ACTIVITY 3.

ILLUSTRATING A NORMAL
RANDOM VARIABLE AND
ITS CHARACTERISTICS
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1. Which of the following is an example of a discrete
random variable?

a. weight of new born babies

b.body temperature of COVID-19 patients
c. number of heads that will come out if you toss a coin
twice
d.height of basketball players
2. Which of the following best describe the standard deviation of
a probability distribution?

a. It is twice the variance.

b. It is the product of the mean and the variance.
c. It is the ratio of the mean and the variance.
d. It is the square root of the variance.
3. How would you interpret a very small variance or standard
deviation?

a. The values of the random variables are equal to the mean.

b. The values of the random variables are closer to the mean.
c. The values of the random variables are farther from the mean.
d. The values of the random variables have no relationship with the
mean.
4. Which part of the normal curve is extended indefinitely in
both directions along the horizontal axis, approaching but
never touching it?

a. Center
b. Tail
c. Top
d. spread
5. According to the property of a Normal Probability Distribution, the
mean is equal to what measures of central tendency?

a. median and mode

b. standard deviation and variance
c. mode and variance
d. median and standard deviation
6. Which of the following statements is CORRECT about the shape
of the normal curve?

a. The shape of the normal curve is based on the given Mean and
Standard Deviation of the distribution.
b. The shape of the normal curve is based on the given Mean and
Median of the distribution.
c. The shape of the normal curve is based on the given area and
standard Deviation of the distribution.
d. All of the above.
7. Based on the empirical rule, the bell-shaped distribution
will have approximately 68% of the data within what
number of Standard Deviations from the mean?

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
8. If the average age of retirement for the population in
the Philippines is 65 years, with a standard deviation of 5
years, what is the approximate age range in which 68% of
people retire?

a. 60 – 70 years
b.55 – 65 years
c. 55 – 60 years
d.60 -65 years
9. If the mean and the standard deviation of a continuous
random variable that is normally distributed are 10 and 3
respectively, find an interval that contains 68% of the
distribution.

a. [7, 13]
b.[4, 13]
c. [7, 16]
d.[3, 10]
10. According to the 68%-95%-99.7% rule or better known as
an empirical rule, the standard deviation and mean interval
that covers approximately 95% of the data from a frequency
distribution is____.

a. 2µ ± 2
b.µ ±
c. µ ± 2
d.µ ± 3
11. The first quarterly assessment result of Grade 11-
HUMSS students in their Statistics and Probability subject
had scored with a mean of 40 and a standard deviation of 8.
A histogram of the data shows that the distribution is
normal. Use the Empirical Rule to find the percentage of
scores between 24 and 32.

a. 13.5%
b.68%
c. 81.5%
d.95%
12. Suppose the distribution of data about the recovered
victims of COVID 19 daily has a mean of 145 and a standard
deviation of 22. How many standard deviations away from
the mean is a value of 101?

a. It is one standard deviation above the mean.

b.It is one standard deviation below the mean.
c. It is two standard deviations above the mean.
d.It is two standard deviations below the mean.
13. Which of the following statements is the characteristic of a
normal probability distribution?

a. The three measures of central tendency such as mean,

mode, and median are equal.
b.The three measures of central tendency such as mean,
mode, and median are not equal
c. The two measures of central tendency such as mean and
mode are equal while the median is greater than zero
d.The two measures of central tendency such as mean and
mode are equal while the median is less than zero.
14. The first quarterly assessment result of Grade 11- STEM
students in their Statistics and Probability subject had scored
with a mean of 40 and a standard deviation of 8. A histogram
of the data shows that the distribution is normal. Use the
Empirical Rule to find the percentage of scores between 24
and 48.

a. 13.5%
b.68%
c. 81.5%
d.95%
15. If the mean and the standard deviation of a continuous
random variable that is normally distributed are 10 and 3,
respectively, find an interval that contains 99.7% of the
distribution.

a. [7, 16]
b.[4, 16]
c. [16, 7]
d.[1, 19]
16. According to the 68%-95%-99.70% rule, the standard
deviation and mean interval that covers approximately 99.70%
of the data from a frequency distribution is____.

a. 2µ ± 2
b. µ±
c. µ±2
d. µ±3
17. Which of the following parameters is the basis
of the shape of the normal curve?

a. mean and variance

b.standard deviation and mean
c. variance and standard deviation
d.central tendency and variance
18. The total area of the normal curve is 1.

a. True
b. False
19. The normal probability distribution has a mean µ
= 1 and standard deviation = 0.

a. True
b. False
20. The mean, median and mode in a normal
distribution have the same value.

a. True
b.False