- 1. A student receives a report saying he is at the 90th percentile (P90) in the National Career Assessment Exam. He cries because he thinks he got a 90%. How should the guidance counselor correct him?
A) Don't cry, 90% is a passing grade.
B) It means you performed better than 90% of the students.
C) You are in the bottom 10% of the class.
D) P90 means you only answered 10% correctly.
- 2. In a Mastery Learning class, the goal is for all students to master the lesson. Ideally, as instruction improves, what should happen to the Standard Deviation of the post-test scores?
A) It becomes negative.
B) It should increase.
C) It should decrease.
D) It should remain constant.
- 3. Principal Cruz observes that in Section A, the grades range from 75 to 98. In Section B, the grades range from 85 to 88. What can he conclude about Section B?
A) Section B is more homogeneous.
B) Section B has a higher mean.
C) Section B has smarter students.
D) Section B is more heterogeneous.
- 4. In a 100-item test, obtaining a raw score of 80 does not necessarily mean being at the 80th percentile. Why?
A) Because 80 is a failing grade.
B) Because the test was too hard.
C) Because percentiles are always lower than raw scores.
D) Because percentile is relative to others' performance.
- 5. Teacher U has a student who missed the Quarterly Assessment due to sickness. Can she give a grade of '0' for that component?
A) No, she should give a special test.
B) No, she should give a perfect score.
C) Yes, to teach the student a lesson.
D) Yes, no test means no score.
- 6. A T-score is a standard score with a Mean of 50 and SD of 10. If a student gets a T-score of 60, where are they located relative to the mean?
A) 1 Standard Deviation above the mean.
B) 1 Standard Deviation below the mean.
C) At the mean.
D) 2 Standard Deviations above the mean.
- 7. Why is the Range often considered an unreliable measure of variability for classroom assessment?
A) It is too hard to compute.
B) It describes the center, not the spread.
C) It is always a decimal number.
D) It depends only on the two scores.
- 8. A test item analysis shows that the scores for Item #10 have a very large variance. This suggests that:
A) The item was definitely easy.
B) The item was not valid.
C) Students were very consistent in their answers.
D) Students' answers varied greatly.
- 9. Why might a teacher be concerned if the Standard Deviation of a final exam is extremely small (e.g., 0.5) but the Mean is only 75?
A) It means the test was too easy.
B) It means everyone consistently got 75.
C) It means the teaching was perfect.
D) It means everyone failed.
- 10. When reporting to parents, a teacher explains that a small standard deviation in the class grades means:
A) The students are performing the same level.
B) The teacher is strict.
C) The class is very competitive and varied.
D) The students are all failing.
- 11. Teacher R is computing grades for 'Introduction to Philosophy' (Core Subject) in Senior High School. Which weight distribution should he use?
A) WW 20%, PT 60%, QA 20%
B) WW 30%, PT 50%, QA 20%
C) WW 25%, PT 50%, QA 25%
D) WW 40%, PT 40%, QA 20%
- 12. Teacher K ranks her students. She identifies the student who separates the bottom 25% from the top 75%. This student's score corresponds to:
A) First Quartile (Q1)
B) Second Quartile (Q2)
C) Third Quartile (Q3)
D) 90th Percentile
- 13. If a student in Senior High School fails a prerequisite subject (e.g., Pre-Calculus), what happens?
A) He is retained in Grade 11.
B) He can take both subjects simultaneously.
C) He can proceed to Basic Calculus.
D) He cannot enroll in the subsequent subject.
- 14. Teacher Z is teaching MAPEH. She computes the grades for Music, Arts, PE, and Health separately. How does she get the grade for MAPEH?
A) Let the students choose.
B) MAPEH is not graded.
C) Take the highest of the 4.
D) Average the 4 component grades.
- 15. Teacher L wants to group her students into 10 ability groups for differentiated instruction. Which statistical measure divides the distribution into 10 equal parts?
A) Percentiles
B) Z-scores
C) Quartiles
D) Deciles
- 16. Teacher G wants to know the 'average distance' of his students' scores from the mean score to see how clustered they are. He should compute the:
A) Percentile
B) Range
C) Standard Deviation
D) Quartile Deviation
- 17. If a set of test scores has a Standard Deviation of 0, which of the following statements must be true?
A) The Range is 0.
B) The Mean is 0.
C) There are 0 students.
D) The scores are normally distributed.
- 18. The Interquartile Range (IQR) represents the performance of which group of students?
A) The bottom 25%.
B) The lowest and highest students.
C) The middle 50%.
