Toreno, James S. (Midterm On Assessment in Learning 2)
Toreno, James S. (Midterm On Assessment in Learning 2)
121.
A. mode < mean < median C. mode > mean > median
B. median < mode > mean D. mode < median < mean
122.
A. unequal means, unequal standard deviations C. equal means, unequal standard
deviations
B. unequal means, equal standard deviations D. unequal means, unequal standard
deviations
123.
A. equal means, equal standard deviations C. unequal means, unequal standard
deviations
B. equal means, unequal standard deviations D. unequal means, equal standard
deviations
124.
A. unequal variability, equal means, different shapes C. unequal means, equal variability,
different shapes
B. equal variability, equal means, different shapes D. unequal variability, unequal means,
different shapes
125.
A. unequal means, equal standard deviations C. equal means, unequal standard
deviations
B. equal means, equal standard deviations D. unequal means, unequal standard
deviations
126. In a frequency distribution, what is the midpoint of the class interval whose lower and upper limits are 98.5 and 108.5?
A. 103.5 B. 105.0 C. 104.5 D. 102.5
127. In a frequency distribution, what is the interval size of the class whose lower and upper limits are 8.5 and 19.5?
A. 11.0 B. 10.0 C. 9.0 D. 5.0
128. Given a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 8, what two scores include one standard deviation below and above?
A. 47 and 63 B 47 and 64 C. 47 and 63 D. 42 and 58
129. Given the mean of 55 and standard deviation of 8, what score corresponds to two deviations above the mean?
A. 70 B. 71 C. 72 D 73
130. Q2 is 50th percentile as median is to what percentile?
A. 40th percentile B. 60th percentile C. 50th percentile D. 75th percentile
131. Which is implied by a positively skewed scores distribution?
A. The mean, the median, and the mode are equal. C. Most of the scores are low.
B. Most of the scores are high. D. The mode is high.
132. Two sections have the same mean but the standard deviation of section 2 is lower than section 1. Which of the two
sections is more homogeneous?
A. Section 1 B. Section 2 C. Both sections A and B D. None of the above
133. Study this group of tests which was administered with following results, then answer the question
Subject Mean SD Ronnels’s Score
Physics 56 10 43
English 42 9 31
Math 80 16 109
134. In which subjects(s) were the scores most homogeneous?
A. Math B. English C. Physics D. Physics and Math
135. In a frequency distribution, what is the midpoint of the class interval whose lower limit and upper limit are 97.5 and 109.5?
A. 103.0 B. 105.0 C. 104.5 D. 102.5
136. In a frequency distribution, what is the interval size of the class whose lower and upper limits are 9.5 and 19.5?
A. 11.0 B. 10.0 C. 9.0 D. 5.0
137. Given a mean of 55 and a standard deviation of 8, what two scores include one standard deviation below and above?
A. 47 and 63 B. 47 and 64 C. 47 and 63 D. 46 and 64
138. Given the mean of 55 and standard deviation of 8, what score corresponds to two deviations above the mean?
A. 70 B. 71 C. 72 D. 73
139. Q1 is 25th percentile as Q3 is to what percentile?
A. 40th percentile B. 60th percentile C. 50th percentile D. 75th percentile
140. Which is implied by a positively skewed scores distribution?
A. The mean, the median, and the mode are equal. C. Most of the scores are low.
B. Most of the scores are high. D. The mode is high.
141. Two sections have the same mean but the standard deviation of section 2 is higher than section 1. Which of the two
sections is more homogeneous?
A. Section 1 B. Section 2 C. Both sections A and B D. None of the above
Study this group of tests which was administered with following results, then answer the question
142. Which of the following best describes skewed score distribution?
A. The scores are normally distribution C. The mean and the median are equal
B. The mode, mean and the median are equal D. The thin tail end of the graph goes at one
end or the other end
143. Which of the following best describes the distribution if a class is composed of bright students?
A. Negatively Skewed B. Positively Skewed C. Skewed to the right D. Normally distributed
144. What does negatively skewed score distribution mean?
A. Majority of the scores are concentrated on the left side of the curve. C. The scores are widespread
B. The students must be academically poor. D. The scores are concentrated on
the right side of the curve
145. What statement best describes a negatively skewed score distribution?
A. Most of the examinees got scores above the mean C. The value of median and mode
are equal
B. The value of mode corresponds to a low score. D. The value of median is higher than
the value of mode.
