Testing, assessment and evaluation – summary test

Multiple-choice exercise

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Choose the best answer for each question

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