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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION XI
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF DAVAO DE ORO
MACO SOUTH DISTRICT
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS 11
NAME: ___________________________________SECTION: ____________________ SCORE: _________
GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Read and understand each question, chose and encircle the correct answer.
1. A __________is a specific characteristic or attribute with the population of interests that varies or changes to
any individual or things.
a. sample space b. experiment c. variable d. sample
2. A variable is a _____________ whose values are determined by chance or random event.
a. random variable c. sample space
b. possible outcome d. statistical experiment
3. It is a variable whose values is obtained by measuring.
a. discrete variable c. continuous variable
b. qualitative variable d. quantitative variable
4. The following are discrete random variables except
a. the number of students who passed the Statistics examination
b. the total daily expenses of Grade 12 student
c. the total number of books received by the students
d. the number of students enrolled in the public school
5. It is the common representation of random variable.
a. All letters in the alphabet c. Vowels only
b. Roman Numerals d. Hindu-Arabic Numeration System
6. It is a variable whose values are obtained by mere counting.
a. discrete variable c. continuous variable
b. qualitative variable d. quantitative variable
7. The ________ of a discrete random variable X is described as the weighted average of the possible values
that the random variable can obtain.
a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. Deviation
8. What is the result if you add all the probabilities of all the values of the random variable?
a. -1 b. 0 c. 1 d. 2
9. P(1)= 0.29, P(2)= 0.44, P(3)= 0.37
a. Yes b. Maybe c. No d. I don’t know
10. Mrs. Garcia conducted a Statistics quiz consisting of 100 points. Most of her students’ scores are near 80
points. We can say that the score of 80 points is considered as __________.
a. Probability b. Mode c. Mean d. Standard Deviation
11. Complete the following values to make it a probability distribution. P(1)= 0.27, P(2)= _____, P(3)= 0.35
a. 0.28 b. 0.39 c. 0.38 d. 0.33
12. X 1 3 5
P(X) 1/3 1/3 1/3
a. Yes b. Maybe c. No d. I don’t know
For Questions 13-14:

Mr. Perez conducted a basketball game. Each player shot two free throws. The number of free throws made
by each player is shown by the following probability distribution.
Number of Free Throws, X Probability, P(X)

0 0.20
1 0.55
2 0.25
13. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
a. 1.34 b. 1.05 c. 1.20 d. 1.15
14. Find the its variance .
a. 0.35 b. 0.43 c. 0.44 d. 0.45
For questions 15-16, refer to the situation given below.
The table shows the mean and variance of the probability distribution in the monthly sales of four different
colors of cars.
Color of Cars Mean Variance
White 1.98 3.06
Black 1.55 2.98
Blue 1.87 2.98
Red 1.60 3.10
15. Which of the following color will likely to be sold more in the future?
a. white b. blue c. black d. red
16. Which color of the cars has the most spread data?
a. white b. blue c. black d. red
For number 17-18, refer the situation below.
In the previous example, your team determined the number of social media updates of students in a week.
In connection, your team conducted another survey; this time, it is focused on the number of times students
study in a week.
Number of times students Probability 𝑃(𝑥)
study in a week (𝑥)
0 0.05
1 0.05
2 0.12
3 0.26
4 0.44
17. What is the mean of the given data?

a. 2.61 b. 2.91 c. 2.19 d. 2.16
18. What does the mean imply?
a. Students study their lessons less than twice a week.
b. Students study their lessons more than three times a week.
c. Students study their lessons two to three times a week.
d. Students study their lessons less than five times a week.
19. Which part of a 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
20. Which of the following rule states that almost all data fall within the 1, 2 and 3 standard deviations from the
mean when the population is normally distributed?
a. Empirical Rule b. Lottery Rule c. Derivative’s Rule d. Sampling Rule
21. In a normal distribution with a mean of 15 and standard deviation of 3, what does a z-score of -2 indicate?
A. It indicates that the score is below the mean.
B. It indicates that the score is equal to 9.
C. It indicates that the difference between the score and the mean is 6.
D. All of the above
22. Find the area of the shaded region of the given figure.
a. 0.0865 b. 0.4772 c. 0.3907 d. 0.8413

