ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING 1 AND 2 LET REVIEWER

1. Which holds true to standardized tests?

A. They are used for comparative purposes.
B. They are administered differently
C. They are scored according to different standards
D. They are used for assigning grades
Ans: C
2. A negative discrimination index of a test item tells that particular test item lacks _____.
A. objectivity
B. reliability
C. content validity
D. construct validity
Ans: B
3. In his second item analysis, Teacher H found out that more from the lower group got the test item # 6
correctly. This means that the test item __________.
A. has a negative discriminating power
B. has a lower validity
C. has a positive discriminating power
D. has a high reliability
Ans: B
4. Which of the following statements is/are not true about assessment?
I. Feedback is the most important factor in assessment.
II. Only those that can be objectively measured should be taught.
III. Assessment should follow a developmental pattern.
IV. Identifying systematic errors committed by students should be the basis of remedial instruction.
A. II only. B. IV only. C. III and IV. D. I and II
Ans: A
5. In a multiple choice test item with four options and out of 50 examinees, which was the most effective
distracter?

A. the correct answer that was chosen by 6 examinees

B. the option that was chosen by 30 examinees
C. the option that was chosen by 2 examinees
D. the option that was chosen by 12 examinees
Ans: B
6. After scoring, Teacher G got the difference of the highest and lowest scores in each class. What did she
compute?
1A. standard deviation. B. mean. C. 1range. D. median
Ans: C
7. Analytic scoring uses the _____ judgement of the student's work.
A. evaluation. B. performance. C. standard. D. criterion
Ans: D1
8. Teacher B discovered that her pupils are weak in comprehension. To further determine in which
particular skills her pupils are weak which test should Teacher B give?
A. Aptitude Test. B. Placement Test. C. Diagnostic Test. D. Standardized Test
Ans: C
9. In constructing test items the teacher considers the alignment of _____ with assessment.
A. content and process. B. monitoring and evaluation
C. instructional objectives. D. instructional materials
Ans: C
10. A student with a percentile score of 80 means that the student scored _____.
A. higher than 80% of the members of the group
B. better, relative to the competencies targeted
C. high in all the skills being tested
D. 80% of the specified content
Ans: A
11. Which is the most reliable tool of seeing the development in your pupils' ability to write?
A. portfolio assessment. B. scoring rubric. C. interview of pupils. D. self-assessment
Ans: A
212. The Department of Education directed that the lowest passing grade is _____% and the lowest
failing grade is _____% in the report card.
A. 70-60. B. 75 - 70. C. 75 - 65. D. 70 -50
Ans: C2
13. Which is not part of classroom routines?
A. line formation during recess, lunch, and dismissal
B. passing of papers
C. greeting teachers and classmates
D. studying lessons before, during, and after classes
Ans: C
14. Any deviation from a standard or desired level of performance is a _____.
2A. problem. B. gap. C. devotion. D. decision2
Ans: B
15. In the context of the theory on multiple intelligence, one weakness of the paperpencil test is that
_____.
A. it utilizes so much time
B. it puts the non linguistically intelligent at a disadvantage
C. it lacks reliability
D. it is not easy to administer
Ans: C
16. Which measure of central tendency is most reliable when scores are extremely high and low?
A. cannot be identified unless individual scores are given
B. mode
C. mean
D. median
Ans: D
17. The facility index of a test item is .50. This means that the test item is _____.
A. valid. B. moderate in difficulty. C. very easy. D. reliable
Ans: B2
18. If you want to hone your students' metacognitive ability, which is most fit?
A. drill for mastery. B. journal writing. C. debate. D. brainstorming
Ans: B
19. The principle of leaner _____ makes assessment a shared responsibility with the teacher.
A. perfromance. B. accountability. C. responsibility. D. evaluation
Ans: B2
20. Which of the following assessment tools would you recommend if one should adhere to
constructivist theory of learning?
I. Constructed response test
II. Performance test
III. Checklist of a motor screening test
IV. Observation test
A. I and II. B. II and III. C. I, II, and III. D. I, II, and IV
Ans: A
21. 3NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall
under?
A. criterionreference test
B. intelligence test
C. aptitude test
D. normreference test3
Ans: A
322. Student A is one-half standard deviation above the mean of his group in arithmetic and one
standard deviation above in spelling. What does this imply?
A. She excels both in spelling and arithmetic.
B. She is better in arithmetic than in spelling.
C. She does not excel in spelling nor in arithmetic.
D. She is better in spelling than in arithmetic.
Ans: D
23. Is it wise to orient our students and parents on our grading system?

A. Yes, so that from the very start, students and their parents know how grades are derived.
B. Yes, but orientation must be only for our immediate customers, the students.
C. No, this will court a lot of complaints later.
D. No, grades and how they are derived are highly confidential.
Ans: A
24. Which is the basic principle underpinning the performance-based grading system?
A. It is a tool for improving teaching and learning.
B. It is a tool to determine prerequisite knowledge.
C. It is diagnostic, formative, and summative.
D. It is evaluative and judgmental.
Ans: A
25. A P.E. Teacher wrote this objective in her lesson plan, "To execute the four fundamental dance
steps." When observed by the school principal, she was showing her class how to execute the basic
dance steps correctly. Why did the teacher use a demonstration method to implement her objective?
A. It is a chance to show the teacher's expertise.
B. It is easier to imitate a teacher who shows the steps.
C. No student knows how to execute the steps.
D. Class time is limited to ask student to execute.
Ans: B
26. It is equivalent to the average score of the group or class?
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Standard Deviation
Ans: D
27. Which tool should a teacher use if she wants to locate areas which are adversely affecting the
performance of a significant number of students?
A. problem checklist. B. self-report technique. C. autobiography. D. cumulative record
Ans: A
28. Which statement on test result interpretation is CORRECT?
A. A raw score by itself is meaningful.
B. A student’s score is a final indication of his ability.
C. The use of statistical technique gives meaning to pupil’s score.
D. Test scores do not in any way reflect teacher’s effectiveness.
Ans: C
29. If the difficulty index of your test item is 0.10, what should you do with this item?
A. Revise it.
B. Reject it.
C. Retain it.
D. Reserve it for another group of pupils.
Ans: C4
30. Essay questions are used in an achievement test when _____.
A. most of the material sampled is factorial information
B. a wide sampling of material is desired
C. originality is a factor in the response
D. little time is available for construction and scoring
Ans: C4
31. Research findings showed that student's motivation may vary according to socio-economic
background. Which observation can attest to this?
A. Females are more likely than males to earn higher grades.
B. Students from low-income families are among those likely to be at risk of failing and dropping from
school.
C. Gifted students are more highly motivated.
D. More boys than girls become underachievers.
Ans: B
32. A test is considered reliable if _____.
A. it is easy to score
B. it served the purpose for which it is constructed
C. it is consistent and stable
D. it is easy to administer
Ans: C4
33. To what extent were the objectives of the course met? This is the concern of the process of _____
evaluation.
A. authentic. B. criterion-referenced. C. norm-referenced. D. formative
Ans: B
34. Test norms are established so that they have basis for _____.
A. computing grades
B. establishing learning goals
C. identifying pupil’s
D. interpreting test results
Ans: C
35. Which of the following indicates a strong negative correlation?
A. -0.75. B. -0.10. C. -0.25. D. -0.15
Ans: A
36. What is the mean of this score distribution: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10?
A. 7. B. 6. C. 8.5. D. 7.5
Ans: A
36. When Ms. Narvaez selects activist and materials for her Social Studies lessons that stimulate curiosity
and satisfy the need to know, which criterion is meet?
a. Criterion of organization
b. Criterion of authenticity
c. criterion of appropriateness
d. Criterion of interest
ans. d

37. At the end of the periodical examination, Mrs. Gonzales administered a summative test in Filipino.
After scoring the test papers she assigned grades to each test score such as 95,90,85 etc. What process
did Mrs. Gonzales use?
a. Ranking c. Computation
b. Measurement d. Evaluation
ans. b

38. Which measure of central tendency is usually affected by extreme scores?

a. Mode c. Median
b. Mean d. Quartile
ans. c
39. The graduating students need information regarding future occupation where they will most likely
succeed. What kind of test will the guidance counselor administer?
a. Survey test c. Aptitude test
b. Achievement test d. Attitude test
ans. c
40. In Sta. Teresita Barangay High School, majority of the students who got very high scores in the
entrance examination got very low grade point averages at the end of the year. What type of validity
does the examination lack?
a. content c. construct
b. predictive d. concurrent
ans. b
41. Which will you least use as measure of central tendency?
a. Median c. Mode
b. Mean d. Arithmetic Mean
ans. c
42. In terms if its given difficulty and discrimination indices, which item should be rejected?
a. Difficulty index.21 and discrimination index .24
b. Difficulty index.25 and discrimination index .30
c. Difficulty index .70 and discrimination index .65
d. Difficulty index .16 and discrimination index .15
ans. d
43. Janice in Grade Vi has a percentile rank of 90 in achievement test in language. This mean that
________
a. The scores Janice’s obtained was as high as the scores made by 90% of the pupils to whom the test
was give
b. Eighty-nine pupils obtained scores
lower than what Janice obtained
c. 90 percent of the sixth graders obtained scores higher than Janice
d. In the class of 100 sixth graders Janice is 90th from the top
ans. b
44. What is the first and perhaps the most important step which a teacher should take in constructing a
test?
a. Know the objectives
b. Look over the old test questions
c. Prepare the table of specification
d. Write the preliminary draft of the test
ans. a
45. Mr. Villamin graded the essay question of his class in Literature. What procedure could he use to
reduce the subjectivity of the essay examination?
a. Correct the papers of the bright pupils first to establish the highest score possible
b. Grade the paper twice and get the average of two grading
c. Grade all of one paper before going on the next
d. Ask another teacher to grade the paper
ans. b
46. Miss Nava is constructing a 100 test items for the fourth grading period in Mathematics. How many
items should she have in the preliminary draft?
a. 125 to 150 items
b. 150 to 200 items
c. 110 to 125 items
d. 200 to 250 items
ans. c
47. What percent of the cases in a set of measure lie before the third quartile of Q3?
a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 65%
ans. c

