Assessment of Learning 1

1. 1. 1. Teacher Ryan conducted a short quiz after discussing the topic “Item Analysis”, to get
feedback on how much the students learned which may not be used for grading purposes is
classified as a ____________. a. Placement assessment c. Formative Assessment b. Summative
assessment d. Diagnostic Assessment Answer:

2. 2. 2. The criterion of success of Teacher RC in his lesson is that “the students must be able to get
85% of the test items correctly”. Luis and 29 other students in the class answered only 33 out of
40 items correctly. This means that teacher RC _____________. a. attained his lesson objective
because of his effective problem solving drills. b. did not attain his lesson objective because his
students lack of attention. c. attained his lesson objective. d. did not attain his lesson objective
as far as the 30 students are concerned Answer

3. 3. 3. To increase the difficulty of a multiple-choice test item, which of the following should be
done? a. Make the options homogenous b. Make the stem short and clear. c. Make it
grammatically correct. d. Make the options equal in length. Answer

4. 4. 4. Teacher Y set 85% accuracy in a test on predicting the kind of weather given five different
atmospheric conditions. Marivic obtained a score of 82% can be interpreted as _________. a.
she obtained 82% percentile score. b. she did not meet the set standard by 3% c. she is higher
than 82% of the group d. she is 3% short of the set percentile score. Answer

5. 5. 5. Teacher Anne gave a test at the end of a lesson to find out if the objectives of her lesson
have been attained. This can be classified as _____________. a. Placement assessment b.
Curricular assessment c. Norm-referenced d. Criterion-referenced Answer

6. 6. 6. What are the characteristics of a good assessment instrument? I. Objectivity II. Validity III.
Practicality and Efficiency IV. Reliability a. I,II,IV b. II, IV c. I,II,III d. I,II,III,IV Answer

7. 7. 7. Teacher Ace wants to establish the reliability of his test in Biology. Which of the following
will he accomplish? I. Administer a parallel test. II. Split the test III. Construct a variety of items.
IV. Administer the same test twice. Answer a. I, III, IV b. I, II, IV c. I, II d. IV

8. 8. 8. Teacher Nancy constructed a matching type test item. In her column of descriptions are
combinations of presidents, current issues, and sports. Which rule of constructing a matching
type test item was NOT followed? a. The options must be greater than the descriptions. b. The
descriptions must be homogeneous. c. The descriptions must heterogeneous. d. Arrange the
options according to order. Answer

9. 9. 9. Teacher MJ give a 59-item test in English where the mean performance of the group is 40
and the standard deviation is 6. Markie obtained a score of 45. Which of the following best
 describe his performance? a. Below average c. Above average b. Average d. Outstanding
Answer

10. 10. 10. Which of the following does NOT belong to the group when we talk about projective
personality test? a. Sentence completion test. b. Interview c. Word association test d. Thematic
Apperception test Answer

11. 11. 11. Which of the following is the main purpose of administering a pre-test and post-test to
the students? a. Measure the value of the materials used. b. Accustom the students in frequent
testing. c. Measure gains in learning. d. Measure the effectiveness of instruction. Answer

12. 12. 12. Teacher G discovered that his students are weak in grammar. Which assessment
procedure should Teacher G administer to further determine in which other skills his students

are weak? a. Placement Assessment c. Diagnostic Assessment b. Summative Assessment d.

Formative Assessment Answer

13. 13. 13. Teacher K conducted a test in MAKABAYAN IV, in her item number 13 it is said to be non-
discriminating. What can be said about this item? I. The item is very difficult that nobody got the
correct answer. II. Teaching or learning is very good. III. The item is very easy and everybody got
it right. a. I only b. I and II c. I and III d. III only Answer

14. 14. 14. A portfolio assessment requires a presentation of a collection of student’s work. What is
the purpose of the said activity? I. The showcase the current abilities and skills of the learners. II.
To show growth and development of the learners. III. To evaluate the cumulative achievement

of the learners. a. I,II and III b. I and II c. I and III d. II and III Answer
15. 15. 15. Which of the following is/are true about matching type test? I. The descriptions and
options must be homogeneous. II. The options at the first column and the descriptions at the
second column. III. The number of options must be greater than the number of descriptions. IV.
There must be at least three items. a. I only b. I and III c. I,II,III d. I,III and IV Answer

16. 16. 16. Which statement is true in a bell-shaped curve? a. There are more high scores than low
scores. b. Most of the scores are high. c. The scores are normally distributed. d. There are more
low scores than high scores. Answer

17. 17. 17. Jay R’s raw score in Mathematics class is 94 which is equal to 97th percentile. What does
this mean? a. 97% of Jay R’s classmates got a score higher than 94. b. 97% of Jay R’s classmates
got a score lower than 94. c. Jay R’s score is less than 97% of his classmates. d. Jay R is higher
than 97% of his classmates. Answer
18. 18. 18. The discrimination index of a test item is 0.35. What does this mean? a. More students in
the lower group got the item correctly than those students in the upper group. b. More
students in the upper group got the item correctly than those students in the lower group. c.
The number of students in the lower group and upper group who got the item correctly are
equal. d. More students from the upper group got the item incorrectly. Answer

19. 19. 19. Which of the following statement/s is/are important in developing a scoring rubrics? I.
Description of each criterion to serve a standard. II. Very clear descriptions of performance in
each level. III. Rating scale. IV. Mastery levels of achievement a. I only b. I and II c. I,II,III d.
I,II,III,IV Answer

20. 20. 20. Teacher A is talking about “grading on the curve” in a district meeting. What does this
mean? a. A student grade determines whether or not a student attains a defined standard of
achievement. b. A student grade tells how closely he is achieving to his potential. c. A student
grade compares his achievement to his effort. d. A student grade depends on how
achievement compares with the achievements of other students in a class. Answer

21. 21. 21. Which of the statement best describes norm-referenced interpretation? a. BJ performed
better in Mathematics than 85% of his classmates. b. BJ was able to get 60% of the items
correctly. c. BJ got 40 items correctly out of 50 items. d. BJ was able to answer his test in 45
minutes only. Answer

22. 22. 22. Which of the following instructional objectives is the highest level of Bloom’s cognitive
taxonomy? a. Compute the standard deviation value: 25, 27, 30, 33, & 36. b. Identify the kinds
of measure of variation. c. Compare and contrast quartile deviation and standard deviation. d.
Explain the concept of variation. Answer

23. 23. 23. Teacher DJ wants to test his student’s ability to formulate ideas, which type of test
should he formulate? a. Completion type b. Matching-type c. Multiple-choice answer d. Essay
Answer

24. 24. 24. Which is the first step in planning periodic test? a. Select the type of test item to use. b.
Construct a table of specification. c. God back to the instructional objectives. d. Determine the
group of whom the test is intended. Answer

25. 25. 25. Below is a list of method used to establish the reliability to a test, which method is
questionable due to practice and familiarity? a. Split half b. Equivalent form c. Kuder Richardson
d. Test-retest Answer

26. 26. 26. Teacher BJ wrote about Ryan:” When Ryan 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 discussed. This was very unusual for he has been eager to participate and
 often monopolizes the class discussion. What Teacher BJ wrote is an example of a/an ______. a.
anecdotal report c. personality report b. observation report d. incidence report Answer

27. 27. 27. About how many percent of the cases fall between -2SD and +2SD in the normal curve? a.
34.13 b. 68.26 c. 95.44 d. 99.72 Answer

28. 28. 28. Teacher Luis found out that more from the lower group got item #16 correctly in his item
analysis. This means that the test item has ___________. a. negative discriminating power b.
low validity c. positive discriminating power d. zero discriminating power Answer

29. 29. 29. Under which assumption is portfolio assessment based? a. Portfolio assessment is
dynamic assessment. b. Assessment should stress the reproduction knowledge. c. An individual
learner is inadequately characterized by a test score. d. An individual learner is adequately
characterized by a test score. Answer

30. 30. 30. What is the meaning of TOS in the parlance of test construction? a. Table of Specifics c.
Table of Specific Test b. Table of Specifications d. Table of Subject Answer

31. 31. 31. 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. Answer

32. 32. 32. Which statement best describes a negatively skewed score distribution? a. Most
examinees got high scores. 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. Answer

33. 33. 33. In a normal distribution, a T-score of 70 is ___________. a. two SDs below the mean c.
one SD below the mean b. two SDs above the mean d. one SD above the mean Answer

34. 34. 34. The computer value of r for Math and Science is 0.92. What does this mean? a. Math and
Science scores are inversely related. b. High scores in Math are associated with high scores in
Science. c. Low scores in math are associated with high scores in Science. d. The higher the
scores in Science, the lower the scores in Math. Answer

35. 35. 35. Teacher B is researching on family income distribution which is symmetrical. Which
measure/s of central tendency will be most informative and appropriate? a. Mode b. Mean c.
Median d. Mean and Median Answer

