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Question 1

MC items avoid the possible ambiguity of the short-answer items. (agree/disagree)

Answer 1

Agree

Question 2

MC items are easier to construct that T/F items (agree/disagree)

Answer 2

Disagree

Question 3

MC items have less need for homogenous material than the matching exercise (agree/disagree)

Answer 3

Agree

Question 4

MC items can be scored more reliably than short answer (agree/disagree)

Answer 4

Agree

Question 5

MC items can measure all learning outcomes effectively (agree/disagree)

Answer 5

Disagree

Question 6

MC items have higher reliability per item than t/f items (agree/disagree)

Answer 6

Agree

Question 7

The problem presented in a multiple choice item should be clear after reading the

Answer 7

item stem

Question 8

A distractor in a multiple-choice item refers to

Answer 8

any incorrect alternative

Question 9

An incorrect alternative can be made more plausible by

Answer 9

using the students’ common errors

Question 10

One advantage of multiple choice items over true-false items is that they reduce the

Answer 10

influence of guessing on the score

Question 11

One advantage of multiple choice items over true-false items is that

Answer 11

they are more adaptable to different types of outcomes

Question 12

One advantage of MC over SA items is that they

Answer 12

provide more objective measure of achievement

Question 13

a 50 item multiple choice test would provide more reliable test score than a 50 item t/f because

Answer 13

a bigger spread of scores is obtained

Question 14

Description/example of a best-answer type of multiple choice item

Answer 14

Can justify methods and procedures

Question 15

Which of the following learning outcomes is most likely to require the best answer type of multiple choice item

Answer 15

selects the reason a historical event occurred

Question 16

Inexperienced item writers will produce more effective multiple-choice items if they start with

Answer 16

the stem in questions form

Question 17

a multiple choice item that measures at the understanding level must include

Answer 17

a new situation

Question 18

a major drawback in using mc items in which more than one alternative may be marked as correct is the difficulty of

Answer 18

scoring the test

Question 19

the reliability of a mc test will tend to increase with an increase in the

Answer 19

number of alternatives in each item

Question 20

which of the following provides the best stem for a multiple choice item

Answer 20

Who discovered penicillin?

Question 21

which of the following provides the best stem for a mc item

Answer 21

the depression was caused by

Question 22

Which of the following sets of alternatives would be best for a MC item about a civil war battle?

Answer 22

Grant, Jackson, Lee, Sherman

Question 23

In order to measure application with MC items, the problem situations should

Answer 23

be new to the students

Question 24

when using the “best answer” type of MC item, one should not use

Answer 24

the alternative “none of the above”

Question 25

ambiguity can be best reduced in mc items by

Answer 25

having another teacher review the items

Question 26

MC tests are particularly well suited for measuring analysis, synthesis and evaluation (agree/dis)

Answer 26

Disagree

Question 27

Multiple choice test is better than T/F because….

Answer 27

More difficult, less guessing