48. Margaret, a Grade V pupil, can hardly expressed her inner feelings to the guidance counselor. What
guidance technique may be utilized so that she may unload herself and be given the necessary help
a. personality test
b. projective technique
c. sociometric test
d. autobiography
ans. b
49. At the beginning of the school year, Ms. Mina wants to acquaint herself with the personal
background of her Grade VI pupils particularly their needs, interest and characteristics. what is the most
practical thing that she must do?
a. Give them a series of psychological test
b. Ask them to fill up personal data sheets
c. Send a questionnaire to their parents
d. Interview them one by one
ans. b
50. What is the focus of developmental guidance?
a. Developing the varied interest, abilities and needs of students, individually and collectively
b. providing students with ample opportunities to develop their innate talents
c. Identify students with personality and behavior problems
d. Facilitating the total development of the students
ans. a
51. Charlene, a graduating high school student is confused about what course to take in college. She
seems to be torn between teaching and accountancy. How would you help her?
a. Persuade her to follow your step as a teacher
b. Tell her to heed the advise of her parent
c. Refer her to a college guidance counselor
d. Ask her to take an aptitude test
ans. d
52. Mrs. Serna administered a sociometric test to her class. The sociogram reveals that three students
have formed an “island” in the class. What is the best thing for Mrs. Serna to do?
a. Ignore the result of the sociogram
b. Let the thee students be together all the time
c. Discourage them form being together in every class activity
d. Introduce activities where they can join other members of the group.
ans. d
53. The most frequent score in a distribution is the
________.

a. mode. b. mean. c. midpoint. d. median

ans. a
2) Which is the most stable measure of central

tendency?

a. median. b. mean. c. percentage. d. percentile rank7

ans. b
54. Norms obtained in a certain school evaluate pupil/student performance is?

a. National norms

b. Local norms

c. Grade norms

d. Age norms

55. What should a teacher do before constructing

items for a particular test?

a. Review the previous lessons.

b. Determine the length of time for answering it.

c. Announce to the students the scope of the test.

d. Prepare the table of specification.

ans. d

56. Under what type of multiple choice test can this

question be classified? “Which of the following

statements expresses this concept in different

forms?”

a. cause

b. association

c. definition

d. difference
ans. d

57. Setting up criteria for scoring essay tests is meant

to increase their ________.

a. reliability

b. validity

c. objectivity

d. usability
ans. c

58. Read the following objective carefully, “After

listening to a group report on ecology the students

are expected to defend their position on the issue.”

To what domain does it belong?

a. Psychomotor

b. Cognitive
8c. Affective
d. Perceptive
ans. c
59. The control group in an experimental study is the

group which is ________.

a. compared to the normal group

b. not given the treatment under study

c. given the treatment under study

d. not included in the study

ans. c

60. Carol obtained a 97 percentile rank in an aptitude

test. This means that ________.

a. she answered 97% of the items correctly.

b. she belongs to the 97% of the group who took the

test

61. 97% of the examinees did better than her who

took the test

d. she surpassed 97% of those who took the test

ans. d
62.Stanines may be used as means of integrating

raw scores. What is its basis?

a. distribution of the raw scores in a sampling

population

b. distribution of the percentages in the normal

curve

c. unselected and identical population

d. purposive and random population

ans. b
63. A class got a mean raw score of 50 and and SD

of 5 in an 80 items physics test. If Nica is a member

of the class and her score is 60. Which of the

following describes her performance?

a. Nica scores 2 SD below the class mean.

b. Nica missed answering correctly 49% of the test

items.

c. Nica scores 2 SD above the class mean.

d. Nica scored better than 60% of her classmates.

ans. a

64. What is the advantage of using computers in

processing test results?

a. Its processing takes a shorter period of time.

b. Test results can easily be assessed.

c. It statistical computation is accurate.

d. All of these
ans. d

65. Which of the following statements about the

validity and reliability of a test is TRUE?

a. A valid test is always valid but a reliable test is

not always valid.

b. A reliable test measures what intends to measure.

c. A reliable test contains representative items from

all important topics covered10

d. A valid test consists of test items that have

moderate levels of difficulty.

ans. b

66. The English class of Ms. Reyes is composed of

students with different mental abilities although

they are in the same curriculum level. What should

she do first so she can make a good start?

a. Ask them to tell something about themselves.

b. Make them write a brief composition about their

plans and aspirations.

c. Determine their strengths and weaknesses

through a diagnostic test.

d. Call for a dialog with parents.

ans. c

67. The major shortcoming of school grades or

mark is that:

a. the school’s different clientele find them

satisfactory

b. they make students become more cooperative

c. the same grade may mean differently to different

teachers

d. they reflect the true word on performance

ans. c

68. What is the first step the teacher should take in

carrying out a research?

a. identify the problem

b. gather data
c. advance hypothesis

d. formulate tentative solution

ans. a

69. Which of the following is a tool for evaluating

personal social adjustment of students?

a. Interview guide

b. Observable checklist

c. Sociometry

d. All of these
ans. c

70. The following are factors affecting the

evaluation of essay responses EXCEPT:

a. the present condition

b. mood of the rater

c. answers written on the papers

d. volume of the test papers

ans. a
71. It is generally believed that the best way of

meeting the need of mentally superior learners is

through ________.

a. enriching the curriculum

b. accelerating them

c. involving them in extra-curricular activities

d. providing opportunities for them to help the slow 12

ans. a

72. What should be AVOIDED in arranging the

items of the final form of the test?

a. Space the items so they can be read easily.

b. Follow a definite response pattern for the correct

answers to ensure ease of scoring.

c. Arrange the sections such that they progress from

the very simple to very complex.

d. Keep all the items and options together on the

same page.
ans. b

73. For mastery learning, which type of testing will

be most fit?

a. Formative testing

b. Criterion-reference testing

c. Aptitude testing

d. Norm-reference testing
ans. a

74. In which of the following types of research

would data processing using computers be MOST

advantageous?

a. descriptive

b. historical

c. experimental

d. casual-comparative
ans. c

75. In which of these research methods can the

researcher control certain variables?

a. qualitative

b. descriptive

c. experimental

d. historical
ans. c

76. Of the following types of tests which is the most

subjective in scoring?

a. multiple choice

b. matching type

c. simple recall

d. essay
ans. d

77. In constructing achievement tests, the first step

is to:

a. determine the highest rating to be given to

students

b. assess the teaching capability of teachers

c. determine the content and skills covered by test

d. determine the characteristics of highest takers

ans. c

78. Which of the following methods would improve

the validity and reliability of an examinations?

a. providing hints in answering the test items

b. providing time allotment for each item14

c. giving long essay test items

d. giving weights to the items for scoring

ans. d

79. The following are test scores in geometry

arranged in a descending order: 52, 52, 42, 41, 37,

37, 37, 37, 30, 30, 30, 28, 25. Based on the data

given, what is the mean?

a. 36.77

b. 34.60

c. 33.92

d. 33.08
ans. a

80. The following are reasons why we evaluate the

learning outcomes EXCEPT:

a. provide tangible evidence useful in interpreting

school achievements to the community

b. provide parents information on how well their

children are doing in school

c. analyze the learning task

d. monitor student progress

ans. a

81. About how many percent of the cases fall

between -2SD and +SD in the normal curve?

a. 99.85

b. 99.72

c. 68.26

d. 95.44
ans. d
82. Miss Dioneda observed that some of her pupils

do well in written tests but they seldom participate

in oral activities. It would be advisable for her to:

a. make use of group dynamics such as buzz

sessions, small group discussions, etc.

b. tell the students that full credit is given to written

work

c. assign the students to take turns in reading the

lessons to the class

d. stress to the students that participation in the

recitation makes up 25% of their grades

ans. a

83. During the first grading period, a student

obtained failing marks in five academic subjects.

Which of the following tests would best explain his

performance?

a. aptitude

b. attitude

c. personality

d. mental ability

ans. d
84. Measuring the work done by a gravitational

force as a learning task is what level of cognition?

a. knowledge

b. application
c. evaluation

d. comprehension
ans. d

85. It is the value representing typical or average

performance of persons of various age groups.

a. national norms

b. local norms

c. grade norms

d. age norms
ans. d

86. It refers to the process of evaluating a single test

items by any of several methods. It usually involves

determining the difficulty, and the discriminating

power of the item, and often its correlation with

some criterion.

a. inventory test

b. item analysis

c. factor analysis

d. normal distribution
ans. b

87. Which of these completion items is best?

a. A type of guidance that is goal-oriented

b. Goal-oriented guidance is called guidance

c. Guidance is goal-oriented

d. Developmental is goal-oriented
ans. d
88. The first process in analyzing score is

________.

a. finding the mean

b. grouping

c. ranking

d. tallying
ans. d

89. The lower limit of the step 45-49 is ________.

a. 44

b. 44.5

c. 45

d. 49
ans. c

90. The standard deviation is a measure of

_________.

a. central tendency

b. relationship

c. reliability

d. variability
ans. d

91. In making the step distribution the first thing to

do is:

a. decide on the class interval

b. find the range

c. rank the scores

d. tally the scores

ans. b

92. The non-intellective dimension of a person is

his?

a. achievement

b. character

c. personality

d. skills
ans. c
93. Evaluation is effective and useful only when the

result is _________.

a. reliable

b. true and valid

c. used to promote programs suited to the learners

d. used to promote of fail a student

ans. c

94. Standardized tests when conducted at the

national level require ________.

a. random implementation

b. reading of instruction

c. specific guidelines

d. uniform administration
ans. d

95. Content validity is determined by the degree to

which?

a. there are enough time to measure the ability of

the pupils
b. the contents are valid

c. the items are representative samples of the

content of the course

d. none of these

ans. c
96. The crude mode is the ________.

a. highest score

b. highest score minus the lowest score

c. score with the highest frequency

d. standard deviation
ans. c

97. The distance of the scores from the mean is

called ________.

a. deviation

b. mean

c. mode

d. range
ans. a

98. In order to find out if there is relationship

between age and level of intelligence, the measure

to be used is:

a. analysis of variance

b. correlation

c. standard deviation

d. t-test
ans. b
99. The counting median when the number of cases

is even is ________.

a. average of the two middlemost score

b. highest score

c. middlemost score

d. range
ans. a

100. The same test is administered to different

groups at different places at different times. This

process is done in testing the ________.

a. comprehensiveness

b. objectivity

c. reliability

d. validity
ans. d
101. Multiple choice test is considered as the best

type of test because:

a. it is easy to conduct

b. it contains many responses

c. it measures several competencies in one test

d. it possesses the qualities of other types of tests

ans. c
102. It tells the relative position of a score from the 21rest of the scores.

a. arrangement

b. frequency

c. percentage
d. rank22
ans. d

103. What is the mean of this score distribution: 4, 5,

6, 7, 8, 9, and 10?

a. 8.5

b. 6

c. 7.5

d. 7
ans. d
104. Which statement correctly applies to student who

got a score of 72 in the test?

a. He surpassed the scores of 72 students.

b. He correctly answered 72% of the items in the

test.

