Testing terminology: a general quiz

Multiple-choice exercise

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