Republic of the Philippines

Caraga Administrative Region

Division of Dinagat Islands
Dinagat, Dinagat Islands

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

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the number. ERASURE MEANS WRONG!
1. Which of the following is an example of a discrete random variable?
A. Age C. Number of siblings
B. Height of a tree D. Weight of a kid.
2. How would you differentiate between discrete random variable and continuous random variable?
A. Discrete RV values usually arise from measurements while continuous RV arises from counting.
B. Discrete RV values usually arise from counting while continuous RV arises from
measurements.
C. Continuous RV can be represented in whole numbers while Discrete RV cannot.
D. Continuous RV and Discrete RV can be represented in decimal.
3. In an experiment of tossing three coins, how many elements are there in the sample space?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 10
4. Which of the following is a property of a probability distribution?
A. The sum of the probabilities of a random variable must be equal to zero.
B. The sum of the probabilities of a random variable must be equal to one.
C. The sum of the probabilities of a random variable can be greater than one.
D. The sum of the probabilities of a random variable can be equal to a negative.

5. What is your analysis on the probability mass function of the given histogram below?

A. The probability mass function is a mapping between the possible values of the random variable x to their
respective probabilities of occurrence.
B. The probability mass function is a one-to-one mapping between the possible values of the specific
variable x to their respective probabilities of occurrence.
C. The probability mass function is a one-to-many mapping between the possible values of the random
variable x to their respective probabilities of occurrence.
D. The probability mass function is a one-to-one mapping between the possible values of the random
variable x to their respective probabilities of occurrence.
6. On the figure above, what would be the table for the expected outcomes, xx , and their corresponding
probabilities, P(x)?
A.
𝑥 1 2 3 C. 𝑥 1 2 3
𝑃 (𝑥) 1/2 1/2 1 𝑃 (𝑥) 1/4 1/2 1/4

B. D.
𝑥 0 1 2
𝑥 0 1 2
𝑃 (𝑥) 1/2 1/4 1/2 𝑃 (𝑥) 1/4 1/2 1/4

7. How would you clarify the meaning of expected value?

A. Expected value is the mean of the discrete random variable
B. Expected value is the variance of the discrete random variable
C. Expected value is the standard deviation of the discrete random variable
D. Expected value is the square of sigma of the discrete random variable
8. How would you solve the mean of the problem?
A. Getting the square of the standard deviation which is the measure of how close the random variable is to
the mean.
B. Computing the sum of the products of possible outcomes of x and its percent probability of
occurrence.
C. The variance of a discrete random variable is given by the formula: 𝜎 2 .=σ[𝑥 2 .⋅P(x)]−μ2
D. Solving the probability that a random variable will have an outcome
 9. How would you describe the variance of a discrete random variable?
A. Getting the sum of the products of possible outcomes of x and its percent probability of occurrence
B. Computing the square of the standard deviation which is the measure of how close the random
variable is to the mean.
C. The variance of a continuous random variable x is denoted by 𝜎 2 .
D. The variance of discrete random variable x is the square root of mean.
10. Calculate the expected value of the random variable with the
given probability distribution.
A. 56.98 C. 57.98
B. 57.26 D. 58.26
11. What does the figure represents?
A. Normal Curve
B. Probability Distribution
C. Histogram
D. Bell shaped.
12. Determine the normal curve of N(7,10)
A. C.