c. He obtained a raw score of 72.

d. He answered only items in the test.

asn. c
22105. Which measure(s) of central tendency can be

determined by mere inspection?

a. median

b. mode

c. mean

d. mode and median

ans. d

106. Teacher C adds the number of cases and 1 over 2

to obtain:

a. mode
b. median

c. median and mode

d. mean

ans. b

107. To determine student’s entry knowledge and

skills that test should be given?

a. Aptitude

b. Standardized

c. Diagnostic

d. Placement
ans. c

108. What is the mode in the following score

distribution: 96, 97, 98, 97, 93, 90, 89, 97, 81, and

80?

a. 96

b. 98

c. 97

d. 3323
ans. c
109. A test item has a difficulty index of .81 and

discrimination index of .13. What should the test

constructor do?

a. Retain the item

b. Make it a bonus item

c. Revise the item

d. Reject the item

ans. d
110 . For mastery of learning in a certain subject,

which type of testing is appropriate?

a. Formative testing

b. Criterion reference testing

c. Aptitude testing

d. Norm reference testing

ans. a

111. Which is NOT included in item analysis?

a. Determining the percentage equivalent of the cut

off score

b. Identifying the highest score

c. Determining the cut off score

d. Determine the effectiveness of distracters

ans. c

112 .The first thing to do in constructing a periodic

test is for a teacher to.

a. decide on the type of test to conduct

b. go back to her instructional objective

24 decide on the number of items for the test

d. study the content

ans. b

113. Which holds true to norm-reference testing?

a. Comparing individual’s performance to the

average performance of a group.

b. Determining tasks that reflect instructional

objectives.
c. Constructing test items in term of instructional

objective.

d. Identifying an acceptable level of mastery in

advance.
ans. a

116. The mode of a score distribution is 25. This

means that:

a. twenty-five is the average of the score

distribution

b. twenty-five is the score that occurs least

c. twenty-five (25) is the score that occurs most

d. there is no score of 25

ans. c
117. If a teacher gets the difference between the

highest and lowest score, he obtains the ________.

a. range

b. standard deviation

c. level of difficulty

d. median
ans. a

118. Which one described the percentile rank of a

given score?

a. The percent of cases of a distribution within the

given score.

b. The percent of cases of a distribution above the

given score.

c. The percent of cases of a distribution below and

above a given score.

d. The percent of cases of a distribution below the

given score.
ans. d

119. The index of difficulty of a particular test is .10.

What does this mean? My student’s ________.

a. found the test item was neither easy nor difficult

b. performed very well against expectation

c. were hard up in that item

d. gained mastery over that item

ans. c

120. In which competency do the students find

greatest difficulty? In the item with the difficulty

index of ________.

a. 0.10

b. 0.90

c. 1.00

d. 0.50
ans. a

121. Variance, standard deviation, and range are all

measures of ________.

a. Correlation

b. Grouping

c. Variability
d. Central Tendency27
ans. c
122. Which term refers to the collections of student’s

products and accomplishments for a period of

evaluation purposes?

a. Portfolio

b. Diary

c. Observation report

d. Anecdotal record
ans. a
123. Which test is given to determine the admission

or non-admission of the student to the program?

a. Placement

b. Achievement

c. Aptitude

d. Diagnostic
ans. a

124. Which is an advantage of teacher-made tests

over those standardized test?

a. highly reliable

b. better to the needs of the pupils

c. highly valid

d. more objectively scored27

ans. b
125. Which type of test would yield significant data

for a region-wide assessment of school

performance?
a. Aptitude

b. Achievement

c. Evaluation

d. Placement
ans. b

126. Ms. Tapla is designing a Values Formation

Program for a group of high school students. Which

type of test should she use to assess the needs of the

target participants?

a. Interest Test

b. Aptitude Test

c. Intelligence Test

d. Personality Test
ans. d
127. Which characteristic of a good test will pupils

will assured of when a teacher constructs a table of

specification for test construction purpose?

a. Scorability

b. Reliability

c. Economy

d. Content validity
ans. d

128. Which of the following could produce more

than one value?

a. mean

b. mode
c. median

d. mean of grouped data

ans. b

129. Which statement on test result interpretation is

CORRECT?

a. A raw score by itself is meaningful.

b. A student’s score is a final indication of his

ability.

c. The use of statistical technique gives meaning to

pupil’s score.

d. Test scores do not in any way reflect teacher’s

effectiveness.
ans. c

130. What type of validity is needed if a test must

course objective and scopes?

a. Content29
b. Concurrent

c. Criterion

d. Construct
ans. a

131. Which applies when there are extreme scores?

a. The median will not be very reliable measure of

central tendency.

b. The mode will be the most reliable measure of

central tendency.

c. There is no reliable measure of central tendency.

d. The mean will not be very reliable measure of

central tendency.
ans. d

132. What does a negatively skewed score

contribution imply?

a. The scores congregate on the left side of the

normal contribution curve.

b. The scores are widespread.

c. The students must be academically poor.

d. The score congregate on the right side of the

normal contribution curve.

ans. d
133. Which of the following test is used as a basis in

giving grades or rating?

a. Mastery

b. Formative

c. Summative

d. Post test
ans. c

134. It is the process of judging an attribute based on

certain goals or standards.

a. Counseling

b. Measuring

c. Evaluating

d. Testing
ans. b
135. Which of the following criteria is the most

important in test construction?

a. Preparation of Table of Specification

b. Items must jive with the objectives

c. Arrange events in occurrence

d. The stem should contain the central problem

ans. a

136. Which of the following type of test is not

advisable to be used as a diagnostic test?

a. Multiple choice

b. Short response

c. Essays

d. True or false
ans. c

137. Why should negative terms be avoided in the

stem of multiple choice items?

a. They may be overlooked.

b. It increases the difficulty of scoring.

c. It increase the length of the stem.

d. They make the construction of alternatives more

difficult.
ans. d
31
138. It is equivalent to the average score of the group
or class?

a. Mean

b. Median31
c. Mode
d. Standard Deviation
ans. d

139. The result of the item analysis showed that item

no. 4 has a discrimination index of 0.67. What could

be true about this item?

a. Difficult

b. Valid

c. Easy

d. Average
ans. d

140. What is the norm of a test?

a. The mean of grouping scores.

b. The standard of for adequate performance.

c. The standard deviation of a group of scores.

d. The typical performance of a certain group of

individuals who took the test.

ans. d

141. Which of the following is the most important

stage in testing process?

a. Constructing test items

b. Establishing test reliability

c. Improving test items

d. Interpreting test result

ans. d
142. What does a Table of Specification establish?

a. construct validity
b. content related validity and criterion reference

c. content validity and construct validity

d. content validity and content related validity

ans. c

143. Aura Vivian is one-half standard deviation

above the mean of his group in arithmetic and one

standard deviation above in spelling. What does this

imply?

a. She excels both in spelling and arithmetic.

b. She is better in arithmetic than in spelling.

c. She does not excel in spelling nor in arithmetic.

d. She is better in spelling than in arithmetic.

ans. d

144. Given the scores 1,3,3,3,5,5,6,6,6 and 10, the

mode/s is/are:

a. 3

b. 3 and 6

c. 5

d. 6
ans. b

145. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against

set mastery level. This means that NSAT and

NEAT fall under?

a. criterion-reference test

b. intelligence test

c. aptitude test
d. norm-reference test
ans. a

146. These are significant in formation about a

student, gathered through the use of various

techniques, assembled, summarize and organized in

such a way that they may be used effectively. What

is referred to?

a. Cumulative record

b. Case studies

c. Test profiles

d. Personnel inventory
ans. a
147. Which measure/s of central tendency is/are

most appropriate when the score distribution is

badly skewed?

a. Mean and mode

b. Median

c. Mode

d. Mean
ans. d

148. A test is considered reliable if:

a. it is easy to score

b. it served the purpose for which it is constructed

c. it is consistent and stable

d. it is easy to administer
ans. c
149. Which is an element of norm-referenced

grading?

a. the student’s pat performance35

b. an absolute standard

c. the performance of the group

d. what constitutes a perfect score

ans. c

150. Mario obtained an NSAT percentile rank of 80.

This indicates that:

a. He surpassed in performance 80% of her fellow

examinees.

b. He got a score of 80.

c. He surpassed in performance 20% of her fellow

examinees.

d. He answered 80 items correctly.

ans. a

151. Which statement about Median is CORRECT?

a. It is a measure of variability.

b. It is the most stable measure of central tendency.

c. It is the 50th percentile.

d. It is significantly affected by extreme score.

ans. c

152. The strongest disadvantage of the alternateresponse type of test is:

a. the demand for critical thinking

b. the absence of analysis

c. the encouragement of rote memory

d. the high possibility of guessing36
ans. d
153. Which type of test measures higher order

thinking skills?

a. Enumeration

b. Matching

c. Completion

d. Analogy
ans. a

154. What can be said of Jones who obtained a score

of 75 in a grammar test?

a. He perform better than 75% of his classmates.

b. He answered 75 items correctly.

c. He got a raw score of 75.

d. He answered 75% of the test items correctly.

ans. c
36155. What percent of the cases in a set of measure lie

before the third quartile or Q3?

a. 25%

b. 50%

c. 75%

d. 65%
ans. b

156. At the end of periodical examination, Ms.

Ramos administered a summative test in Filipino.

After scoring the test papers she assigned grades to

each test score such as 95, 90, 85, 80 etc. What

process did Ms. Ramos use?

a. Ranking

b. Computation

c. Measurement

d. Evaluation
ans. a
157. Which assessment tool shows evidence of

student’s writing skills?

37a. Project

b. Portfolio

c. Critiquing sessions

d. Daily journal
ans. d

158. Ian’s raw of score in the Filipino class is 23

which is equal to the 70th percentile. What does this

imply?

a. 70% of Ian’s classmates got a score lower than

b. Ian’s score is higher than 23% of his classmates.

c. 70% of Ian’s classmate got a score of above 23.

d. Ian’s score is higher than 23 of his classmates.

ans. a
159. Which of the following measures is more

affected by an extreme score?

a. Semi-interquartile range

b. Median

c. Mode

d. Mean
ans. c

160. If teacher wants to test student’s ability to

organize ideas, which type of test should she

formulate?

a. Technical problem type

b. Essay

c. Short answer type

d. Multiple-choice type38
ans. b
161. Why are test norms established? To have basis

for:

a. computing grades

b. establishing learning goals

c. identifying pupil’s

d. interpreting test results

ans. c
162.When Ms. Navarro selects activist and

materials for her Social Studies lessons that

stimulate curiosity and satisfy the need to

know, which criterion is meet?

a. Criterion of organization

b. Criterion of authenticity

c. Criterion of appropriateness

d. Criterion of interest
ans. d

163. At the end of the periodical examination,

Mrs. Gonzales administered a summative

test in Filipino. After scoring the test papers

she assigned grades to each test score such

as 95,90,85 etc. What process did Mrs.

