Testing, assessment and evaluation – summary test

Multiple-choice exercise

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Choose the best answer for each question

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