PREPARATION OF TEST ITEMS

The MCQ's are good to test the following levels of learning of a student

• Application, sysnthesis, analysis and evaluation levels

• Knowledge

• Comprehension

• Understanding

The right answers in the multiple choice questions tend to be

• longer and more descriptive

• the same length as the wrong answers

• atleast a paragraph long

• short

in testing for definitions in a MCQ, we must use the term in the

• in everywhere

• options

• root

• stem

Which of the following is an indicator of a good stem in an MCQ?

• Student who know the content and the ones who do not know the content both should find it difficult in figuring out the right option

• Student who know the content should be able to answer before reading the alternatives

• student should read all the alternatives and should be confused

• student who do not know the content also should be able to guess the answer by guessing

True or False test items are useful to assess which of the following ability of the learner?

• application

• understanding

• synthesis

• creative

In Matching Test items which includes column A and B,( each of which is placed on left and right side) which column is said to be stimuli

• column on the left

• column on the right

• column above

• column below

In Matching Test items which includes column A and B,( each of which is placed on left and right side) which column is said to be response?

• column in right

• column in left

• column above

• column below

If You are told to construct a good Fill in the Blank Test item Where it is desired to put the Blank(_______________)?

• in the beginning

• in the middle

• in the one third of question

• in the end

A fill in the blank question asks the students to supply rather than SELECT answer ( statement true or false)

• TRUE

• FALSE

Completion of fill in the blank items are faster to answer than Multiple choice items because there are no alternatives to consider ( True/false)

• True

• falsie