Gonzales use?

a. Ranking

b. Measurement

c. Computation

d. Evaluation
ans. b

164. which measure of central tendency is

usually affected by extreme scores?

a. Mode

b. Mean

c. Median

d. Quartile39
ans. b
165. The graduating students need

information regarding future occupation

where they will most likely succeed. What

kind of test will the guidance counselor

administer?

a. Survey test

b. Achievement test

c. Aptitude test

d. Attitude test
ans. c

166. In Sta. Teresita Barangay High School,

majority of the students who got very high

scores in the entrance examination got very

low grade point averages at the end of the

year. What type of validity does the

examination lack?

a. content

b. predictive

c. construct

d. concurrent
ans. b
167. Which will you least use as measure of

central tendency?

a. Median

b. Mean

c. Mode

d. Arithmetic Mean
ans. c
168 . In terms if its given difficulty and

discrimination indices, which item should be

rejected?

a. Difficulty index.21 and discrimination

index .24

b. Difficulty index.25 and discrimination

index .30
c. Difficulty index .70 and discrimination

index .65

d. Difficulty index .16 and discrimination

index .15
ans. d

169. Janice in Grade Vi has a percentile rank

of 90 in achievement test in language. This

mean that ________

a. The scores Janice’s obtained was as high

as the scores made by 90% of the pupils to

whom the test was give.

b. Eighty-nine pupils obtained scores lower

than what Janice obtained.

c. 90 percent of the sixth graders obtained

scores higher than Janice.

d. In the class of 100 sixth graders Janice is

90th from the top.

ans. b

170. What is the first and perhaps the most

important step which a teacher should take

in constructing a test?

a. Know the objectives

b. Look over the old test questions

c. Prepare the table of specification

d. Write the preliminary draft of the test

ans. a
171. Mr. Salgado graded the essay question

of his class in Literature. What procedure

could he use to reduce the subjectivity of the

essay examination?

a. Correct the papers of the bright pupils

first to establish the highest score possible.

b. Grade the paper twice and get the average

of two grading.

c. Grade all of one paper before going on the

next.

d. Ask another teacher to grade the paper.

ans. b

172. Ms. Baya is constructing a 100 test

items for the fourth grading period in

Mathematics. How many items should she

have in the preliminary draft?

a. 125 to 150 items

b. 150 to 200 items

c. 110 to 125 items

d. 200 to 250 items

ans c

173. What percent of the cases in a set of

measure lie before the third quartile of Q3?

a. 25%

b. 50%
c. 75%

d. 65%
ans. c

174. Maria, a Grade V pupil, can hardly

expressed her inner feelings to the guidance

counselor. What guidance technique may be

utilized so that she may unload herself and

be given the necessary help?

a. personality test

b. projective technique

c. sociometric test

d. autobiography43
ans. b
175. What type of test must a teacher use if she wants

to test the students' ability to organize ideas?

a. Multiple-choice type

b. Short answer

c. Essay

d. Technical problem type

ans. c

Study this group of tests which was administered

with the following results, then answer the question.

Subject | Mean | SD | Joana's Score

Math | 80 | 7.5 | 95

Science | 49 | 3 | 60

Filipino | 95 | 12 | 90
176. In which subject/s did Joana performs best in

relation to the performance of the group?

a. Math

b. Science

c. Filipino

d. Math & Filipino

ans. b
177. Which subject did Joana performs poorly in

relation to the performance of the group?

a. Math

b. Science

c. Filipino

d. Math & Filipino

ans. c
178. Which group were scores less scattered?

a. Math

b. Science

c. Filipino

d. Math & Filipino

ans. b
179. Which group were scores most widespread?

a. Math

b. Science

c. Filipino

d. Math & Filipino

ans. c
180. Leah obtained a score of 95 in Chemistry

multiple-choice test. What does this imply?

a. He has a rating of 95.

b. He answered 95 items in the test correctly.

c. He answered 95% of the test item correctly.

d. His performance is 5% better than the group.

ans. b
181. In his second item analysis, Teacher Dave found

out that more from the lower group got the test item

#10 correctly. This means that the test item

________.

a. has a negative discriminating power

b. has a lower validity

c. has a positive discriminating power

d. has a high reliability

ans. a
182.NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against a

set mastery level. This means that NSAT and

NEAT fall under ________.

a. intelligence test

b. aptitude test

c. criterion-referenced test

d. norm-referenced test
ans. c
183. This is the first step in planning an achievement

test?

a. Select the type of test items to use.

b. Decide the length of the test.

c. Define the instructional objectives.

d. Build a table of specification.
ans. c
184. Standard Deviation : Variability ; Mean :

________.

a. discrimination

b. level of difficulty

c. correlation

d. central tendency
ans. d
185. Which is implied by a positively skewed score

distribution?

a. The mean, the median and the mode are equal.

b. Most of the scores are high.

c. The mode is high.

d. Most of the scores are low.

ans. d
186. Median is the 50th percentile as Q3 is to

________.

a. 45th percentile

b. 70th percentile

c. 75th percentile

d. 25th percentile
ans. c
187. Which is true about normal distribution?

a. The mean, the median and the mode are equal.

b. Most of the scores are high.

c. The mode is high.

d. Most of the scores are low.

ans. a
188. Most of the students who took the examination

got scores above the mean. What is the graphical 47

representation of the score distribution?47
a. normal curve

b. mesokurtic

c. positively skewed

d. negatively skewed
ans. d
189. Which statement best describes a negatively

skewed score distribution?

a. Most examinees got scores above the mean.

b. The value of median and mode are equal.

c. The value of mode corresponds to a low score.

d. The value of median is higher than the value of mode.

ans. a
190. Mean is to measure Central Tendency, as

________ is to measure Variability.

a. Quartile deviation

b. Quartile

c. Correlation

d. Skewness
ans. a
191. The distribution of a class with academically

poor students is most likely ________.

a. Normally distributed

b. Skewed to the left

c. Skewed to the right

d. Leptokurtic
ans. c
192. Which is correct about the MEDIAN?

a. It is a measure of variability.

b. It is the most stable measure of central tendency.

c. It is the 50th percentile.

d. It is significantly affected by extreme scores.

ans. c
193. Skewed score distribution means.

a. The scores are normally distributed.

b. The mean and the median are equal.

c. The mode, the mean, and the median are equal.

d. The scores are concentrated more at one end or

the other end.

ans. d
194. The computed value of r for Math and Science

is 0.90. What does this imply?

a. Math and Science scores are inversely related.

b. The higher the scores in Math, the higher the

scores in Science.

c. The lower the scores in Science, the lower the

scores in Math.

d. The higher the scores in Science, the higher the

scores in Math.
ans. b
195. In her conduct of item analysis, Teacher Riel

found out that a significantly greater number from

the upper group of the class got test item #5

correctly. This means that the test item ________.

a. has a negative discriminating power

b. is valid

c. is easy

d. has a positive discriminating power

ans. d
196. Darwin obtained a NEAT percentile rank of 95.

This means that:

a. They have a zero reference point.

b. They have scales of equal units.

c. They indicate an individual's relative standing in

a group.
ans. c
d. They indicate specific points in the normal curve.

197. Roxanne obtained a NEAT percentile rank of

95. This means that:

a. He got a score of 95.

b. He answered 95 items correctly.

c. He surpassed in performance 95% of his fellow

examinees.

d. He surpassed in performance 5% of his fellow

examinees.
ans. c
198. Which objective below is the highest level in

Bloom's taxonomy?

a. Explain how trees receive nutrients.

b. Explain how a tree functions in relation to the

ecosystem.
c. Rate three different methods of controlling tree

growth.

d. List the parts of a tree.

ans. c
199. What will be the most likely distribution if a

class is composed of bright students?

a. Platykurtic

b. Skewed to the right

c. Skewed to the left

d. Leptokurtic
ans. c
200. This is a type of statistics that draws

conclusions about the sample being studied.

a. Inferential and corelational

b. Inferential

c. Descriptive

d. Corelational
ans. b
201. About how many percent of the cases fall

between -2SD and +2SD in the normal distribution

a. 95.44

b. 68.2650
c. 99.72

d. 99.85
ans. a
202. Which error do teachers commit when they tend

to overrate the achievement of students identified

by aptitude tests as gifted because they expect

achievement and giftedness to go together?

a. Generosity error

b. Central tendency error

c. Severity error

d. Logical error
ans. a
203. Paul's scores in Math quizzes are as follows: 90,

85 70, 65, 99, 78. What is the mean of these scores?

a. 65

b. 99

c. 85.5

d. 81.17
ans. d
204. When a significantly greater number from the

lower group gets a test item correctly, this implies

that the test item ________.

a. is very valid

b. is not valid
c. is not reliable
d. is highly reliable
ans. c
205. On which assumption is portfolio assessment

based?

a. Portfolio assessment is dynamic assessment.

b. Assessment should stress the reproduction of

knowledge.

c. An individual learner is inadequately

characterized by a test score.

d. An individual learner is adequately characterized

by a test score.
ans. a
206. What is the mode of the following scores: 90,

85 96, 85, 93, 66, 85, 75, 90, 96, 93, 100?

a. 85

b. 93

c. 93 & 85

d. 85 & 90
ans. a
207. A test item has a difficulty index of .81 and a

discriminating index of .13. What should the test

constructor do?

a. Retain the item

b. Make it a bonus item

c. Revise the item

d. Reject the item

ans. d
208. For mastery learning, which type of testing will

be most fit?

a. Formative testing

b. Criterion-referenced testing

c. Aptitude testing

d. Norm-referenced testing
ans. a
209. Which is a characteristic of an imperfect type of

matching test?

a. An item may have no answer at all.

b. The items in the right and left columns are equal

in number.

c. An answer may be repeated.

d. There are two or more distracters.

ans. a
210. Which is included in item analysis?

a. Determining the percentage equivalent of the cutoff score.

b. Identifying the highest score.

c. Determining the cut-off score.

d. Determining the effectiveness of distracters.

ans. d
211. A positive discrimination index means that

________.

a. The test item cannot discriminate between the

lower and upper groups.

b. More from the upper group got the item

correctly.

c. More from the lower group got the item correctly.

d. The test item has low reliability.

ans. b
212. When points in the scattergram are spread

evenly in all directions, this means that ________.

a. The correlation between two variables is positive.

