TEST QUESTIONS FOR GRADE 11

1. Which of the following statements is true regarding skewness? (Remembering)

a) Asymmetric from the mean of the data distribution.
b) The curve is perfectly symmetrical.
c) Appears as a bell curve.
d) Values are evenly distributed both above and below the mean.
2. What graph showed a positively skewed distribution? (Understanding)

a)

b)

c)

d)

For items number 3-4. Answer the following questions with the problem given below.
If the standard deviation of a distribution is 12, having a mean of 18 and has a median of 45.

3. What is the coefficient of the skewness? (Applying)

a) 7.80 c) -7.80
b) 6.75 d) -6.75
4. From the solved value of the skewness coefficient, what type of skewness is it? (Applying)
a) Positively skewed c) Symmetric
b) Negatively skewed d) Asymmetry
5. It is a part of sampling technique in which each sample has an equal probability of being
chosen. (Remembering)
a) Probability Sampling
 b) Non-Probability Sampling
c) Random Sampling
d) Stratified Random Sampling
6. A group of college students wants to study the effects of frequent changes in the mode of
learning on Grade 11 students at Pangasinan State University-Bayambang Campus. If there are
1870 Gr. 11 students in the school, how many students should be in their sample by using a
simple random sampling technique? (Applying)
a) 250 c) 20
b) 330 d) 190
7. Kaye wants to survey 150 people in their town to determine their opinion with regards to same-
sex marriage. Using the stratified sampling technique, if there are 1900 girls and 1200 boys,
how many samples are needed in girls and boys? (Applying)
a) 100 girls and 50 boys
b) 60 boys and 90 girls
c) 75 boys and 75 girls
d) 92 girls and 58 boys
8. Suppose you’re conducting a study on the homeless in society. It may be difficult to obtain a
list of homeless individuals and their contact information. However, if you can get in touch
with a handful of homeless individuals, they could help refer other homeless people for your
study. What sampling technique is best described in the situation? (Understanding)
a) Convenience Sampling
b) Purposive Sampling
c) Snowball Sampling
d) Voluntary Sampling
9. A survey will be given to 75 students randomly selected from the senior class at San Juan High
School. What is the population? (Remembering)
a) All senior class at San Juan High School
b) The 75 selected students
c) All students at San Juan High School
d) None of the above
10. The number of workers in six outlets of a fast-food restaurant are 15, 10, 21, 15, 14 and 13.
Treating these data as a population, find the population mean µ. (Understanding)
a) 14.67
b) 15.67
c) 16.67
d) 17.67

For items number 11-12. Answer the following questions with the problem given below.
The following data are the number of people per household randomly selected out of 100
household (10, 12, 8, 7, 9, 14, 10, 16, 4, 11).
11. What is the sample variance of data? (Applying)
a) 10.55
b) 11.88
c) 12.90
d) 14.93 5
12. What is the sample standard deviation? (Applying)
a) 3.25
b) 3.45
c) 3.60
d) 3.86
13. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of t-distribution? (Remembering)
a) Like the normal distribution, the t-distribution has a smooth shape.
b) Like the normal distribution, the t-distribution is symmetric. If you think about folding
it in half at the mean, each side will be the same.
c) Like a standard normal distribution (or z-distribution), the t-distribution has a
mean of one.
d) The normal distribution assumes that the population standard deviation is known. The
t-distribution does not make this assumption.
14. The t-distribution is used with the small samples taken from the population. (Remembering)
a) If n<30 and the population variance is unknown
b) If n>30 and the population variance is unknown
c) If n<30 and the sample variance is unknown
d) If n>30 and the sample variance is unknown
15. A waiter earns a mean salary of 250 pesos per hour. A sample of 15 waiter has a mean salary
of 200 pesos with a sample standard deviation of 50 pesos. Compute for test statistic t.
(Applying)
a) 3. 287
b) -2.278
c) 2.709
d) -3. 872
16. Compute the test statistics (t) using the given value of 𝑥̅ = 69, µ = 59, s = 11 and n = 15.
(Applying)
a) 2.404
b) 2.179
c) 2.121
d) 2.113

For items number 17-20. Answer the following questions with the problem given below.
A student researcher wants to determine whether the mean score in Statistics and
Probability of the 29 students in Grade 11 STEM is significantly different from the average of
 the school which is 80. The mean and standard deviation of the scores of the students in Grade
11 STEM are 90 and 15, respectively. Assume a 90% confidence level.
17. From the given problem, what is the value of the degrees of freedom? (Understanding)
a) 28
b) 22
c) 25
d) 29
18. In the given problem, what is the area of significance level? (Understanding)
a) 0.20 in two-tails / 0.10 in one tail
b) 0.40 in two-tails / 0.20 in one tail
c) 0.10 in two-tails / 0.05 in one tail
d) 0.05 in two-tails / 0.025 in one tail
19. Based from your answer in numbers 17 and 18, find the t-critical value using the given T-
critical Table below. (Analyzing)

