Language Testing Quiz

Tests and assessment are the same

• True

• False

Formal language assessment is graded.

• True

• False

Practicality guarantees that all students are graded on equal basis.

• True

• False

Subjective questions like essay writing and translation are problematic because of teachers are prone to fatigue and bias

• True

• False

A reliable test should give different results no matter what external circumstances are there

• True

• False

Informal language assessment compares learners against each other and ranks them​

• True

• False

Summative assessment can be achieved through random in-class questions directed to particular students, class discussions, in-class designed tasks, and regular assignments.

• True

• False

All proficiency tests are summative, formal, and play a ‘gate-keeping role’

• True

• False

Diagnostic tests are used to develop teaching material and techniques. ​

• True

• False

Achievement tests are typically formal (like proficiency and placement tests, but unlike diagnostic tests). ​

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• True

• False