Chapter 8 Quiz Flashcards
The problem presented in a multiple choice item should be clear after reading the
item stem
A distractor in a multiple-choice item refers to
any incorrect alternative
An incorrect alternative can be made more plausible by
using the students’ common errors
One advantage of multiple choice items over true-false items is that they reduce the
influence of guessing on the score
One advantage of multiple choice items over true-false items is that
they are more adaptable to different types of outcomes
One advantage of MC over SA items is that they
provide more objective measure of achievement
a 50 item multiple choice test would provide more reliable test score than a 50 item t/f because
a bigger spread of scores is obtained
Description/example of a best-answer type of multiple choice item
Can justify methods and procedures
Which of the following learning outcomes is most likely to require the best answer type of multiple choice item
selects the reason a historical event occurred
Inexperienced item writers will produce more effective multiple-choice items if they start with
the stem in questions form
a multiple choice item that measures at the understanding level must include
a new situation
a major drawback in using mc items in which more than one alternative may be marked as correct is the difficulty of
scoring the test
the reliability of a mc test will tend to increase with an increase in the
number of alternatives in each item
which of the following provides the best stem for a multiple choice item
Who discovered penicillin?
which of the following provides the best stem for a mc item
the depression was caused by
