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This document appears to be a pre-test in statistics and probability. It contains 20 multiple choice questions testing concepts such as discrete and continuous random variables, sample space, probability distributions, standard deviation, the normal curve, and population mean. The test also includes questions on counting outcomes, finding the mean, and determining probabilities based on tables.

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Pre Test

This document appears to be a pre-test in statistics and probability. It contains 20 multiple choice questions testing concepts such as discrete and continuous random variables, sample space, probability distributions, standard deviation, the normal curve, and population mean. The test also includes questions on counting outcomes, finding the mean, and determining probabilities based on tables.

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Pre-TEST IN STATISTICS & PROBABILITY

Name: ______________________________Date: ________________________


Grade & Section: ______________________Score: _______________________

I. Multiple Choice. Read each item carefully and encircle the letter of your answer.
1. Which of the following is a discrete random variable?
a. The average amount of electricity consumed
b. The number of patients in a hospital
c. The amount of paint used in repainting a building
d. The average weight of female athletes
2. It is a random variable that can take infinitely many values.
a. Discrete b. Nominal c. Continuous d. Ordinal
3. If two coins are tossed, which is not a possible value of the random variable for the
number of heads?
4.
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
5. How many possible outcomes are there if three coins are tossed?
a. 9 b. 8 c. 12 d. 16
6. It is the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment.
a. Sample space b. Values of random var. c. Variance d. Probability
distribution
7. Which among the following is not a possible outcome in drawing a card from a deck
of cards?
a. Red hearts b. red spades c. black clubs d. red diamonds
8. It consists of the values a random variable can assume and the corresponding
probabilities of the values
a. Histogram b. Discrete Probability Distribution c. Variance d. Mean

8. What variable is usually written as X and whose possible values are numerical
outcomes of a random phenomenon?
a. Continuous b. Qualitative c. Random d. Independent
9. Which of the following is a discrete random variable?
a. The average height of a typical Filipino
b. The number of chicken in the farm
c. The length of nails produced at a factory
d. The temperature outdoor
10. Which is classified as a continuous random variable?
a. The time needed to finish a test
b. The number of patient arrivals per hour at a medical clinic
c. The number of female athletes
d. The number of siblings in a family
11. Which among the following describes a discrete random variable?
a. It takes values on a continuous scale
b. It represents measured data, such as heights, weights and temperatures
c. Its set of possible outcomes is countable
d. It contains infinite number of possibilities
12. How many possible size n=3 can be drawn from population of size 5?
a. 8 b. 10 c. 12 d. 14
13. What is the mean of 13, 27,29,17 and 14?
a. 29 b. 28 c. 20 d. 13

14. Which of the following symbols denotes standard deviation?


a. µ b. α c. s d. X
15. What do you call a continuous, symmetric, and bell-shaped, distribution of a variable?
a. graph b. pie chart c. normal curve d. line
graph
16. What values are indicated at the base of a normal distribution?
a. z b. t c. R d. s
17. If three coins are tossed, which is not a possible value of the random variable for the
number of tails?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
18. Which formula gives the probability distribution shown by the table?

X 2 3 6
P(X) 1/2 1/3 1/6

1 𝑋 6 1
a. 𝑃(𝑋) = 𝑋 b. 𝑃(𝑋) = 6
c. 𝑃(𝑋) = 𝑋 d. 𝑃(𝑋) = 6
19. How many possible size n=3 can be drawn from population of size 12?
a. 36 b. 1728 c. 144 d. 220
20. Which of the following denotes population mean?
a. µ b. α c. s d. X

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