b. The correlation between two variables is low.

c. The correlation between variables is high.

d. There is no correlation between two variables.

ans. d
213. Which of the following measures is more

affected by an extreme score?

a. Semi-interquartile range

b. Median

c. Mode

d. Mean
ans. d
214. Which applies when the mean are equal?

a. The distribution of the scores is concentrated.

b. The distribution of the scores is widespread.

c. The distribution of the scores is identical.

d. The distribution of the scores are not necessarily identical

ans. c
215. In research, which is another term for

independent variable?

a. Response

b. Outcome

c. Criterion

d. Input
ans. d
216. Jennifer's raw score in Math class is 45, which

is equal to 96th percentile. What does this mean?

a. 96% of Jennifer's classmates got a score higher

than 45.

b. 96% of Jennifer's classmates got a score lower

than 45.

c. Jennifer's score is less than 45% of his

classmates.

d. Jennifer's score is higher than 96% of his

classmates.
ans. b
217. Which of the following is a norm-referenced

statement?

a. Nikki performed better in spelling than 60% of

her classmates.

b. Nikki was able to spell 90% of the words

correctly.

c. Nikki was able to spell 90% of the words

correctly and spelled 35 words out of 50 correctly.

d. Nikki spelled 35 words out of 50 correctly.

ans. a
218.What does a negatively skewed score

contribution imply?

a. The scores congregate on the left side of the

normal distribution curve.

b. The scores are widespread.

c. The students must be academically poor.

d. The scores congregate on the right side of the

normal distribution curve.

ans. d
219. What type of validity is needed for a test on

course objectives and scopes?

a. Content

b. Concurrent

c. Criterion

d. Construct
ans. a
220. Which applies when there are extreme scores?

a. The median will not be a very reliable measure of

central tendency.

b. The mode will be the most reliable measure of

central tendency.

c. The mean will not be a very reliable measure of

central tendency.

d. There is no reliable measure for central tendency.

ans. c
221. The sum of all the scores in a distribution

always equals to ________.

a. the mean times the interval size.

b. the mean divided by the interval size.

c. the mean times the N.

d. the mean divided by N.

ans. c
222. The teacher gives an achievement test to his 25

students. The test consists of 50 items. He wants to

classify his students' performance based on the test

result.

a. Z-value

b. Percentile rank

c. Stanine

d. Percentage
ans. a
223. What measure of position is appropriate when

the distribution is skewed?

a. Mean

b. Stanine

c. Z-value

d. Percentile rank
ans. a
224. You give a 100-point test. Three students make

a scores of 95, 92 and 91 respectively, while the

other 22 students in the class got scores ranging

from 33 to 67. The measure of central tendency

which is apt to best describe for this group of 25

students is ________.

a. the mean

b. the mode

c. an average of the median and the mode

d. the median
ans. a
225. Mr. Santiago gave a chapter test. In which

competency did students find the greatest difficulty?

In the item with a difficulty index of ________.

a. 0.15

b. 1.0

c. 0.93

d. 0.51
ans. a
226. Which statement about standard deviation is

CORRECT?

a. The lower the standard deviation, the more spread

the scores are.

b. The higher the standard deviation, the less spread

the scores are.

c. The higher the standard deviation, the more

spread the scores are.

d. It is a measure of central tendency.

ans. c
227. The index of difficulty of a particular test item is

.10. What does this mean? My students ________.

a. gained mastery over an item

b. performed very well against expectation

c. found that test item was either easy nor difficult

d. were hard up in that item

ans. d
228. The mode of a score distribution is 25. This

means that?

a. Twenty-five is the score that occurs least.

b. Twenty-five is the score that occurs most.

c. Twenty-five is the average of the score

distribution.

d. There is no score of 25
ans. b
229. After teaching lessons, Ms. Chavez gave a quiz

to her class. Which does she give?

a. Diagnostic test

b. Summative test

c. Performance test

d. Formative test
ans. d
230. The variance, standard deviation, and range are

all measures of ________.

a. variability

b. central tendency

c. grouping

d. partition values
ans. a
231. if a teacher gets a difference between the highest

score and the lowest score, he obtains the

________.

a. range

b. standard deviation

c. mean

d. index off difficulty

ans. a
232. Which applies when the score distribution is

concentrated at the left side of the curve?

a. Bell curve

b. Positively skewed

c. Bimodal

d. Negatively skewed
ans. b
233 In a normal curve distribution, about how many

percent of the cases fall between -1SD to +1SD?

a. 34.13%

b. 68.26%

c. 15.73%
d. 49.86%
ans. b
234 The scores of the students in a tutorial class are

as follows: 82, 82, 85, 86, 87, 94, 98. The score 86

is the ________.

a. Mean

b. Mode

c. Median

d. Median & Mode

ans. c
235. The discrimination index of a test item is -0.46.

What does this imply?

a. More students from the upper group answered the

item incorrectly.

b. More students from the upper group answered the

item correctly.

c. More students from the lower group answered the

item correctly.

d. The number of students from the lower group and

upper group who answered the item correctly are

equal.
ans. c
236. Which statement is true when the value of

standard deviation is small?

a. The scores are found at the extremes of the

distribution.

b. The scores are spread out from the mean value.

c. The scores are concentrated around the mean

value.

d. The shape of the distribution is a bell curve.

ans. c
237. Which of the following statements is one of the

characteristics of a normal curve distribution?

a. There are more high scores than low scores.

61b. The scores are normally distributed.61
c. Most of the scores are low.

d. There are more low scores than high scores.

ans. b
238. The score distribution is 50, 49, 49, 49, 48, 48,

40, 39, 39, 39, 35, 30, 30, 30, 26, 25, 25, 24, 24, 20,

20, 20, 19, 15, 14, 13, 10, 10. Which is the best way

to describe the given score distribution?

a. unimodal

b. bimodal

c. positively skewed

d. multimodal
ans. d
239. Teacher Gerald gave a 50-item test where the

mean performance of the class is 35 with a standard

deviation of 7. Ace got a score of 41. What

description rating should Teacher Gerald give to

Ace?

a. Poor

b. Outstanding

c. Average
d. Above Average
ans. d
240. Which of the following statements best

describes negatively skewed distribution mean?

a. Most of the scores of the test-takers are above the

mean.

b. Most of the scores of the test-takers are low.

c. The scores of the test-takers are normally

distributed.

d. The mean and the median of the test-takers are

equal.
ans. a
241. What does positively skewed distribution mean?

a. The mean is less than the median.

b. The mean is greater than the median.

c. The mean is equal to the median.

d. The scores are normally distributed.

ans. b
242. In the parlance of test construction, what does

TOS mean?

a. Test of Specifics

b. Term of Specifications

c. Table of Specifications

d. Table of Specific Item Test

ans. c
243. Raul obtained a NSAT percentile rank of 98.

This implies that ________.

a. Raul answered 98 items correctly.

b. Raul got score of 98.

c. Raul performed better than 2% of his fellow

examinees.

d. Raul performed better than 98% of his fellow

examinees.
ans. d
244. Which of the following measures of variation is

easily affected by extreme scores?

a. range

b. inter-quartile range

c. variance

d. standard variation
ans. a
245. Which of the following measures of central

tendency is easily affected by extreme scores?

a. mean

b. median

c. mode

d. quartile
ans. a
246. The computed r for the scores in Math and

English is 0.95. What does this imply?

a. The English score is not related to the Math

score.

b. The Math score is not related to the English

score.

c. The Math score is positively related to the

English score.

d. The lower the score in English, the higher the

score in Math.
ans. c
247. Teacher Ara gave a test in Science. Item no. 18

has a difficulty index of 0.85 and discrimination

index of -0.10. What should Teacher Ara do?

a. retain the item

b. make the item bonus

c. reject the item

d. reject it and make the item bonus

ans. c
248. Which of the following measures of central

tendency can be determined by mere inspection?

a. median

b. mode

c. mean

d. mode and median

ans. b
249. Which of the following is true about rubrics?

a. It is analytical

b. It is holistic

c. It is developmental

d. It is both analytical and holistic

ans. c
250. Which of the following considerations is/are

important in developing a scoring rubric?

I. Description of each criteria to serve as standard64

II. Very clear descriptions of performance in each

level

III. Rating scale

IV. Mastery levels of achievement

a. I only

b. I, II & III

c. I & II

d. I, II, III & IV

ans. d
251. Which is the most reliable tool for seeing the

development in your pupil's ability to write?

a. Interview of pupils

b. Self-assessment

c. Scoring rubric

d. Portfolio assessment
ans. d
252. Which statement about performance-based

assessment is FALSE?

a. They merely emphasize process.

b. They also stress on doing, not only knowing.

c. Essay tests are example of performance-based

assessment.

d. They accentuate on process as well as product.

ans. a
65253. Which of the following can measure awareness

of values?

a. Rating scales
b. Projective technique

c. Role playing

d. Moral dilemma
ans. d
254. Which of the following does NOT belong to the

group when we are talking about projective

personality test?

a. Sentence completion test

b. Word association test

c. Interview

d. Thematic Apperception test

ans. c
255. Teacher Julie wrote of JM: "When JM came to

class this morning, he seemed very tired and

slouched into his seat. He took no part in his class

discussion and seemed to have no interest in what

was being discussed. This was very unusual for he

has been eager to participate and often monopolized

the class discussion." What Teacher Julie wrote is

an example of a/an ________.

a. incident report

b. observation report

c. personality report

d. anecdotal report
ans. d
256. Student Louie was asked to report to the

Guidance Office. Student Louie and his classmates

at once remarked: "What's wrong?" What does this

mean?

a. Reporting to a Guidance Office is often

associated with misbehavior.

b. The parents of student Louie must be of the

delinquent type.

c. Student Louie is a "problem student".

d. Guidance counselors are perceived to be

"almighty and omniscient".

ans. a
257. Which of the following statements talks about

one of the strengths of an autobiography as a

technique for personality appraisal?

a. It can replace data obtained from other data

gathering techniques.

b. It may be read by unauthorized people.

c. It gives complete data about the author.

d. It makes the presentation of intimate experiences

possible.
ans. d
258. Carl Roger is considered the main proponent of

________ counseling?

a. Non-directive

b. Directive

c. Rational Emotive

d. Psychotherapy
ans. a
259. Counselor Ria shares the secrets of his

counselee with other members of the faculty. The

counselor violates the principle of?

a. secrecy

b. confidentiality

c. ethics

d. promises
ans. b
260. He is considered the father of counseling in the

Philippines?

a. Father Bulatao

b. Sinfroso Padilla

c. Dean Rose Clemenia

d. Sigmund Freud
ans. b
261. The counselee revealed that she will commit

suicide over the weekend. Can the counselor reveal

the secret to the parents?

a. Yes, it is mandatory that in cases involving

suicide, confidentiality is superseded.

b. Yes, as long as he tells the parents that he is not

the source.68
c. No, the counselor has no right.

d. No, because it is unethical.

ans. a
262. This is the pre-planned collection of samples of

student works, assessed results and other output

produced by the students.

a. diary

b. observation report

c. portfolio

d. anecdotal record
ans. c
263. Assessment is said to be authentic when the

teacher ________.

a. considers students' suggestions in testing

b. gives valid and reliable paper-and-pencil tests

c. includes parents in the determination of

assessment procedures

d. gives students real-life tasks to accomplish

ans. d
264. What is the main purpose if a teacher uses a

standardized test?

a. to compare her students to national norms

b. to serve as a final examination

c. to serve as a unit test

d. to engage in easy scoring

ans. d
265. Teacher Dan gave a pretest and most of his

students passed the pretest. What should Teacher

Dan do?

a. Go on to the next unit.

b. Go through the lesson quickly in order not to skip

any.

c. Go through the unit as usual because it is part of

the syllabus.

d. Administer the post test.

ans. c
266 . "_____________________ is an example of

mammal."

