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What is the primary purpose of multiple choice questions?
Which type of question is often used to assess higher-level thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation?
What is the primary characteristic of open-ended questions?
Which type of question is useful for testing recall of factual information?
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What is the primary purpose of fill-in-the-blank questions?
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Which type of question is often used to assess understanding of categorization or classification?
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Study Notes
Question Types
Multiple Choice Questions
- Also known as multi-option or select-type questions
- Present a question or prompt with 3-5 possible answers
- Test taker selects one answer from the options
- Can be used to test recall, comprehension, and application of knowledge
True or False Questions
- Present a statement that is either true or false
- Test taker indicates whether the statement is true or false
- Useful for testing recall of factual information
Short Answer Questions
- Require test taker to provide a brief written response
- May be used to test recall, comprehension, or application of knowledge
- Often used to assess understanding of concepts or processes
Essay Questions
- Require test taker to provide an extended written response
- Often used to assess higher-level thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
- May be used to test understanding of complex concepts or topics
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
- Present a sentence or phrase with a blank space
- Test taker fills in the blank with the correct answer
- Useful for testing recall of specific terms or concepts
Matching Questions
- Present two lists of items and ask test taker to match corresponding items
- Often used to test recall of relationships between concepts or terms
- Can be used to assess understanding of categorization or classification
Open-Ended Questions
- Do not provide a set of possible answers
- Test taker must generate their own response
- Often used to assess creativity, critical thinking, or problem-solving skills
Question Types
- Multiple Choice Questions: present a question or prompt with 3-5 possible answers, test recall, comprehension, and application of knowledge.
Characteristics of Question Types
- True or False Questions: present a statement that is either true or false, test recall of factual information.
- Short Answer Questions: require a brief written response, test recall, comprehension, or application of knowledge, often assess understanding of concepts or processes.
Types of Written Response Questions
- Essay Questions: require an extended written response, assess higher-level thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, test understanding of complex concepts or topics.
Filling in the Blanks
- Fill-in-the-Blank Questions: present a sentence or phrase with a blank space, test recall of specific terms or concepts.
Matching and Open-Ended Questions
- Matching Questions: present two lists of items, test taker matches corresponding items, test recall of relationships between concepts or terms, assess understanding of categorization or classification.
- Open-Ended Questions: do not provide a set of possible answers, test taker generates their own response, assess creativity, critical thinking, or problem-solving skills.
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Description
Learn about different types of question formats used in assessments, including multiple choice and true or false questions. Understand their uses and limitations.