36. 36. 36. What measure/s of central tendency does the number 20 represent in the following
score distribution? 25, 15, 17, 20,23, 18, 20, 24? a. Mode only c. Mode and Median b. Median
only d. Mean and mode Answer

37. 37. 37. The Analysis of Variance utilizing the F-test is appropriate to test the significant
difference between _____________. a. frequencies c. median b. two means only d. three or
more means Answer
38. 38. 38. Which statement about standard deviation is CORRECT? a. The smaller the standard
deviation the more spread the scores are. b. The larger the standard deviation the less spread
the scores are. c. The larger the standard deviation the more spread the score are. d. It is
measure of central tendency. Answer

39. 39. 39. Teacher Ryan Christopher gave a summative test. In which competency did his students
find the greatest difficulty? In the item with a difficulty index of ________________. a. 0.09 b.
1.0 c. 0.75 d. 0.45 Answer

40. 40. 40. Teacher Kristy conducted an item analysis is her Chapter examination, she found out that
the difficulty index of item 20 is 0.45 and the discrimination index is 0.33. What should the
teacher do with this item? a. Reject the item c. Revise the item b. Retain the item d. Make the
item bonus Answer

41. 41. Situation A. Study this group of test which was administered to a class whom Ritz Glenn
belongs, then answer the questions(41-43). Subject Ritz Glenn’s Score Mean Score Standard
deviation (s) Math 90 85 1.5 English 95 97 2.0 PEHM 94 92 1.75 41. In which subject/s did Ritz
Glenn performed well? a. Math b. Math and English c. English d. PEHM Answer

42. 42. Subject Ritz Glenn’s Score Mean Score Standard deviation (s) Math 90 85 1.5 English 95 97
2.0 PEHM 94 92 1.75 42. What type of learner is Ritz Glenn? a. logical and bodily kinaesthetic. b.
logical c. linguistic d. bodily kinaesthetic Answer

43. 43. Subject Ritz Glenn’s Score Mean Score Standard deviation (s) Math 90 85 1.5 English 95 97
2.0 PEHM 94 92 1.75 43. In which group of scores most spread? a. Math and PEHM B. Math c.
English d. PEHM Answer

44. 44. 44. The score distribution of Set A and Set B have equal mean but with different SD’s. Set A
has SD of 2.75 while Set B has SD of 3.25. Which statement is TRUE of the score distributions? a.
Majority of the scores in Set B are clustered around the mean. b. Majority of the scores is Set A
are clustered around the mean than in set B. c. Scores in Set A are more widely scattered. d. The
scores of Set B has less variability than the scores in Set A. Answer

45. 45. Situation B. Study the table on item analysis for non-attractiveness and non-plausibility of
distracters based on the results of a try-out test in Science. The letter marked with an asterisk is
the correct answer. Item No. 1 A B C D* Upper 27% 3 3 1 8 Lower 27% 5 1 6 3 45. The table
shows that the test item analyzed ______________. a. has a positive discrimination index. b. has
a negative discrimination index. c. is easy d. is difficult Answer

46. 46. Item No. 1 A B C D* Upper 27% 3 3 1 8 Lower 27% 5 1 6 3 46. Based on the table, which is
most effective distracter? a. Option A b. Option B c. Option C d. Option D Answer

47. 47. Item No. 1 A B C D* Upper 27% 3 3 1 8 Lower 27% 5 1 6 3 47. What is the difficulty level of
the given item? a. Easy c. Difficult b. Moderately Difficult d. Very difficult Answer
48. 48. Item No. 1 A B C D* Upper 27% 3 3 1 8 Lower 27% 5 1 6 3 48. Based on the table, what
should you do with the test item? a. make the item bonus c. retain the item b. reject the item d.
revise the item Answer

49. 49. 49. Which of the following statements are components of the grading system based on Dep
Ed Order 33, series of 2004? I. The lowest failing grade appeared in the report card is 65%. II.
Transmutation table is utilized in the computation of grade. III. Mastery of at least 75% of the
competencies. IV. Use table of equivalence in the computation of grade. V. Cumulative system
for final grade is utilized. a. I, III, IV b. I, II, III, IV c. II, IV, V d. I, II, III, IV, V Answer

50. 50. 50. JP’s scores in English quizzes are as follows: 96, 90, 85, 89, 65, 99, 84, 82. What is the
mean value? a. 83. 25 b. 84. 25 c. 85. 25 d. 86.25 Answer

51. 51. 51. Teacher Adrian will construct an achievement test. Which of the following he will
accomplish first? a. Construct relevant test items. b. Prepare table of specification. c. Determine
the number of items to be constructed. d. Identify the intended learning outcomes. Answer

52. 52. Situation A (For item 52-53) Direction: Column A describes events associated with U.S
presidents, inventor, civil right leader. Indicate which name in Column B matches each event by
placing the appropriate letter to the left of the number to Column A. Each name may be used
once only. Column A Column B 1. President of the 20th Century A. Lincoln 2. Invented the
telephone B. Nixon 3. Delivered the Emancipation Proclamation C. Whitney 4. Recent president
to resign from office D. Ford 5. Civil rights leader E. Bell 6. Invented the cotton gin F. King 7. Our
first president G. Washington 8. Only president elected for more than H. Roosevelt two terms.
52. Which guideline of writing matching type item was NOT FOLLOWED? a. It is very difficult test
items. b. Consist of less than ten items. c. It is NOT valid test items. d. It is NOT homogeneous.
Answer

53. 53. Column A Column B 1. President of the 20th Century A. Lincoln 2. Invented the telephone B.
Nixon 3. Delivered the Emancipation Proclamation C. Whitney 4. Recent president to resign
from office D. Ford 5. Civil rights leader E. Bell 6. Invented the cotton gin F. King 7. Our first
president G. Washington 8. Only president elected for more than H. Roosevelt two terms. 53.
Using the data in situation A. How would you improve the options to avoid ambiguity? a.
Arrange the options in alphabetical order. b. Add two more options to avoid guessing. c. Write
the complete names in the options. d. Remove two options to have valid options. Answer

54. 54. 54. Which of the following objectives is the highest level of Bloom’s taxonomy? a. Identifies
the meaning of term. b. Identifies the order of the given events. c. Interprets the meaning of an
idea. d. Improves defective test items. Answer

55. 55. 55. Which statement/s is/are true in constructing matching type of test? I. The options and
descriptions not necessarily homogeneous. II. The options must be greater than the descriptions.
III. The directions must state the basis of matching. IV. Descriptions in Column A and options in
Column B. a. I, II and III c. I, II and IV b. II, III, and IV d. I, II, III and IV Answer
56. 56. 56. Which of the following should be AVOIDED in constructing true or false test? I. Verbal
clues and specific determiner. II. Terms denoting definite degree or amount. III. Taking
statements directly from the book. IV. Keep true and false statement the same in length. a. I and
III only c. I, II, and IV b. I, II, and III d. II and IV only Answer

57. 57. 57. Which of the following test item can best effectively measure higher order of cognitive
learning objectives? a. Objective Test c. Completion Test b. Achievement test d. Extended essay
test Answer

58. 58. 58. Which statements best describes a short-answer test items? I. It is easy to write test
items. II. Broad range of knowledge outcomes can be measured. III. Adaptable in measuring
complex learning outcomes. IV. Scoring is NOT tedious and time consuming. a. I, II and III c. II
and IV only b. I and II only d. II, III and IV Answer

59. 59. Situation B. The data on the table below are results of test which was administered to four
subjects in which Ritz Glenn belong. Using the said data answer the questions. (59-63). Subject
Ritz Glenn’s Score Mean Standard Deviation English 88 85 3.5 Mathematics 95 97 5 Music 90 98
6.5 PE 94 91 4 59. In which subject did Ritz Glenn performed best in relation to the performance
of the group? a. English b. Music c. Mathematics d. PE Answer

60. 60. Subject Ritz Glenn’s Score Mean Standard Deviation English 88 85 3.5 Mathematics 95 97 5
Music 90 98 6.5 PE 94 91 4 60. What type of learner is Ritz Glenn? a. Bodily Kinesthetic c.
Musical b. Logical d. Linguistic Answer

61. 61. Subject Ritz Glenn’s Score Mean Standard Deviation English 88 85 3.5 Mathematics 95 97 5
Music 90 98 6.5 PE 94 91 4 61. In which subject did Ritz Glenn performed mostly poorly in
relation to the group performance? a. English c. Mathematics b. Music d. PE Answer

62. 62. Subject Ritz Glenn’s Score Mean Standard Deviation English 88 85 3.5 Mathematics 95 97 5
Music 90 98 6.5 PE 94 91 4 62. In which subject the scores most dispersed? a. English c.
Mathematics b. Music d. PE Answer

