LET Practice Exam: Prof Ed. Assessment of Learning (Part 1)

1. Which goes with assessment OF learning?

• A. Given at the end of a grading period

• B. Guides teacher in adjusting instruction

• C. Self-assessment      

• D. Highly reflective

2. Teacher A constructed a matching type of test.  In her columns of items are a combination of events, people, and circumstances.  Which of the following guidelines in constructing matching type of test did she violate?

• A. List options in an alphabetical order     

• B. Make list of items homogeneous          

• C. Make list of items heterogeneous

• D. Provide three or more options

3. Here is a test item:  ______________is an assignment of numbers to particular traits.

    Question:  How will you improve this item?

• A. Give a clue

• B. Place the blank at the end.

• C. Simplify the statement

• D. Put a specific determiner

4. Which of the following should be done to lessen the chance of guessing in a true-or-false item?

• A. Include an alternative statement that students can choose from

• B. Provide a clue

• C. Give trivial statements

• D. Do a modified true-or-false test

5. Which type of test is most appropriate if a teacher wants to measure student’s ability to organize thoughts and ideas?

• A. short answer type of test

• B. extended response essay                   

• C. modified alternative response             

• D. limited response essay

6. Which type of test measures higher order thinking skills?

• A. Enumeration

• B. Matching

• C. Comletion

• D. Analogy

7. The following are guidelines in writing multiple-choice items EXCEPT:

• A. Write the options in alphabetical order

• B. Avoid double negatives

• C. Use a specific determiner

• D. Scarcely use the options, “none of the above”, and “all of the above”

8. Which of the following should be AVOIDED on writing essay test?

• A. Provide optional questions so that student will have choices.

• B. Phrase each question so that pupil’s task is clearly indicated.

• C. Indicate an approximate time limit for each question.

• D. Create a model answer to enhance objectivity in scoring.

9. With assessment of affective learning in mind, which does NOT belong to the group?

• A. Cloze test

• B. Moral dilemma

• C. Reflective writing

• D. Diary entry

10. Which tests determine whether students accept responsibility for their own behavior or pass on responsibility for their own behavior to other people?

• A. Thematic tests              

• B. Sentence-completion tests

• C. Stylistic tests

• D. Locus-of-control tests