D) The top 25%.
- 19. If the passing mark is set at the median, how many students will pass?
A) All of them.
B) Exactly 50% of them.
C) None of them.
D) 75% of them.
- 20. Teacher W teaches English (Language). She knows that in Grades 1-10, the weight for Written Work in languages is:
A) 20%
B) 40%
C) 50%
D) 30%
- 21. A PE teacher is recording the shirt sizes of students (S, M, L, XL) for the sports fest. He needs to order the most popular size. Can he calculate the Mean of these sizes?
A) Yes, by assigning numbers to letters.
B) Yes, the formula applies to all data.
C) No, he should use the Median.
D) No, because the data is categorical
- 22. In a parent-teacher conference, a parent claims, 'My son is below average!' The teacher explains that while his score is below the Mean, it is above the Median. This implies:
A) The distribution is positively skewed
B) The distribution is normal.
C) The distribution is negatively skewed
D) The test was too easy.
- 23. Student A asks why the 'Average' in his report card is different from his classmate's calculation. It turns out the teacher used a 'Weighted Mean' (based on units) instead of a simple mean. This is appropriate because:
A) Some subjects have more units.
B) It makes the grade higher.
C) It is a DepEd rule for no reason.
D) It is easier to compute.
- 24. A statistician in the division office is looking for a measure of central tendency that is most stable for sampling (i.e., varies least from sample to sample). Which should she choose?
A) Mode
B) Median
C) Range
D) Mean
- 25. In a class of 50 students, Teacher Ben ranks the scores from lowest to highest. He wants to identify the score that divides the class exactly in half. What statistical measure is he looking for?
A) Mean
B) Range
C) Median
D) Mode
- 26. When interpreting the 'Mean Percentage Score' (MPS) of a school in the National Achievement Test, the school head is looking at the:
A) Arithmetic average of all scores.
B) Most occurring score.
C) Middlemost score of the school.
D) Difference between highest and lowest.
- 27. A researcher is analyzing salary data of teachers. Since the Principal's salary is an extreme outlier compared to the entry-level teachers, which measure of central tendency gives the most representative 'typical' salary?
A) Median
B) Mean
C) Mode
D) Range
- 28. In computing the final grade of a student, Teacher A adds all the weighted scores and divides them (effectively) to get the average. This process uses the concept of:
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Rangking
- 29. A student asks, 'Ma'am, if I add 5 bonus points to everyone's score, what happens to the class mean?' The correct answer is:
A) The mean becomes zero.
B) The mean increases by 5.
C) The mean remains the same.
D) The mean multiplies by 5.
- 30. If a teacher adds 5 bonus points to every student's score, what happens to the Standard Deviation of the class scores?
A) It increases by 5.
B) It becomes zero.
C) It remains the same.
D) It decreases by 5.
- 31. In a TLE class (Skill-based), Teacher S emphasizes that students must demonstrate their skills (cooking, carpentry). Consequently, the highest weight (60%) in the grading system is given to:
A) Quarterly Assessment
B) Performance Tasks
C) Written Work
D) Attendance
- 32. Teacher O computes the raw scores of her Grade 8 Science class. Student P got a total weighted score of 85. Is this the grade that goes into the Report Card?
A) Yes, because Science is a core subject.
B) No, the 85 must be transmuted.
C) Yes, 85 is the final grade.
D) No, she must add 10 points.
- 33. In the E-Class Record, the 'Initial Grade' is derived from the sum of weighted scores. What is the next automatic step in the spreadsheet?
A) Sending the grade to the principal.
B) Transmuting the Initial Grade.
C) Ranking the students.
D) Printing the card.
- 34. Which measure of variation is the square root of the variance?
A) Range
B) Mean Deviation
C) Standard Deviation
D) Quartile Deviation
- 35. Which descriptor corresponds to a grade of 90- 100?
A) Satisfactory
B) Excellent
C) Very Satisfactory
D) Outstanding
- 36. If a student's score corresponds to the 3rd Quartile (Q3), what percent of the class scored higher than him/her?
A) 75%
B) 100%
C) 25%
D) 50%
- 37. A student's rank is 1 (highest) in a class of 50. What is his percentile rank?
A) P50
B) Q1
C) P1
D) P100
- 38. For 'With Honors' selection, a student must have no grade lower than____in any quarter.
A) 75
B) 80
C) 90
D) 85
- 39. Which quartile is equivalent to the Median?
