Chapter 6 Test Instructor:
Jason Crews
Name:
Class:
Tests and Measurements
Date:
Period:
Thursday Night
Results:
Instructions Read the question carefully and place the letter corresponding to the correct answer in the blanknext to each question below.
Part I: Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Objective Test formats. This type of objective test item can force test takers to discriminate amongst statements with varying degrees of correctness. 1) a.
Matching
b.
True-False
c.
Multiple Choice
d.
Completion
This type of objective test item can be used to measure theassociation between facts. 2) a.
Matching
b.
True-False
c.
Multiple Choice
d.
Completion
This type of objective test eliminates guessing and requires recall. 3) Page 1
a.
Matching
b.
True-False
c.
Multiple Choice
d.
Completion
4)
This type of objective test lends its self to long examinations in ordercompensate for it tendency to encourage guessing.
a.
Matching
b.
True-False
c.
Multiple Choice
d.
Completion According to our text, If not written carefully, this type of objective test can have more than one defendable answer.
5) a.
Matching
b.
True-False
c.
Multiple Choice
d.
Completion This type of essay question allows the student to determine the length of their response.
6) a.
Extended Response
b.
Free Response
c.
Limited Response
d.
Restricted Response
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This type of essay question allows the student to determine the complexity of their response. 7) a.
Extended Response
b.
Free Response
c.
Limited Response
d.
Restricted Response This type of essay question requires the student to recall specific information and organize it in a specific manner.
8) a.
Extended Response
b.
Free Response
c.
Limited Response
d.
Restricted Response
9) In this type of essay question the statement of the problem provides the criteria for scoring their response.
a.
Extended Response
b.
Free Response
c.
Limited Response
d.
Restricted Response
This type of essay question requires students to assemble relevant 10) information and apply the information to a novel situation.
a.
Extended Response Page 3
b.
Free Response
c.
Limited Response
d.
Restricted Response
Instructions Read each question carefully, and write true or false on the line next to the question.
Part II: Writing Questions 11.
True-False questions are the best method for evaluating a student’s opinion.
12.
According to our text, when writing matching questions, one should keep the list of description and the list of options reasonably short.
13.
When writing multiple choice questions, one should provide grammatical clues to help the student select the correct answer.
14.
When writing completion questions, one should omit as much information as possible from the statement in order to eliminate guessing.
15.
When writing any test question, one should encourage gender bias.
16.
According to our text, completion questions take more time to complete than multiple choice questions.
17.
According to our text, when writing matching questions, one should arrange the options list randomly.
18.
When writing any test question, one should avoid culturally biased questions.
19.
According to the text, the goal of testing is to measure learning in a valid and reliable fashion.
20.
According to our text, when writing multiple choice questions, one should always provide the same number of distracters for all questions.
21.
Essay questions test higher level understanding.
22.
Essay questions do not help develop communication skills.
23.
Essay questions are one of the more difficult types of questions to grade.
24.
Essay questions eliminate guessing.
25.
Essay questions take less time to complete than other types of questions. Page 4
26.
Selected response questions force the test taker to recognize information.
27.
According to our text, selected response questions are best given in small classes.
28.
According to our text, selected responses should not be used in conjunction with objective items.
29.
According to our text, in general, restricted response essay tests take more time to create than objective item tests.
30.
According to our text, you should define the students’ task clearly and unambiguously.
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Answer Key: Part 1:
Part 2: 11)F
1) C
12)T
2) A
13)F
3) D
14)F
4) B
15)F
5) C
16)F
6) A 7) A 8) C 9) C 10)A
17)F 18)T 19)T 20)F 21)T 22)F 23)T 24)T 25)F 26)F 27)T 28) F 29) T 30) T
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Jason Crews Test Blueprint
Content Outline Chapter 6: 1. Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Objectve test formats.
Percentage
Total
Analysis
Application
Categories
Number of Items
a. Given various advantages and disadvantages of the diffeernt objective test formats, the test taker will identify which objective format the advantage or disadvantage to wich it pertains. (Questions 1-5) 2. Writing Questions a. Given various statements about writing objective questions, the test taker will identify wich staments are true and which statements are false. (Questions 11-15) Chapter 7: 1. Types of Essay Question a. Given various statements describing essay questions, the test taker will identify the type of essay question that it describes. (Questions 6-10) 2. Pros and cons of essay items a. The test taker will be able to destinquish between true and false descriptions of essay questions. (Questions 16-30) Total:
Comprehension
Knowledge
Chapters 6 and 7
5
10
5
10 20 10
0
5
17%
10
33%
5
17%
10 33% 0 30 100%
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