Test your knowledge on MCQ

1. Multiple choice items provide highly reliable test scores because:

• A. they do not place a high degree of

  dependence on the students reading

  ability

• B. they place a high degree of depen-

  dence on a teacher's writing ability

• C. they are a subjective measurement of

  student achievement

• D. they allow a wide sampling of

  content and a reduced guessing factor

2. You should:

• A. always decide on an answer before

  reading the alternatives

• B. always review your marked exams

• C. never change an answer

• D. always do the multiple choice items

  on an exam first

3. The above multiple choice item is structurally undesirable because:

• A. a direct question is more desirable

  than a incomplete statement

• B. there is no explicit problem or

  information in the stem

• C. the alternatives are not all plausible

• D. all of the above

• E. A & B only

4. The above multiple choice item is undesirable because:

• A. it relies on an answer required in a

  previous item

• B. the stem does not supply enough

  information

• C. eight alternatives are too many and

  too confusing to the student

• D. more alternatives just encourage

  guessing

5. The right answers in multiple choice questions tend to be:

• A. longer and more descriptive

• B. the same length as the wrong answers

• C. at least a paragraph long

• D. short

6. When guessing on a multiple choice question with numbers in the answer:

• A. always pick the most extreme

• B. pick the lowest number

• C. pick answers in the middle range

• D. always pick C

7. What should you not do when taking a multiple choice test:

• A. pay attention to patterns

• B. listen to last minute instructions

• C. read each question carefully

• D. read all choices

8. It is unlikely that a student who is un- skilled in untangling negative statements will:

• A. quickly understand multiple choice

  items not written in this way

• B. not quickly understand multiple choice

  items written in this way

• C. quickly understand multiple choice

  items written in this way

• D. not quickly understand multiple choice

  items not written in this way