B. D.
13. Find the area of the region between Z=-0.56 and Z=2.1 under the standard normal curve.
A. 0.2877 B. 0.6944 C. 0.8452 D. 0.9821
14. How would you convert a normal random variable to a standard normal variable?
A. To find the z-score, use the formula z = x−μσ.
To find the normal value x, use the formula x = 𝑧𝜎 + 𝜇2 .
B. To find the z-score, use the formula z = x+μσ.
To find the normal value x, use the formula x = zσ-μ.
𝒙−𝝁
C. To find the z-score, use the formula z = 𝝈 .
To find the normal value x, use the formula x = zσ+μ.
D. To find the z-score, use the formula z = x−μσ.
To find the normal value x, use the formula x = zσ+μ.
15. The pulse rates of adult females have a normal curve distribution with a mean of 75 beats per
minute (bpm) and a standard deviation of 8 bpm. Find the probability that a randomly selected female has a
pulse rate greater than 85 bpm.
A. 10.56% B. 0.11.77% C. 12.84% D. 13.01%
16. What can you say about sampling distribution?
A. It is a numerical value that summarizes the sample data.
B. It is a numerical value that summarizes the data of an entire population.
C. It is the complete information about the population
D. It is the distribution of values of the statistics for all possible samples of the same size from
the same population.
17. What is a parameter?
A. It is a numerical value that summarizes the data of an entire population.
B. It is a numerical value that summarizes the sample data.
C. It is a technique used to gather data
D. It is the complete information about the sample
18. A sample of 237 college students has an average monthly allowance of ₱4350. In the statement,
what is the sample?
A. 237 college students C. college students
B. ₱4350 D. monthly allowance
19. A population has a mean of 416 and a variance of 64. The sample distribution contains samples
with size 16. What is the variance of the sampling distribution of the mean?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
20. A group of 1000 students took an achievement test. The scores have a normal distribution and the
population mean and variance of the scores are 85 and 9, respectively. Express the sampling distribution of
the sample mean of the scores with a sample size of 36.
A. The sampling distribution of the sample mean of the scores with a sample size of 36 has a
mean of 85 and standard deviation of 0.5.
B. The sampling distribution of the sample mean of the scores with a sample size of 36 has a mean
of 85 and standard deviation of 0.8.
C. The sampling distribution of the sample mean of the scores with a sample size of 36 has a mean
of 9 and standard deviation of 0.5.
D. The sampling distribution of the sample mean of the scores with a sample size of 36 has a mean
of 9 and standard deviation of 0.8.
21. What is the main idea of Central Limit Theorem?
A. As the sample size becomes smaller, the sampling distribution of the sample mean can be approximated by
a binomial distribution.
B. As the sample size becomes smaller, the sampling distribution of the sample mean can be approximated by
a normal probability distribution.
C. As the sample size becomes bigger, the sampling distribution of the sample mean can be approximated by a
normal probability distribution.
D. As the sample size becomes bigger, the sampling distribution of the sample mean cannot be approximated
by any probability distribution.
22. A population random variable X has mean 100 and standard deviation 16. Suppose that random variable X
is approximately normally distributed. What is P(95≤ 𝑋̅ ≤ 105 for samples of size 4 drawn with
replacement?
A. 0.46
B. 0.56
C. 0.64
D. 0.65
23. Household size in the Philippines has a mean of 2.6 people and standard deviation of 1.4 people. What is
the probability that the mean size of a random sample of 100 households is more than 3?
A. 0.0002
B. 0.0012
C. 0.0020
D. 0.0021

24. How would you differentiate between point and interval estimations?
A. A point estimate of a population parameter is defined by two numbers between which a population
parameter is said to lie while interval estimate is a single value of statistic.
B. A point estimate of a population parameter is a single value of statistic while interval estimate is defined by
two numbers between which a population parameter is said to lie.
C. A point estimate is a range of values within which, we believe, the true parameter lies with high probability
while interval estimate summarizes the sample by a single number that is an estimate of the population
parameter.
D. A point estimate is a rule that tell us how to calculate two numbers based on sample data forming an
interval within which the parameter is expected to lie while interval estimate is any statistic whose value
is used to estimate unknown parameter.
25. Which one of the following is an example of a point estimate?
A. population mean
B. population standard deviation
C. population variance
D. sample mean
26. The values 2, 7, 3, 8 were obtained as a random sample of a random variable X. What would the result be
if you identify unbiased point estimates of the mean μ and variance 𝜎2 of X, respectively?
A. 3 and 6. 66
B. 4 and 7.76
C. 5 and 8.67
D. 6 and 9. 77
27. Suppose X is a normal random variable with mean 100 and standard deviation 8. What are the unbiased
point estimates of the mean μ and variance 𝜎2 of X, based on the sample values x1 = 104, x2 = 92, x3
=110?
A. 100 and 64
B. 112 and 74
C. 122 and 84
D. 132 and 94
28. A random sample of five gas stations in a certain area gave the following prices in cents for a gallon of
regular gasoline: 124.9, 127.9, 130.9, 128.9, and 122.9. Assuming the price per gallon is normally
distributed, how can you describe the average price per gallon if we will have a 90% confidence interval?
A. [26.06, 30.32]
B. [104.06, 110.14]
C. [114.06, 120.14]
D. [124.06, 130.14]
29. The following illustrates the properties of a t-distribution EXCEPT:
A. The distribution shares the bell curve of the z, but reflects the variability that is inherent with smaller
sample sizes.
B. The shape of the t-distribution is dependent on the sample size n.
C. The standard deviation is greater than 1.
D. The mean of the distribution is equal to 1.
30. Analisa created a t-distribution with 3 degrees of freedom . What is the value of

