Fire Instructor 2

Chapter 13

Knowledge Check

1. Writing effective tests requires that the instructor:
2. A(An) _ consists of introductory material, such as a graph or paragraph of text, followed by a series oftest items.
3. Providing space for students to write their name and the date on either the test sheet or a separate answer sheet is an example of:
4. The purpose of a test refers to the overall expectation of:
5. What do instructors have to ask to determine whether a test should be criterion- or norm-referenced?
6. Written tests measure students' understanding and retention of technical information and evaluate their accomplishment of the __ learning objectives.
7. Which test must take place under controlled conditions so instructors can make reliable, valid judgements about student performance?
8. Test items must always be based on:
9. Instructors should avoid test items that include vague directions in order to:
10. What are broad statements explaining what students should have learned at the completion of a course?
11. Instructors must make sure that the wording of one test item:
12. Which test items are statements in which key words are placed with an underlined blank space that students are tasked to fill in?
13. A(An) __ test item is a question for which there is only one correct answer.
14. Test items must be arranged:
15. What tests are developed with the intention of evaluating whether students in a class have a working knowledge of a skill or data set?
16. The terminology on a test should reflect the terminology of the:
17. Which test items consist of two parallel columns of words, phrases, images, or a combination of these.
18. Which type of test item requires students to construct an in-depth answer on a topic or question related to a key aspect of the course material?
19. A(An) __ test is the only valid method of measuring a student's ability to perform manipulative skills.
20. Instructors should use a mathematical or __ approach to determine the appropriate number of test items for any test.
21. Which type oftest assessment holds test takers to a speed standard, quality standard, or both?
22. A limitation of true-false questions is that students tend to:
23. When time is a restrictive factor, how can instructors address this on the tests?
24. Test item levels of cognition are found in:
25. A(An) __ test item is a question that has no single correct answer.
26. What is the purpose of distractors in a multiple-choice test item?
27. When does the actual determination oftest difficulty occur?
28. Answering a true-false question (true answer where a student is only to label the statement) should take a student for true answers.
29. A multiple-choice question with four possible responses should take __ to answer.
30. The most valid and reliable way to test a student's ability to verbally communicate ideas, concepts, and processes is through a(an):