Professional Education Test 2

In her tests, Teacher Dorie made tests that were either too difficult or too easy. What was wrong with her tests?

• Inappropriate level of difficulty of the test items

• Identifiable pattern of answers

• Unclear directions

• Ambiguity

What is wrong with test items that give clues to answers to questions?

• Poor construction

• Tests brevity

• Ambiguity

• Unclear directions

Principal Rodriguez introduced machine-scored tests in his school. What factor in scoring does this add to make tests more reliable?

• Time-economics

• Ease in checking

• Cost-saving

• Objective scoring

A positive correlation is to direct relation; to what relation is negative correlation?

• Neutral relation

• Indefinite relation

• Inverse relation

• Definite relation

Among standardized tests, which reveals strengths and weaknesses for purposes of placement and formulating an appropriate instructional program?

• Diagnostic tests

• Personality tests

• Achievement tests

• Competency tests

What is the meaning of a negative correlation between amount of practice and number of error in tennis?

• The decrease in the amount of practice sometimes affects the number of errors

• As the amount of practice increases, the number of errors decreases

• The increase in amount of practice does not at all affect the number of errors

• Decrease in the amount of practice goes with decrease in the number of errors

Which of the following best describes creativity?

• Inspired

• Resourceful

• Positive

• Imaginative

With what should the assessment of test items be aligned?

• Instructional media

• Monitoring and evaluation

• Content and process

• Instructional objectives

What does it mean if student Pete got a 60% percentile rank in class?

• He got 60% of the test items correctly

• He got 40% of the test wrongly

• He scored better than 60% of the class

• He scored less than 60% of the class

What does it mean when the difficulty index of a test item is equal to one (1)?

• The test item is extremely easy

• The test item is not valid

• The test item is very good and should be retained

• The test item is very difficult