Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI – Western Visayas
Division of Negros Occidental
Victorias National High School
Victorias City, Negros Occidental

Fourth Quarter Exam

Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Answer will be marked wrong if
there are changes made.
1. Find the 65th percentile of a normal curve.
a. z = 0.32 b. z = 0.39 c. z = 0.4 d. z = 0.42
2. What is the percentile rank of 31 in a normal distribution with m = 25 and s = 8.
a. 77.04th b. 77.34th c. z = 78.04th d. 78.34th
3. In a normal distribution with m = 20 and s = 4. Find the percentile rank of 10.
a. 28.15th b. 29.15th c. 30.15th d. 31.15th
4. What is the z – score that corresponds to P25?
a. z = 0.67 b. z = 0.58 c. z = 0.52 d. z = 0.47
5. The formula x = z(s) + X̅ is use to find the ____________.
a. raw score b. z – score c. percentile rank d. mean
6. Which of the following is the symbol for population mean?
a. m b. X̅ c. μ d. μ X̅
7. The rest of the English exam are normally distributed with m = 40 and s = 12. Find the raw score which
corresponds to 78th percentile.
a. 19 b. 29 c. 39 d. 49
8. Find the raw score that corresponds to P45 when m = 20 and s = 15.
a. 14 b. 19 c. 16 d. 18
9. Given a population of 2500 scores with μ = 80 and σ = 12. How many got the scores from 68 – 80?
a. 853 b. 863 c. 953 d. 963
10. Base on problem # 9, how many got the scores between 44 and 56?
a. 24 b. 37 c. 48 d. 54
11. In a job fair, 3000 applicants applied for a job. Their mean age was found to be 28 with standard
deviation of 4 years. How many applicants are below 20 years old?
a. 86 b. 80 c. 72 d. 68
12. Base on problem # 11, how many applicants are above 32 years old?
a. 476 b. 481 c. 472 d. 484
13. Base on problem # 11, find the age that 75% is below it.
a. 28 b. 30 c. 31 d. 36
14. It is a descriptive measure computed from a sample.
a. Population b. Sample c. Parameter d. Statistics
15. It is the difference between the sample mean and the population mean.
a. Sampling error b. Sampling c. Sampling distribution d. Sample mean
16. How many different samples of size 3 can be selected from a population of 15?
a. 360 b.400 c. 420 d. 455
17 – 20 A population consists of five numbers 2, 3, 6, 8, and 11. Consider sample size of 2 that can be drawn
from this population.
17. What is the population mean?
a. μ = 6 b. μ = 6.02 c. μ = 6.5 d. μ = 7
18. What is the population variance?
a. σ2 = 9.6 b. σ2 = 10.2 c. σ2 = 10.8 d. σ2 = 12.1
19. What is the variance of the sampling distribution of the sample means?
a. 3.72 b. 3.90 c. 34.05 d. 4.22
20. What is the mean of the sampling distribution of sample means?
a. 4 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
21. It is consists of fixed number of elements, measurements, or observations.
a. infinite population b. finite population
c. finite population correction factor d. sampling error
 22. It is also known as the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample means.
a. sampling error b. standard error of the mean
c. finite population correction factor d. sampling
23 – 27 A group of students got the following scores in test: 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 21. Consider samples of size 3
that can be drawn from this population.
23. What is the population mean?
a. μ = 10.2 b. μ = 12.6 c. μ = 13.5 d. μ = 13.8
24. What is the population variance?
a. σ2 = 24.25 b. σ2 = 26.25 c. σ2 = 27.50 d. σ2 = 29.50
25. How many possible samples can be determined?
a. 12 b. 15 c. 10 d. 20
26. What is the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means?
a. 13.8 b. 13.5 c. 12.6 d. 10.2
27. What is the variance of the sampling distribution of the sample means?
a. 5.25 b. 6.04 c. 6.25 d. 7.04
28. It is the process of taking samples
a. statistics b. parameters c. sampling d. randomness
29. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is less than the population mean.
b. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is greater than the population mean.
c. The means of the samples drawn from a population are always equal to the population mean.
d. The means of the samples drawn from a population are may be equal, greater than or less than the
population mean.
σ
30. The expression is referred to as:
√n
a. Mean of the sampling distribution
b. Standard deviation of the raw score distribution
c. Mean of the population
d. Standard deviation of the sampling distribution of sample means
31. Which of these values is a parameter?
a. X b. X̅ c. µ d. z
32. Random sampling is also known as a ______________ sampling.
a. probabilistic b. nonprobabilistic c. purposive d. convenience
33. It is a type of sampling wherein the samples are selected because they are accessible to the
researchers.
a. Quota sampling b. Snowball sampling
c. Convenience sampling d. Purposive sampling
34. It is a kind of sampling that generates random number to select samples?
a. Cluster sampling b. Systematic random sampling
c. Stratified sampling d. Simple random sampling
35. It is a type of sampling usually done when there is a very small population size and the topic of study is
sensitive.
a. Quota sampling b. Snowball sampling
c. Convenience sampling d. Purposive sampling
36. A certain population has a mean of 15.4 and a standard deviation of 5.6. If random samples of size 5 is
taken from this population, which of the following statements is correct?
a. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is equal to 15.4.
b. The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means is less than 15.4.
c. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample means is 5.6.
d. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample means is 15.4.
37. A sample refers to ___________ of a population.
a. subset b. a list c. a description d. another name
38. What is the mean of 13, 27, 29, 17, and 14?
a. 29 b. 28 c. 20 d. 13
39. Suppose a population composed of the following individuals:
1.Sam; 2.Dan; 3.Jose; 4.Shine; 5.Marie; 6.Angelo; 7.Eunice; 8.Kristine; 9.Fiona; 10.Kevin; 11. Apple; 12.
Joy. A sample of size 4 is to be taken from this population. Using the systematic random sampling, who
will be included in the sample if 2 was randomly selected as starting point?
a. Dan, Marie, Kristine, Apple b. Dan, Shine, Angelo, Kristine
c. Dan, Jose, Shine, Marie d. Dan, Marie, Angelo, Eunice
40. It refers to the sampling method in which each member of the population is given equal chance to be
chosen as part of the sample.
a. fish bowl method b. random method c. sampling method d. lottery method