a) 1.313
b) 1.699
c) 1.701
d) 1.311
20. Compute for test - statistics t. (Applying)
a) 3.590
b) 2.509
c) 1.905
d) 4.095
21. A social worker wants to test at 𝛼 = 0.05 whether the average body mass index (BMI) of the
students under feeding program is increased at 5.8 kg. State the null and alternative hypotheses
of the statement in notation form. (Understanding)
a) 𝐻0 : 𝜇 = 5.8 and 𝐻1 : 𝜇 ≠ 5.8
b) 𝑯𝟎 : 𝝁 = 𝟓. 𝟖 and 𝑯𝟏 : 𝝁 > 𝟓. 𝟖
c) 𝐻0 : 𝜇 = 5.8 and 𝐻1 : 𝜇 < 5.8
d) 𝐻0 : 𝜇 ≠ 5.8 and 𝐻1 : 𝜇 = 5.8
22. A chemist invented an additive to increase the lifespan of rechargeable battery. The said
additive will extend on average the battery’s lifespan to 5 years. State the null and alternative
hypotheses of the statement in sentence form. (Understanding)
a) 𝑯𝟎 : The average lifespan extension of rechargeable battery is 5 years.
𝑯𝟏 : The average lifespan extension of rechargeable battery is not 5 years.
b) 𝐻0 : The average lifespan extension of rechargeable battery is 5 years.
𝐻1 : The average lifespan extension of rechargeable battery is greater than 5 years.
c) 𝐻0 : The average lifespan extension of rechargeable battery is 5 years.
𝐻1 : The average lifespan extension of rechargeable battery is less than 5 years.
d) 𝐻0 : The average lifespan extension of rechargeable battery is not 5 years.
𝐻1 : The average lifespan extension of rechargeable battery is 5 years.
23. Suppose that p-value = 0.0057 and α = 0.01. What will be the decision? (Analyzing)
a) Reject null hypothesis and reject alternative hypothesis
b) Accept null hypothesis and reject alternative hypothesis
c) Reject null hypothesis and accept the alternative hypothesis
d) Accept null hypothesis and accept the alternative hypothesis
24. Suppose that z (test statistic) = 7.96 and critical value = 10.58. What will be the decision?
(Analyzing)
a) Reject null hypothesis and reject alternative hypothesis
b) Accept null hypothesis and reject alternative hypothesis
c) Reject null hypothesis and accept the alternative hypothesis
d) Accept null hypothesis and accept the alternative hypothesis
25. What is the formula in finding z-test statistic? (Remembering)
𝑥−𝜇
a) 𝑧 = 𝑠
√𝑛
𝜇−𝑥
b) 𝑧 = 𝑠
√𝑛
𝜇−𝑥
c) 𝑧 = 𝜎
√𝑛
𝒙−𝝁
d) 𝒛 = 𝝈
√𝒏
26. It is a test in which the entire rejection region is located in either on the left or on the right tail
of the curve depending on how the alternative hypothesis is stated. (Remembering)
a) One-Tailed Test
 b) Two-Tailed Test
c) Left-Tailed Test
d) Right-Tailed Test
27. Suppose that 𝐻0 : 𝜇 = 320 and 𝐻1 : 𝜇 ≠ 320 are the given hypotheses. What type of test is used
to hypothesize the problem? (Analyzing)
a) One-Tailed Test
b) Two-Tailed Test
c) Left-Tailed Test
d) Right-Tailed Test
28. It is set to determine whether the association between two qualitative variables is statistically
significant. (Remembering)
a) Degree of Freedom
b) Significance level
c) Critical Value
d) Chi-square Test for Goodness of Fit
29. The following statement are true, except? (Understanding)
a) A chi-square test for goodness of fit has 4 steps.
b) A chi-square test for goodness of fit has determine whether the distribution of a set of
data ‘fits’ some claimed distribution.
c) A chi-square test for goodness of fit is a statistical hypothesis test to see how well
sample data fit a distribution from a population form a normal distribution
d) A chi-square test for goodness of fit is differentiate the expected frequencies (E) with
the actual frequencies.

For items 30-31. Answer the following questions with the problem given below.
Two employees at ice cream store were discussing the popularity of four of the ice cream
flavors they have: Cookies and cream, Chocolate, Mint and Strawberry. employee A thought
that the four flavors are equally popular, but employee B didn’t think so. To settle their debate,
they decided to tally the number of customers asking those flavors the whole day. There were
60 customers that day.
Ice cream flavor Cookies and cream Chocolate Mint Strawberry
Customers 15 18 20 7

Conduct a data to answer the research question of whether the four-flavor ice cream is
equally popular. Use α = 0.05 as the significance level.

