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WorksheetsPDE 610 EXAMINATION
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
One of the following is NOT an administrative decision that can be taken from students’ assessment information
Selection decision
Career decision
Placement decision
Certificate decision
A mechanism whereby the final grading of a pupil takes into account, in a systematic way, all his performances in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains is usually called
comprehensive assessment
consistent assessment
continuous assessment
cumulative assessment
. Evaluation of learners’ persistent learning difficulties left unresolved by the standard and corrective prescriptions of formative evaluation is called
Dangottes evaluation
prognostic and diagnostic evaluation
pragmatic evaluation
diagnostic and remedial evaluation
Based on the purpose, test may be classified as below EXCEPT one.
Formative
Fundamental
Diagnostic
Summative
When the critical factor of interest is “Time” then the teacher should administer what type of test?
Placement
Speed
Power
Selection
One of these is NOT a content of a typical standardized test manual
Procedure for test administration
Suggestion for interpreting test results
All initial test items
Validity and reliability statistics
When the critical factor in the test is the ability of students to solve the somewhat difficult problems the test is called
achievement test
power test
speeded test
prognostic test
Measurement of aggressiveness and anxiety are examples of
physical measurement
psychiatric measurement
psychological measurement
standardized Measurement
Whenever we give meaning to the student’s scores using terms like excellent, very good, pass, or fail, we are involved in
measurement
testing
evaluation
assessment
. In a multiple choice objective item, the statement that represents the problem is usually referred to as the
key
distracter
stem
option
One of the two parallel columns in a matching kind of objective test is called
grid
premise
row
axis
The main difference between standardized test and teacher-made test reside in the following EXCEPT. The
quality of test items
reliability of the tests
number of items contained
procedure for administering and scoring
Another phrase for table of specification is
test-retest method
spilt-half specification
test-blue print
test-black print
The major purpose of table of specification is to ensure
predictive validity of the test
reliability of the test
concurrent validity of the test
content validity of the test
Which of the following is the best definition of measurement?
Simple assignment of numbers to length of objects
Simple assignment of numbers to properties of objects
Simple assignment of numbers to objects
Simple assignment of numerals to objects
Which of the following is the most appropriate for scoring of essay test?
Evaluate the response in terms of what you know of the testees
Score each of the questions with reference to the marking scheme you have prepared
Evaluate the response to each question in terms of language and format
Always deduct marks for not keeping to the rubrics
The approach to item writing is to
keep the test blueprint in view while writing
allow the items to ferment after writing
specify the content as listed in the syllabus
define the objectives of the test clearly
The most elaborate scale of measurement is
ratio scale
nominal scale
ordinal scale
interval scale
Which of the following statements is concerned with finding out in a systematic manner, the overall gains a student has made in terms of a given learning experience?
Placement evaluation
Summative evaluation
Formative evaluation
Quality control evaluation
Which of these is NOT required in selection of good items for achievement test?
Items must discriminate positively
Items must discriminate either directly or indirectly
Difficulty index must be within the range of 40-60%
All options must be plausible
Compute item difficulty index or percentage for an item in which RH =26, RL =13, n =60.
65%
69%
56%
64%
Consider these item distracters for this question
Alternative A B C D
Upper group 20 6 0 14 0
Lower group 20 8 0 3 9
Distracter B should be
refined
retained
removed
relocated to A
Consider these item distracters for this question
Alternative A B C D
Upper group 20 6 0 14 0
Lower group 20 8 0 3 9
Distracter A should be
retained
removed
refined
relocated to B
Consider these item distracters for question 2-4
Alternative A B C D
Upper group 20 6 0 14 0
Lower group 20 8 0 3 9
Distracter D should be
refined
retained
removed
relocated to B
Two major formula for computing reliability of test items developed by Kuder – Richardson are
RK 20 and KR 20
KR20 and KR 21
RK22 and KR21
KR20 and KR22
. Compute the percentage score for Ada who scored 17 out of 25 obtainable score on a geography test
17%
65%
68%
86%
The scores below were obtained by 10 SSS2 students in a 20 –item multiple choice objective in mathematics 6, 2, 7, 14, 8, 6, 13, 5, 9, 17
Use the data to answer this questions , What is the modal score?
