Part II – Analyzing Test Items B. Easy D.

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Assessment and Evaluation Learning 2 13. In a negatively skewed distribution, what kind of students
does Teacher B have?
Directions: read and analyze each items and select the correct A. Very good C. Average
option that answers each question. Analyze the items using the B. Very poor D. Heterogeneous
first 5 items as your sample. Write only the letter of your choice 14. In a positively skewed distribution the students are
in your answer sheet. A. Very good C. Average
B. Very poor D. Normally distributed
1. In a positively skewed distribution, the following statements 15. In a positively skewed distribution, which of the following
are true EXCEPT statements is true?
A. Median is higher than the Mode A. Mode = 67 while Median = 54
B. Mean is higher than the Median B. Median = 53 while Mean = 41
C. Mean is lower than the Mode C. Mean = 73 while Mode = 49
D. Mean is not lower than the Mode D. Median = 34 while Mode = 42
2. Which of the following questions indicate a norm-referenced 16. Which statements represent criterion – referenced
interpretation? interpretations?
A. How does the pupils’ test performance in our school A. Lucresia did better in solving the linear equation than
compare with that of other schools? 80% of representative Algebra students
B. How does a pupil’s test performance in reading and B. Lucresia’s score indicates that she is able to solve
mathematics compare? about who thirds of all one- variable linear equations
C. What type or remedial work will be most helpful for a of such complexity
slow-learning pupil? C. Students who have reached Lucresia’s level on linear
D. Which pupils have achieved mastery of computation equations usually succeed in the subsequent unit on
skills? simultaneous equation with special help or extra time;
3. What is the performance of a student in National i.e., Lucresia is ready to move ahead
Achievement Test (NAT) if the obtained/got a stanine score of D. All of the above
5? 17. Bernard obtained a 97 percentile rank in an aptitude test.
A. Between average and above average This means
B. Between average and below average A. He answered 97% of the items correctly
C. Below average B. He belongs to the 97% of the group who took the test
D. Average C. 79% of the examinees did better than her on the test
4. Based on the figure, which is true about the distribution? D. He surpassed 97% of those who took the test
A. Mean = 55, median = 48, mode = 34 18. Which set of scores has the least variability?
B. Mode = 46, median = 40, mean = 37 Set 1 0, 5, 10, 15, 20
C. Mean = 63 median = 63 mode = 63 Set 2 25, 35, 45, 55
D. The distribution is mesokurtic Set 3 0, 2, 8, 15, 20
Set 505, 501, 503
A. Set 1 B. Set 2 C. Set 3 D. Set 4
19. Standard deviation is to variability as mode to _____.
A. Correlation C. Central tendency
B. Discrimination D. Level of difficulty
20. Goring performed better than 65% of the total number of
5. If quartile deviation is to median, what is to mean? examinees in the district achievement test. What is his
A. Standard deviation C. range percentile rank?
B. Mode D. variance A. P35 C. P66
6. In a normal distribution, which of the following is true? B. P65 D. P75
A. Median = mode ≠ mean C. median ≠ mode ≠ mean 21. Which is a guidance function of a test?
B. Median ≠ mode = mean D. mean = median = mode A. Identifying pupils who need corrective teaching
B. Predicting success in future academic and vocational
7. Which of the following situations may lower the validity of a education
test?
C. Assigning marks for courses taken
A. Mrs. Josea increases the number of items measuring D. Grouping pupils for instruction within a class
each specific skill form three to five
22. Mr. Labalanga, an elementary school teacher in Science
B. Mr. Santosa simplifies the language in the directions found out that many of his pupils got very high scores in the
for the test
test. What measure of central tendency should he use to
C. Miss Lopeza removes the items in the achievement describe their average performance in the subject?
test that everyone would be able to answer correctly
A. Mean C. Mode
D. None of the above B. Median D. Range
8. In a negatively skewed distribution which of the following
23. Which of the following indicates how compressed or
statements is true? expanded the distribution of scores is?
A. Mode is lower than the mean
A. Measures of position
B. Mean is lower than the mode B. Measures of central tendency
C. Median is higher than mode
C. Measures of correlation
D. Mode is lower than the median D. Measures of variability
9. In a negatively skewed distribution the following statements
24. The proportion passing the upper and lower group is .80
are true EXCEPT and .35, respectively. What is the index of difficulty?
A. Mean is not higher than the median
A. .38 B. .40 C. .58 D. 1.02
B. Median is lower than the mode 25. Mr. Gringo tried to correlate the scores of his pupils in the
C. Mean is lower than the mode
Social Studies test with their grades in the same subject last 3rd
D. Mode is less than the median quarter. What test validity is he trying to establish?
10. Miss Cortez administered a test to her class and the result
A. Content validity C. Concurrent validity
is positively skewed. What kind of test do you think Miss B. Construct D. Criterion – related validity
Cortez to her pupils?
26. If a test item has a difficulty index of 0.06, how would you
A. Posttest C. Mastery Test describe the test item?
B. Pretest D. Criterion-referenced Test
A. It is very easy C. It is very difficult