63. 63. Subject Ritz Glenn’s Score Mean Standard Deviation English 88 85 3.5 Mathematics 95 97 5
Music 90 98 6.5 PE 94 91 4 63. In which subject the scores less dispersed? a. English c.
Mathematics b. Music d. PE Answer

64. 64. 64. Which statement best describes normal distribution? a. Only few got average scores. b.
The mean, the median are equal. c. Negatively skewed distribution. d. Most of the scores lies at
one end of the distribution. Answer

65. 65. 65. Standard deviation is to Measure of Variation as _______ is to Measures of Central
Tendency/ a. Quartile Deviation c. Range b. Mean Deviation d. Mode Answer

66. 66. 66. What type of measure of variation easily affected by the extremes scores? a. Range c.
Inter-quartile range b. Quartile Deviation d. Standard deviation Answer
67. 67. 67. Which measure/s of central tendency easily affected by the extreme scores? a. Median c.
Mode b. Mean d. Mean and Median Answer

68. 68. 68. At type of error committed in grading the performance of the students by the rater who
avoids both extremes of the scale and tends to rate everyone as average. a. generosity error c.
logical error b. severity error d. central tendency error Answer

69. 69. 69. What error committed by the rater if he overate the performance of the student/s? a.
generosity error c. logical error b. severity error d. central tendency error Answer

70. 70. 70. Which of the following assessment techniques best assess the objective “Plans and
designs an experiment to be performed”. a. paper and pencil test c. Checklist b. Rating scale d.
Essay Answer

71. 71. 71. Teacher Gina is talking about “grading on the curve” in a teacher’s assembly. This means
that she’s referring to what type of grading system? a. Cumulative method of grading c.
Criterion-reference grading b. Norm-reference grading d. Combination of B and C Answer

72. 72. 72. The computed value of r=0.95 in Mathematics and English. What does this imply? a.
Mathematics score is not related to English score. b. English score is moderately related to
Mathematics score. c. Mathematics score is highly positive related to English score. d. English
score is not anyway related to Mathematics score. Answer

73. 73. 73. Teacher Jean will conduct a test “to measure her student’s ability to organize thoughts
and present original ideas”. Which of type of test is most appropriate? a. Modified true-false
test item c. Short answer test b. Completion type of test d. Essay test Answer

74. 74. 74. Which characteristics best describes the given score distribution? The scores are: 22, 23,
24, 24, 24, 25, 26, 26, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 39, 39, 40, 40, 45. a. Multi-modal c. Normally
distributed c. Bimodal d. Skewed to the left Answer

75. 75. 75. Which of the following statement refers to criterion- reference interpretation? a. Ritz got
the highest score in Mathematics. b. Luis computed the problem solving faster than his
classmates. c. Vinci set up his laboratory equipments in 2 minutes. d. Lovely’s test score is higher
than 95% of the class. Answer

76. 76. 76. Which of the following is an example of norm- referenced interpretation? a. Lord’s test
score is higher than 89% of the class b. Vinci set up his laboratory equipments in 2 minutes. c.
Harold must spell 25 words correctly out of 30 words. d. Mark solve 5 problems correctly in 30
minutes. Answer

77. 77. 77. What is the main advantage of using table of specifications (TOS) when constructing
periodic test? a. It increases the reliability of the test results. b. It reduces the scoring time. c. It
makes test construction easier. d. It improves the sampling of content areas. Answer
78. 78. 78. The main objective of testing in teaching is _________________. a. to assess students
learning and the effectiveness of instruction. b. to assess the effectiveness of teaching methods
used. c. to evaluate the instructional materials used. d. to evaluate the performance of the
teacher in that particular lesson. Answer

79. 79. 79. Which of the following statement is the main reason why should negative words be
avoided in constructing multiple-choice test? a. Increase the difficulty of the test item. b. More
difficult to construct options. c. Might be overlooked. d. Stems tends to be longer Answer

80. 80. 80. Obtaining a dependable ranking of students is a major concern when using: a. teacher-
made diagnostic test. b. norm-reference test. c. criterion-reference test. d. mastery
achievement test. Answer

81. 81. 81. When a test is lengthened, the reliability is likely to _________? a. increase c. not
determined b. decrease d. both A and B Answer

82. 82. 82. Which of the following statements describes performance based assessment? I. Evaluate
complex learning outcomes and skills. II. Encourages the application of learning to “real life”
situation. III. Measure broad range of contents. a. I only c. III only b. I and II d. I, II and III Answer

83. 83. 83. Teacher Adrian conducted item analysis and he found out that more from the lower
group got the test item number 6 correctly. This means that the test item ____________. a. has
a low reliability b. has a high validity c. has a positive discrimination power d. has a negative
discriminating power Answer

84. 84. 84. Which is implied by a positively skewed score distribution? a. Most of the scores are
below the mean value. b. Most of the scores are above the mean value. c. The mean is less than
the median. d. The mean, the median and the mode are equal. Answer

85. 85. 85. Most of the students who took the examination got scores above the mean. What is the
graphical representation of the score distribution? a. skewed to the left c. Skewed to the right b.
scores are normally distribute d. positively skewed Answer

86. 86. 86. Which statement best describes a negatively skewed score distribution? a. The value of
mean and median are equal. b. Most examinees got scores above the mean. c. The value of
mode corresponds to a low score. d. The value of median is higher than the value of mode.
Answer

87. 87. 87. In a normal distribution a T-score of 80 is ____________. a. two SD’s below the mean c.
three SD’s below the mean b. two SD’s above the mean d. three SD’s above the mean Answer

88. 88. 88. The distribution of a class with academically poor students is most likely __________. a.
normally distributed c. skewed to the right b. skewed to the left d. leptokurtic Answer
89. 89. 89. Teacher Paul conducted item analysis and he found out that significantly greater number
form the upper group of the class got test item number 10 correctly. This means that the test
item ______. a. has negative discriminating power. b. has a positive discriminating power. c. has
low reliability. d. has high validity. Answer

90. 90. 90. Mary Anne obtained a NAT percentile rank of 93. This imply that ______. a. she
surpassed in performance 7% of her group. b. she got a score of 93. c. she answered 93 items
correctly. d. she surpassed in performance 93% of her fellow examinees. Answer

91. 91. 91. Based from the two sets of scores below, which statement correctly applies to the two
sets of data? Set A: 10, 13, 15, 16, 20 ,25 Set B: 13, 14, 17, 18, 23, 25 a. The range of Set B is 15.
b. The range of Set A is 11. c. The scores in Set A are more scattered than those in Set B. d. The
scores in Set B are more scattered than those in Set A. Answer

92. 92. 92. Which of the following statement best describes the incorrect options in item analysis? a.
Determining the percentage equivalent of the cut off score. b. Determining the highest score. c.
Determining the attractiveness of distracters. d. Determining the cut off score. Answer

93. 93. 93. Teacher Kristy gave a chapter test, in which competency did her students find greatest
difficulty? In the item with a difficulty index of____________. a. 0.25 c. 0.75 b. 0.15 d. 1.00
Answer

94. 94. Scores Number of students 11-15 7 16-20 10 21-25 7 26-30 20 31-35 6 94. Fifty students
took 40 items in English, below are their scores. (Items 94 to 95). In which interval the median
values lies? a. In the interval 16-20. b. In the interval 26-30. c. Between the interval 16-20 and
21-25. d. In the interval 21-25. Answer

95. 95. Scores Number of students 11-15 7 16-20 10 21-25 7 26-30 20 31-35 6 95. Based on the data
on item number 94, how many percent of the scores lower than 21? a. 14% c. 20% b. 17% d.
34% Answer

96. 96. 96. Teacher Lawrence gave a test in Mathematics. The facility of item No. 10 is 75%. The best
way described item No. 10 is _______. a. very easy item c. average item b. easy item d. difficult
item Answer

97. 97. 97. At the end of the school year, all third year students presented their portfolio in English
subject. Students, teachers, and other stakeholders were asked to view and give their comments
regarding what was viewed. Which authentic assessment was organized? a. Exhibits c.
Conference b. Program d. Seminar Answer

98. 98. 98. Joseph’s score in Science is 1.5 standard deviation above the mean of his group and 2
standard deviation above Mathematics. What does this mean? a. He excels both in Science and
in Mathematics. b. He is better in Mathematics than in Science. c. He is better in Science than in
Mathematics. d. He does not excel in both subjects. Answer
99. 99. 99. The criterion of success in Teacher Jenny objective is that “the students must be able to
get 80% of the test items correctly”. Luis and 24 other students in the class answered only 20
out of 25 items correctly. This means that teacher Jenny _____________. a. attained her lesson
objective because of her effective problem solving drills. b. did not attain her lesson objective
because her students lack of attention. c. attained her lesson objective. d. did not attain her
lesson objective as far as the 25 students are concerned. Answer