Why is this test item poor?

I. The language used in the question is not precise.

II. The test item does not pose a problem to the

examinee.

III. The blank is near the beginning of a sentence.

IV. There are many possible correct answers to this

item.

a. II & IV

b. I & II

c. I & III

d. III & IV
ans. a
267. Teacher Ian gave a test in English to all grade

VI pupils to determine the contestants for English

Quiz Bee. To identify the Top 10 who will

participate in the said quiz bee, which statistical

measure should be considered?

a. Percentile Rank

b. Percentage Score

c. Quartile

d. Mean
ans. b
268. Which of the following statements is true about

marking on a normative basis?

a. Most of the students get low scores.

b. Most of the students get high scores.

c. The grading should based from the present

criteria.

d. The normal distribution curve should be

followed.
ans. d
269. Which must go with self-assessment for it to be

effective?

a. Consensus of evaluation results from teacher and

student

b. Scoring rubric

c. External monitor

d. Public display of results of self-evaluation

ans. b
270. Which assessment activity is most appropriate

to measure the objective "to explain the meaning of

molecular bonding" for the group with strong

interpersonal intelligence?

a. Write down chemical formulas and show how

they were derived.

b. Build several molecular structures with multicolored pop beads.

c. Draw diagrams that show different bonding

patterns.
d. Demonstrate molecular bonding using students as

atoms.
ans. d
271. Which goes with the spirit of "assessment for

learning"?

a. emphasis on grades and honors

b. emphasis on self-assessment

c. absence of formative tests

d. stress on summative tests

ans. a
272. Here are computed means of a 100-item test:

Science - 38; Math - 52; English - 33. Based on the

data, which of the following statement is true?

a. The Math test appears to be the easiest among the

three.

b. The examinees seem to be very good in Science.

c. The examinees seem to excel in English.72

d. The English test appears to be the easiest among

the three.
ans. a
273. The difficulty index of test item no. 20 is 1.

What does this imply?

a. The test is very difficult

b. The test is very easy

c. The test item is a quality item

d. Nobody got the item correctly

ans. b
50) What is the mastery level of a score division in
a 100-item test with a mean of 55?

a. 42%

b. 55%

c. 45%

d. 50%73
ans. b
274. Which of the following test items can effectively

measure HOTS cognitive learning objectives?

a. Objective test

b. Achievement test

c. Completion test

d. Extended essay test

ans. d
2) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic

of an objective test?

a. can cover a large sampling of content areas

b. time-consuming to prepare

c. there is a single or best answer

d. can measure higher-order thinking skills

ans. d
275. Teacher Gabby computed the mean score of his

students, and he wants to get more information

about the dispersion of the scores. Which measure

of the variability is the most appropriate?

a. Mean

b. Inter-quartile Range

c. Variance
d. Standard Deviation
ans. d
276. With grading practice in mind, what is meant by

teacher's severity error?

a. He uses tests and quizzes for punishment.

b. He tends to favor high-performing students.

c. He tends to give lower grade than what is

supposed to be.

d. He gives way to students' who ask for reschedule

of the test.
ans. c
277. About how many percent of the scores fall

between -2SD and +2SD units of its mean?

a. 34%

b. 68%

c. 95%

d. 98%
ans. c
278. Which of the following can measure the internal

consistency of the test results?

I. Test-retest method

II. Split-half method

III. Parallel method

IV. Kuder-richardson formula

a. II only

b. II & IV

c. I & III
d. III only
ans. b
279. Which of the following can measure the stability

of the test results?

I. Test-retest method

II. Split-half method

III. Parallel method

IV. Kuder-richardson formula

a. I only

b. II only

c. I & III

d. II & IV
ans. a
280. Which is a direct measure of competence?

a. Personality tests

b. Performance tests

c. Paper-and pencil tests

d. Standardized tests
ans. d
281. Test norms are established in order to have a

basis for ________.

a. establishing learning goals

b. interpreting test results

c. computing grades

d. identifying students' difficulties75

ans. b
282. With synthesizing skill in mind, which has the

highest diagnostic value?

a. Essay test

b. Performance test

c. Completion test

d. Multiple-choice test76
ans. b
283. Mrs. Salgado wanted to teach the pupils the

skill to do cross-stitching. Her check-up quiz was a

written test on the steps of cross-stitching. Which

characteristic of a good test does it lack?

a. Scorability

b. Reliability

c. Objectivity

d. Validity
ans. a

284. Which test has broad sampling of topics as

strength?

a. Objective test

b. Short answer test

c. Essay test

d. Problem type

ans. c

Assessment and Evaluation of Learning Part 1

1. Who among the teachers described below is doing assessment?
a. Mrs. Bautista who is administering a test to her students.
b. Mr. Ferrer who is counting the scores obtained by the students in his test.
c. Ms. Leyva who is computing the final grade of the students after completing all their
requirements.
d. Prof. Cuevas who is planning for a remedial instruction after knowing that students
perform poorly in her test

2. Mr. Fernandez is judging the accuracy of these statements. Which statements will he
consider as correct?
I. Test is a tool to measure a trait.
II. Measurement is the process of qualifying a given trait.
III. Assessment is the gathering of quantitative and qualitative data.
IV. Evaluation is the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data for decision making
A. I and II only
b. III and IV only
c. I, II, and III
d. I, III and IV

3. If I have to use the most authentic method of assessment, which of these procedures
should I consider?
a. Traditional Test
b. Performance-based Assessment
c. Written Test
d. Objective Assessment

4. After doing the exercise on verbs, Ms. Borillo gave a short quiz to find out how well
students have understood the lesson. What type of assessment was done?
a. Summative Assessment
b. Formative Assessment
c. Diagnostic Assessment
d. Placement Assessment

5. Who among the teachers below performed a diagnostic assessment?

a. Ms. Santos who asked questions when the discussion was going on to know who among
h er students understood what she was trying to emphasize.
b. Mr. Colubong who gave a short quiz after discussing thoroughly the lesson to determine
the programs of learning.
c. Ms. Ventura who gave 10-item test to find out the specific lessons which the students
failed to understand.
d. Mrs. Lopez who administered a readiness test to the incoming grade one pupils.

6. You are assessing for learning. Which of these will you likely do?
a. Giving grades to students
b. Reporting to parents the performance of their child.
c. Recommending new policies in grading students.
d. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of students.

7. Ms. Saplan is planning to do an assessment of learning. Which of these should she

include in her plan considering her purpose for assessment?
a. How to give immediate feedback to student's strengths and weaknesses
b. How to determine the area of interest of learners
c. How to certify student's achievement
d. How to design one's instruction
8. You targeted that after instruction, your students should be able to show their ability to
solve problems with speed and accuracy. You then designed a tool to measure this ability.
What principle of assessment did you consider in this situation?
a. Assessment should be based on clear and appropriate learning targets or objectives.
b. Assessment should have a positive consequence on student's learning
c. Assessment should be reliable.
d. Assessment should be fair.

9. Ms. Ortega tasked her students to show how to play basketball. What learning target is
she assessing?
a. Knowledge
b. Reasoning
c. Skills
d. Products

10. Mr. Ravelas made an essay test for the objective "Identify the planets in the solar
system". Was the assessment method used the most appropriate for the given objective?
Why?
a. Yes, because essay test is easier to construct than objective test.
b. Yes, because essay test can measure any type of objective.
c. No, he should have conducted oral questioning.
d. No, he should have prepared an objective test.

11. Mr. Cidro wants to test students' knowledge of the different places in the Philippines,
their capital and their products and so he gave his students an essay test. If you were the
teacher, will you do the same?
a. No, the giving of an objective test is more appropriate than the use of essay.
b. No, such method of assessment is inappropriate because essay is difficult.
c. Yes, essay test could measure more than what other tests could measure.
d. Yes, essay test is the best in measuring any type of knowledge.

12. What type of validity does the Pre-board examination possess if its results can explain
how the students will likely perform in their licensure examination?
a. Concurrent
b. Predictive
c. Construct
d. Content

13. Ms. Aviz wants to determine if the students' scores in their Final Test is reliable.
However, she has only one set of test and her students are already on vacation. What test
of reliability can she employ?
a. Test-Retest
b. Kuder Richardson Method
c. Equivalent Forms
d. Test-Retest with Equivalent Forms
Refer to this case in answering items 14-15
Two teachers of the same grade level have set the following objectives for the day's lesson.
At the end of the period, the students should be able to:
a. Construct bar graph, and
b. Interpret bar graphs

To assess the attainment of the objectives, Teacher A required the students to construct a
bar graph for the given set of data then she asked them to interpret this using a set of
questions as guide. Teacher B presented a bar graph then asked them to interpret this
using also a set of guide questions.

14. Whose practice is acceptable based on the principles of assessment?

a. Teacher A
b. Teacher B
c. Both Teacher A and B
d. Neither Teacher A nor Teacher B

15. Which is true about the given case?

a. Objective A matched with performance-based assessment while B can be assessed
using the traditional pen-and-paper objective test.
b. Objective A matched with traditional assessment while B can be assessed using a
performance-based method.
c. Both objective A and B matched with performance-based assessment.
d. Both objective A and B matched with traditional assessment.

16. In the context of the Theory of Multiple Intelligence, which is a weakness of the paper-
pencil test?
a. It puts non-linguistically intelligent at a disadvantage.
b. It is not easy to administer.
c. It utilizes so much time.
d. It lacks reliability.

