d) both a and c

For number 32 - 37: The following data show the mileage of 10 trucks of a certain
company and the number of days for delivery of products.

Miles (x) Days (y)

825 3.5
215 1.0
1,070 4.0
550 2.0
480 1.0
920 3.0
1,350 4.5
325 1.5
670 3.0
1,215 5.0

32. If the estimated regression equation is constructed, what will be the equation?
a) Y = -0.118129 + 0.003585x c) y = -0.118129 + 0.003585x
c) y = -0.118129x + 0.00358 d) y = -0.118129 + 0.003585x

33. If you compute the sample correlation coefficient, what will be the value?
a) 0.948943 b) -0.948943 c) -0.911196 d) 0.911196

34. What is the sample coefficient of determination?

a) 90.0492% b) 85.0326% c) 89.1111% d) 56.2536%

35. What is the residual if the number of mileage is 825?

a) 0.424136 b) 0.289562 c) 0.253625 d) 0.125463

36. What is the estimated number of days for delivery if the number of mileage is
750?
a) 2.8070 b) 3.8070 c) 1.8070 d) 1

37. What can you say 'about the relationship between the mileage of the trucks and the
number of days for delivery?
 a) When the mileage increases, the number of days for delivery also increases.
b) When the mileage increases, the number of days for delivery decreases.
c) The mileage has an effect on the number of days for delivery.
d) The mileage does not have any effect on the number of days for delivery.
38. When the small values of the independent variable are associated with small
values of the dependent variable, what kind of relationship exists between the two
variables?
a) Negative linear relationship c) no linear relationship
b) Positive linear relationship d) none of the above
39. It refers to the process of calculating scores of the criterion variable (Y) on the
basis of the knowledge of the predictor variable (X).
a) Correlation b) Spearman rho c) Pearson d) Prediction
40. The presence of zero correlation between two variables may mean_.
a) That no prediction could be made on one variable even if the other variable is
not known.
b) That no prediction could be made on one variable even if the other variable is
known.
c) That no correlation could exists between the two variable.
d) That a correlation exists between the two variables.
For numbers 41 - 50. A study was made to determine the relationship existing
between the grade in Calculus and the grade in Fortran computer Language. A
random sample of 10 computer students in a certain university were taken and the
following are the results of the sampling:

Student No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Calculus (x) 75 83 80 77 89 78 92 86 93 84
Fortran (Y) 78 87 78 76 92 81 89 89 91 84

41. What is the l X?

a) 378 b) 738 c) 837 d) 873
42. What is the l Y?
a) 548 b) 845 c) 485 d) 584
43. What is the l ?2

a) 74130 b) 41307 c) 34107 d) 70413

44. What is the
lXY?
a) 71830 b) 71030 c) 30107 d) 73110
45. What the value of the regression coefficient b?
a) 0.85 b) 0.58 c) 0.86 d) 0.68
46. What is the regression constant a?
47. What should be the
a) 36.13 b) regression
63.13 equation?c) 13.63 d) 13.36
a) Y = 63.13 + 0.53x c) Y = 13.36 + 0.85X
b) Y = 13.63 + 0.68X d) Y = 36.13 + 0.86X
48. If the grade of a student in Calculus (x) is 85, what should be the predicted Fortran

grade? a) 83 b) 86 c) 87 d) 88
49. What is the mean of X?
a) 83.7 b) 73.8 c) 87.3 d) 78.3
50. What is the mean of Y?
a) 54.8 b) 85.4 c) 45.8 d) 84.5
Answer Key:

1. C 11. C 21. D 31. C 41. C

2. B 12. B 22. C 32. D 42. B
3. B 13. A 23. C 33. A 43. D
4. A 14. A 24. A 34. A 44. B
5. A 15. A 25. D 35. A 45. A
6. A 16. A 26. D 36. A 46. D
7. C 17. C 27. B 37. A 47. C
8. B 18. D 28. C 38. B 48. B
9. D 19. B 29. D 39. D 49. A
10 .D 20. C 30. A 40. B 50. D