100. 100. 100. The grading system of Department of Education is averaging. What is the
average final grade of Andie in English for four grading periods? 1st Grading 2nd Grading 3rd
Grading 4th Grading Final Rating 90 88 93 95 ? a. 91.75 c. 94.00 b. 92.25 d. 95.00 Answer

101. 101. 101. The grading method which gives weight to the present grade and the previous
grade of the student such as =1/3(TGG) + 2/3(FGG) Final Grade is called __________. a.
Averaging c. Norm referenced b. Criterion referenced d. Cumulative Answer

102. 102. 102. To increase the difficulty of a multiple-choice test item, which of the following
should be done? a. Make the stem short and clear. b. Make the options homogeneous. c. Make
it grammatically correct. d. Make the options equal in length. Answer

103. 103. Situation C. (Item number 103 to 110). Given the table on item analysis for non-
attractiveness and non-plausibility of distracters based on the results of a try-out test in English.
The letter mark with an asterisk is the correct answer. Item No. 10 A* B C D Upper 27% 16 3 10 1
Lower 27% 14 6 8 2 103. Based on the table, which group got more correct answer? a. Lower
group c. Can’t be determined b. Upper group d. Either lower group or upper group Answer

104. 104. Item No. 10 A* B C D Upper 27% 16 3 10 1 Lower 27% 14 6 8 2 104. The table
shows that the item analysed has _________. a. Positive discriminating index. b. Negative
discriminating index. c. zero discriminating index. d. high reliability index. Answer

105. 105. Item No. 10 A* B C D Upper 27% 16 3 10 1 Lower 27% 14 6 8 2 105. Based on the
table in Situation C, which is the most effective distracters? a. Option A c. Option C b. Option B d.
Option D Answer

106. 106. Item No. 10 A* B C D Upper 27% 16 3 10 1 Lower 27% 14 6 8 2 106. Base on the
table in Situation C, which distracters should be revised? a. Option A c. Option C b. Option B d.
Option D Answer

107. 107. Item No. 10 A* B C D Upper 27% 16 3 10 1 Lower 27% 14 6 8 2 107. What is the
level of difficulty of item 6 in Situation C? a. very easy c. moderately difficult b. easy d. difficult
Answer

108. 108. Item No. 10 A* B C D Upper 27% 16 3 10 1 Lower 27% 14 6 8 2 108. What is the
discriminating index of item number 6 in situation C? a. 3% c. 7% b. 6% d. 50% Answer
109. 109. 109. Which statement about performance-based assessment is FALSE? a. They
stress on process as well as product. b. They also stress on doing, not only knowing. c. Essay test
are example of performance-base assessments. d. They emphasize merely on process. Answer

110. 110. 110. A Z-scores provide information about the location of the raw scores
_________. a. below the mean in units of the range of the distribution; b. above the mean in
units of the standard deviation of the distribution; c. above and below the mean in units of the
range of the distribution; d. above and below the mean in standard deviation units from the
mean. Answer

111. 111. 111. Assessment is said to be authentic when the teacher ____________. a.
considers student’s suggestions in testing. b. gives valid and reliable paper-and-pencil test. c.
gives students real-life tasks to accomplish. d. includes parents in the determination of
assessment procedures. Answer

112. 112. 112. If teacher Jerick Ivan wants to test his student’s synthesizing skills. Which of
the following has the highest diagnostic value? a. Completion test c. Essay test b. Performance
test d. Multiple choice test Answer

113. 113. 113. Which of the following statement about marking on a normative basis? a. the
normal distribution curve should be followed. b. most of the students get low scores. c. most of
the students get high scores. d. the grading should based from the given criteria. Answer

114. 114. 114. The discriminating index of item number 15 is 0.44. This means that
_____________. a. more students from the upper group got the item correctly. b. more
students from the lower group got the item correctly. c. equal number of students got the
correct answer form the upper and lower group. d. the test item is very easy. Answer

115. 115. 115. The difficulty index of item 20 is 0.55 and the discrimination index is 0.15.
What should the teacher do with this item? a. Reject the item c. Revise the item b. Retain the
item d. Make the item bonus Answer

116. 116. 116. The discriminating index of item number 1 is -0.15. This means that ______. a.
More students from the upper group got the item correctly. b. More students from the lower
group got the item correctly. c. Equal number of students got the correct answer from the upper
and lower group. d. The test item is very difficult. Answer

117. 117. 117. Suppose that a certain aptitude test administered to a randomly selected
group of college students had a mean of 8- and standard deviation of 5. If BJ got a z-score of 3,
what is the value of his raw score? a. 80 c. 90 b. 85 d. 95 Answer

118. 118. 118. About how many percent of the case fall between -1SD and +1SD in the
normal curve? a. 99.72 c. 68.26 b. 95.44 d. 34.13 Answer
119. 119. 119. In research, t-test is appropriate to test the significant difference between: a.
frequencies c. two mean only b. median d. three or more means Answer

120. 120. 120. 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. Answer

121. 121. 121. Teacher Anne give achievement test to her 30 students. The test consists of
the 25 items. She wants to compare her students’ performance based on the test results. What
is the appropriate measure for the position? a. Percentage c. z-score b. Percentile rank d.
Standard nine Answer

122. 122. 122. Student J was asked to report to the Guidance Office. Student J 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 J must be of the
delinquent type. c. Student J is a “problem” student. d. Guidance counsellors are perceived to
be “almighty and omniscient”. Answer

123. 123. 123. Which of the following statements is one of the strength of an autobiography
as a technique for personality appraisal? a. It can replace data obtained from other data
gathering technique. b. It may be read by unauthorized people. c. It gives complete data about
the author. d. It makes possible presentation of intimate experiences. Answer

124. 124. 124. The counselee revealed that she will commit suicide on weekend. Can the
counsellor reveal the secret to the parents? a. Yes, it is mandatory that in cases involving suicide
that confidentiality is superseded. b. No, the counsellor has no right. c. Yes as long as he tells the
parents that he is not the source. d. No, It is unethical. Answer

125. 125. 125. This is the pre-planned collection of sample of student works, assessed results
and other output produced by the students. a. Diary c. Observation Report b. Portfolio d.
Anecdotal Report Answer

126. 126. 1. Answer: C. Formative Assessment is given during or after instruction to improve
learning and to get feedback from the performance or achievement of the students. Back

127. 127. Answer: D. Exactly 82.5% of the students got the items correctly. Hence teacher RC
did not attain his objectives Back

128. 128. Answer: A. To increase the difficulty of a multiple-choice test item, make options in
the same class or it must be homogeneous. Back

129. 129. Answer: B. The standard set by Teacher Y is 85% and Marivic obtained 82% only,
hence she did not meet the standard by 3% Back
130. 130. Answer: D. Criterion-referenced is a type of assessment in which the performance
of the students compared to a certain standard or criterion. In this case, the performance of the
students will be compared to the instructional objectives of the teacher. Back

131. 131. Answer: D. Objectivity, validity, practically and efficiency, reliability are all
characteristics of a good assessment instrument. Back

132. 132. Answer: B. Statements I, II and IV are the different methods of establishing
reliability of a test. Back

133. 133. Answer: B. In developing a matching type test item, the descriptions and options
must be homogeneous. Back

134. 134. Answer: C. Mean performance is 40, standard deviation is 6 and Markie’s score is
45. The score of Markie is within Mean +1standard deviation which is 46 hence his performance
is above average. The score of Markie is above the mean. Back

135. 135. Answer: B. Sentence completion test, Word association test, Thematic
Apperception test are all projective personality test while interview cannot be considered a test
perse. Back

136. 136. Answer: C. The main purpose of administering a pre-test and post- test is to
measure the gains of learning. Back

137. 137. Answer: B. Diagnostic assessment is a form of assessment in which one of the
purposes is to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the students. Back

138. 138. Answer: C. Non discriminating item is an item that can’t discriminate the lower
performing group of students and upper performing students. Hence, if nobody got the correct
answer or everybody got the correct answer the item is said to be non discriminating. Back

139. 139. Answer: A. Statements I, II, and III describes the purposes of portfolio assessment.
Back

140. 140. Answer: D. Statements I, III and IV are all guidelines in developing a matching type
of test. Back

141. 141. Answer: C. Bell-shape curve means that the scores are normally distributed. Back

142. 142. Answer: B. This can be written as P97 = 94 meaning 97% of Jay R’s classmate got a
score lower than 94. Back

143. 143. Answer: B. Discriminating Index = 0.35, which means that it is positive
discrimination. Meaning, more students from the upper group got the item correctly than those
students from the lower group. Back
144. 144. Answer: D. Statement I, II, III and IV are all important in developing scoring rubrics.
Back

