1.

A die is weighted so that any number from 1 to 3 is twice as likely to occur as each number
above 3. If A is the event that a number less than 4 occurs in a single toss of a die, what is the
probability of event A? 2/3
2. At a medical laboratory, the tags labeling the blood vials drawn from three persons (A, B, C)
have fallen off. The technician, to save time, arbitrarily places the tags back on the vials. What is
the probability that none of the vials is relabeled correctly? 2/6=1/3
3. A basketball player hits on 60% of his shots from the floor. What is the probability that he makes
exactly two of his next three shots? 0.432
4. A box contains 2 green socks, 2 blue socks, 2 red socks. Two socks are drawn at random. Find
the probability that they are a match(same color)? 1/5
5. The distribution of scores in a statistic exam is skewed to the right. The mean score is 38 and the
standard deviation is 6. What proportion of scores would be between 26 and 50?
a. 68% b. 75% c. 95% d. 99.7%

Solution: since the distribution is skewed to the right, we use Chebyshevs theorem to find
the proportion of scores falling within the given interval. We use either the lower or upper
limit of the interval to find the value of k,

36-6k=26

k=2

using Chebyshevs theorem, we have

1 1 3
1 2
= 1 2 = 0.75
2 4

6. On a 15-item test, the first five item have 4 choices each, the next five have 3 choices each, and
the last five are true or false. If Joe answers item 2,7 and 10 correctly and guesses all the others,
how many different ways can he complete the test?
4*1*4*4*4*3*1*3*3*1*2*2*2*2*2=221,184
7. Suppose that the population X has 9 observations: 2 4 33 6 8 2 5 7 3. Suppose that Y=2+X 2 . Find
the median of Y? 18
8. A point is chosen at random inside a circle with a diameter of 8 inches. Find the probability that
the point is at least 1.5 inches away from the center of the circle. (16pi 2.25pi)/16pi = 55/64
9. What is the probability that in a room of 30 people, two will have the same birthday?

P(two people will have the same b-day)=1 P(no two people will have the same b-day)
36530
P(no two people will have the same b-day)= = 0.29
36530

P(two people will have the same b-day)=1 0.29 =0.71

 10. A shipment of 7 TV sets contains 2 defectives. A hotel makes a random purchase of 3 of the sets.
If X is the number of defective sets purchased by the hotel. Find the mean of X

SOLUTION:
2
Mean= n*p= 3*7 =

11. Which of the following statements are true?

I. Categorical variables are the same as qualitative variables
II. Categorical variables are the same as quantitative variables
III. Categorical variables can be continuous variables
a. I only b. II only C. III only d. I and III
12. A sample consists of four observations : {1, 3, 5, 7}. What is the standard deviation?
a. 2 b. 2.58 c. 6 d. 6.67
13. Which of the following is true
I. The standard error is computed solely from sample attributes.
II. The standard deviation is computed solely from sample attributes.
III. The standard error is a measure of central tendency.
a. I only b. II only C. III only d. I and III
14. A national achievement test is administered annually to 3rd graders. The test has a mean score
of 100 and a standard deviation of 1.20, what was her score on the test?
a. 82 b. 88 c. 98 d.118
15. The number of adults in homes on a randomly selected city block is described by the following
probability distribution.

Number of adults, x Probability

1 0.25
2 0.50
3 0.15
4 0.10
What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?

a. 0.50 b. 0.62 C. 0.79 D. 0.89

Mean= 1*0.25 + 2*0.50 + 3*0.15 + 4*0.10=2.1

SD= [(x mean)2 ] P(x) =

(1 2.1)2 0.25 + (2 2.1)2 0.50 + (3 2.1)2 0.15 + (4 2.1)2 0.10 = 0.89
16. Suppose X and Y are independent random variables. The variance of X is 16 and the variance of Y
is equal to 9. Let Z=X-Y. what is the standard deviation of Z? 5

Solution: Var(Z)= Var (X-Y) =Var(X) + Var(Y)=9+16=25

SD(Z)=25 =

17. In a hypothesis testing, which of the following statements are true?

I. The P-value is greater than the significance level
II. The P-value is computed from the significance level
III. The P-value is the parameter in the null hypothesis
IV. The P-value is a test statistic
V. The P-value is a probability
a. I only b. II only c. III only d. IV only e. V only
18. Which of the following would be a reason to use a a one-sample t-test instead of a one-sample
z-test?
I. Standard deviation of the population is unknown
II. The null hypothesis involves a continuous variable
III. The sample size is large
a. I only b. II only c. III only
19. The president of SMTODA, an association of operators and drivers of motorized pedicab in
Manila, wants to know the views of teachers on the 12-year education plan. He tasked the
associations secretary to conduct a study and take samples from different schools in the area.
The secretary selected five schools at random and then interviewed each of the teachers in
those five schools. In this survey, the secretary used,
a. Simple random sampling
b. Stratified random sampling
c. Cluster random sampling
d. Two-stage random sampling
20. John, a staff from the Bureau of Agricultural statistics, visited various retail markets in
Catbalogan to verify the price of a kilo of green mango. These verified data were then encoded
into a computer system. Suppose that Earl Pauline, a computer encoder, wrongly encoded one
of the data points by adding a zero in the actual price, that is, instead of P145.0, Earl Pauline
encoded P1450. Which of the following can happen to the numerical value of the mean and the
median of these data as a result of the erroneous entry?
a. The mean and the median will still be correctly computed
b. The mean and median will definitely be incorrectly computed
c. The mean will certainly be incorrectly computed, while the median may or may not be
incorrect
d. The median will certainly be incorrectly computed, while the mean may or may not be
incorrect