Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan Catholic Schools
Mary Help of Christians Catholic School, Inc.
Basista, Pangasinan
PART I. Basic Concepts (1–10)
1. Statistics is best defined as the science of:
a. Collecting and organizing data
b. Drawing cartoons
c. Building machines
d. Writing essays
2. Which of the following is qualitative data?
a. Height of students
b. Number of pencils
c. Favorite color
d. Weight of bags
3. The entire group under study is called:
a. Sample
b. Population
c. Variable
d. Data
4. A smaller group selected from the population is called:
a. Population
b. Sample
c. Variable
d. Parameter
5. The type of data that can be measured in numbers is:
a. Qualitative
b. Quantitative
c. Categorical
d. Nominal
6. The age of a student is an example of what type of data?
a. Qualitative
b. Quantitative discrete
c. Quantitative continuous
d. Ordinal
7. Which of the following is NOT a step in the statistical process?
a. Collecting data
b. Analyzing data
c. Throwing data away
d. Interpreting data
8. Which of the following is an example of primary data?
a. Census survey
b. Newspaper article
c. Research journal
d. Textbook
9. Which level of measurement categorizes data without order?
a. Ordinal c. Ratio
b. Interval d. Nominal
10. The type of data that has a true zero is:
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio
PART II. Measures of Central Tendency (11–20)
11. The average of all the values in a dataset is called:
a. Mode
b. Mean
c. Median
d. Range
12. In the set {2, 4, 4, 6, 8}, the mode is:
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
13. In the set {5, 7, 9, 11, 13}, the median is:
a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. 11
14. Which measure is most affected by extreme values (outliers)?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Range
15. The range is the difference between:
a. Highest and lowest values
b. Mean and mode
c. Mode and median
d. First and last numbers
16. The mean of {10, 15, 20, 25} is:
a. 15
b. 17.5
c. 20
d. 25
17. If the median of {12, 14, x, 18, 20} is 16, then x =
a. 12
b. 14
c. 16
d. 18
18. The mode of {1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5} is:
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 2
19. In a perfectly symmetrical distribution, the mean, median, and mode are:
a. All different c. Mode is higher
b. All equal d. Mean is higher
20. Which is the best measure of central tendency for categorical data?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Range
PART III. Probability (21–30)
21. Probability values range between:
a. -1 and 1
b. 0 and 1
c. 0 and 100
d. 1 and 10
22. The probability of an impossible event is:
a. 1
b. 0
c. 0.5
d. Undefined
23. A coin is tossed. The probability of getting a head is:
a. 0
b. 0.25
c. 0.5
d. 1
24. The probability of getting a 6 on a fair die is:
a. 1/2
b. 1/3
c. 1/6
d. 1/12
25. If two coins are tossed, the probability of getting two tails is:
a. 1/2
b. 1/3
c. 1/4
d. 1/6
26. If a card is drawn from a standard deck, the probability of getting a red card is:
a. 1/4
b. 1/2
c. 1/3
d. 1/13
27. The probability of a certain event is:
a. 0
b. 0.25
c. 0.5
d. 1
28. If P(A) = 0.6 and P(B) = 0.4, then P(not A) is:
a. 0.6
b. 0.4
c. 0.2
d. 0.8
29. A number is chosen from 1 to 10. The probability that it is even is:
a. 1/10 c. 1/5
b. ½ d. 2/5
30. If you roll a die, the probability of getting a number less than 5 is:
a. 2/6
b. 4/6
c. 5/6
d. 1/6
PART IV. Data Representation (31–40)
31. Which graph is best for showing categorical data?
a. Histogram
b. Line graph
c. Bar graph
d. Scatterplot
32. A histogram is used to display:
a. Categorical data
b. Qualitative data
c. Quantitative data
d. Nominal data
33. The horizontal axis of a bar graph usually shows:
a. Frequencies
b. Categories
c. Percentages
d. Intervals
34. The sum of relative frequencies in a frequency distribution is always:
a. 0
b. 0.5
c. 1
d. 100
35. A pie chart is best used when comparing:
a. Trends over time
b. Parts of a whole
c. Two distributions
d. Random events
36. The class interval in a frequency distribution is:
a. The highest value
b. The lowest value
c. The difference between upper and lower boundaries
d. The midpoint
37. Which graph shows change over time?
a. Bar graph
b. Line graph
c. Pie chart
d. Boxplot
38. The midpoint of a class interval is called:
a. Class boundary
b. Class mark
c. Class frequency
d. Class width
39. A cumulative frequency graph is also called:
a. Histogram c. Ogive
b. Frequency polygon d. Pie chart
40. Which of the following is NOT a measure of data dispersion?
a. Range
b. Variance
c. Standard deviation
d. Mean
PART V. Advanced Concepts (41–50)
41. The square of the standard deviation is:
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Variance
d. Range
42. A measure of how spread out the values are in a dataset is called:
a. Central tendency
b. Dispersion
c. Frequency
d. Probability
43. If the variance is 0, then:
a. All values are equal
b. Values are widely spread
c. Mean is undefined
d. Data is skewed
44. A distribution that is skewed to the right is called:
a. Symmetrical
b. Positively skewed
c. Negatively skewed
d. Uniform
45. In a normal distribution, about 68% of the data falls within:
a. 1 standard deviation
b. 2 standard deviations
c. 3 standard deviations
d. 4 standard deviations
46. If the correlation coefficient (r) = 1, the relationship is:
a. Perfect negative c. No correlation
b. Perfect positive d. Weak correlation
47. If r = 0, it means:
a. Perfect correlation c. Strong correlation
b. No correlation d. Negative correlation
48. The regression line is used to:
a. Describe frequency c. Measure mean
b. Predict values d. Compute mode
49. Which of the following is a non-parametric test?
a. T-test c. Chi-square test
b. ANOVA d. Z-test
50. In hypothesis testing, the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis is called:
a. Power
b. Type I error
c. Type II error
d. Significance level
Answer Key
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. b
5. b
6. c
7. c
8. a
9. d
10. d
11. b
12. b
13. c
14. a
15. a
16. b
17. c
18. b
19. b
20. c
21. b
22. b
23. c
24. c
25. c
26. b
27. d
28. b
29. b
30. b
31. c
32. c
33. b
34. c
35. b
36. c
37. b
38. b
39. c
40. d
41. c
42. b
43. a
44. b
45. a
46. b
47. b
48. b
49. c
50. b