5
5.5
6
7
The scores below were obtained by 10 SSS2 students in a 20 –item multiple choice objective in mathematics 6, 2, 7, 14, 8, 6, 13, 5, 9, 17, What is the median score?
14
12
8.5
7.5
The scores below were obtained by 10 SSS2 students in a 20 –item multiple choice objective in mathematics 6, 2, 7, 14, 8, 6, 13, 5, 9, 17, What is the median score?, Compute the mean score for the students
8.7
8.6
8.5
8.4
The scores below were obtained by 10 SSS2 students in a 20 –item multiple choice objective in mathematics 6, 2, 7, 14, 8, 6, 13, 5, 9, 17
Use the mean, median and mode values to answer this questions. Which of the following describe the nature of the distribution?
Asymmetrical
Negatively skewed
Normal
Positively skewed
Evaluation as an integral part of the instructional process involves the following EXCEPT
identifying and defining the intended outcomes.
constructing or selecting tests and other evaluation tools relevant to the specified outcomes
using the evaluation results to improve learning and teaching
giving remedial opportunity to the students
A systematic process of obtaining the quantified degree to which a trait or an attribute is present in an individual or object is known as.
test
measurement
evaluation
assessment
In this equation for correcting guessing, R = W/(n-1) what does the term W represent?
Number of questions answered wrongly
Number of questions without answers
Number of questions answered correctly
Numbers of questions not attempted
Which of the following are the lowest and the highest levels of knowledge for secondary school pupils?
recognition and recall
recognition and application
recall and evaluation
recall and generalize
Which of the following is NOT considered a good practice in grading essay examination papers?
marking one item on all papers before marking the next item on the papers
sorting papers into 3 to 5 rough piles according to a quick inspection of the quality of an overall paper
sorting papers into piles according to a quick inspection of the quality of the answer to each question
encouraging students to put their names on their papers
To avoid over-weighing the test with respect to certain objectives (and sub-objectives) and minimum others, the teacher should
plan the same number of questions on each cell
make a table of specifications indicating the weights to be assigned to each cell according to its importance
not have the same number of items for the content covered in each day’s lesson
plan to have the same number of items for the content covered in each day’s lesson
Which of the following is the most acceptable statement of the relationship between testing and teaching.
teaching is what counts while testing is a secondary aspect of the process of child’s growth
testing is the important thing while teaching only serves to get the child ready for the test
teaching and testing are complementary and integral aspects of the same learning process
teaching and testing are relatively independent, each exists without the other
What does it mean to give criterion-referenced interpretation to test results?
Comparing an individual score with others in the group
Comparing an individual score with pre-specified standards
Comparing an individual score with scores from other sources
Comparing an individual score with criteria affecting consistency of scores
Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting consistency of an individual’s score?
Trait instability
Scoring error
Sampling error
Item difficulty
The true score is
that which comes from achievement test
observed score minus error score
observed score plus error score
observed score with trait instabilibilty
Which of the following is NOT a difference between a teacher made test and standardized test?
Lack of comparable forms in teacher made test unlike standardized test
Possession of not too good items in teacher made test unlike standardized test
Presence of relatively lower reliability coefficient in teacher made test unlike standardized test
Lack of ability to measure learning outcomes in teacher made test unlike standardized test
Which of the following is least affected by guessing?
Completion item type
True or false item type
Matching item type
Multiple choice item type
Into how many parts can we classify objective tests?
2
4
5
6
From the reliability coefficient of a test one can judge
how consistently a testeee will maintain his position in the group if an equivalent test is given
how much a testee’s score is likely to change if an equivalent test is given
whether or not the test measured what it purported to measure
whether or not the test is related to other significant traits within the individual
The scoring of essay test requires careful planning because
it takes more time to score
it lacks stable and universally accepted response
it cannot be scored objectively
it is laborious and tiresome to score
Which of the following CANNOT be measured by aptitude test?
