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TERESITA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
GRADE 11
S.Y 2021-2022
I. Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the letter on a separate sheet of paper
1. Which of the following is NOT a discrete variable?
a. Number of white marbles in the box
b. Number of students present in the classroom
c. The weight of a box of soft drinks labeled 8 ounces
d. The number of arrivals customers in the restaurants between 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
2. Which of the following is an example of a discrete variable?
a. Distance travelled between tricycles
b. Height of the students in a certain class
c. Number of red marbles in the basket
d. Weight of student
3. Which of the following is a variable whose value is obtained by measuring?
a. Continuous b. Discrete c. Interval d. Nominal
4. This term can best describe a variable that can be counted
a. Continuous b. Discrete c. Interval d. Ratio
5. A variable that can be discrete or continuous is called:
a. Random sample b. Random Notation c. Random Variable d. Random Elimination
6. If a coin is tossed, what are the possible values of the random variable for the number of heads?
a. 0,1 b. 0, 1, 2 c. 0, 1, 2, 3 d. 1, 2, 3
For numbers 7-12, Suppose you tossed two coins.
7. What is the sample space for the experiment above?
a. {HH, TT} b. {HH, HT, TT} c. {HH. TH, TT} d. {HH, HT, TT, TH}
8. How many possible outcomes will occur from the experiment above?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
9. What are the possible values of the random variable for the number of heads?
a. 0, 1 b. 0, 1, 2 c. 0, 1, 2, 3 d. 1, 2, 3
10. What are the possible values of the random variable for the number of tails?
a. 0, 1 b. 0, 1, 2 c. 0, 1, 2, 3 d. 1, 2, 3
11. Which of the following is NOT a possible value of the random variable for the number of heads?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
12. Which of the following is NOT a possible value of the random variable for the number of tails?
a. 4 b.3 c.2 d. 1
13. What is the sum of the probabilities of all values of the random variable?
a. 0 b. 1/10 c. 1 d. 10
14. Which of the following values is NOT the value of the probability of the random variable?
a. 1.01 b. 0.5 c. 0.15 0.05
For numbers 15-16: Suppose two balls are drawn in succession without replacement from an urn containing 4 red
balls and 5 blue balls. Let X be the random variable representing the number of blue balls.
15. What is the probability of getting two blue balls?
a. 1/8 b. 1/4 c. 1/3 d. 1/2
16. Which probability distribution represents the given problem?
a.
X 0 1 2
P(X) 1/2 1/4 1/4
b.
X 0 1 2
P(X) 1/4 1/2 1/4
c. X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8
d. X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 3/8 1/8 3/8 1/8
17. if the values of the random variable X are 0,1,2 and 3 where X represents the number of heads in tossing a
coin thrice, what is the probability that three heads will come up?
a. 1/2 b. 3/8 c. 1/4 d. 1/8
18. What are the values of P(x)=x/3, for x=0, 1 and 2?
a. 0, 0.33, 0.67 b. 0, 1, 2 c. 0, 0.45, 0.55 d. 0.2, 0.3, 0.5
19. which of the following statements describe a continuous random variable?
a. the average distance traveled by a jeep in a week
b. the number of students present in Class Anthurium
c. The number of motorcycles owned by a randomly selected household
d. the number of girls taller than 5ft in a random sample of 10 girls
20. which of the following is a discrete random variable?
a. Cael is 165 cm tall
b. Cael has three sisters
c. Cael weighs 15 kilograms
d. Cael ran 100 meters in 2 minutes
21. Which of the following is NOT a discrete random variable?
a. Number of refrigerators sell each day
b. height of dragon fruit as measured each day
c. number of students late in going to school each day
d. number of people went to the doctor from Monday to Friday
22. You decided to conduct a survey of families with five children. You are interested in counting the number of
girls (out of five children) in each family. Is this a random variable?
a. yes, it is a random variable
b. no, it is not a random variable
c. Maybe, it is a random variable
d. it cannot be determined