30. What is the computed value of chi-square? (Applying)

a) 6.58
b) 6.54
c) 6.65
 d) 6.73
31. Using the significance level and degrees of freedom, what is the critical value? (Applying)
a) 7.715
b) 7.815
c) 7.818
d) 7.845
32. It deals with two variables that can change and are compared to find relationships.
(Remembering)
a) Independent Variables
b) Dependent Variables
c) Bivariate data
d) Scatterplot
33. You are analyzing a scatter plot that has positive correlation. What is true of the x and y values?
(Understanding)
a) As x decreases, y increases
b) As x increases, y decreases
c) As x increases, y increases
d) x and y have no pattern
34. A seventh-grade class conducted a 5-minute experiment that involved heating time and water
temperature. The results of the experiment are represented in the line graph below.

What prediction can be made based on the information gathered? (Analyzing)

a) The water temperature remains the same as the heating time continues.
b) The water temperature increases as the heating time continues.
c) The water temperature decreases as the heating time continues.
d) A pattern cannot be determined between these measurements.
35. The scatterplot shows the number of absences in a week for classes of different sizes. Smith
concluded that there is a positive correlation between class size and the number of absences.

Which statement best describe why Smith’s conclusion was incorrect? (Analyzing)
a) The largest class does not have the most absences.
b) The smallest class does not have the least number of absences.
c) The data show no relationship between class size and number of absences.
d) The data show a negative relationship between class size and number of absences
36. It defines in statistics as the measurement of the strength of the relationship between two
variables and their association with each other. (Remembering)
a) t-test
b) z-test
c) Pearson r
d) Chi-Square

For items 37 to 38, use the table below to answer the following questions.
Temperature 30 32 31 34 35 35 37 36
Ice cream sales 200 220 200 240 280 285 359 360
37. What is the computed value of Pearson's correlation? (Applying)
a) 0.9290
b) 0.9337
c) -0.9389
d) -0.9445
38. From answer #37, what is the strength of relationship between temperature and ice cream
sales? (Analyzing)
a) It indicates that the temperature and ice cream sales have perfect correlation.
b) It indicates that the temperature and ice cream sales have negative correlation.
c) It indicates that the temperature and ice cream sales have strong perfect correlation.
d) It indicates that the temperature and ice cream sales have strong positive
correlation.
39. Which statement is true about the relationship of temperature and ice cream sales?
(Analyzing)
 a) As the temperature increases, the ice cream sales decreases.
b) As the temperature decreases, the ice cream sales increases.
c) As the temperature increases, the ice cream sales increases.
d) Cannot determine.
40. What is the range of r? (Remembering)
a) 0, 1
b) -1, 1
c) -1, 0
d) -0.5, 0.5
41. What does it mean if the value of r is close to 1 or -1? (Understanding)
a) There is no linear relationship
b) There is a weak linear relationship
c) There is a moderate linear relationship
d) There is a strong linear relationship
42. If the computed value of Pearson's correlation is equal to -1, what does it mean?
(Understanding)
a) The variables have no correlation at all.
b) The variables have perfect positive correlation.
c) The variables have perfect negative correlation.
d) The variables have strong negative correlation.
43. This statistical tool is used to measure the degree of association between two ranked variables.
(Remembering)
a) Spearman rho
b) Pearson r
c) Chi-square test
d) scatter plot
44. One is either never increase or never decrease as its independent variable increases.
(Understanding)
a) Linear relationship
b) positive correlation
c) Monotonic relationship
d) Negative correlation
45. If the Spearman's correlation coefficient is calculated to be rs=0 for two variables, then which
of the following is true? (Understanding)
a) Strong correlation
b) Weak correlation
c) No correlation
d) Can’t be interpreted
46. The Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was developed by? (Remembering)
a) Anthony C. Spearman
 b) Charles E. Spearman
c) Michael D. Spearman
d) Thomas P. Spearman

For item number 47-50. Analyze the given problem and answer the indicated question.
Two teachers were asked to rate different textbook for a specific subject on an ascending
scale from 0 to 40 points. Points were assigned for each several criteria, such as content,
illustrative examples and readability. Is there a correlation between the two teachers rating?
(Applying)
Textbook Teacher 1 rating Teacher 2 rating
A 15 16
B 22 17
C 29 32
D 34 26
E 28 30
F 12 19
G 16 25
H 20 21
Solution:
Textbook Teacher 1 rating Teacher 2 rating Rank (x) Rank (y) d d^2
A 15 16 7 8 -1 1
B 22 17 4 7 -3 9
C 29 32 2 1 1 1
D 34 26 1 3 -2 4
E 28 30 3 2 1 1
F 12 19 8 6 2 4
G 16 25 6 4 2 4
H 20 21 5 5 0 0

6 ∑ 𝑑2
ρ=1−
𝑛(𝑛2 − 1)
6(24)
ρ= 1−
8(82 − 1)
144
ρ= 1−
504
ρ = 0.7142
Strong Positive Correlation
“Therefore, the correlation between the judgement of the two teachers is strong. This indicates that
the two teachers are in agreement.”