TESTING TECHNIQUES

What type of task requires examinees to read or listen to material in order to perform the task?

• 1. Independent task

• Limited production task

• 1. Passage-based task

• Constructed response task

Which of the following is NOT a criterion for effective test techniques?

• Economical use of time and effort

• Allowing for subjective scoring methods

• Eliciting behavior that can be reliably scored

• Beneficial backwash effect

What is the structure of multiple-choice questions?

• stem + options 

• stem + distractors

• options + distractors

• distractors + correct answer

What is the disadvantage of multiple-choice questions?

• It reduces the risks of guesswork

• It only tests recognition knowledge

• It does not restrict what can be tested

• Guesswork cannot be used

When a True/False question has extra requirements, what problems can it create?

• reliability problem

• validity problem

• reliability and validity problems

• none of them

How many forms can match questions have?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

What is the advantage of ordering tasks?

• It can be easy to guess the correct answers

• It is suitable to assess sensitivity to rhetorical organization

• Cheating can be facilitated

• Backwash can be harmful

How many tasks do constructed response tasks include?

• 4

• 1

• 2

• 3

Which is NOT the structure of short-answer items?

• 1. a word

• a phrase

• 1. a clause

• 1. a number 

What is the advantage of short-answer items?

• scoring may take longer

• scoring may be invalid

• responses may take longer

• cheating is likely to be more difficult