Statistics and Probability

3rd Quarter
NAT Like Test
Grade 11/12
1. Which of the following refers to a function that associates a real number with each
element in the sample space?
A. Random Variable C. Continuous Variable
B. Discrete Variable D. Mass Variable
2. Which of the following best described as the tabulation of data and its number of
occurrence?
A. Frequency distribution table C. Normal Curve
B. Table of Samples D. Sampling Distribution Table
3. In a probability distribution, which formula below determines the mean of the data?
A. P(X) B. ∑X•P(X) C. ( X - µ ) D. f(X • P(X)
4. “It is the expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its
mean.” Which of the following best describe the statement?
A. Average C. Standard deviation
B. Variance D. Mean of the sample
5. In a normal distribution (Bell Curve) which relationship is true?
A. Mean > Median > Mode C. Mean =Median<Mode
B. Mean<Median<Mode D. Mean = Median= Mode
6. Given that X=74, µ=60 and standard deviation is 10, solve for the equivalent z
score.
A. 1.0 B. 1.2 C. 1.4 D. 1.5
7. If the µ=30, standard deviation is 4.5, what is the raw score when z = 2?
A. 39 B. 40 C. 41 D. 42
8. How many samples are there in the combination 9C6?
A. 80 B. 84 C. 88 D. 92
9. 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. 0.879 C. 0.938 D. 0.856
10. What is the shape of the sampling distribution of the means is random samples of
size n become larger?
A. Left skewed B. Right skewed C. Normal D. Rectangular
For questions number 11-14, refer to the table at the right.
In a ten-item quiz, 10 students got the following scores: Scores (X) Frequency
11. Based on the table, what is the probability of getting a 5 1
score of 9? 6 1
1 3 1
A. B. C. 7 2
10 10 5
2 8 2
D. 9 2
5
12. What is the probability of getting a score of 5? 10 2
1 3 1 2
A. B. C. D.
10 10 5 5
13. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The probability of getting a score of 10 is higher than getting a score of 9.
B. The probability of getting a score of 5 is higher than getting a score of 6.
C. The probability of getting a score of 10 is lower than getting a score of 9
D. The probability of getting a score of 6 is lower than getting a score of 7.
14. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
A. 6.9 B. 7.9 C. 8.9 D. 9.9

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For questions number 15-19, refer to the given data.
Consider a population consisting of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Suppose samples of size
3 are drawn from this population.
15. What is the mean of the population?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
16. What is the variance of the population?
A. 5 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2
17. What is the standard deviation of the population?
A. √5 B. √4 C. √3 D. √2
18. What is the mean of the sample?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
19. What is the variance of the sample?
2 3 1 4
A. B. C. D.
3 4 3 7
20. The normal curve is symmetrical about the mean. Is this statement true?
A. Yes B. No C. Maybe D. Neither
21. The mean life of a tire is 30,000 km. The standard deviation is 2,000 km. What
is the life of the 68% of all tires?
A. 28,000 km and 32,000 km.
B. 24,000 km and 34,000 km.
C. 26,000 km and 34,000 km.
D. 27,000 km and 31,000 km.
22. If the heights of 3rd graders follow a normal distribution with a mean of 52
inches and a standard deviation of 2.5 inches, what is the z score of a 3rd grader
who is 47 inches tall?
A. -5 B. -2 C. 2 D. 5
23. A NAT test is administered annually to grade 10 students. The test has a mean
score of 100 and an SD of 15. If James’ z-score is 120, what was his score in the
test?
A. 82 B. 88 C. 100 D. 118
24. The average waist size for teenage males is 29 inches with a standard deviation
of 2 inches. If waist sizes are normally distributed, what is the z-score of a teenage
male with a 33-inch waist?
A. 2 B. -2 C. 1 D. -1
25. The mean temperature in Dapitan City for the month of February is 23 degrees
with a standard deviation of 4.2 degrees. Approximately, what percent of days in
February will have days below 23 degrees?
A. 5% B. 35% C. 50% D. 68%
26. You are creating a tree house and have made a doorway into the structure 71
inches tall. Suppose the average height of adult males is 68 inches with a standard
deviation of 3 inches, what percentage of men will have to bend their knees to get
into the house?
A. 68% B. 16% C. 84% D. 32%
27. A distribution of data has a mean of 15 and a standard deviation is 2. How many
deviations away from the mean is a value of 13?
A. It is one standard deviation above the mean.
B. It is two standard deviation above the mean.
C. It is one standard deviation below the mean.
D. It is two standard deviation below the mean.

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28. X is normally distributed with a mean of 30 and a variance of 16. What is the
probability of finding the value of X greater than 30?
A. 0.25 B. 0.5 C. 0.8 D. 0.75
29. Normal Distribution falls under which of the following categories?
A. Discrete Probability Distribution
B. Continuous Probability Distribution
C. Uniform Distribution
D. Exponential Distribution
30. If a particular Normal Curve has P(x>2)=0.5, what is the mode of this normal
curve?
A. 0 B. 0.5 C. 1 D. 2
31. Suppose a survey was conducted in the schools regarding the number of
scientific calculator that students have. Let x= the number of students having a
calculator. From the survey of 30,000 students, it was determined that the empirical
probability of x=1 was 0.2. How many of the students in the survey have calculator?
A. 11,000 B. 5,000 C. 6,000 D. 9,000
32. Based on the table at the right, what is the mean of the
probability distribution? (x) P(x)
75 0.12
A. 85 C. 87.1 80 0.23
B. 83.2 D. 84.4 85 0.42
33. If a student has a freedom to choose 3 out 4 questions, 90 0.11
how many combination does he has? 95 0.12
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5
D. 6
x P(x)
34. The table represents the probability of guessing correct
0 0.03125
on a 5 question true-false quiz. Find the probability for at 1 0.15625
least 4 questions correct? 2 0.3125
A. 0.03125 C. 0.15625 3 0.3125
B. 0.3125 D. 0.1875 4 0.15625
35. Scores on a mathematics test has an average of 80 with a 5 0.03125
standard deviation of 6. What is the z-score for a student who earned 75 on the
test?
A. 0.833 C. 0.883
B. -0.833 D. -0.883
36. At a particular high school, 78% of all students are receiving some kind of
financial aid. The school newspaper selects a random sample of 100 students and
72% of the respondents say they are receiving some sort of financial need. Which of
the following is true?
A. 78% is a population and 72% is a sample
B. 72% is a population and 78% is a sample
C. 78% is a parameter and 72% is a statistic
D. 72% is a population and 78% is a statistic
37. Which of the following is true about z-score?
A. the standard deviation of a sampling distribution
B. the original raw score on which it is based
C. if the distribution it comes from is normal
D. how many standard deviations away from the mean the score lies.

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38. 28% of all JHS students earned a 1000 pesos on their IGP. You take a sample of
70 students and find that 15 of them believe earned 1050 pesos. What does 70
represent?
A. n B. µ C. x bar D. SD
39. A statistic is unbiased estimator of a parameter when
A. the statistic is calculated from a random sample
B. in many samples, the values of the statistic are very close to the value of
the parameter
C. in a single sample, the value of the statistic is equal to the value of the
parameter.
D. in many samples, the values of the statistic are centered at the value of
the parameter.
40. Which of the following best describe the variability of a statistic?
A. the mean of the sampling distribution
B. the mean of the population distribution
C. the spread of the population distribution
D. the spread of the sampling distribution

Prepared by:
James B. Narvacan T-I Dapitan City National High School