Language Testing Terms Quiz

What is the term for a test showing how well students have learnt the section of a course that has just been taught?

• Proficiency test

• Placement test

• Achievement test

• Aptitude test

What is the term for the effect of a test on teaching?

• Criterion-referenced test

• Construct validity

• Washback

• Facility value

What is the term for a test marked by a computer where the computer program selects items for a particular candidate based on previous item results?

• Computer-adaptive test

• Performance test

• Direct test

• Indirect test

What is the term for the consistency of a test?

• Discrimination

• Validity

• Facility value

• Reliability

What is the term for a test used during a course to assess a student's progress?

• Formativetest

• Summativetest

• Placement test

• Proficiency test

What is the term for a test which diagnoses a student's linguistic strengths and weaknesses?

• Contentvalidity

• Facility value

• Predictivevalidity

• Diagnostictest

What is the term for a test of a student's language skill tested in a real-life way?

• Placement test

• Performance test

• Indirect test

• Direct test

What is the term for a test task where a candidate has to transfer some information from one form to another?

• True/false item

• Multiple-choice item

• Matching task

• Information transfer item

What is the term for a test in which the answers have already been decided, so that the candidate's answers can be compared to an answer key?

• Criterion-referenced test

• Subjectivetest

• Objectivetest

• Norm-referenced test

What is the term for the accuracy of a test in deciding the future linguistic performance of a candidate?

• Content validity

• Facility value

• Predictivevalidity

• Construct validity