Assessment Techniques Quiz

I want to test my students' synthesizing skills. Which has the highest diagnostic value?

• Multiple choice test

• Performance test

• Essay test

• Completion test

A test item has a difficulty index of 0.89 and a discrimination index of 0.44. What should the teacher do?

• Reject the item.

• Retain the item.

• Make it a bonus item.

• Make it a bonus item and reject it.

If a teacher wants to measure her students' ability to discriminate, which of these is an appropriate type of test item as implied by the direction?

• "Outline the Chapter on The Cell."

• "Summarize the lesson yesterday."

• "Group the following items according to shape."

• "State a set of principles that can explain the following events."

Which of these can measure awareness of values?

• Sociogram

• Moral dilemmas

• Projective techniques

• Rating scales

Which is one weakness of self-supporting personality checklists? Select one:

• Many personally measures have built-in lie scales.

• They lack stability.

• They may not get true information because individuals can hide or disguise feelings.

• They have poor internal consistency.

Which type of tests is most appropriate if Teacher Y wants to measure students' ability to organize thoughts and ideas?

• Short answer type of test

• Modified alternative response

• Limited response essay

• Extended response essay

What can be said of Arielle who obtained a score of 75 out of 100 items in a Grammar objective test?

• She performed better than 25 percent of her classmates.

• She answered 75 items in the test correctly.

• Her rating is 75.

• She performed better than 75 percent of her classmates.

This is a true/false test item. "The Manila Bay sunset is the most beautiful sunset in the world." What's wrong with it?

• The statement is not definitely true nor definitely false.

• It is trivial.

• A specific determiner is used.

• The test item is a textbook jargon.

Here is a test item:________ is an example of mammal. What is defective with this test item?

• It is very elementary.

• The blank is at the beginning of the sentence.

• It is a very short question.

• It is an insignificant test item.

Which guideline in test construction is NOT observed in this test item? Jose Rizal wrote ______________.

• The central problem should be packed in the stem.

• There must be only one correct answer.

• Alternatives must have grammatical parallelism.

• The alternates must be plausible.