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1. Which of the following statements about measurement and assessment is true?

A. Measurement is continuous but assessment is done at the end of instruction.

 B. Measurement involves the pupils but assessment is done by the teacher only.

 C. Measurement involves figures only and assessment involves words.

 D. Measurement provides data for assessment.

2. Which of the following might occur if an essay question was poorly structured?

 A. It will prevent reliable grading

 B. It will lower the validity of the test

 C. It may yield a variety of answers

D. The responses may be short

 3 .In writing True – False items for a test it is not advisable to use

 A. Specific determinants

B. Positive Statements

 C. Your own words

D. Familiar Language

 4. Which of the following evaluation is true?

 A. Assessment = Testing + Measurement

 B. Assessment = Measurement + Evaluation

C. Evaluation = Measurement + Assessment

 D. Evaluation = Testing + Measurement

5. When setting test items, we must ensure that the items match the objectives we established for teaching. Which type of validity does this ensure?

 A. Construct validity

 B. Content validity

C. Item validity

 D. Objective validity

 6. Kwame has not mastered the skill of subtraction in mathematics using the place value. This statement is a/an

A. Criterion- referenced interpretation

 B. Norm- referenced interpretation

 C. Performance Assessment

D. Summative Assessment

 7. Which of the following approaches to test interpretation enables the teacher to diagnose specific learning problems of students?

A. Percentage

B. Norm -referenced

C. Criterion- referenced

D. Ranking

 8. A teacher in social studies scored students’ responses to the end of semester examination script by script. Which of the following effects is enhanced?

 A. Carryover

 B. Hallo

 C. Rater drift

 D. Bluffing

9. When a teacher writes a lesson objective requiring pupils to summarize what has been taught in their own words what category of learning will you put this under?

 A. Analysis

B. Application

 C. Comprehension

D. Knowledge

 10. Which of the following question statements will be the best as an objective test item?

A. Kwame Nkrumah was………………………………………………..

B. The first president of Ghana was……………………………………..

C. The name of the first president of Ghana was………………………..

 D. Who was the first president of Ghana?

 11. Which of the following factors is the most likely to raise the reliability of students essay scores in an examination?

 A. Keep model answers out of mind

B. Refer to previous scores when scoring other items

C. Score essay response anonymously

 D. Score mechanics of writing with content

 13. One weakness of the mean as a measure of central tendency is that it

 A. Cannot be used when data is complete

B. Is influenced largely by extreme scores

C. Is most appropriate for normal distribution

 D. Uses few values in distribution

 14.Pie charts can best be used to compare

 A. Ages of headmasters in a school district

B. Attendance at a teacher’s workshop by gender

C. B.E.C.E results from 2005 – 2010 in a school

 D. School fees paid by students in a school

 15.The following scores were available for 9 students in a statistics class. 18 20 15 12 13 10 8 17 20 The scores for the 10th student was missing but it was known to be the second lowest score. What would be the median for the distribution?

 A. 13

B. 14

 C. 15

D. It cannot be determined

 16.The grades, A, B, C, D, E, F in a test were changed to 4,3,2,1,0 for statistics purposes. What scale of measurement was used?

A. Interval

B. Nominal

C. Ordinal

 D. Ratio

 17.Histograms are most useful for representing data when the scale of measurement is I. Interval II. Nominal III. Ordinal IV. Ratio

A. I only

B. IV only

C. I and IV

 D. I, III, IV

 18.Scores on a statistics examination have a mean of 64 and standard deviation of 9. The variance of these scores is

 A. 3.0

B. 8.0

C. 64.0

D. 81.0

19.Vida’s percentile rank in an end- of- year examination was 75. Her actual examination score was 80. This information means that she performed worse than……………………… of the students in the class

A. 20%

B. 25%

C. 75%

D. 80%

 20.The College of Education at Pakro requires its students to pass a final examination on the courses they register before they can be officially recognized as graduates of college. What type of decision is based on the final examination on courses students register for?

 A. Certification

B. Classification

C. Placement

D. Selection

21.The commandant of the Military Academy at Saltpond Academy interviews twenty (20) prospective officers for admission into the Academy. Six of them who made the grade were admitted. What type of decision did the commandant make?

 A. Counselling and Guidance

 B. Instructional management

C. Placement D. Selection

22.“The ability to bring forward an appropriate rule, generalization or principle to help solve problem without being prompted or reminded to do so” is

A. Analysis

B. Application

C. Evaluation

D. Synthesis

23.Which of the following criteria in evaluating easy items involves checking whether the items relate to the instructional objectives?

A. Clarity

B. Fairness

C. Practicality

 D. Validity

24.In test development, the table of specifications most directly improves…………….

A. Balance

B. Objective

C. Relevance

 D. Specificity

 25. In a class test, the mean was 68 and the median was 50. The shape of the distribution of the scores is

 A. Normal

 B. Positively skewed

 C. Negatively skewed

D. Symmetrical

26.The mean score obtained by 80 students in a statistics quiz was 15. It was found latter that a student who obtained 10 actually had 20. How would the discovery affect the mean?

 A. More information is needed

B. New mean is greater than old mean

 C. Old mean is greater than new mean

 D. There is no change in the old mean

27. One of the purposes of the measure of the central tendency is to

A. Determine the direction of student’s performance

B. Determine the performance of teachers in a test

C. Identify relationships and trends

D. Provide an estimate of the most typical score

28. A tutor at Kafodidi College of Education, observed his students during a practical lesson at the science laboratory to determine how effective students can carry out the teaching skills learnt in class. The tutor……

A. Assessed his student’s performance

B. Evaluated his student’s performance

C. Measured his student’s performance

D. Tested his student’s performance

29.Statistics is important for classroom teacher’s because

A. Enables them to write appropriate objectives

B. Helps them to construct good test items

C. Helps them to evaluate students’ grades

D. It is useful for promotion and certification

30.Which one of the variables represents a ratio scale?

A. Age

B. Gender

C. Reading success

D. Socio-economic status