31. What can you say about the tα/2 for a 99% confidence interval when the sample size is 20?
A. tα/2 = 2.845
B. tα/2 = 2.086
C. tα/2 = 0.765
D. tα/2 = 2.861
32. With reference to item number 33, what is the percentile for a 95 percent confidence interval with a
random sample of 10 scores on a college placement exam using the provided t-table?
A. 2. 26
B. 0.129
C. 2.23
D. 0.921
33. The average of a random sample of 10 scores on a college placement exam is 75, and the sample standard
deviation is 8.4. Assuming that the collection of all scores is approximately normally distributed, find a
95 percent confidence interval for the mean score.
A. [59, 71]
B. [69, 81]
C. [79,91]
D. [89, 101]
34. What fact can you gather from the problem on Item number 33?
A. The degrees of freedom is 9.
B. The margin of error is approximately 9.
C. The approximate 95 percent confidence interval from the mean score is [75, 76]
D. The value t* is actually 3.26.
35. A study of 40 bowlers showed that their average score was 186. The standard deviation of the population
is 6. What would the result be if you find the 95% confidence interval of the mean score for all bowlers?
A. 164.14 < μ < 167.86
B. 174.14 < μ < 177.86
C. 184.14 < μ < 187.86
D. 194.14 < μ < 197.86
36. With reference to Item number 35, what would the result be if you find the 95% confidence interval of
the mean score of a sample of 100 bowlers instead of a sample of 40?
A. 154.82 < μ < 157.18
B. 164.82 < μ < 167.18
C. 174.82 < μ < 177.18
D. 184.82 < μ < 187.18
37. We wish to estimate the mean serum indirect bilirubin level of 4-day old infants. The mean for a sample of
16 infants was found to be 5.98 mg/dl. Assuming bilirubin levels in 4-day old infants are approximately
normally distributed with a standard deviation of 3.5 mg/dl. What facts can you gather from this
problem?
A. The 𝑥̅ = 16, 𝜎 = 3.5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 = 5.98.
B. The 𝑥̅ = 3.5, 𝜎 = 5.98 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 = 16.
C. The 𝑥̅ = 5.98, 𝜎 = 16 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 = 3.5.
D. The 𝑥̅ = 5.98, 𝜎 = 3.5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 = 16.
38. With reference to Item number 37, assuming that we already computed the 99% confidence interval for μ
and that is (3.7261,8.2339), determine the value for a 90% the confidence interval for the mean μ?
A. (4.5408, 7.4129)
B. (4.265, 7.695)
C. (4. 140, 7. 023)
 D. (4. 209, 7. 863)

