Question 1

Which of the following can be evaluated more effectively by a written test than by an oral test?

Accepted Answer

A)  personal qualities 
B)  cheating and bluffing 
C)  knowledge of facts 
D)  in-depth understanding

Question 2

Short-answer and matching items are useful only in measuring rote memory or knowledge of facts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Match the descriptive phrase with the each question type:
-Most difficult item to score

Accepted Answer

A)  Essay 
B)  Rearrangement

Question 4

Oral tests are better than written tests for measuring the extent of students? knowledge of specific facts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Separate answer sheets can be used at the __________ school level and beyond.

Accepted Answer

A)  primary 
B)  upper elementary 
C)  junior high 
D)  senior high

Question 6

Test scores are higher when items are grouped
(1) in order from easiest to most difficult, and
(2) according to the type of item

Accepted Answer

A)  Both 1 and 2 are true 
B)  Only 1 is true 
C)  Only 2 is true 
D)  Neither 1 nor 2 is true

Question 7

High school and college students usually prefer oral to written examinations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Arranging test items in groups according to type or topic tends to improve test scores.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Qualifying words such as ?never, sometimes, and always,? which reveal the answer to an examinee who has no information about the subject of the item, are called

Accepted Answer

A)  false positives and false negatives. 
B)  glittering generalities. 
C)  interlocking adverbs. 
D)  specific determiners.

Question 10

?Which of the following terms does not belong with the others?? is the stem of a(n) __________item.

Accepted Answer

A)  classification 
B)  correlate 
C)  oddity 
D)  relational

Question 11

Bluffing is more of a problem on __________ tests.

Accepted Answer

A)  essay 
B)  objective 
C)  oral 
D)  performance

Question 12

Although __________ items are useful in measuring knowledge of terminology, they are of little value in assessing higher-order thinking.

Accepted Answer

A)  essay 
B)  multiple-choice 
C)  short-answer 
D)  true-false

Question 13

Multiple-choice items emphasize recognition rather than recall.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In Bloom?s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain, ?analysis and synthesis? are considered to be more fundamental (i.e., they appear earlier in the taxonomy) than

Accepted Answer

A)  application. 
B)  comprehension. 
C)  evaluation. 
D)  knowledge.

Question 15

Classroom achievement tests are measures of

Accepted Answer

A)  affective objectives. 
B)  cognitive objectives. 
C)  nonintellective objectives. 
D)  psychomotor objectives.

Question 16

The tendency to answer an item on the basis of its form rather than its content is known as a

Accepted Answer

A)  content distraction. 
B)  context effect. 
C)  form bias. 
D)  response set.

Question 17

The type of objective item that is most effective in measuring comprehension, application, and other higher order objectives of instruction is the __________ item.

Accepted Answer

A)  multiple-choice(completion) 
B)  rearrangement 
C)  short answer 
D)  true-false

Question 18

On which kind of objective test items are specific determiners a more serious problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  matching 
B)  multiple-choice 
C)  short-answer 
D)  true-false

Question 19

Match the descriptive phrase with the each question type:
-Homogeneous list of terms, phrases, or other materials

Accepted Answer

A)  Matching 
B)  Double-choice

Question 20

The arrangement in which test items are placed in order of increasing difficulty but are alternated with other items of similar difficulty throughout the test is known as the __________ format.

Accepted Answer

A)  critical incidence 
B)  homogeneous hierarchy 
C)  spiral omnibus 
D)  tandem order

Exam 2: Test Design and Construction

Which of the following can be evaluated more effectively by a written test than by an oral test?

Short-answer and matching items are useful only in measuring rote memory or knowledge of facts.

Match the descriptive phrase with the each question type: -Most difficult item to score

Oral tests are better than written tests for measuring the extent of students? knowledge of specific facts.

Separate answer sheets can be used at the __________ school level and beyond.

Test scores are higher when items are grouped (1) in order from easiest to most difficult, and (2) according to the type of item

High school and college students usually prefer oral to written examinations.

Arranging test items in groups according to type or topic tends to improve test scores.

Qualifying words such as ?never, sometimes, and always,? which reveal the answer to an examinee who has no information about the subject of the item, are called

?Which of the following terms does not belong with the others?? is the stem of a(n) __________item.

Bluffing is more of a problem on __________ tests.

Although __________ items are useful in measuring knowledge of terminology, they are of little value in assessing higher-order thinking.

Multiple-choice items emphasize recognition rather than recall.

In Bloom?s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain, ?analysis and synthesis? are considered to be more fundamental (i.e., they appear earlier in the taxonomy) than

Classroom achievement tests are measures of

The tendency to answer an item on the basis of its form rather than its content is known as a

The type of objective item that is most effective in measuring comprehension, application, and other higher order objectives of instruction is the __________ item.

On which kind of objective test items are specific determiners a more serious problem?

Match the descriptive phrase with the each question type: -Homogeneous list of terms, phrases, or other materials

The arrangement in which test items are placed in order of increasing difficulty but are alternated with other items of similar difficulty throughout the test is known as the __________ format.