Testing, assessment and evaluation – summary test

Multiple-choice exercise

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Choose the best answer for each question

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