39. In a random sample of 120 students who enrolled in Albor Senior High School, 92 passed the 3 rd
Quarterly Examination in General Mathematics. What is the point estimator of the population
proportion?
A. 0.766 B. 0.677 C. 0. 92 D.120
40. In the survey conducted by Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the Province of Dinagat
Islands on their study on lobsters, it states that 157 out 200 randomly picked sample lobsters are
Class A. The confidence interval for the proportion 0.7035 and 0.8103 at 99% confidence interval.
Compute the point estimate of the population proportion?
A.0.7035 B. 0.785 C. 0.8103 D. 0.875
41. Before the SSG election, a poll was conducted. Out of 1165 randomly selected students voters
interviewed, 653 said that they would vote for male candidate and 512 said that they would vote for
female candidate. What is your analysis to the conservative margin of error(MOE) for both, if there
is a 95 percent confidence interval for the proportion p of voters who would vote for male and
female?
A. Same, because the formula depends on confidence interval.
B. Male candidate has the higher conservative MOE compare to female candidate.
C. Female candidate has the higher conservative MOE compare to female candidate.
D. Same, because the formula depends on the sample size and level of confidence.
42. The Albor Farmers Association(AFA) is ding a new cross-pollination study on their watermelon vines.
To do this, they randomly took a sample of 203 watermelon from the produce of the new vines. Of
the 203 watermelon, 191 were found to be sweet. The product researcher would like to set a 99
percent confidence interval for the proportion p of sweet watermelon from the produce? What
would be the confidence interval for the proportion?
A. 0.0165 and 0.1017 C. 0.8983 and 0.9835
B. 0.0117 and 0.1065 D. 0.8935 and 0. 9883
43. DOH tried to a new vaccine on 134 randomly selected individuals. It was determined from the
experiment that 98 of them developed immunity. Find a 95 percent confidence interval for the
proportion p of individuals in the population for whom the vaccine would help.
A. 0.2658 and 0.2716 C. 0.8724 and 0.9327
B. 0.7284 and 0.7342 D. 0.9800 and 0.9090
44. Refer to item number 40. What conclusion you can make about the population proportion based on
its confidence interval estimate?
A. The population proportion that the vaccine would help has a higher than 25% confidence interval.
B. The population proportion that the vaccine would help has a higher than 70% confidence
interval.
C. The population proportion that the vaccine would help has a higher than 50% confidence interval.
D. The population proportion that the vaccine would help has a 100% confidence interval.
45. If 𝑝̂1 is 0.45 and 𝑝̂ 2 is 0.325 for 𝑛1 = 54, 𝑛2 = 39 at 95% confidence interval, what would be the
length of confidence interval?
A. 0.022 B. 0.114 C. 0.136 D. 0.250
46. A statistics test was given to a random sample of 45 girls and another random sample of 85 boys in
the municipality of Libjo. The mean score of the girls is 87 with standard deviation of 3 and the mean
score of the boys is 91 with standard deviation of 5. Find a 95% confidence interval for the difference
𝜇𝐺 -𝜇𝐵 .
 A. 0.0226 B.0.0316 C. 0. 2026 D. 0.6013
47. The hourly wages at Wellix Mining has a standard deviation of Php 850. The average hourly wages 𝜇
has to be estimated within Php 150 from the true value of 𝜇, with 95% confidence. What would be
the sample size needed?
A. 123 B. 143 C. 150 D. 850
48. Refer to number 44. What is the principle in problem number 44?
A. In random sampling, if 𝑋̅ will be used to estimate 𝜇, we can be (1-𝛼)100% confident that the error
𝑧𝛼⁄ 𝜎
will exceed a specified amount , e , when the sample size is n =( 2
)2 .
𝐸
B. In random sampling, if standard deviation will be used to estimate 𝜇, we can be (1-𝛼)100%
𝑧𝛼⁄ 𝜎
confident that the error will exceed a specified amount , e , when the sample size is n =( 2
)2
𝐸
C. In random sampling, if standard deviation will be used to estimate 𝜇, we can be (1-𝛼)100%
𝑧𝛼⁄ 𝜎
confident that the error will not exceed a specified amount , e , when the sample size is n =( 2
)2 .
𝐸
D. In random sampling, if 𝑋̅ will be used to estimate 𝜇, we can be (1-𝛼)100% confident that the error
𝑧𝛼⁄ 𝜎
will not exceed a specified amount , e , when the sample size is n =( 2
)2 .
𝐸
49. The mean birth weight 𝜇 of Dinagat babies have to be estimated within 6 oz from the actual mean
𝜇, with a 99 percent confidence level. The standard deviation of the birth weight is known to be 𝜎
=25 oz. What would be the sample size required?
A. 110 B. 115 C. 120 D. 125
50. PLDT Company’s data shows that the length X of their international calls has a standard deviation of
14.5 minutes. The company wants to estimate the mean length 𝜇 of these calls within 5.5 minutes of the
mean, which has a 95% level of confidence. What do you think the sample size required?
A.The sample size required is 27.
B. The sample size required must be greater than 100.
C. The sample size required cannot be determined because the population is not given.
D. The company can decide any sample size beside that their company and result is always valid.