145. 145. Answer: Grading on the curve means, the performance of the students in a certain
test is relative to the performance of the other students. In other words, the performance of a
certain student is compared to the performance of the other students. Back

146. 146. Answer: A. Norm–referenced interpretation means, comparing the performance of

the students relative to the performance of others. The statement, BJ performed better in
Mathematics than 85% of his classmate means that BJ got a score higher than 85% of his
classmates. Back

147. 147. Answer: C. Compare and contrast quartile deviation and standard deviation is a
synthesis level of cognitive domain. Back

148. 148. Answer: D. Essay test allows students to organize ideas in accordance with their
judgement about a certain topic. Option A, B and C are types of test that do not need further
explanation. Back

149. 149. Answer: C. The first step in constructing a test is to go back to the instructional
objectives. Back

150. 150. Answer: D. Test-retest allows the students to memorize the contents of the test
because the same test given twice to same group of students. Back

151. 151. Answer: A. Anecdotal reports are notes written by the teacher regarding incidents
at the classroom that might needs special attention in the future. Back

152. 152. Answer: C. The area of the normal curve from -2SD to +2SD is approximately
95.44%. Illustration, from mean to 1SD is 34.13%; from mean to -1SD is also 34.13%. From 1SD
to 2SD is 13.59% ; from -1SD to -2SD is 13.59%. Thus, the area under the normal curve is 34.13%
+ 34.13%+13.59% = 95.44%. Back

153. 153. Answer: A. Negative discrimination means that more students from the lower
group got an item correctly than those students in the upper group. Back

154. 154. Answer: A. Portfolio assessment is a process of gathering multiple indicators of

student progress to support course objectives in dynamic, ongoing and collaborative process.
Back

155. 155. Answer: B. TOS means Table of Specifications Back

156. 156. Answer: D. Positively skewed distribution means most of the students got low
scores. Back
157. 157. Answer: A. Negatively skewed described a good performance of the students. The
students performed well because most of the examinees got high scores. Back

158. 158. Answer: B. Using the formula T score = 10z + 50 and solve for z by substitution. The
value of z=2, which means that the distance from the mean is twice the standard deviation. Back

159. 159. Answer: B. The computed r=0.92 which means that high positive correlation. The
higher the scores in Mathematics, the higher scores in Science. Back

160. 160. Answer: B. Mean is appropriate when the distribution is symmetrical while median
is appropriate when the distribution is skewed. Back

161. 161. Answer: B. The number 20 in the distribution represents mode and median at the
same time. Back

162. 162. Answer: D. ANOVA using F test is statistical tool that is used to test the significant
difference between three or more means. Back

163. 163. Answer: C. Standard deviation can be said that, the larger the value of the standard
deviation, on the average the scores are far from the mean value, thus scores are more
scattered. On the other hand, the smaller the value of the standard deviation on the average the
scores are closer to the mean value, thus the scores are clustered around the mean. Back

164. 164. Answer: A. An item with difficulty index ranges 0-0.20, the difficulty level is very
difficult. Hence, the students find greatest difficulty index of 0.09. Only 9% got the correct
answer. Back

165. 165. Answer: B. The difficulty level is moderately difficult and the discriminating level is
discriminating, Therefore, the item should be retained. Back

166. 166. Answer: A. Ritz Glenn performed well in Math because the z-score in math = 3.33
which means that his score is 3.33 standard deviations above the mean. While z-score in English
=-1. z-score in PEHM – 1.14. Back

167. 167. Answer: B. Ritz Glenn is a logical type of learner because he performed well in math.
Back

168. 168. Answer: C. The scores of the students in English is most spread because the CV in
English = 2.06%, while CV of Math = 1.76% and CV of PEHM = 1.90%. While the scores in Math is
less dispersed. Back

169. 169. Answer: B. The SD of A=2.75, SD of B=3.25 and the mean are equal. Therefor, the
scores in Set A is more clustered around the mean than in Set B. The smaller the value of SD, on
the average the scores are closer to the mean. Back
170. 170. Answer: A. The test analyzed has a positive discrimination index because more
students got the answer correctly. There are 8 students from the upper group got the item
correctly. Back

171. 171. Answer: C. Option C is the most effective distracter because there are more
students from the lower group choose the incorrect options Back

172. 172. Answer: C. The level of difficulty is difficult because the difficulty index is 0.37 Back

173. 173. Answer: C. Retain the test because the difficulty index = 0.37 and discriminating
index = 0.33 which is within the acceptable level. Back

174. 174. Answer: A. Statements I, III and IV are all guidelines in the Grading System of Dep.
Ed. Back

175. 175. Answer: D. The sum of all the scores is 690 divided by 8 equal to 86.25. Hence, the
mean or average value is 86.25. Back

176. 176. Answer: D. The first step in constructing test items is to identify the learning
outcomes or go back to the instructional objectives. Back

177. 177. Answer: D. The descriptions and options are not homogeneous, it consist of three
groups: name of presidents, name of inventors and name of civil right leader. In constructing
matching type of test the descriptions and options must be homogeneous. Back

178. 178. Answer: C. To avoid ambiguity writes the complete name of persons among the
options. Back

179. 179. Answer: D. Improves defective test items is an example of application level. While
options A and B are knowledge level of option C is an example of comprehension level. Back

180. 180. Answer: B. Statements II, III, and IV are all guidelines in constructing matching type
of test. While statement I is a violation in the guidelines of constructing a matching type test
items. Back

181. 181. Answer: A. In constructing true false test item you should avoid verbal clues and
specific determiner and avoid taking statements directly from the book. Avoid also: terms
denoting indefinite degree or amount, placing items in systematic order, use of always or never,
use of negatives in stating the item. Back

182. 182. Answer: D. Extended essay test is the best way to measure higher order of
cognitive learning objectives. It requires student to plan their own answer and express them in
their own words. Students have freedom to express their individuality in the answers given and
to present more realistic answers. Back
183. 183. Answer: B . A short-answer item is easy to write and can measure a broad range of
learning outcomes, It is not adaptable in measuring complex learning outcomes; it is tedious and
time consuming to score. Back

184. 184. Answer: A . Compute the z-score of each subject, z-score in English = 0.86, z- score
in Mathematics = 0.40, z-score in Music =-1.23, z-score in PE = 0.75. The highest value of z-score
is English, hence Ritz performed best in English. Back

185. 185. Answer: D. Ritz Glenn performed best in English, hence he is a linguistic type of
learner. Back

186. 186. Answer: Ritz Glenn performed very poor in Music since the z-score = -1.23 which is
the lowest among the four subjects. Back

187. 187. Answer: B. The scores in Music is the most dispersed. Compute the CV of each
subject. The larger the value of CV, the dispersed the scores are. The smaller the value of CV, the
scores is less dispersed. CV of English = 4.12%, CV of Music = 6.63%, CV of Mathematics – 5.15%,
CV of PE = 4.40%. Back

188. 188. Answer: A. The scores in English is less dispersed, The CV = 4.12% Back

189. 189. Answer: B. the mean and the median are equal when the scores are normally
distributed. Back

190. 190. Answer: D. Mode is a kind of measures of central tendency. The other two kinds
are mean and median, while A,B,C are all measures of variations. Back

191. 191. Answer: A. Range is a measure of variations that easily affected by the extreme
scores because if there is a changes in either the highest score or lowest score the value of the
range also change. Back

192. 192. Answer: B. Mean easily affected by the extreme score. When the lowest score
becomes lower, the mean value will be pulled down and when the highest score becomes
higher the mean value will be pulled up. Hence, changes in either lowest or highest score cause
a changes in the mean value. Back

193. 193. Answer: D. Central Tendency error was committed by the rater if the rater tends to
give average scores by avoiding scores at the lower end of upper end of the scale. Back

194. 194. Answer: A. Generosity error was committed by the rater if tends to use the high
end of the scale only or the rater tends to give a high grades to the performance of high
performing students/s. Back

195. 195. Answer: C. Checklist is the best assessment techniques to assess the objective,”
Plans and designs an experiment to be performed”. Checklist is useful in assessing the
performance where the activities best assess by observation rather than testing Back
196. 196. Answer: B Norm- reference grading means grading on the curve Back

197. 197. Answer: C. The correlation coefficient of r=0.95 is very high positive correlation.
Which means that Mathematics score is highly positive related to English score. Back

198. 198. Answer: D. The most appropriate to measure student’s ability to organized
thoughts and ideas is through the use of essay test. Back

199. 199. Answer: B. The score distribution is bimodal because there are two modes. The
modes are 24 and 39. Back

200. 200. Answer: C. Vinci set up his laboratory experiment in 2 minutes is an example of
criterion reference interpretation. Criterion reference interpretation means that performance of
the learner is compared with a certain standard. Back