17. Mr. Umayam is doing a performance-based assessment for the day's lesson. Which of
the following will most likely happen?
a. Students are evaluated in one sitting.
b. Students do an actual demonstration of their skill.
c. Students are evaluated in the most objective manner.
d. Students are evaluated based on varied evidences of learning

18. Ms. del Rosario rated her students in terms of appropriate and effective use of some
laboratory equipment and measurement tools and the students ability to follow the specified
procedures. What mode of assessment should Miss del Rosario use?
a. Portfolio Assessment
b. Journal Assessment
c. Traditional Assessment
d. Performance-based Assessment

19. Mrs. Hilario presented the lesson on baking through a group activity so that the students
will not just learn how to bake but also develop their interpersonal skills. How should this
lesson be assessed?
I. She should give the students an essay test explaining how they baked the cake.
II. The students should be graded on the quality of their baked cake using a rubric.
III. The students in a group should rate the members based on their ability to cooperate in
their group activity.
IV. She should observe how the pupils perform their tasks.

a. I, II, and III only

b. I, III, and IV only
c. I, II and IV only
d. I, II, III, and IV

20. If a teacher has set objectives in all domains or learning targets and which could be
assessed using a single performance task, what criterion in selecting a task should she
consider?
a. Generalizability
b. Fairness
c. Multiple Foci
d. Teachability

21. Which term refers to the collection of students' products and accomplishments in a
given period for evaluation purposes?
a. Diary
b. Portfolio
c. Anecdotal record
d. Observation report

22. Mrs. Catalan allowed the students to develop their own portfolio in their own style as
long as they show all the non-negotiable evidences of learning. What principle in portfolio
assessment explains this practice?
a. Content Principle
b. Learning Principle
c. Equity Principle
d. Product Principle

23. How should the following steps in portfolio assessment be arranged logically?
I. Set targets
II. Select evidences
III. Collect evidences
IV. Rate Collection
V. Reflect on Evidences
a. I, II, III, IV, V
b. I, III, II, V, IV
c. I, II, III, V, IV
d. I, III, V, II, IV

24. Which could be seen in a rubric?

I. Objective in a high level of cognitive behavior
II. Multiple criteria in assessing learning
III. Quantitative descriptions of the quality of work
IV. Qualitative descriptions of the quality of work
a. I and II only
b. II, III and IV only
c. I, II and III
d. I, II, III and IV

25. The pupils are to be judged individually on their mastery of the singing of the national
anthem so their teacher let them sing individually. What should the teacher use in rating the
performance of the pupils considering the fact that the teacher has only one period to spend
in evaluating her 20 pupils?
a. Analytic
b. Holistic
c. Either holistic or analytic
d. Both holistic and analytic

Answers: 1C 2D 3B 4B 5C 6D 7C 8A 9C 10D 11A 12B 13B 14A 15A 16A 17B 18D 19C
20C 21B 22C 23B 24B 25B

Assessment and Evaluation of Learning Part 2

1. Mrs. Pua is judging the worth of the project of the students in her Science class based on
a set of criteria. What process describes what she is doing?
a. Testing
b. Measuring
c. Evaluating
d. Assessing

2. Mrs. Acebuche is comparing measurement from evaluation. Which statement explains

the difference?
a. Measurement is assigning a numerical value to a given trait while evaluation is giving
meaning to the numerical value of the trait.
b. Measurement is the process of gathering while evaluation is the process of quantifying
the data gathered.
c. Measurement is the process of quantifying data while evaluation is the process of
organizing data.
d. Measurement is a pre-requisite of assessment while evaluation is the pre-requisite of
testing.

3. Ms. Ricafort uses alternative methods of assessment. Which of the following will she not
likely use?
a. Multiple Choice Test
b. Reflective Journal Writing
c. Oral Presentation
d. Developing Portfolios

4. Ms. Camba aims to measure a product of learning. Which of these objectives will she
most likely set for her instruction?
a. Show positive attitude towards learning common nouns
b. Identify common nouns in a reading selection
c. Construct a paragraph using common nouns
d. User a common noun in a sentence

5. The students of Mrs. Valino are very noisy. To keep them busy, they were given any test
available in the classroom and then the results were graded as a way to punish them.
Which statement best explains if the practice is acceptable or not?
a. The practice is acceptable because the students behaved well when they were given a
test.
b. The practice is not acceptable because it violates the principle of reliability.
c. The practice is not acceptable because it violates the principle of validity.
d. The practice is acceptable since the test results are graded.

6. Ms. Delos Angeles advocates assessment for learning. Which will she NOT likely do?
a. Formative Assessment
b. Diagnostic Assessment
c. Placement Assessment
d. Summative Assessment

7. At the beginning of the school year, the 6-year old pupils were tested to find out who
among them can already read. The result was used to determine their sections. What kind
of test was given to them?
a. Diagnostic
b. Formative
c. Placement
d. Summative
8. The grade six pupils were given a diagnostic test in addition and subtraction of whole
numbers to find out if they can proceed to the next unit. However, the results of the test
were very low. What should the teacher do?
a. Proceed to the next lesson to be able to finish all the topics in the course.
b. Construct another test parallel to the given test to determine the consistency of the
scores.
c. Count the frequency of errors to find out the lessons that the majority of students need to
relearn.
d. Record the scores then inform the parents about the very poor performance of their child
in mathematics.

9. Mrs. Nogueras is doing an assessment of learning. At what stage of instruction should

she do it?
a. Before instruction
b. After instruction
c. Prior to instruction
d. During the instructional process

10. Mr. Cartilla developed an Achievement Test in Math for her grade three pupils. Before
she finalized the test she examined carefully if the test items were constructed based on the
competencies that have to be tested. What test of validity was she trying to establish?
a. Content-validity
b. Concurrent validity
c. Predictive validity
d. Construct validity

11. Mrs. Robles wants to establish the reliability of her achievement test in English. Which
of the following activities will help achieve her purpose?
a. Administer two parallel tests to different groups of students.
b. Administer two equivalent tests to the same group of students
c. Administer a single test but two different groups of students.
d. Administer two different tests but to the same group of students.

Refer to the situation below in answer items 12 and 13

A teacher set the following objectives for the day's lesson:
At the end of the period, the students should be able to:
a. Identify the parts of friendly letter
b. Construct a friendly letter using the MS Word, and
c. Show interest towards the day's lesson
To assess the attainment of the objectives, Ms. Cidro required the students to construct
friendly letter and have it encoded at their Computer Laboratory using the MS Word. The
letter should inform one's friend about what one has learned in the day's lesson and how
one felt about it.

12. Which is NOT true about the given case?

a. Ms. Cidro practices a balanced assessment.
b. Ms. Cidro's assessment method is performance-based.
c. Ms. Cidro needs a rubric in scoring the work of the students.
d. Ms. Cidro's assessment targets are all in the cognitive domain.

13. If Mr. Paraiso will have to make a scoring rubric for the student's output, what format is
better to construct considering that the teacher has limited time to evaluate their work?
a. Analytic Rubric
b. Holistic Rubric
c. Either A or B
d. Neither A nor B

14. The school principal has 3 teacher applicants all of whom graduated from the same
institution and are licensed teachers. She only needs to hire one. What should she do to
choose the best teacher from the three?
I. Give them a placement test.
II. Interview them on why they want to apply in the school.
III. Let them demonstrate how to teach a particular lesson.
IV. Study their portfolios to examine the qualities of the students' outputs when they were in
College.
a. I and II.
b. II and III.
c. I and III, IV
d. II, III and IV

15. What should be done first when planning for a performance-based assessment?
a. Determine the "table of specifications" of the tasks
b. Set the competency to be assessed.
c. Set the criteria in scoring the task.
d. Prepare a scoring rubric.

16. To maximize the amount of time spent for performance-based assessment, which one
should be done?
a. Plan a task that can be used for instruction and assessment at the same time.
b. Assess one objective for one performance task.
c. Set objectives only for cognitive domains.
d. Limit the task to one meeting only.

17. Who among the teachers below gave the most authentic assessment task for the
objective "Solve word problemsinvolving the four basic operations"
a. Mrs. Juliano who presented a word problem involving a four fundamental operations and
then asked the pupils to solve it.
b. Mrs. Mandia who asked her pupils to construct a word problem for a given number
sentence that involves four fundamental operations and then asked them to solve the word
problem they constructed.
c. Mrs. Malang who asked her pupils to construct any word problem that involves the four
fundamental operations and then asked them to show how to solve it.
d. Mrs. Pontipedra who asked her pupils to construct any word problem that involves the
four fundamental operations then formed them by twos so that each pair exchanged
problems and help solve each other's problem.

18. Which is wrong to assume about traditional assessment?

a. It can assess individuals objectively.
b. It can assess individuals at the same time.
c. It is easier to administer than performance test.
d. It can assess fairly all the domains of intelligence of an individual

19. Which statement about performance-based assessment is FALSE?

a. It emphasizes merely process.
b. It also stresses doing, not only knowing.
c. It accentuates on process as well as product.
d. Essay tests are an example of performance-based assessments.

20. Under which assumption is portfolio assessment based?

a. Portfolio assessment is a dynamic assessment.
b. Assessment should stress the reproduction of knowledge.
c. An individual learner is adequately characterized by a test score.
d. An individual learner is inadequately characterized by a test score.

21. Which is a good portfolio evidence of a student's acquired knowledge and writing skills?
a. Project
b. Test Results
c. Reflective Journal
d. Critiqued Outputs

22. When planning for portfolio assessment, which should you do first?
a. Set the targets for portfolio assessment.
b. Exhibit one's work and be proud of one's collection
c. Select evidences that could be captured in one's portfolio
d. Reflect on one's collection and identify strengths and weaknesses

23. Which kind of rubric is best to use in rating students' projects done for several days?
a. Analytic
b. Holistic
c. Either holistic or analytic
d. Both holistic and analytic

24. Which is not true of an analytic rubric?

a. It is time consuming
b. It is easier to construct than the holistic rubric
c. It gives one's level of performance per criterion
d. It allows one to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of one's work.

25. Mrs. Bacani prepared a rubric with 5 levels of performance described in 5-excellent, 4-
very satisfactory, 3-satisfactory, 2 needs improvement, 1-poor. After using this rubric with
these descriptions, she found out that most of her students had a rating of 3. Even those
who are evidently poor in their performance had a rating of satisfactory. Cold there be a
possible error in the use of the rubric?
a. Yes, the teacher could have committed the generosity error.
b. Yes, the teacher could have committed the central tendency source of error.
c. No, it is just common to see more of the students having grade of 3 in a 5-point scale.
d. No, such result is acceptable as long as it has a positive consequence to the students.

