Republic of the Philippines

PALAWAN STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Puerto Princesa City

MIDTERM EXAM – ETC 8: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

Name: ____________________________________________ Score: ______________

Course/Block: ______________________________________ Date: ______________

General Directions: Read each question carefully. Strictly no erasures for all items. Anyone caught cheating in any form
will automatically get a zero score.

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Circle the letter of the best answer. (2 pts each)

1. It measures a numerical quantity or amount on each individual or object, often represented by x.

A. qualitative variable C. continuous variable
B. discrete variable D. quantitative variable
2. What do you call a category that occurs most frequently or the most frequently occurring value of x?
A. mean B. median C. mode D. quartile
3. It is a set of measurements equal to the positive square root of the variance.
A. range C. standard deviation
B. variance D. measures of variability
4. It divides the distribution into one hundred parts.
A. quartile B. median C. percentile D. decile
5. It can assume only a finite or countable number of values.
A. qualitative variable C. continuous variable
B. discrete variable D. quantitative variable
6. It is obtained by plotting the frequency to scale vertically about the center of the corresponding interval on the
horizontal axis.
A. histogram B. frequency polygon C. ogive D. pie graph
7. What do you call a graphical display of data using the actual numerical values of each data point?
A. frequency polygon C. histogram
B. ogive D. stem and leaf plot
8. What do you call a set of n measurements that is equal to the sum of the measurements divided by n?
A. mean B. median C. mode D. quartile
9. It divides the distribution into ten parts.
A. quartile B. median C. percentile D. decile
10. It can assume many infinitely many values corresponding to the point on a line interval.
A. qualitative variable C. continuous variable
B. discrete variable D. quantitative variable
11. What is a characteristic that changes or varies over time and/or for different individuals or objects under
consideration?
A. sample B. variable C. scale D. none of these
12. What do you call a set of n measurements that is the value x that falls in the middle position when the
measurements are ordered from smallest to largest?
A. decile B. median C. mode D. quartile
13. What do you call the average of the squares of the deviations of the measurements about the mean?
A. range C. standard deviation
B. variance D. measures of variability
14. It measures a quality or characteristic on each individual or object.
A. qualitative variable C. continuous variable
B. discrete variable D. quantitative variable
15. It is the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the distribution
A. range C. standard deviation
B. variance D. measures of variability
16. It measures the spread or dispersion of a set of data.
A. range C. standard deviation
B. variance D. measures of variability
17. It divides the distribution into four parts.
A. quartile B. median C. percentile D. decile
18. What is the discipline of study dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data?
A. statics C. statistics
B. mathematics D. probability
19. Classifying students in a statistics course by their gender is an example of what scale of measurement?
A. nominal B. interval C. ordinal D. ratio
20. It is a graphical representation of a frequency distribution in which the frequencies are cumulated.
A. histogram B. frequency polygon C. ogive D. pie graph
21. The average monthly high temperatures for the past seven months are: 68, 72, 45, 44, 50, 45, and 60. What is the
mode?
A. 50 B. 72 C. 45 D. 60
22. A teacher wishes to know whether the males in his class have more favorable attitudes toward birth control than do
the females. All students are given questionnaire about birth control and the mean responses of the males and
females are compared. This is an example of _______.
A. descriptive statistics C. sampling procedure
B. inferential statistics D. census
23. It is the arrangement of numerical data according to size or magnitude.
A. frequency distribution C. stem and leaf plot
B. median D. chart
24. What is the midpoint or middle value of a class interval?
A. median B. mean C. class mark D. class point
25. It is obtained by plotting along the horizontal axis the intervals into which range of values is split and erecting a
rectangle on each interval with height equal to the corresponding frequency.
A. histogram B. frequency polygon C. ogive D. pie graph

TEST II. PROBLEM SOLVING. Solve the following problems and show your complete solutions. BOX your final answers.

1. The table below shows the scores of 200 students at CEAT taking a departmental exam in Statistics. Fill the
frequency distribution table and answer the questions below.

Frequency Distribution Table: (15 pts)

Cumulative
Class interval Frequency Class Boundary Class Midpoint
Frequency
86-90 14
91-95 10
96-100 29
101-105 18
106-110 21
111-115 42
116-120 35
121-125 14
126-130 10
131-135 7

Find the following: (2 pts each)

a. Class interval size _________________
b. Class midpoint of the 4th class of the highest frequency ____________
c. Lower class boundary of the highest class interval ____________
d. Upper class limit of the 5th class interval ___________
e. Number of students whose score is greater than 115.5 ___________
f. Number of students whose score is less than 95.5 _________
g. Number of students whose score is between 126-130 _____________
h. Lowest upper class limit ____________
i. Highest upper class limit ____________
j. Upper class boundary of the 3rd class interval ____________

Construct a frequency polygon: (10 pts)

2. Using the data below, compute for the following:

i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
x 25 28 31 32 38 39 40 42 43 45 46 48 49 50 53

a. Mean (8 pts)

b. Median (8 pts)

c. Mode (5 pts)

d. D6 (8 pts)

e. P75 (8 pts)

f. Variance and Standard Deviation (8 pts)

g. Quartile Deviation (10 pts)

3. Fill up the table below.

Frequency Cumulative Class Midpoint

Class interval fx (x-) (x-)2 f(x-)2
(f) Frequency (CF) (x)
40-47 7
48-55 10
56-63 12
64-71 13
72-79 8
80-87 6
88-95 4
Using the data above, compute for the following: (10 pts each)
a. Mean

b. Median

c. Mode

d. Standard Deviation

e. Interquartile Range