201. 201. Answer: A. Lord’s test score is higher than 89% of the class is an example of norm-
referenced interpretation. Norm-referenced interpretation means that performance of the
learner is compared with the performance of others in the class. Back

202. 202. Answer: D. Using table of specification in constructing a test items can improve the
sampling of contents of the entire test. You can assure your students that the test has content
validity when using table of specification in constructing test. Back

203. 203. Answer: A. The main purpose of testing in teaching is to evaluate the learning
progress of the students and assess whether the instruction was effective or not. Back

204. 204. Answer: C. Avoid using negative words in constructing multiple- choice test they
might be overlooked by the test takers. If can’t be avoided bold it or type it in capital letters to
give emphasis. Back

205. 205. Answer: Norm-reference testing means comparing the performance of students to
another students. Ranking the students is an example of comparing the performance of
students with the performance of other students. Back

206. 206. Answer: A. To increase the reliability of the test, the teacher should give enough
number of test items. Back

207. 207. Answer: Performance based assessment evaluate complex learning outcomes and
encourages the application of learning to real life situation. Back

208. 208. Answer: D. Negative discrimination means that more students from the lower
group got an item correctly than those students from the upper group. Back

209. 209. Answer: A. Positively skewed distribution means most of the scores are low and
below the mean value. Back
210. 210. Answer: A. Skewed to the left means that most of the scores are above the mean.
Hence the graphical representation of the scores is Back

211. 211. Answer: B. Negatively skewed distribution describe a good performance of the
students. The students performed well because most of the examinees got scores above the
mean. Back

212. 212. Answer: D. Using the formula T score = 10z + 50 and solve for z by substitution. The
value of z=3, which means that the distance above the mean is three time the standard
deviation. Back

213. 213. Answer: C. Skewed to right means most of the students got scores below the mean
which means that the examinees performed very poor or most of the scores are low. Back

214. 214. Answer: B. Positive discriminating power means that more students in the upper
group got the item correctly. Back

215. 215. Answer: D. Percentile rank of 93 means that 93% of the examinees got a score
below an indicated score. Thus, Mary Ann surpassed in performance 93% of those who took the
examination. Back

216. 216. Answer: C. The range of Set A is 15 and the range if Set B is 12. Hence, the scores in
Set A are more scattered than those scores in Set B. Back

217. 217. Answer: C. Determining the effectiveness of the distracters. If a teacher will
conduct an item analysis he/she should know the difficulty of an item, discrimination of an item
and the attractiveness of the distracters. Back

218. 218. Answer: B. The difficulty index is 0.15. The level of difficulty is very difficult. Back

219. 219. Answer: B. 50% of the scores lies in the interval 26-30. Back

220. 220. Answer: D. There are 34% percent of the scores lower than 21. Back

221. 221. Answer: B. 75% of the students got item number correctly. The level of difficulty is
easy. Back

222. 222. Answer: C. Conference is a form of meeting or symposium for public discussion of
some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
and assessments regarding what was viewed. Back

223. 223. Answer: B. The standard deviation indicates the number of units above or below
the mean. The standard deviation in Mathematics is higher than the standard deviation in
Science. Hence, Joseph performed well in Mathematics than in Science. Back

224. 224. Answer: C. Exactly 80% of the students answered the items correctly. Hence
teacher Jenny attain her objectives. Back
225. 225. Answer: A. (90+88+93+95) / 4 = 91.75 Back

226. 226. Answer: D. The method of grading the involves the present grade and the previous
grade to compute the final grade is cumulative method. Back

227. 227. Answer: B. To increase the difficulty of a multiple- choice test item, make options in
the same class or the it must be homogeneous Back

228. 228. Answer: B. Upper group got more correct answer. Back

229. 229. Answer: A. More students got the item correctly from the upper group than the
lower group. Hence it has a positive discriminating power. Back

230. 230. Answer: B. Option B is the most effective distracter since more students from the
lower group choose the incorrect option. Back

231. 231. Answer: C. Option C should be revise because more students from the upper group
choose this incorrect option. Hence it is not effective. Back

232. 232. Answer: C. The difficulty index is 50%. Therefore the level of difficulty is moderately
difficult. Back

233. 233. Answer: C. The discriminating index is 7%. (16-14)/60 x 100% =7% Back

234. 234. Answer: D. Performance based assessment emphasized on both process and
product. Hence the statement emphasize only on process is false about performance based
assessment. Back

235. 235. Answer: D. Definition of z- score. Back

236. 236. Answer: C. Authentic assessment is an assessment applying real life situation. Back

237. 237. Answer: C. Essay test is the most appropriate tool to measure the synthesizing skills
of the students. Back

238. 238. Answer: A. Marking on a normative basis follow the normal distribution curve. Back

239. 239. Answer: A. The discriminating index is 0.44 which means that the item is very
discriminating and more students from the upper group got the item correctly. Back

240. 240. Answer: C. The difficulty level is moderately difficult and the discriminating level is
low or poor discriminating. Therefor, the item should be revised. Back

241. 241. Answer: B. The discrimination index is -0.15 which is negative, hence more students
form the lower group got the item correctly. Back

242. 242. Answer: B. 3(5) = x- 80 15 = x -80 15 + 80 = x x =85 z= x-x 5 3= x-80 5 Back

 243. 243. Answer: C. The area of the normal cure from -1SD to +2SD is approximately 68.26%.
Illustration, from mean to 1SD is 34.13%; from mean to -1SD is also 34.13%. From 1SD to 2SD is
13.59%; from -1SD to -2SD id 13.59%. Thus, the area under the normal curve is 34.13% + 34.13%
+ 13.59% + 13.59% = 95.44%. Back

244. 244. Answer: C. t-test is utilized to test the significant difference between two means
when n less than or equal to 30, otherwise use z-test. Back

245. 245. Answer: D. When the scores concentrated at the left part of the distribution it is
skewed to the right while the scores concentrated at the right part of the distribution then it is
skewed to the left. Option A, B and C deals with normal distribution. Back

246. 246. Answer: C. To compare the individual performance of the students z score will be
utilized. It tells the number of standard deviations below or above the mean performance. The
higher the value of z score the better the performance of a certain student is. Back

247. 247. Answer: A. Because usually the students are confused between Guidance
Counselor and Prefect of Discipline. Back

248. 248. Answer: D. Because it allows the author the share intimate detail about his life.
Back

249. 249. Answer: A. Because the counselor break confidentiality rule in cases of planned
suicide or planned hurting/killing of somebody. Back

250. 250. Answer: C. Because portfolio is a collection of student output and accomplishment
is a period of time. Back

1) 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
2) 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.
3) 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
4) 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
5) 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
6) The variance, standard deviation, and range are all measures of ________.
a. variability
b. central tendency
c. grouping
d. partition values
7) 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
8) 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
9) 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%
10) 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
11) 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.
12) 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.
13) Which of the following statements is one of the characteristics of a normal curve
distribution?
a. There are more high scores than low scores.
b. The scores are normally distributed.
c. Most of the scores are low.
d. There are more low scores than high scores.
14) 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
15) 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
16) 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.
17) 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.
18) 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
19) 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.
20) Which of the following measures of variation is easily affected by extreme scores?
a. range
b. inter-quartile range
c. variance
d. standard variation
21) Which of the following measures of central tendency is easily affected by extreme
scores?
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. quartile
22) 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.
23) 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
24) Which of the following measures of central tendency can be determined by mere
inspection?
a. median
b. mode
c. mean
d. mode and median
25) 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
26) Which of the following considerations is/are important in developing a scoring rubric?
I. Description of each criteria to serve as standard
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
27) 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
28) 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.
29) Which of the following can measure awareness of values?
a. Rating scales
b. Projective technique
c. Role playing
d. Moral dilemma
30) 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
31) 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
32) 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".
33) 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.
34) Carl Roger is considered the main proponent of ________ counseling?
a. Non-directive
b. Directive
c. Rational Emotive
d. Psychotherapy
35) 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
36) He is considered the father of counseling in the Philippines?
a. Father Bulatao
b. Sinfroso Padilla
c. Dean Rose Clemenia
d. Sigmund Freud
37) 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.
c. No, the counselor has no right.
d. No, because it is unethical.
38) 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
39) 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
40) 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
41) 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.
42) "_____________________ 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
43) 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
44) 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.
45) 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
46) 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 multi-colored pop beads.
c. Draw diagrams that show different bonding patterns.
d. Demonstrate molecular bonding using students as atoms.
47) 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
48) 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.
d. The English test appears to be the easiest among the three.
49) 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
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%
ANSWERS:
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. A
21. A
22. C
23. C
24. B
25. C
26. D
27. D
28. A
29. D
30. C
31. D
32. A
33. D
34. A
35. B
36. B
37. A
38. C
39. D
40. D
41. C
42. A
43. B
44. D
45. B
46. D
47. A
48. A
49. B
50. B