A) Q4
B) Q2
C) Q1
D) Q3
- 40. A parent complains that her son in Grade 4 failed because his raw score was only 60. Teacher Q explains that under the K to 12 system, a raw score of 60 is:
A) A failing grade.
B) Evidence for dropping out.
C) Transmuted to 75.
D) Equivalent to 60 on the card.
- 41. Teacher Sarah administered a test. Most students scored very low, but one student, a math wizard, got a perfect score. If she uses the Mean to report the 'average', what will happen?
A) The mean will be unaffected.
B) The mean will be lower than the median.
C) The mean will be the same as the mode.
D) The mean will be pulled up by the outliers.
- 42. A class has a bimodal distribution of scores in Science. What does this tell the teacher about the students' performance?
A) The test was perfectly constructed.
B) There are two groups of performances
C) The students performed uniformly well.
D) The average score is zero.
- 43. If a distribution of scores is perfectly bell-shaped (Normal Curve), where will the Mean, Median, and Mode be located?
A) Mean is highest, Mode is lowest.
B) At the tail of the distribution.
C) At the same point in the center.
D) At different points.
- 44. Teacher X notices that the distribution of scores in her periodic test is negatively skewed (most students scored high). Which statement is likely true about the relationship of the Mean and Median?
A) No relationship
B) Mean > Median
C) Mean = Median
D) Mean < Median
- 45. Teacher Ryan is analyzing ordinal data (Likert Scale: Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree). To find the 'center' of opinion without assuming equal intervals, he should ideally use the:
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Variance
D) Mode
- 46. Teacher V notices that her students' scores on a test are very spread out-some got 10/50, others 48/50, and scores are scattered everywhere. This indicates:
A) Zero Variance.
B) High Standard Deviation.
C) High Central Tendency.
D) Low Standard Deviation.
- 47. In a normal distribution of intelligence test scores, a psychologist says a student is 'within one standard deviation of the mean'. This places the student in the:
A) Top 1% (Genius).
B) Bottom 1% (Intellectually disabled).
C) Middle 68% (Average/Typical).
D) Top 5%.
- 48. During an election for Classroom President, the teacher wants to determine the winner based on who got the 'most frequent' votes. Which measure of central tendency is applied here?
A) Mean
B) Standard deviation
C) Median
D) Mode
- 49. Student T got a Final Grade of 73 in Math. What is the immediate consequence according to DepEd policy?
A) Expelled.
B) Needs to attend Remedial Classes.
C) Promoted to the next grade.
D) Retained in the same grade level.
- 50. A District Supervisor compares two schools. School X has an SD of 2.5 on the NAT. School Y has an SD of 8.0. Which school has a more diverse population of learners in terms of ability?
A) School X
B) School Y
C) Cannot be determined.
D) Both are equal.
- 51. Ms. Lopez is checking the papers of her Grade 1 pupils. She notices that the scores are 5, 5, 5, 8, and 9. She decides to report the 'most common' performance. Which measure is she using?
A) Mode
B) Mean
C) Median
D) Variance
- 52. The principal asks for the 'average daily attendance'. The clerk sums up the attendance for the month and divides by the number of school days. This is an application of:
A) Median
B) Quartile
C) Mode
D) Mean
- 53. If Teacher Clara wants to know the 'average' performance of the class but wants to ensure that the result is not distorted by the two students who got zero, she should prefer the:
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Range
- 54. For a remedial reading class, the teacher selects the students whose scores fall in the bottom half of the class. Which measure serves as the cut-off point?
A) Standard deviation
B) Mean
C) Mode
D) Median
- 55. After teaching a lesson, Teacher Faye gives a formative test. She finds that the Range is 0. What does this literally mean?
A) Everyone got the same score.
B) Everyone got a score of 0.
C) No one took the test.
D) The average is 0.
- 56. Teacher Lita has a set of scores: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10. She realizes the Mean, Median, and Mode are all 10. This indicates:
A) A normal curve.
B) Zero variability.
C) An invalid test.
D) High variability.
- 57. Which measure of variability uses the middle 50% of scores, effectively ignoring the outliers?
A) Standard Deviation
B) Interquartile Range (IQR)
C) Variance
D) Range
- 58. At the end of the school year, the Final Grade for a learning area is computed as:
A) The last Quarterly Grade only.
B) The average of the 4 Quarterly Grades.
C) The sum of the 4 Quarterly Grades.
D) The average of the Written Works.
- 59. Two students, John and Mark, have the same average grade of 85. However, John's grades fluctuate wildly (75, 95, 80, 90), while Mark's are steady (84, 86, 85, 85). Which statistical measure would confirm that Mark is the more consistent student?
