Assessment 1 MQ2

In constructing a multiple-choice test, how can you improve the given question?

            What causes ice to transform from solid state to liquid state?

a. Change in temperature

b. Change in pressure

c. Change in the chemical composition

d. Change in heat levels

• Avoid alternatives that are synonymous with others or those that include or overlap others

• Do not use unfamiliar words, terms and phrases

• Avoid presenting sequenced items in the same order as in the text

• Avoid stems that reveal the answer to another item

In constructing a multiple-choice test, how can you improve the given question?

            Which of the following will not cause inflation in the Philippine economy?

• Do not use modifiers that are vague and whose meanings can differ from one person to the next such as: much, often, usually

• Avoid complex or awkward word arrangements

• Each item stem should be as short as possible; otherwise, you risk testing more for reading and comprehension skills

• Do not use negatives or double negatives as such statements tend to be confusing

It is a type of test which is made up of items consisting of a pair of words related to each other.

• Identification

• Analogy

• Rearrangement

• matching type

Which of the following types of objectives tests measures the greatest variety of learning objectives?

• short answer

• essay

• multiple-choice

• matching type

Which of the following statements can be considered a limitation of true-false test?

• Oversimplified, hard-to-measure HOTS

• Scoring is easy, objective, and reliable

• Cannot measure complex learning outcomes

• Scores are easily influenced by guessing

Teacher Rose is interested in establishing the stability of an achievement test in Mathematics. Which of the following methods will provide the most relevant information?

• Parallel Test

• Test-retest

• Split-half

• Kuder-Richardson

A group of test constructors is trying to find out how well does the performance on the assessment instrument they made estimates current performance on another valued measure. They are trying to establish _____.

• Predictive Validity

• Content Validity

• Face Validity

• Concurrent Validity

Teacher Richard constructs a table of specifications and made it as basis for his quarterly assessment in English. The students can be assured that the test has _____.

• Content validity

• Internal Consistency

• Reliability

• Predictive validity

Student John took an intelligence test three times and each time and each time earned a similar score. The test is said to possess _____.

• Validity

• Practicality

• Scorability

• Reliability

Mrs. Rosales deducted some points in her students’ test scores in Science due to poor penmanship. Which of the following will likely happen due to this action?

• It lowers the validity of the test.

• It lowers the reliability of the test.

• It lowers both validity and reliability of the test

• Neither validity and reliability of the test