11. The result of the test given by teacher A showed a B. It moderately difficulty D. It is difficult
negatively skewed distribution. What kind of test did teacher A
27. Two sections have the same mean but the standard
give? deviation of section 2 is higher than the section 1. Which of the
A. The test is difficult C. It is moderately difficult
two sections is more homogeneous?
B. It is not too easy nor too difficult D. It is easy A. Section 1 C. Both A and B
12. When the distribution is skewed to the right, what kind of
B. Section 2 D. None of the above
test was administered?
A. Difficult C. Average/moderately difficult
28. Miss Corteza administered a test to her class and the result 40. In a frequency distribution, what is the midpoint of the class
is positively skewed. What kind of test do you think Miss interval whose lower and upper limits are 99.5 and 109.5?
Corteza gave to her pupils? A. 107.0 B. 105.0 C. 104.0 D. 102.0
A. Posttest C. Mastery Test 41. In a frequency distribution, what is the interval size of the
B. Pretest D. Criterion-referenced Test class whose lower and upper limits are 9.5 and 19.5?
29. In his second item analysis, Mr. Gonzales found out that A. 11.0 B. 10.0 C. 9.0 D. 5.0
more from the lower group got the test items 15 correctly. What 42. Given a mean of 55 and a standard deviation of B, what
does this mean? two scores include one standard deviation below and above
A. The item has become more valid the mean?
B. The item has become more reliable A. 46 and 63 C. 47 and 63
C. The item has positive discriminating power B. 47 and 64 D. 46 and 64
D. The item has negative discriminating power 43. Given the same mean of 55 and standard deviation of 8,
30. Q 1 is 25th percentile as median is to what percentile? what score corresponds to two standard deviation above the
A. 40th percentile C. 50th percentile mean?
th
B. 60 percentile D. 75th percentile A. 70 B. 71 C. 72 D. 73
31. Which is implied by a positively skewed scores 44. What principle of test construction is violated when one
distribution? places very difficult items at the beginning; thus creating
A. The mean, the median, and the mode are equal frustration among students particularly those of average ability
B. Most of the scores are high and below average?
C. Most of the scores are low A. All the items of particular type should be placed together
D. The mode is high in the test
32. In a normal distribution curve, what does a T – score of 60 B. The items should be phrased so that the content rather
mean? than the form of the statements will determine the answer
A. Two SDs below the mean C. All items should be approximately 50 percent difficulty
B. Two SDs above the mean D. The items of any particular type should be arranged in an
C. One SD below the mean ascending order of difficulty
D. One SD above the mean 45. Mrs. Del Salvatier would like to find out how well her
For items 8 to 13, what does each figure/distribution on the students know each other, what assessment instrument would
right indicate? best suit her objective?
33. A. Self-report instrument C. Guess-who technique
A. mean > median > mode B. Sociometric technique D. All of the above
B. mean < mode > median 46. Mr. Lapromeso asked his pupils to indicate on a piece of
C. mean > mode < median paper the names of their classmates whom they would like to
D. mean < median < mode be with for some group activity, what assessment technique
34. did Mr. Lapromeso use?
A. mode < mean < median A. Self-report technique C. Sociometric technique
B. mode > mean > median B. Guess-who technique D. Anecdotal technique
C. median < mode > mean 47. Which of the following assessment procedures/tools is
D. none of the above useful in assessing social relation skills?
35. A. Anecdotal record C. Peer appraisal
A. equal means, unequal standard deviations B. Attitude scale D. Any of the above
B. equal means, equal standard deviations 48. If the proportion passing for the upper and lower group is .
C. unequal means, equal standard deviations 90 and .30 respectively, what is the discrimination index?
D. unequal means, unequal standard deviations A. .40 B. .50 C. .60 D. .70
49. Which is an example of affective learning outcome?
A. Interpret stimuli from various modalities to provide data
needed in making adjustment to the environment
B. Judge problem and issues in terms of situations involved
than in terms of fixed dogmatic thinking
C. Appreciate the quality and worth of the story read
D. None of the above
36. 50. Mr. Mirasol who is a high school teacher in English
A. unequal means, equal standard deviations conducted an item analysis of her test. She found out that the
B. unequal means, equal standard deviations four of the items of the rest obtained the following difficulty and
C. equal means, equal standard deviations discrimination indices and as follows.
D. equal means, unequal standard deviations
Item Number Difficulty Index Discrimination Index
1 .58 .49
2 .92 .72
3 .09 .32.
37. 4 .93 15
A. unequal variability, equal means, different shapes
B. unequal means, equal variability, different shapes Which of the above items should she discard in her item pool?
C. equal variability, equal means, different shapes A. Item 1 C. Item 3
D. unequal variability, unequal means, different shapes B. Item 2 D. Item 4

38.
A. unequal means, equal standard deviations
B. equal means, unequal standard deviations
C. equal means, equal standard deviations
D. unequal means, unequal standard deviations

39. In conducting a parent – teacher conference, which of the

following is NOT true?
A. Be friendly and informal
B. Be a know – it all person
C. Be willing to accept suggestions
D. Be careful in giving advice