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Statistics and Probability

This document contains a 40 question statistics and probability pretest with multiple choice answers. The questions cover topics such as probability, random variables, probability distributions like the normal distribution, sampling methods, hypothesis testing, and t-distributions. The key provides the correct answer for each question.

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Statistics and Probability

This document contains a 40 question statistics and probability pretest with multiple choice answers. The questions cover topics such as probability, random variables, probability distributions like the normal distribution, sampling methods, hypothesis testing, and t-distributions. The key provides the correct answer for each question.

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Statistics and Probability

Pretest
1.If two coins are tossed once, which is
NOT a possible value of the random
variable for the number of heads?
A.0
B.1
C.2
D.3
2. Which of the following is a discrete
random variable?
A.Length of wire ropes
B.Number of soldiers in the troop
C.Amount of paint used in repainting
the building
D.Voltage of car batteries
3. Which formula gives the probability
distribution shown by the table?

A.P(X) = X
B.P(X) = 1/X
C.P(X) = X/3
D.P(X) = X/5
4. How many ways are there in tossing
two coins once?
A.4
B.3
C.2
D.1
5. It is a numerical quantity that is assigned
to the outcome of an experiment.
A.random variable
B.variable
C.probability
D.probability distribution
6. It is the central or average of its
corresponding probability mass function.
A. mean
B. variance
C. standard deviation
D. probability
7. Determine the Mean or Expected
Value of random variable below.

A. 2.53 C. 2.55
B. 2.54 D. 2.56
8. What is the mean outcome if a pair of
die is rolled once?
A. 1.5 C. 3.5
B. 2.5 D. 4.5
9. Find the mean of the probability
distribution involving the random variable
X that gives the number of heads that
appear after tossing four coins once.
A. 4 C. 2
B. 3 D. 1
10. The probabilities that a printer
produces 0,1,2, and 3 misprints are 42%,

28%, 18%, and 12% respectively.


What is the mean value of the random
variable?
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
11. Which of the following illustrations
represents normal distribution?
12. What is another name for normal
distribution?
A. Gaussian distribution
B. Poisson distribution
C. Bernoulli’s distribution
D. Probability distribution
13. What is the total area in the
distribution under the normal curve?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
14. Which of the following is a parameter
of normal distribution?
A. mean
B. standard deviation
C. mean and standard deviation
D. none of the above
15. The graph of a normal distribution is
symmetrical about the ________.
A. mean
B. standard deviation
C. mean and standard deviation
D. none of the above
16. It refers to the entire group that is
under study or investigation.
A.population
B.sample
C.random sampling
D.subset
17. It is a subset taken from a population,
either by random or nonrandom sampling
techniques.
A.population
B.sample
C.random sampling
D.lottery sampling
18. What sampling technique in which members
of the population are listed and samples are
selected in intervals called sample intervals.
A.systematic sampling
B.lottery sampling
C.stratified random sampling
D.quota sampling
19. It is sometimes called area sampling,
it applies on a geographical basis.
A.systematic sampling
B.lottery sampling
C.stratified random sampling
D.cluster sampling
20. It refers to a part of the sampling
technique where each sample point has
an equal chance of being selected.
A.systematic sampling
B.lottery sampling
C.random sampling
D.quota sampling
21. It is a process in making decisions in
evaluating claims about a population.
A. Null hypothesis
B. Alternative hypothesis
C. Test statistic
D. Hypothesis testing
22. It is tested by a statistical test.
A. Null hypothesis
B. Alternative hypothesis
C. Test statistic
D. Hypothesis testing
23. It is chosen when the parameter is
larger than or smaller than the value of
the null hypothesis.
A.two-sided test
B. one-sided test
C.Parametric test
D.Non-parametric test
24. This assumes that there is change,
difference, relationship, or the independent
variable has an effect on the dependent
variable.
A.Null hypothesis
B.Alternative hypothesis
C.Test statistic
D.Hypothesis testing
25. This assumes that there is no change, no
difference, no relationship, or the independent
variable has no effect on the dependent
variable.
A.Null hypothesis
B.Alternative hypothesis
C. Test statistic
D.Hypothesis testing
26. Which of the following is the area
under the normal curve?
 
A. 0 C. 2
 
B. 1 D. 3
27. Which of the following is the curve
symmetrical to?

A. Mean C. Standard deviation


B. Variance D. Area
28. If the z-value is 0.42, what is the area?
A. 0.0800 C. 0.1628  
B. 0.0279 D. 0.3129  
29. Find the area if the value of z = -0.13.
A. 0.0248 C. 0.1398  
B. 0.0517 D. 0.2467  
30. If the area is 0.4977, what is the z-
value?
A. 1.63 C. 2.01  
B. 1.97 D. 2.83  
31. Which of the following refers to the
subset of a population?
A.statistic
B.parameter
C.variable
D.sample
32. Which of the following is a sampling
method in which every element of the
population has the same probability of being
selected for inclusion in the sample?
A. simple random sampling
B. systematic sampling
C. stratified sampling
D. cluster sampling
33. Which of the following is a sampling
method in which the population is first divided
into strata and then samples are randomly
selected from each stratum?
A.simple random sampling
B. systematic sampling
C.stratified sampling
D.cluster sampling
34. Which of the following is a sampling
method in which the whole population is
subdivided into clusters, or groups, and
random samples are then collected from each
group or take all the selected groups?
A.simple random sampling
B.systematic sampling
C.stratified sampling
D.cluster sampling
35. Which of the following sampling
technique is done by selecting every th
element in your population list?
A.simple random sampling
B. systematic sampling
C.stratified sampling
D.cluster sampling
36. t- distribution is a probability distribution
used to estimate parameters EXCEPT when:
a.the population standard deviation is
known
b.the sample size is small
c.the population variance is unknown
d.the sample size is small and population
variance is unknown
37. t- distribution is also known as:
a.Teacher’s t- distribution
b.Z- distribution
c.Student’s t- distribution
d. Teacher’s Z- distribution
38. Given a set of data, which of the
following refers to the independent
observations?
a.Variance
b.Degrees of freedom
c.standard error
d.standard deviation
39. Which of the following is the value
of with a sample size of 10?
a. 1.812
b. 1.900
c. 1.860
d. 1.833
40. Which of the following is the value of
with 11 degrees of freedom?
a. 2.764
b. 2.681
c. 2.821
d. 2.718
Answer Key
1.D 12.A 23.B 34.B
2.B 13.B 24.B 35.D
3.B 14.C 25.A 36.C
4.C 15.A 26.B 37.A
5.A 16.A 27.A 38.B
6.A 17. B 28.C 39.C
7.A 18.A 29.B 40.D
8.C 19.D 30.D
9.C 20.C 31.D
10.A 21.D 32.A
11.A 22.A 33.C

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