Testing, assessment and evaluation – summary test

Multiple-choice exercise

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Choose the best answer for each question

  1. If there is only one possible right answer to a test item, it can be described as ...
    1.   a holistically marked item.
    2.   objective, direct testing.
    3.   an objective, discrete point item.
    4.   a structured response item
  2. An example of a directly testing whether someone can respond to a question asking for directions is ...
    1.   testing listening comprehension.
    2.   testing his/her knowledge of prepositions of place.
    3.   testing communicative competence.
    4.   testing by making them give directions.
  3. Integrative tests ...
    1.   are holistically marked.
    2.   are subjectively marked.
    3.   are indirect testing procedures.
    4.   combine a range of language elements needed to perform a task.
  4. If you make sure markers are standardised and trained you are increasing ...
    1.   construct validity.
    2.   predictive validity.
    3.   test practicality.
    4.   test reliability.
  5. A criterion-referenced test measures ability ...
    1.   against a set of descriptors stating what a learner should be able to do.
    2.   against the other students who take the test.
    3.   in communicative tasks.
    4.   subjectively.
  6. A test item which requires students to select 'True', 'False' or 'The text does not say' is ...
    1.   a free response test.
    2.   a structured response test.
    3.   an alternate response test.
    4.   a multiple-choice test.
  7. In most classroom tests, the accent is on ...
    1.   validity
    2.   practicality
    3.   reliability
  8. If you make sure that a test is representative of the skill you want to test you are increasing ...
    1.   predictive validity.
    2.   construct validity.
    3.   face validity.
    4.   content validity.
  9. An examination such as Cambridge First Certificate would normally be described as ...
    1.   informal evaluation.
    2.   formal assessment.
    3.   informal testing.
    4.   formal testing.
  10. Examining (as opposed to testing) is usually ...
    1.   assessment rather than evaluation, open-ended and free.
    2.   external, formal and finely targeted.
    3.   formal, infrequent and with the accent on reliability.
    4.   open-ended, frequent and costly.
  11. Backwash refers to ...
    1.   the effect on teaching of a particular test or examination's content and format.
    2.   how well a test measures achievement.
    3.   the results of a test being used to evaluate how well a course is achieving its aim.
    4.   the way in which a test is marked increases reliability.
  12. If you set an essay for homework with the rubric "Describe your last meal in 100 words and include where you ate, who with, what and what you thought of it." you are setting ...
    1.   a hybrid of free response and structured response items.
    2.   an alternate response item.
    3.   a free response item.
    4.   a structured response item.
  13. If a test looks professional and students have confidence in it, it has good ...
    1.   predictive validity.
    2.   content validity.
    3.   construct validity.
    4.   face validity.
  14. IELTS is a(n) ...
    1.   aptitude test.
    2.   diagnostic test.
    3.   achievement test.
    4.   proficiency test.
  15. Summative evaluation concerns ...
    1.   evaluating a course or lesson as it goes along.
    2.   diagnostic testing.
    3.   evaluating a course or lesson to see if it achieved its aims.
    4.   proficiency testing.