Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
Division of Leyte
LEYTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Leyte, Leyte

FINAL EXAM in Statistics and Probability 11

School Year 2019 - 2020

Test I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Direction: Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Write only the letter on a separate sheet.

1. What determines the center of the normal curve?

a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. None of the Above
2. What determines the height and width of a normal curve?
a. Variance b. Mean c. Standard Deviation d. Median
3. Find the area of the region to the left of z = 1.5 under the standard normal curve.
a. 0.4332 b. 0.9332 c. 0.0668 d. 0.1587
4. What is the area of the region between z = -2 and z = -1.5 under the standard normal curve?
a. 0.4772 b. 0.4332 c. 0.9104 d. 0.440
5. Find the area that corresponds to z = -2.58 using the z-table.
a. 0.4951 b. 0.4952 c. 0.4949 d. 0.4948
6. Find the area that corresponds to z = 1.32 using the z-table.
a. 0.4032 b. 0.4049 c. 0.4066 d. 0.4082
7. Which of the following is the formula of z-score?
a. c.

b. d.

8. A frequency distribution using the means computed from all possible random samples of a specific size taken
from a population.
a. Distribution c. Sampling Distribution of sample mean
b. Normal Distribution d. Frequency Distribution of sample mean
9. Which of the following statement is correct?
a. The mean of the sampling distribution of the means is less than population mean.
b. The mean of sampling distribution of sample means is greater than the population mean
c. The mean of the samples drawn from the population are always equal to the population mean.
d. The mean of the samples drawn from a population may be equal, greater than or less than the population mean.
10. A number that describe the whole population.
a. population b. statistic c. sample d. parameter
11. A measurement that describe a sample.
a. population b. statistic c. sample d. parameter
12. The average height of 30 students from the grade VI batch was determined to be 5’2”. Which of the following
statement is true?
a. The 30 students is a sample. The average height of 5’2” is statistic.
b. The 30 students is statistic. The average height of 5’2” is a sample.
 c. The 30 students is a population. The average height of 5’2” parameter.
d. The 30 students is a parameter. The average height of 5’2” is a population
13. Twenty students out of the whole batch had a mean percentage score of 85% in the examination. Which of the
following statement is true?
a. The 20 student is a statistic. 85% is a sample.
b. The 20 student is a sample. 85% is a statistic.
c. The 20 student is a population. 85% is a parameter.
d. The 20 student is a parameter. 85% is a population.
14. If a bunch of lanzones taken from a big box is 90% sweet, what would be the statistic?
a. a bunch of lanzones b. 90% sweet c. big box d. lanzones
15. Which of the following statement is NOT a statistic?
a. Seventy– six percent of the registered voters turned out to vote.
b. Five out of 12 presidential candidates pledged fairness and honesty.
c. Six out of eight candidates are re-elected across the nation.
d. The candidates thanked all his supporters.
16. If all the applicants taking the Senior High School Entrance Test were asked how they feel and 75% said they are
nervous, then what would be the parameter?
a. All applicant taking the Senior High School Entrance Test.
b. 75% that said nervous
c. a & b
d. none of these.
17. It measures the degree of accuracy of the sample mean.
a. standard error of the mean c. margin of error
b. sampling error d. correction factor
18. The sampling distribution of sample means is also known as ________.
a. Normal Distribution c. Random Variable
b. Frequency Distribution d. Probability Distribution
19. Sample of three cards are drawn at random from a population of eight cards numbered from 1 to 8. How many
possible samples can be drawn?
a. 24 b. 56 c. 36 d. 64
20. A certain population has a mean of 15.4 and a standard deviation of 5.6. if a random sample of size 5 is taken
from this population, which of the following statements is correct?
a. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is equal to 15.4.
b. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is less than 15.4.
c. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample means is 5.6.
d. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample means is 15.4.