1. Who among theteachers 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 alltheirrequirements.d. Prof.
Cuevas who is planning for a remedial instruction after knowing that studentsperform poorly in her test

Answer: C

2. Mr. Fernandez is judging the accuracy of these statements. Which statements will heconsider 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 ofquantitative and qualitative data.IV. Evaluation is the analysis of
quantitative and qualitative data for decision making A. I and II onlyb. III and IV onlyc. I, II, and IIId. I, III
and IV

Answer: D

3. If I have to use the most authentic method of assessment, which of these proceduresshould I
consider?a. Traditional Testb. Performance-based Assessmentc. Written Testd. Objective Assessment

Answer: B

4. After doing theexercise on verbs, Ms. Borillo gave a short quiz to find out how wellstudents have
understood the lesson. What type of assessment was done?a. Summative Assessmentb. Formative
Assessmentc. Diagnostic Assessmentd. Placement Assessment

Answer: B

5. Who among the teachers below performed a diagnostic assessment?a. Ms. Santos who asked
questions when the discussion was going on to know whoamong h er students understood what she was
trying to emphasize.b. Mr. Colubong who gave a short quiz after discussing thoroughly the lesson
todetermine the programs of learning.c. Ms. Ventura who gave 10-item test to find out the specific
lessons which the studentsfailed to understand.d. Mrs. Lopez who administered a readiness test to the
incoming grade one pupils.
Answer: C

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

Answer: D

7. Ms. Saplan is planning to do an assessment of learning. Which of these should sheinclude in her plan
considering her purpose for assessment?a. How to give immediate feedback to student's strengths and
weaknessesb. How to determine the area of interest of learners

c. How to certify student's achievementd. How to design one's instruction

Answer: C

8. You targeted that after instruction, your students should be able to show their ability tosolve
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 andappropriate
learning targets or objectives.b. Assessment should have a positive consequence on student's learningc.
Assessment should be reliable.d. Assessment should be fair.

Answer: A

9. Ms. Ortega tasked her students to show how to play basketball. What learning target isshe
assessing?a. Knowledgeb. Reasoningc. Skillsd. Products

Answer: C

10. Mr. Ravelas made anessay test for the objective "Identify the planets in the solarsystem". 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.

Answer: D

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 theteacher, 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.
Answer: A

12. What type of validity does the Pre-board examination possess if its results canexplain how the
students will likely perform in their licensure examination?a. Concurrentb. Predictivec. Constructd.
Content

Answer: B

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. Whattest of reliability can she employ?a.
Test-Retestb. Kuder Richardson Methodc. Equivalent Formsd. Test-Retest with Equivalent Forms

Answer: B

Refer to this case in answering items 14-15Two teachers of the same grade level have set the following
objectives for the day'slesson. At the end of the period, the students should be able to:a. Construct bar
graph, andb. Interpretbar graphs To assess the attainment of the objectives, Teacher A required the
students to constructa bar graph for the given set of data then she asked them to interpret this using a
set ofquestions as guide. Teacher B presented a bar graph then asked them to interpret thisusing also a
set of guide questions.14. Whose practice is acceptable based on the principles of assessment?a.
Teacher Ab. Teacher Bc. Both Teacher A and Bd. Neither Teacher A nor Teacher B

Answer: A

15. Which is true about the given case?a. Objective A matched with performance-based assessment
while B can be assessedusing the traditional pen-and-paper objective test.b. Objective A matched with
traditional assessment while B can be assessed using aperformance-based method.c. Both objective A
and B matched with performance-based assessment.d. Both objective A and B matched with traditional
assessment.

Answer: A

16. In the context of the Theory of Multiple Intelligence, which is a weakness of thepaper-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.

Answer: A

17. Mr. Umayam is doing a performance-based assessment for the day's lesson. Whichof 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

Answer: B

18. Ms. del Rosario rated her students in terms of appropriate and effective use of somelaboratory
equipment and measurement tools and the students ability to follow thespecified procedures. What
mode of assessment should Miss del Rosario use?a. Portfolio Assessmentb. Journal Assessmentc.
Traditional Assessmentd. Performance-based Assessment

Answer: D

19. Mrs. Hilario presented the lesson on baking through a group activity so that thestudents will not just
learn how to bake but also develop their interpersonal skills. Howshould 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 onlyb. I, III,
and IV onlyc. I, II and IV onlyd. I, II, III, and IV

Answer: C

20. If a teacher has set objectives in all domains or learning targets and which could beassessed using a
single performance task, what criterion in selecting a task should sheconsider?a. Generalizabilityb.
Fairnessc. Multiple Focid. Teachability

Answer: C

21. Which term refers to the collection of students' products and accomplishments in agiven period for
evaluation purposes?a. Diaryb. Portfolioc. Anecdotal recordd. Observation report

Answer: B

22. Mrs. Catalan allowed the students to develop their own portfolio in their own style aslong as they
show all the non-negotiable evidences of learning. What principle in portfolioassessment explains this
practice?a. Content Principleb. Learning Principlec. Equity Principled. Product Principle

Answer: C

23. How should the following steps in portfolio assessment be arranged logically?I. Set targetsII. Select
evidencesIII. Collect evidencesIV. Rate CollectionV. 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

Answer: B

24. Which could be seen in a rubric?I. Objective in a high level of cognitive behaviorII. Multiple criteria
in assessing learningIII. Quantitative descriptions of the quality of workIV. 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

Answer: B

25. The pupils are to be judged individually on their mastery of the singing of the nationalanthem so
their teacher let them sing individually. What should the teacher use in ratingthe performance of the
pupils considering the fact that the teacher has only one period tospend in evaluating her 20 pupils?a.
Analyticb. Holisticc. Either holistic or analyticd. Both holistic and analytic

Answer: B

1. Mrs. Pua is judging the worth of the project of the students in her Science class basedon a set of
criteria. What process describes what she is doing?a. Testingb. Measuringc. Evaluatingd. Assessing

Answer: C

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

difference?a. Measurement is assigning a numerical value to a given trait while evaluation is
givingmeaning to the numerical value of the trait.b. Measurement is the process of gathering while
evaluation is the process of quantifyingthe data gathered.c. Measurement is the process of quantifying
data while evaluation is the process oforganizing data.d. Measurement is a pre-requisite of assessment
while evaluation is the pre-requisite oftesting.

Answer: A
3. Ms. Ricafort uses alternative methods of assessment. Which of the following will shenot likely use?a.
Multiple Choice Testb. Reflective Journal Writingc. Oral Presentationd. Developing Portfolios

Answer: A

4. Ms. Camba aims to measure a product of learning. Which of these objectives will shemost likely set
for her instruction?a. Show positive attitude towards learning common nounsb. Identify common nouns
in a reading selectionc. Construct a paragraph using common nounsd. User a common noun in a
sentence

Answer: C

5. The students of Mrs. Valino are very noisy. To keep them busy, they were given anytestavailable 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 atest.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 thetest results are graded.

Answer: C

6. Ms. Delos Angeles advocates assessment for learning. Which will she NOT likely do?a. Formative
Assessmentb. Diagnostic Assessment

c. Placement Assessmentd. Summative Assessment

Answer: A

7. At the beginning of the school year, the 6-year old pupils were tested to find out whoamong them
can already read. The result was used to determine their sections. Whatkind of test was given to them?a.
Diagnosticb. Formativec. Placementd. Summative
Answer: C

8. The grade six pupils were given a diagnostic test in addition and subtraction of wholenumbers to find
out if they canproceed to the next unit. However, the results of the testwere 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 thescores.c. Count the frequency
of errors to find out the lessons that the majority of students needto relearn.d. Record the scores then
inform the parents about the very poor performance of theirchild inmathematics.

Answer: C

9. Mrs. Nogueras is doing an assessment of learning. At what stage of instruction shouldshe do it?a.
Before instructionb. After instructionc. Prior to instructiond. During the instructional process

Answer: D

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

Answer: A

11. Mrs. Robles wants to establish the reliability of her achievement test inEnglish.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 studentsc. Administer a single test but
two different groups of students.d. Administer two different tests but to the same group of students.

Answer: B

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
letterb. Construct a friendly letter using theMS Word, andc. Show interest towards the day's lesson

To assess the attainment of the objectives, Ms. Cidro required the students to constructfriendly letter
and have it encoded at their Computer Laboratory using the MS Word. Theletter should inform one's
friend about what one has learned in the day's lesson and howone 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.
Answer: D

13. If Mr. Paraiso will have to make a scoring rubric for the student's output,whatformat is better to
construct considering that the teacher has limited time to evaluatetheir work?a. Analytic Rubricb.
Holistic Rubricc. Either A or Bd. Neither A nor B

Answer: B

14. The school principal has 3 teacher applicants all of whom graduated from the sameinstitution and
are licensedteachers. She only needs to hire one. What should she do tochoose the best teacher from
the three?