Answers: 1C 2A 3A 4C 5C 6A 7C 8C 9D 10A 11B 12D 13B 14D 15B 16A 17D 18D 19A
20D 21C 22A 23A 24B 25B
Assessment and Evaluation of Learning Part 3
1. In a positively skewed distribution, the following statement are true except
a. Median is higher than the mode.
b. Mean is higher than the Media.
c. Mean is lower than the Mode.
d. Mean is not lower than the Mode.

2. Which of the following questions indicate a norm - referred interpretation?

a. How does the pupils test performance in our school compare with that of other schools?:
b. How does a pupil's test performance in reading and mathematics compare?
c. What type of remedial work will be most helpful for a slow- learning pupil?
d. Which pupils have achieved master of computational skills?

3. What is the performance of a student in the National Achievement Test (NAT) if he

obtained/got a stanine score of 5?
a. Between average and above average
b. Between average and below average
c. Below average
d. Average

4. Based on the figure, which is true about the distribution?

a. Mean=55, median=48, mode=34
b. Mean=46, median=40, mode=37
c. Mean=63, median=63, mode=63
d. The distribution is mesokrutic
5. If quartile deviation is to median, what is to mean?
a. Standard deviation
b. Mode
c. Range
d. Variance

6. In a normal distribution, which of the following is true?

a. median=mode=mean
b. median≠mode=mean
c. median≠mode≠mean
d. Mean=median=mode

7. Which of the following situations may lower the validity of test?

a. Mrs. Josea increases the number of items measuring each specific skill from three to five.
b. Mr. Santosa simplifies the language in the directions for the test.
c. Miss. Lopeza removes the items in the achievement test that everyone would be able to
answer correctly.
d. None of the above.
8. In a negatively skewed distribution, which of the following statements is true?
a. Mode is lower than the mean.
b. Mean is lower than the mode.
c. Median is higher than the mode.
d. Mode is lower than the median.

9. In a negatively skewed distribution, the following statements are true EXCEPT?

a. Mean is not higher than the median
b. Median is lower than the mode.
c. Mean is lower than the mode.
d. Mode is less than the median.

10. Miss Cortez administered a test to her class and the result is positively skewed. What
kind of test do you think Miss Cortez gave to her pupils?
a. Post test
b. Pretest
c. Mastery test
d. Criterion-referenced test
11. The result of the test given by teacher A showed a negatively skewed distribution. What
kind of test did Teacher A give?
a. The test is difficult
b. It is not too easy nor too difficult
c. It is moderately difficult
d. It is easy

12. When the distribution is skewed to the right, what kind of test was administered?
a. Difficult
b. Easy
c. Average/moderately difficult
d. Partly easy- partly difficult

13. In a negatively skewed distribution, what kind of students does Teacher B have?
a. Very good
b. Very poor
c. Average
d. Heterogeneous

14. In a positively skewed distribution, the students are?

a. Very good
b. Very poor
c. Average
d. Normally distributed

15. In a positively skewed distribution, which of the following statements is true?

a. Mode = 67 while Media = 54
b. Median = 53 while Mean = 41
c. Mean = 73 while Mode = 49
d. Median = 34 while Mode = 42

16. Which statements represent criterion-referenced interpretation?

a. Lucresia did better in solving the linear equation than 80% of representative Algebra
students.
b. Lucresia's score indicates that she is able to solve about two thirds of all one-variable
linear equations of such complexity.
c. Students who have reached Lucresia's level on linear equations usually succeed in the
subsequent unit on simultaneous equations with special help or extra time; i.e., Lucresia is
ready to move ahead.
d. All of the above

17. Bernard obtained a 97 percentile rank in an aptitude test. This means

a. He answered 97% of the items correctly.
b. He belongs to the 97% of the group who took the test.
c. 79% of the examinees did better than her on the test.
d. He surpassed 97% of those who took the test.
18. Which set of scores has the least variability?
Set 1 0,5,10,15,20
Set 2 25,35,45,55
Set 3 0,2,8,15,20
Set 4 505,501,503
a. Set 1
b. Set 2
c. Set 3
d. Set 4

19. Standard deviation is to variability as mode to?

a. Correlation
b. Discrimination
c. Central tendency
d. Level of difficulty

20. Goring performed better than 65% of the total number of examinees in the district
achievement test. What is his percentile rank?
a. P35
b. P65
c. P66
d. P75

21. Which is a guidance function of a test?

a. Identifying pupils who need corrective teaching
b. Predicting success in future academic and vocational education
c. Assigning marks for courses taken
d. Grouping pupils for instruction within a class

22. Mr. Reyes, an elementary school teacher in Science found out that many of his pupils
got very high scores in the test. What measure of central tendency should he use to
describe their average performance in the subject?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Range

23. Which of the following indicates how compressed or expanded the distribution of scores
is?
a. Measures of position
b. Measures of central tendency
c. Measures of correlation
d. Measures of variability

24. The proportion passing the upper and lower group is .80 and .95, respectively. What is
the index of difficulty?
a. .38
b. .40
c. .58
d. 1.02

25. Mr. Gringo tried to correlate the scores of his pupils in the Social studies test with their
grades in the same subject last 3rd quarter. What test validity is he trying to establish?
a. Content validity
b. Construct validity
c. Concurrent validity
d. Criterion related validity

Answers: 1C 2A 3D 4C 5A 6D 7D 8B 9D 10B 11D 12A 13A 14B 15C 16B 17D 18D 19C
20B 21B 22B 23D 24C 25C

Assessment and Evaluation of Learning Part 4

1. If a test item has a difficulty index of 0.06, how would you describe the test item?
a. It is very easy.
b. It is moderately difficulty.
c. It is very difficult
d. It is difficult

2. Two sections have the same mean but the standard deviation of section 2 is higher than
section 1. Which of the two sections is more homogeneous?
a. Section 1
b. Section 2
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above

3. Miss Corteza administered a test to her class and the result is positively skewed. What
kind of test do you think Miss Corteza gave to her pupils?
a. Posttest
b. Pretest
c. Mastery test
d. Criterion-referenced test

4. In his second item analysis, Mr. Gonzales found out that more from the lower group got
the test item 15 correctly. What does this mean?
a. The item has become more valid
b. The item has become more reliable
c. The item has a positive discriminating power
d. The item has a negative discriminating power

5. Q1 is 25th percentile as media is to what percentile?

a. 40th percentile
b. 60th percentile
c. 50th percentile
d. 75th percentile

6. Which is implied by a positively skewed scores distribution?

a. The mean, the median, and the mode are equal.
b. Most of the scores are high
c. Most of the scores are low.
d. The mode is high

7. In a normal distribution curve, what does a T-score of 60 mean?

a. Two SDs below the mean
b. Two SDs below the mean
c. One SD below the mean
d. One SD above the mean
For items 8 to 13, what does each figure/distribution on the right indicate?

8. a. mean > median > mode

b. mean < mode > median
c. mean > mode < median
d. mean < median < mode

9. a. mode < mean < median

b. mode > mean > median
c. median < mode > mean
d. none of the above
10. a. equal means, unequal standard deviations
b. equal means, equal standard deviations
c. unequal means, equal standard deviations
d. unequal means unequal standard deviations

11. a unequal means, equal standard deviations

b. unequal means, equal standard deviations
c. equal means, equal standard deviations
d. equal means, unequal standard deviations

12. a. unequal variability, equal means, different shapes

b. unequal means, equal variability, different shapes
c. equal variability, equal means, different shapes
d. unequal variability, unequal means, different shapes

13. a. unequal means, equal standard deviations

b. equal means, unequal standard deviations
c. equal means, equal standard deviations
d. unequal means, unequal standard deviations

14. In conducting a parent- teacher conference, which of the following is NOT true?
a. Be friendly and informal
b. Be a know-it-all person
c. Be willing to accept suggestions
d. Be careful in giving advice

15. In a frequency distribution, what is the midpoint of the class interval whose lower and
upper limits are 99.5 and 109.5?
a. 107.0
b. 105.0
c. 104.5
d. 102.5

16. In a frequency distribution, what is the interval size of the class whose lower and upper
limits are 9.5 and 19.5?
a. 11.0
b. 10.0
c. 9.0
d. 5.0

17. Given a mean of 55 and a standard deviation of 8, what two scores include one
standard deviation below and above the mean?
a. 46 and 63
b. 47 and 64
c. 47 and 63
d. 46 and 64

18. Given the same mean of 55 and standard deviation of 8, what score corresponds to two
standard deviation above the mean?
a. 70
b. 71
c. 72
d. 73

19. What principle of test construction is violated when one places very difficult items at the
beginning; thus creating frustration among students particularly those of average ability and
below average?
a. All the items of particular type should be placed together in the test.
b. The items should be phrased so that the content rather than the form of the statements
will determine the answer.
c. All items should be approximately 50 percent difficulty.
d. The items of any particular type should be arranged in an ascending order of difficulty.

20. Mrs. Reyes would like to find out how well her students know each other. What
assessment instrument would best suit her objective?
a. Self-report instrument
b. Sociometric technique
c. Guess-who technique
d. All of the above

21. Mr. Reyes asked his pupils to indicate on the piece of paper the names of their
classmates whom they would like to be with for some group activity, what assessment
technique did Mr. Reyes use?
a. Self-report technique
b. Guess-who technique
c. Sociometric technique
d. Anecdotal technique

22. Which of the following assessment procedures/tools is useful in assessing social

relation skills?
a. Anecdotal record
b. Attitude scale
c. Peer appraisal
d. any of the above

23. If the proportion passing for the upper and lower group is .90 and .30 respectively, what
is the discrimination index?
a. .40
b. .50
c. .60
d. .70

24. Which is an example of affective learning outcome?

a. Interpret stimuli from various modalities to provide data needed in making adjustments to
the environment
b. Judge problem and issues in terms of situations involved than in terms of fixed dogmatic
thinking
c. Appreciate the quality and worth of the story read
d. None of the above

25. Mr. Mirasol who is a high school teacher in English conducted an item analysis of her
test. She found out that four of the items of the test obtained the following difficulty and
discrimination indices and as follows:

Item Number Difficulty Index Discrimination Index

1 .58 .49
2 .92 .72
3 .09 .32
4 .93 .15

Which of the above items should be discard in her item pool?

a. Item 1
b. Item 2
c. Item 3
d. Item 4

Answers: 1C 2A 3B 4D 5C 6C 7D 8D 9D 10A 11A 12C 13D 14B 15C 16B 17C 18B 19D
20C 21C 22C 23C 24B 25D

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