A) Standard Deviation
B) Mean
C) Median
D) Mode
- 60. In analyzing the 'difficulty' of a test item using quartiles, Teacher N looks at how the Upper Group (top 27% or Q4) performed vs. the Lower Group. This uses the concept of position to determine:
A) Item Validity.
B) Central Tendency.
C) Item Reliability.
D) Item Discrimination.
- 61. Teacher H calculates the variance of her test scores and gets a negative number (e.g., -5). What does this imply?
A) The data is skewed.
B) The students performed poorly.
C) She made a computation error.
D) The test was too hard.
- 62. A student asks, 'Ma'am, why is our Quarterly Assessment only 20%? It's a major exam!' Teacher X explains that K to 12 Assessment focuses more on:
A) Performance standards
B) Memorization
C) One-shot testing
D) Attendance
- 63. A university admissions office accepts only students with a Stanine score of 7, 8, or 9. What does this imply about the accepted students?
A) They are average.
B) They are below average.
C) They are above average.
D) They are in the bottom quartile.
- 64. Teacher Y uses a rubric to grade a role-play. This score will be recorded under:
A) Character Building
B) Performance Tasks
C) Written Work
D) Quarterly Assessment
- 65. A student scored +2 Standard Deviations (z-score = +2) above the mean. This implies the student:
A) Scored below average.
B) Scored exactly average.
C) Scored significantly higher than the average.
D) Answered 2 questions correctly.
- 66. To compare the variability of heights (in cm) and weights (in kg) of students, which measure should the PE teacher use to remove the unit difference?
A) Range
B) Coefficient of Variation
C) Variance
D) Standard Deviation
- 67. Teacher J is worried because her class is 'very heterogeneous'. She validated this by seeing a:
A) High Mean.
B) Low Mean.
C) Small Measure of Variation.
D) Large Measure of Variation.
- 68. Teacher M calculates the z-scores of her students. She tells a parent that their child has a z-score of -1.5. This indicates the child is:
A) Exempted from the test.
B) The top notcher.
C) Below average.
D) Above average.
- 69. If a student falls in the 1st Decile (D1), teachers should consider this student for:
A) Enrichment / Advanced classes.
B) Remediation / Intervention.
C) Graduation honors.
D) Student leadership.
- 70. To say that a student is in the 'Top 10' of the graduating batch usually refers to rank. To express this in percentiles, the cutoff is usually:
A) P90 up
B) P10
C) Q1
D) P50
- 71. Student X has a decile rank of 4 (D4). Student Y has a percentile rank of 40 (P40). Who performed better?
A) They performed equally.
B) Student X
C) Cannot be determined.
D) Student Y
- 72. Which measure of position divides the distribution into 100 equal parts, often used for national ranking?
A) Stanines
B) Percentiles
C) Deciles
D) Quartiles
- 73. During a scholarship selection, the requirement is to be in the 'Top 25%' of the batch. Which measure of position serves as the cut-off score?
A) Q3
B) Q1
C) D1
D) Median
- 74. When a researcher says 'The 75th percentile of the salary is P30,000', it means:
A) Only 25% of people earn P30,000 or less.
B) 75% of the people earn more than P30,000.
C) The average salary is P30,000.
D) 75% of the people earn P30,000 or less.
- 75. Why did DepEd move to a standard-based grading system?
A) To ensure grades reflect the attainment of specific content and performance standards.
B) To rely solely on multiple-choice tests.
C) To confuse parents.
D) To make it harder for students.
- 76. The General Average of Student V is 89.45. When reporting this on the card (if policy allows rounding), or for honors ranking, how is it typically treated?
A) It remains 89.
B) It is reported to 3 decimal places.
C) It is rounded down to 85.
D) It is rounded up to 90.
- 77. The median score of the class is 25. Which of the following is definitely true?
A) Most students scored 25.
B) 50% of the students scored 25 or below.
C) The highest score is 50.
D) The average score is 25.
- 78. Can a student with a General Average of 74 be promoted?
A) Yes, if the parents appeal.
B) Yes, if he passes the removal exam.
C) Yes, on probation.
D) No, he is retained in the grade level.
- 79. What is the floor grade (lowest possible grade) that can appear in the report card for a quarter? rotate for options 65
A) 50
B) 0
C) 60
D) 65
- 80. A grade of 75-79 falls under which descriptor?
