Testing terminology: a general quiz

Multiple-choice exercise

Choose the best answer for each question.
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  1. Analytic scoring involves:
    1.   scoring for an overall impression.
    2.   adding up the marks to get an overall picture.
    3.   breaking down the scores to produce a histogram.
    4.   scoring a mark for each component of a task.
  2. A multiple-choice test contains:
    1.   a rubric and some distractors.
    2.   a stem and a number of distractors.
    3.   a choice of true or false.
    4.   distractors and a common core question.
  3. Criterion referencing is:
    1.   choosing the most useful criteria when standardising test markers.
    2.   measuring performance against a range of predetermined criteria.
    3.   measuring performance based on overall communicative success.
    4.   measuring performance against a benchmarked student.
  4. What is the mean score of 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26?
    1.   23
    2.   25
    3.   22
    4.   21
  5. Integrative testing is another description of:
    1.   analytic testing.
    2.   direct testing.
    3.   holistic testing.
    4.   discrete-point testing.
  6. Backwash is:
    1.   the affect of testing on learner performance.
    2.   the affect of testing on teacher competence.
    3.   the affect of teaching on test design.
    4.   the effect on the learning / teaching process of a test.
  7. Benchmarking is:
    1.   ranking students' performance against a set of criteria.
    2.   establishing a set of usable marking criteria.
    3.   the use of one student to compare the performance of others.
    4.   the use of a few test scripts to standardise marking.
  8. Unique answer items have:
    1.   only three correct answers in a set of four possible ones.
    2.   no equivalents elsewhere in the test.
    3.   only one possible right answer.
    4.   only true or false answers to select from.
  9. Holistic scoring means:
    1.   assessing by direct testing.
    2.   adding all the scores together.
    3.   judging on the basis of an overall impression.
    4.   marking items independently.
  10. Validity is a measure of:
    1.   how well we can describe the abilities we are testing.
    2.   how well a test measures what it is intended to measure.
    3.   how the test will parallel results of other tests.
    4.   how fair a test is.
  11. If 40 out of 100 students get an answer right, that item has a value of 0.4. This is a measure of:
    1.   usefulness.
    2.   facility value.
    3.   standard deviation.
    4.   easiness.
  12. Direct testing differs from discrete-point testing because:
    1.   the former gets the learner to undertake the skill being tested, while the latter attempts to test the underlying skills.
    2.   the former attempts to test the underlying skills while the latter gets the learner to undertake the skill being tested.
  13. Face validity is a measure of:
    1.   how well we can describe what we are testing.
    2.   how well a test actually targets the desired skills.
    3.   how well a test is designed.
    4.   a subjective judgement of a test's fairness.
  14. If a test is reliable, this means that:
    1.   the test will have a high facility ratio.
    2.   the test will be objective.
    3.   the results will be a valid measure of a test-taker's ability in the skill we are testing.
    4.   the results will be comparable regardless of where and when the test is taken
  15. True score refers to:
    1.   a theoretical measurement of a learner's score excluding any problems of reliability.
    2.   the learner's score minus an amount for guessing correctly.
    3.   the score measured as the difference from the mean score of all the test takers.
    4.   the learner's total score without any subjective marking judgments.
  16. Aptitude testing is:
    1.   assessing intelligence.
    2.   assessing communicative success.
    3.   assessing how well learners will be able to acquire the targets.
    4.   assessing general cognitive ability.
  17. What is the guess ratio for a multiple-choice test with 5 possible answers to each question?
    1.   33%
    2.   20%
    3.   25%
    4.   30%
  18. Achievement tests are:
    1.   tests directly related to a language course designed.
    2.   tests to measure what learners know and don't know.
    3.   tests designed to influence the teaching programme.
    4.   tests of general ability to learn language.
  19. Paraphrase test items require the learner to:
    1.   correct what they read or hear.
    2.   re-express what they hear or read in a different form.
    3.   re-express what they hear or read in their own words.
    4.   summarise what they read or hear.
  20. The Cambridge First Certificate examination is a:
    1.   performative test.
    2.   diagnostic test.
    3.   achievement test.
    4.   proficiency test.