23. If the scores in a Probability and Statistics test are normally distributed with a mean of 25 and standard
deviation of 3.5. What is the z-score for a score of 30?
a. 1.43 b. -1.43 c. 1.06 d. 0.72
24. Gracia, an ALS student, obtained a z-score of 2.35 in an achievement test that is normally distributed with a
mean grade of 83 and standard deviation of 5. What was Gracia’s grade in the achievement test?
a. 71.25 b. 94.75 c. 85.35 d. 80.65
25. What will you do to find the area between the two z values?
a. Subtract the obtained value from the Z table to 1.
b. Rewrite the value obtained from z table.
c. Subtract the two obtained value from the z table.
d. Calculate the mean and standard deviation.
26. If the average age of retirement for the population in the Philippines is 65 years and 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
27. Which of the following is most likely a population as opposed to a sample?
a. respondents to a newspaper survey c. the first 5 learners completing the assignment
b. every third person to arrive at the bank d. registered voters in a country
28. Which of the following is NOT a reason for drawing a sample?
a. A sample is less time consuming than a census.
b. A sample is less costly to administer than a census.
c. A sample is always a good representation of the target population.
d. A sample is less cumbersome and more practical to administer
29. What do you call the portion of the universe that has been selected for analysis?
a. sample b. parameter c. frame d. statistic
30. Which of the following is most likely a population as opposed to a sample?
a. respondents to a newspaper survey c. the first 5 learners completing the assignment
c. every third person to arrive at the bank d. registered voters in a country
31. If there are more samples, what can be the effect on the estimation for the parameters?
a. The bigger the sample size, the better the estimates can be generated.
b. The bigger the sample size, the more difficult the estimate can be generated.
c. The bigger the sample size, the estimate cannot be generated.
d. The bigger the sample size, the more bias the generated estimate is.
32. Which of the following statement is correct?
a. The means of the sample drawn from a population may be equal, greater than, or less than the population mean.
b. The means of the sample drawn from a population are always equal to the population mean.
c. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is greater than the population mean.
d. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is greater than the population mean.
33. If the variance of the population is 5, what is the variance of the sampling distribution of the means of size 3
drawn from this population?
a. 1.29 b. 1.48 c. 1.67 d. 1.85
34. The enrolled learners in 5 sections of Grade 11 are 51, 54, 57, 75, and 76. Suppose that 3 sections are drawn
as a sample without replacement. What is the population mean?
a. 65.2 b. 67.3 c. 62.6 d. 66.4
35. What is the shape of a Normal Probability Distribution?
a. bar b. bell c. circle d. line
36. Which part of a 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
37. When random samples of size n become bigger, the sampling distribution of the mean approaches the
normal distribution. What do we call this event?
a. Central limit theorem c. Standard error of the mean
b. Estimate of the population mean d. Finite population correction factor
38. If we want to get a good estimate of the population mean, we must make our _____________ sufficiently
large.
a. Sample size b. Sample mean c. Sample variance d. Standard deviation
39. What is the probability that the 30 randomly selected students will complete the test in 53 minutes?
a. 89.8% b. 91.3% c. 96.6% d. 97.9%
40. A certain population has a mean of 13.5 and a standard deviation of 1.47. If random samples of size 5 is
taken from the population, which of the following statements is correct?
a. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is equal to 13.5.
b. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is less than 13.5.
c. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is 0. 756.
d. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is 13.5.

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NAME: _______________________SECTION: SCORE: _

a. Yes b. Maybe c. No d. I don’t know

For Questions 13-14:

Number of Free Throws, X Probability, P(X)

17. What is the mean of the given data?

a. 0.0865 b. 0.4772 c. 0.3907 d. 0.8413

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