21. How many possible of size n=3 can be drawn from a population of size 12?
a. 36 b. 1728 c. 144 d. 220
22. What is the shape of the sampling distribution of the means if random samples of size n become larger?
a. left skewed c. normal
b. right skewed d. rectangular
23. If the variance of the population is 10, what is the variance of the sampling distribution of the means of size 5
drawn from this population?
a. 2 b. 1.41 c. 4.47 d. 10
24. Which sample size will give a smaller standard error of the means?
a. 12 b. 25 c. 20 d. 35
25. What is the finite population correction factor if the size of the population is 200 and the sample size is 25?
 a. 0.979 b. 0.938 c. 0.879 d. 0.856
26. It is the expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its mean.
a. standard deviation b. variance c. mean d. sample
For number 27 – 29, refer to the problem below.
The average precipitation for the first 7 months of the year is 19.32 inches with a standard deviation of 2.4 inches.
Assume that the average precipitation is normally distributed.
27. What is the probability that a randomly selected year will have a precipitation greater than 18 inches for the first 7
months?
a. 0.7088 b. 0.4562 c. 0.8523 d. 0.1258
28. What is the average precipitation of 5 randomly selected years for the first 7 months?
a. 19.32 inches b. 20.52 inches c. 22.4 inches d. 15.56 inches
29. What is the probability of 5 randomly selected years will have an average precipitation greater than 18 inches for
the first 7 months?
a. 0.8907 b. 0.4156 c. 0.2587 d. 0.2879
30. What is the formula of standard deviation for finite population?
σ σ
a. σ X́ = c. σ X́ =
n √n
σ N −n σ N −n
b. σ X́ =
√∙
√ n N −1
d. σ X́ = ∙
√
n N−1
31. Consist of finite or fixed number of elements, measurements, or observations.
a. infinite population b. finite population c. population d. sample
32. Contains, hypothetically at least, infinitely elements.
a. infinite population b. finite population c. population d. sample
33. What does the Central Limit Theorem mean?
a. If the sample size becomes larger, the distribution approaches to normal distribution and the variability become
lesser.
b. If the sample size becomes larger, the distribution approaches to normal distribution and the variability become
larger.
c. If the sample size becomes lesser, the distribution approaches to normal distribution and the variability become
lesser.
d. If the sample size becomes lesser, the distribution approaches to normal distribution and the variability become
larger.
N −n
34. What does the expression mean?
√ N −1
a. infinite population correction factor c. standard error
b. finite population correction factor d. none of these
35. A sample refers to a _________ of a population.
a. set b. subset c. a list d. a description
36. A process of determining parameter values.
a. estimate b. estimation c. point estimate d. interval estimate
37. The mean of the means is equal to a __________.
a. sample mean b. variance c. population mean d. standard deviation
38. A value or a range of values that approximate a parameter.
a. estimate b. estimation c. point estimate d. interval estimate
39. A specific numerical value of a population parameter.
a. estimate b. estimation c. point estimate d. interval estimate
 40. Among the three measures, what is the best estimator?
a. mode b. median c. mean d. estimate

Test II. Solve the following problem. Show your solution.

41 – 45. Solving Problem Involving Sampling Distribution of Sample Mean (5 points)
An electrical company claims that the average life of the bulbs it manufactures is 1200 hours with
a standard deviation of 250 hours. If a random sample of 100 bulbs is chosen, what is the probability that the
sample mean will be:
a. greater than 1150 hours?
b. less than 1250 hours?
c. Between 1150 and 1250?

46 – 50. Estimation of Parameters (5 points)

Find the point estimate of the population parameter 𝜇, and the standard deviation for the set of
data.
Weights of packed ground coffee in g.
350 346 350 346 350
340 347 344 340 340
355 348 351 355 347
347 348 347 347 347
348 351 347 348 348
Bonus Question:
Create a “knock-knock” using any mathematical term.

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you’ll be doomed if you don’t try”.
-Beverly Hills

Prepared by:

SHEENA G. ADRALES GERBY S. GODINEZ

SHS - Teacher II SHS - Teacher II

Checked by:

LEVIE GLARE A. NGOHO

SHS Coordinator

Noted by:

RAUL ALDO O. PONTOY

Secondary School Principal I
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