STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY - MATH 11B

Grade 11-Senior High School

FIRST HALF EXAMINATION FOR THE THIRD QUARTER
2nd Semester S.Y. ______________
Subject Teacher: ____________________________
Date: ____________________
NAME: ________________________________ Grade & Section: ____________ Score: ____

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Write the letter before the number.

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. If two coins are tossed, which is not a possible value of the random variable for the number of heads?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
3. Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
A. The value of a random variable could be zero.
B. Random variables can only have one value.
C. The probability of the value of a random variable could be zero.
D. The sum of all the probabilities in a probability distribution is always equal to one.
4. What is the probability of getting at least one king of clubs in a deck of cards?
A. 1/13 C. 4/52
B. 1/52 D. 4/13
5. A table or formula that lists the probabilities for each outcome of the random variable, X.
A. Discrete Variable C. Random Variable
B. Continuous Probability Distribution D. Discrete Probability Distribution
6. What is the probability of getting an odd number when throwing a die?
A. 1/6 C. 3/6
B. 2/6 D. 1
7. The extent to which an event is likely to occur.
A. Statistics B. Probability C. Variable D. Data
8. Which of the following best describes a normal distribution?
A. The scores are skewed to the right.
B. The mean, median, and the mode are equal.
C. The scores are skewed to the left.
D. The scores are concentrated more at one end or the other end.
9. About how many percent of the distribution lies between 3 units standard deviations from the mean?
A. 68% B. 95% C. 99.7% D. 65%
10. Which of the following is NOT true about normal distribution?
A. The mean, median, and mode are equal.
B. The mean is zero and the standard deviation is one.
C. It is symmetrical about the mean value.
D. The standard deviation does not affect the height of the normal curve.
11. Which of the following is a characteristic of a normal distribution?
A. The mean, median, and mode are not necessary equal.
B. The mean is not the center of the distribution.
C. It is symmetrical about the mean value.
D. The standard deviation does not affect the shape of the normal curve.
12. The standard deviation of a standard normal distribution is _______.
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
13. The mean value of the standard normal distribution is ______.
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
14. Sixty-eight percent of the scores under the normal curve lies between how many standard deviations from the mean?
A. ±1 sd B. ±2 sd C. ± 3sd D. ± 4sd

15. Ninety-five percent of the scores under the normal curve lies between how many standard deviations from the mean?
A. ±1 sd B. ±2 sd C. ± 3sd D. ± 4sd
16. Ninety-nine point seven percent of the scores under the normal curve lies between how many standard deviations from
the mean?
A. ±1 sd B. ±2 sd C. ± 3sd D. ± 4sd
 17. Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the group?
A. Height of Grade 11 students C. IQ of Grade 11 students
B. Weight of Grade 11 students D. Number of oranges in a basket
18. Which of the following is an example of a normal distribution?
A. IQ of Grade 11 students C. Bad eggs in a tray
B. Number of oranges in a basket D. Number of red marbles in a jar
19. Which of the following statements best describes a standard normal distribution with the largest standard deviation?
A. The larger the standard deviation, the closer the score to the mean.
B. The larger the standard deviation, the more the scores spreads out to the mean.
C. The larger the standard deviation, the lesser the scores spreads out to the mean.
D. The larger the standard deviation, the taller the height of the normal curve.
20. Which of the following statement best describes a standard normal distribution with the smallest standard deviation?
A. The smaller the standard deviation, the closer the scores to the mean.
B. The smaller the standard deviation, the more the scores spreads out to the mean.
C. The smaller the standard deviation, the lesser the scores clusters to the mean.
D. The smaller the standard deviation, the shorter the height of the normal curve.
21. Which of the standard deviation will have the narrowest curve?
A. σ =1 B. σ =2 C. σ =3 D. σ =4
22. Which of the following best describes the widest standard normal distribution?
A. σ =1 B. σ =2 C. σ =3 D. σ =4
23. Which formula gives the probability distribution shown by the table?

X 2 3 6
P(X) 1/2 1/3 1/6
A. P(X) = 1/X C. P(X) = 6/X
B. P(X) = X/6 D. P(X) = 1/6
24. If P(X) = X/6, what are the possible values of X for it to be a probability distribution?
A. 0, 2, 3 C. 2, 3, 4
B. 1, 2, 3 D. 1, 1, 2

II. The daily demand for copies of a movie magazine at a variety store has the probability distribution as follows.
Number of Copies X Probability P(X)
0 0.06
1 0.14
2 0.16
3 0.14
4 0.12
5 0.10
6 0.08
7 0.07
8 0.06
9 0.04
10 0.03
25. What is the probability that five or more copies will be demanded in a particular day? ______
26. What is the probability that the demand will be at least three but not more than eight? ______
27. Find P( X≥ 1) ______
28. Find P( X ≤ 3) ______
29. Find P(1 ≤ 𝑋 ≤ 8) ______

III. Identify whether the given variable is discrete or continuous. Write D if it is discrete and C if it is continuous. Write your
answer on the blank before each item.
___30. The number of books in the library ___35. The number of bread baked each day
___31. The lifetime in hours of 15 flashlights ___36. The air temperature in a city yesterday
___32. The number of tourists each day in museum ___37. The average income of single parents living in Quezon City
___33. The capacity of water dams in a region ___38. The capacity (in liters) of water in a swimming pool
___34. The weight of Grade 1 pupils ___39. The weights of newborn infants

IV. Problem Solving. Use a separate sheet of paper for computation. Write your answer only in the space provided.
A. The mean height of the students in Grade 11 section Kant is 125 cm and the standard deviation is 5 cm.Assuming the heights
are normally distributed, what percent of the height is between 115cm and 130cm? [41. ________ ]
B. A survey of 1000 U.S gas stations found that the price charged for a gallon of regular gas could be closely approximated by a
normal distribution with a mean of $3.10 and a standard deviation of $0.18.
41. How many of the stations charge less than $3.28 for a gallon of regular gas? ______
42. How many of the stations charge more than $3.46 for a gallon of regular gas? ______
For number 43-45, refer to the probability distribution shown below.
X 0 1 2 3 Write your answer in decimal.
P(X) 0.125 0.375 0.375 0.125 43. Mean = _________
44. Variance = ___________
45. Standard Deviation = __________