Testing, assessment and evaluation – summary test

Multiple-choice exercise

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Choose the best answer for each question

  1. In most classroom tests, the accent is on ...
    1.   validity
    2.   practicality
    3.   reliability
  2. 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.
  3. If there is only one possible right answer to a test item, it can be described as ...
    1.   a structured response item
    2.   objective, direct testing.
    3.   an objective, discrete point item.
    4.   a holistically marked item.
  4. 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.
  5. Examining (as opposed to testing) is usually ...
    1.   formal, infrequent and with the accent on reliability.
    2.   external, formal and finely targeted.
    3.   open-ended, frequent and costly.
    4.   assessment rather than evaluation, open-ended and free.
  6. If a test looks professional and students have confidence in it, it has good ...
    1.   predictive validity.
    2.   construct validity.
    3.   face validity.
    4.   content validity.
  7. IELTS is a(n) ...
    1.   aptitude test.
    2.   proficiency test.
    3.   achievement test.
    4.   diagnostic test.
  8. 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.   an alternate response item.
    3.   a hybrid of free response and structured response items.
    4.   a free response item.
  9. If you make sure markers are standardised and trained you are increasing ...
    1.   test reliability.
    2.   predictive validity.
    3.   test practicality.
    4.   construct validity.
  10. 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.
  11. Summative evaluation concerns ...
    1.   proficiency testing.
    2.   evaluating a course or lesson as it goes along.
    3.   diagnostic testing.
    4.   evaluating a course or lesson to see if it achieved its aims.
  12. An examination such as Cambridge First Certificate would normally be described as ...
    1.   informal testing.
    2.   informal evaluation.
    3.   formal assessment.
    4.   formal testing.
  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.   a free response test.
    4.   an alternate response test.
  14. Backwash refers to ...
    1.   the way in which a test is marked increases reliability.
    2.   the effect on teaching of a particular test or examination's content and format.
    3.   the results of a test being used to evaluate how well a course is achieving its aim.
    4.   how well a test measures achievement.
  15. A criterion-referenced test measures ability ...
    1.   in communicative tasks.
    2.   subjectively.
    3.   against the other students who take the test.
    4.   against a set of descriptors stating what a learner should be able to do.