I. Give them a placement test.

II. II. Interview them on why they want to apply in the school
III. .III. Let them demonstrate how to teach a particular lesson.
IV. IV. Study their portfolios to examine the qualities of the students' outputs when they werein
College.
V. a. I and II.
VI. b. II and III.
VII. c. I and III, IV
VIII. d. II, III and IV

Answer: D

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

Answer: B

16. To maximize the amount of time spent for performance-based assessment, whichone 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.

Answer: A

17. Who among the teachers below gave the most authentic assessment task for theobjective
"Solveword problems involving the four basic operations"a. Mrs. Juliano who presented a word problem
involving a four fundamental operationsand then asked the pupils to solve it.b. Mrs. Mandia who asked
her pupils to construct a word problem for a given numbersentence that involves four fundamental
operations and then asked them to solve theword 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 thefour fundamental operations then formed them
by twos so that each pair exchangedproblems and help solve each other's problem.

Answer: D

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

Answer: D

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.

Answer: A

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.

Answer: D

21. Which is a good portfolio evidence of a student's acquired knowledge and writingskills?a. Projectb.
Test Resultsc. Reflective Journald. Critiqued Outputs

Answer: C

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 collectionc. Select evidences that could be
captured in one's portfoliod. Reflect on one's collection and identify strengths and weaknesses

Answer: A

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

Answer: A

24. Which is not true of an analytic rubric?a. It is time consumingb. It is easier to construct than the
holistic rubricc. It gives one's level of performance per criteriond. It allows one to pinpoint the strengths
and weaknesses of one's work.

Answer: B

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. Eventhose who are
evidently poor in their performance had a rating of satisfactory. Cold therebe 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.

Answer: B

1. In a positively skewed distribution, the following statement are true excepta. 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.

Answer: C
 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 otherschools?:b. How does a pupil's test
performance in reading andmathematics 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?

Answer: A

3. What is the performance of a student in the National Achievement Test (NAT) if heobtained/got a
stanine score of 5?

a. Between average and above average

b. Between average and below average

c. Below average

d. Average

Answer: D

4. Based on the figure, which is true about the distribution?a. Mean=55, median=48, mode=34b.
Mean=46, median=40, mode=37c. Mean=63, median=63, mode=63d. The distribution is mesokrutic

Answer: C

5. If quartile deviation is to median, what is to mean?a. Standard deviationb. Modec. Ranged. Variance

Answer: A
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

Answer: D

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 tofive.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 ableto answer correctly.d. None of the above.

Answer: D

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.

Answer: B

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.

Answer: D

10. Miss Cortez administered a test to her class and the result is positively skewed. Whatkind of test do
you think Miss Cortez gave to her pupils?a. Post testb. Pretestc. Mastery testd. Criterion-referenced test

Answer: B
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

Answer: D

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

Answer: A

13. In a negatively skewed distribution, what kind of students does Teacher B have?

a. Very good

b. Very poor

c. Average

d. Heterogeneous

Answer: A

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

b. Very poor

c. Average

d. Normally distributed

Answer: B
15. In a positively skewed distribution, which of the following statements is true?a. Mode = 67 while
Media = 54b. Median = 53 while Mean = 41c. Mean = 73 while Mode = 49d. Median = 34 while Mode =
42

Answer: C

16. Which statements represent criterion-referenced interpretation?a. Lucresia did better in solving the
linear equation than 80% of representative Algebrastudents.b. Lucresia's score indicates that she is able
to solve about two thirds of all one-variablelinear equations of such complexity.c. Students who have
reached Lucresia's level on linear equations usually succeed in thesubsequent unit on simultaneous
equations with special help or extra time; i.e., Lucresiais ready to move ahead.d. All of the above

Answer: B

17. Bernard obtained a 97 percentile rank in anaptitude test. This meansa. 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.

Answer: D

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

Answer: D

19. Standard deviation is to variability as mode to?a.Correlation b. Discriminationc. Central tendencyd.

Level of difficulty

Answer: C

20. Goring performed better than 65% of the total number of examinees in the districtachievement test.
What is his percentile rank?

a. P35
b. P65

c. P66

d. P75

Answer: B

21. Which is a guidance function of a test?a. Identifying pupils who need corrective teachingb.
Predicting success in future academic and vocational educationc. Assigning marks for courses takend.
Grouping pupils for instruction within a class

Answer: B

22. Mr. Reyes, an elementary school teacher in Science found out that many of his pupilsgot very high
scores in the test. What measure of central tendency should he use todescribe their average
performance in the subject?a. Meanb. Medianc. Moded. Range

Answer: B

23. Which of the following indicates howcompressed or expanded the distribution ofscores is?a.
Measures of positionb. Measures of central tendencyc. Measures of correlationd. Measures of
variability

Answer: D

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

Answer: C

25. Mr. Gringo tried to correlate the scores of his pupils in the Socialstudies test with theirgrades in the
same subject last 3rd quarter. What test validity is he trying to establish?a. Content validityb. Construct
validityc. Concurrent validityd. Criterion related validity

Answer: C

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 difficultd. It is difficult

Answer: C

2. Two sections have the same mean but the standard deviation of section 2 is higherthan section 1.
Which of the two sections is more homogeneous?a. Section 1b. Section 2c. Both A and Bd. None of the
above
Answer: A

3. Miss Corteza administered a test to her class and the result is positively skewed. Whatkind of test do
you think Miss Corteza gave to her pupils?a. Posttestb. Pretestc. Mastery testd. Criterion-referenced
test

Answer: B

4. In his second item analysis, Mr. Gonzales found out that more from the lower group gotthe test item
15 correctly. What does this mean?a. The item has become more validb. The item has become more
reliablec. The item has a positive discriminating powerd. The item has a negative discriminating power

Answer: D

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

a. 40th percentile

b. 60th percentile

c. 50th percentile

d.75th percentile

Answer: C

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

Answer: C

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

Answer: D

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

Answer: D

9. a. mode < mean < medianb. mode > mean > medianc. median < mode > meand. none of the above
Answer: D

10. a. equal means, unequal standard deviationsb. equal means, equal standard deviationsc. unequal
means, equal standard deviationsd. unequal means unequal standard deviations

Answer: A

11. a unequal means, equal standard deviationsb. unequal means, equal standard deviationsc. equal
means, equal standard deviationsd. equal means, unequal standard deviations

Answer: A

12. a. unequal variability, equal means, different shapesb. unequal means, equal variability, different
shapesc. equal variability, equal means, different shapesd. unequal variability, unequal means, different
shapes
Answer: C

13. a. unequal means, equal standard deviationsb. equal means, unequal standard deviationsc. equal
means, equal standard deviationsd. unequal means, unequal standard deviations

Answer: D

14. In conducting a parent- teacher conference, which of the following is NOT true?a. Be friendly and
informalb. Be a know-it-all personc. Be willing to accept suggestionsd. Be careful in giving advice

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

Answer: C

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

Answer: B

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

c. 47 and 63d. 46 and 64

Answer: C

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

Answer: B

19. What principle of test construction is violated when one places very difficult items atthe beginning;
thus creating frustration among students particularly those of averageability 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 thanthe form of the statementswill determine the answer.c. All items should be
approximately 50 percent difficulty.d. The items of any particular type should bearranged in an
ascending order of difficulty.

Answer: D

20. Mrs. Reyes would like to find out how well her students know each other. Whatassessment
instrument would best suit her objective?a. Self-report instrumentb. Sociometric techniquec. Guess-
who techniqued. All of the above

Answer: C

21. Mr. Reyes asked his pupils to indicate on the piece of paper the names of theirclassmates whom
they would like to be with for some group activity, what assessmenttechnique did Mr. Reyes use?a. Self-
report techniqueb. Guess-who techniquec. Sociometric techniqued. Anecdotal technique

Answer: C
22. Which of the following assessment procedures/tools is useful in assessing socialrelation skills?a.
Anecdotal recordb. Attitude scalec. Peer appraisald. any of the above

Answer: C

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

Answer: C

24. Which is an example of affective learning outcome?

a. Interpret stimuli from various modalities to provide data needed in making adjustmentsto the
environment

b. Judge problem and issues in terms of situations involved than in terms of fixeddogmatic thinking

c. Appreciate the quality and worth of the story read

d. None of the above

Answer: B

25. Mr. Mirasol who is a high school teacher inEnglish conducted an item analysis of hertest. She found
out that four of the items of the test obtained the following difficulty anddiscrimination indices and
asfollows:

Item Number Difficulty Index

1 .58

2 .92

3 .09

4 .93
Which of the above items should be discard in her item pool?

a. Item 1

b. Item 2

c. Item 3d.

Item 4

Answer: D