Mechanical ability
Verbal ability
Emotional ability
Numerical ability
Which of these evaluation instruments is NOT readily utilized by a classroom teacher?
Test
Rating scale
Observational Schedule
Projective techniques
One of the determining factors of good objectives is that they must be capable of being
clear to the learners
measured
evaluated
realized with ease
. It has properties of classification, magnitude, equal interval, but no absolute zero. Which of these variables is being described above?
School location
Achievement scores
Height
Project exhibition
The extent to which performance on a test represents level of knowledge of the subject matter content which the test was designed to measure is known as
Test performance validity
content validity of the test
predictive validity of test
criterion validity of test
The foundation for the development of higher order cognitive skills is
evaluation
knowledge
application
understanding
Which of the following measurement scales involves only the assignment to classes or groups and does not imply magnitude?
Ratio scale
Normal scale
Nominal scale
Interval scale
Psychomotor domain is sub divided into hierarchical levels. Which of the following is in order with the hierarchical arrangement?
Reflex movements, Basic Fundamental movements, Perceptual abilities
Skilled movements, Non-discursive communication, Physical abilities
Non-discursive communication, Physical abilities, Reflex movements
Reflex movements, Perceptual abilities, Basic Fundamental movements
Which of the following is the least in hierarchy of psychomotor domain?
Reflex movements
Basic Fundamental movements
Perceptual abilities
Physical abilities
The types of evaluation adopted by the examining bodies such as WAEC and NECO can be described as
cumulative evaluation
progressive evaluation
summative evaluation
formative evaluation
Data can be graphically represented using the following EXCEPT
polygon
curves
frequency
charts
The statistics that measure spread of data in a distribution are
mean, mode, median
mean, mode, median, mean deviation
range, mean deviation, variance, standard deviation
mean, mode, variance, standard deviation
In a distribution of data with a single mode, where the three indices of the central tendency coincide depicts
a normal distribution
positively skewed distribution
negatively distribution
abnormal distribution
An objective test is one
for which definite criteria have been established for scoring
in which teacher’s judgment in the construction of test is eliminated
whose items reflect directly upon the course objectives
for which scoring is completely objective
The critical factor in the test administered by Mr Adeoti is the ability of pupils to be able to solve difficult problems. What type of test is it?
speed test
pragmatic test
power test
performance test
The approach employed in scoring essay test items in which the scorer reads the answer provided by the testee several times, after which he awards the score holistically is called
global marking
analytical marking
point by point marking
robust marking
An objective test is one
for which definite criteria have been established for scoring
in which teacher’s judgment in the construction of test is eliminated
whose items reflect directly upon the course objectives
for which scoring is completely objecive
A test that measures how one compares with a prescribed standard is called
standardized test
norm-referenced test
construct test
criterion-referenced test
Which of the pairs is a measure if internal consistency?
Test retest and Split-half
Split-half and measure of equivalence
Kuder-Richardson and split-half
Kuder-Richardson and measure of stability
Which of the following is NOT true of an essay test?
The scoring is time consuming
Only a few questions are accommodated
It may not cover the whole syllabus
It does not measure the pupils’ critical and creative ability
Why do you think essay test is subjective?
Because is scoring is influenced by familiarity with the testee
Because is scoring is influenced by mood of the examiner
Because is scoring is influenced by a number of factors
Because it does not have response options
When is a test said to be valid?
When the scores are stable
When it predicts the future performance of students
When it measures what it purports to measure
When it measures some relatively abstract psychological trait
Re-arrange the following planning steps of test construction in a sequential order. (i) Defining the purpose of the test (ii) Preparation of test blue print (iii) Content specification (iv) Defining objectives of the test.
i, iv, iii and ii
iv, i, ii and iii
i, iv, iii and ii
iii, i, ii and iv
The part of the test item in a multiple choice test that specifies the task to be performed by the testees is known as the
stem
key
distractor
distrater
In a multiple – choice test, only one of the options is correct, all others are called
stem
key
distracter
distractor
