Question 1

Which of the following is the most well-written short-answer item?

Accepted Answer

This option is clear, concise, and complete, providing a straightforward statement that a reliable test is not necessarily valid or useful, which is a common concept in educational measurement.

Question 2

Which of the following is a limitation of short-answer items?

Accepted Answer

Short-answer items are time-consuming to score because each response must be individually evaluated for accuracy and completeness.

Question 3

A true-false test can be made more reliable if a teacher does which of the following?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 4

In correcting a short-answer test to measure students' knowledge of specific principles, a teacher deducted one point from the total score for each misspelled word.How would this procedure affect test results?

Accepted Answer

Deducting points for spelling errors affects the test's validity because it measures spelling ability rather than the students' knowledge of the specific principles the test is intended to assess.

Question 5

A difficulty in constructing matching items is finding material that is

Accepted Answer

Homogeneous material is needed to ensure that the items in a matching exercise are comparable and can be logically paired, which can be challenging to construct.

Question 6

Excessive use of matching items will most likely result in overemphasis on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Rote learning involves memorizing facts and information without understanding their meaning or relationships. Matching items require students to match two or more pieces of information, which can lead to overemphasis on memorization and rote learning.

Question 7

In large-scale mathematics testing programs, many of the advantages of supply-type items can be maintained by using which of the following item types?

Accepted Answer

Grid-in items allow students to supply their own answers, maintaining the advantages of supply-type items such as assessing problem-solving skills and understanding, while being easier to score objectively in large-scale testing.

Question 8

One difficulty in constructing matching items is that it is difficult to find material that requires students to

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

The main shortcoming in using short-answer items is the difficulty for educators to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Scoring short-answer items can be challenging because responses can vary widely in wording, making it difficult to ensure consistency and objectivity in grading.

Question 10

"All whales are mammals because they are large." Asking students to mark the previous statement true or false would be considered poor testing practice because

Accepted Answer

The statement is false, but students might incorrectly mark it as true due to the misleading reasoning that size determines being a mammal.

Question 11

Guessing on a matching item can be reduced by doing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Matching items are most useful for measuring learning outcomes at which of the following levels?

Accepted Answer

Matching items are most effective for assessing knowledge-level learning outcomes, as they typically require students to recall and recognize factual information.

Question 13

Which of the following is the most well-written short answer item?

Accepted Answer

The question is clear and specific, asking for the name of the author of a specific book, which is a straightforward factual recall.

Question 14

Which of the following true-false items statements has a specific determiner?

Accepted Answer

The statement "Alaska is never hot in the summer" uses the specific determiner "never," which makes it an absolute statement.

Question 15

Which of the following item types is classified as a supply-type item?

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Absolute terms like all or none that provide clues in true-false statements are known as

Accepted Answer

Absolute terms such as "all" or "none" are known as specific determiners because they specify the extent or degree of a statement, often indicating that the statement is likely to be false if it is too extreme.

Question 17

Short-answer test items are clearly superior to matching or true-false items in measuring

Accepted Answer

Short-answer test items are particularly effective in assessing computational skills as they require students to perform calculations and provide specific answers, demonstrating their ability to apply mathematical procedures.

Question 18

The matching item is a modified form of the

Accepted Answer

The matching item is a modified form of the multiple-choice item, as it involves selecting the correct answer from a list of options, similar to how multiple-choice questions function.

Question 19

Which of the following item types is difficult to assess students' higher order thinking skills?

Accepted Answer

True-false questions are limited to assessing basic recall and recognition, making it difficult to evaluate higher order thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

Question 20

Which of the following is the most well-written true-false item?

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