A) Did not meet expectation
B) Fairly satisfactory
C) Poor
D) Satisfactory
- 81. Teacher W teaches English (Lar age). She knows that in Grades 1-10, the weight for Written Work in languages is:
A) 40%
B) 20%
C) 30%
D) 50%
- 82. In a TLE class (Skill-based), Teacher S emphasizes that students must demonstrate their skills (cooking, carpentry). Consuently, the highest weight (60%) in the grading system is given to:
A) Quarterly assessment
B) Attendance
C) Performance Tasks
D) Written work
- 83. If a student in Senior High Sche ails a prerequisite subject (e.g., Pre-Cuculus), what happens?
A) He cannot enroll in the subsequent subject.
B) He is retained in Grade 11.
C) He can proceed to Basic Calculus.
D) He can take both subjects simultaneously.
- 84. Student T got a Final Grade of 73 in M What is the immediate consequence according to DepEd policy?
A) Promoted to the next grade.
B) Expelled
C) Needs to attend Remedial Classes.
D) Retained in the same grade level.
- 85. Why did DepEd move to a standard used grading system?
A) To rely solely on multiple-choice tests.
B) To ensure grades reflect the attainment of specific content and performance standards.
C) To confuse parents
D) To make it harder for students.
- 86. Teacher Y uses a rubric to grade a 1. -play. This score will be recorded under:
A) Character building
B) Performance tasks
C) Quarterly assessment
D) Written works
- 87. What is the floor grade (lowest possible grade) that can appear in the report card for a quarter?
A) 65
B) 0
C) 60
D) 50
- 88. Can a student with a General Aver of 74 be promoted?
A) Yes, if he passes the removal exam.
B) Yes, on probation.
C) No, he is retained in the grade level.
D) Yes, if the parents appeal.
- 89. A grade of 75-79 falls under which descriptor?
A) Fairly satisfactory
B) Poor
C) Satisfactory
D) Did not meet expectations
- 90. A student asks, 'Ma'am, why is our Quarterly assessment only 20%? It's a major exam!' Teacher X explains that K to 12 Assessment focuses more on:
A) Performance Standard
B) Attendance
C) Memorization
D) One-shot testing
- 91. In the E-Class Record, the 'Initial Grade' is derived from the sum of weighted scores. What is the next automatic step in the spreadsheet?
A) Ranking the students.
B) Transmuting the Initial Grade.
C) Sending the grade to the principal.
D) Printing the card.
- 92. At the end of the school year, the Fin Grade for a learning area is computed as:
A) The sum of the 4 Quarterly Grades.
B) The average of the Written Works.
C) The average of the 4 Quarterly Grades.
D) The last Quarterly Grade only.
- 93. For 'With Honors' selection, a student must have no grade lower than _____ in any quarter?
A) 85
B) 75
C) 90
D) 80
- 94. The General Average of Student V is 89.45. When reporting this on the card (if policy allows rounding), or for honors ranking, treated?
A) It is reported to 3 decimal places.
B) It remains 89.
C) It is rounded down to 85.
D) It is rounded up to 90.
- 95. Teacher Z is teaching MAPEH. She computes the grades for Music, Arts, PE, and He separately. How does she get the grade for MAPEH?
A) Take the highest of the 4.
B) Average the 4 component grades.
C) Let the students choose.
D) MAPEH is not graded.
- 96. Teacher R is computing grades for 'Introduction to Philosophy' (Core Subject) in Senior High School. Which weight distribution should he use?
A) WW 30%, PT 50%, QA 20%
B) WW 20%, PT 60%, QA 20%
C) WW 25%, PT 50%, QA 25%
D) WW 40%, PT 40%, QA 20%
- 97. A parent complains that her son in Grade 4 failed because his raw score was only 60. Teacher Q explains that under the K to 12 system, a score of 60 is:
A) Transmuted to 75.
B) A failing grade.
C) Evidence for dropping out.
D) Equivalent to 60 on the card.
- 98. Which descriptor corresponds to grade of 90- 100?
A) Outstanding
B) Excellent
C) Very satisfactory
D) Satisfactory
- 99. Teacher U has a student who missed the Quarterly Assessment due to sickness. Can she give a grade of '0' for that component?
A) Yes, to teach the student a lesson.
B) No, she should give a perfect score.
C) Yes, no test means no score.
D) No, she should give a special test.
- 100. Teacher O computes the raw scores of her Grade 8 Science class. Student P got a total weighted score of 85. Is this the grade that goes into th Report Card?
A) Yes, 85 is the final grade.
B) No, she must add 10 points.
C) No, the 85 must be transmuted.
D) Yes, because Science is a core subject.
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