146. The graphical representation of a class with academically poor students is _______
A. Normally Distributed B. Skewed to the right C. Skewed to the left D. Leptokutic
147. What is true about normal distribution?
A. The mean, median and mode are equal C. Most of the scores of the students
are high
B. The mode is high D. Most of the scores of the students
are low
148. Most of the students got scores above the mean. What would be the graphical representation of their scores?
A. Normally distributed B. Skewed to the right C. Negatively skewed D. Positively
skewed
149. Teacher A is talking about “ Grading on the curve” in a district meeting. What does ”Grading on the curve mean?
A. A student grade compared with an established standard C. A student grade compared his
achievement to his improvement.
B. A student grade compared his achievement to his effort D. A student grade compared with other students.
150. Which of the following statements is true in a bell-shaped curve?
A. There are more high scores than low scores C. Most of the scores are high.
B. The scores are normally distributed D. There are more low scores than
high scores.
151. Which of the following statements best describes a positively skewed score distribution?
A. The mean and median are equal C. Most of the scores of the students are high
B. The mode is high D. Most of the scores of the students
are low.
152. Teacher Dominic wants to measure the performance of his students. Which is the most appropriate when the scores are
concentrate on the left side of the curve?
A. Mean B. Mean and Median C. Mode D. Median
153. In a normal distribution, about how many percent of the scores fall between -1sd to +1sd?
A. 15.73% B. 34.13% C. 49.86% D. 68.26%
E. 95.96%
154. In a normal distribution, a T-score of 30 is equal to ___
A. two SDs below the mean B. one SDs below the mean C. Two SDs above the mean
D. One SD above the mean
155. In a normal distribution with T-score of 90, the Z –score is ___
A. z = 0 B. z = 1 C. z = 2 D. z = 3
156. What is the stanine equivalent of a T-score = 20?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 3 E. 2
157. The computed value of r for Math and Science is 0.90. What does this imply?
A. Math and Science scores are inversely related C. The higher the scores in Math
exam, the higher the scores in Science Exam.
B. The lower the scores in Science exam, the lower the scores in Math exam. D. The higher the scores in Science
exam, the higher the scores in Math exam.
158. When points in the scattergram are evenly spread in all direction, this means that ____
A. The correlation between the two variable is positive C. The correlation between the two variables
is low
B. The correlation between the two variables is high D. There is no correlation between
the two variables.
159. The computed value of 5 = -0.35 for English and Biology. What does this mean?
A. English and Biology test scores are directly related to each other C. The higher the scores in English
test, the higher the scores in Biology test.
B. The higher the scores in English test, the lower the scores in Biology test. D. The lower the scores in Biology
test, the lower the scores in English test
160. Which of the following is the correlation value of a perfect positive correlation?
A. +0.01 B. +0.11 C. +1.0 D. +1.1
161. The computed r scores in Math and Filipino is -0.43. What does this mean?
A. Math scores are positively related to Filipino C. The higher the Math scores, the
lower the Filipino scores.
B. Math scores are not related to Filipino D. Filipino scores are slightly related
to Math scores.
The computed r scores in English and Science is 0.66. What does this mean?
A. English scores are positively related to Science scores C. As scores in English increase, the
scores in Science decrease.
B. As the scores in English decrease, the scores in Science increase. D. English scores are related to
Science scores.
162. Which of the following denotes a correlation value of 0.23?
A. Low relationship B. Negligible relationship C. Moderate relationship D. Marked relationship
163. Which of the following is the correlation value of a perfect negative correlation?
A. -0.11 B. -0.1 C. -1.1 D. -1.0
164. Which of the following denotes a correlation value of 0.78?
A. Very high relationship B. High relationship C. Moderate relationship D. Marked relationship
165. Which of the following denotes a correlation value of 0.93?
A. High relationship B. Marked relationship C. Moderate relationship D. Very high relationship
166. Teacher James conducted an item analysis in his quarterly assessment. His test item no. 16 has a difficulty index of 0.41
and a discriminating index of 0.36. What should teacher Matt do with item no. 16?
A. Reject the item. B. Retain the item C. Revise the item D. Make it a bonus item
167. The table is an item analysis based on non-attractiveness and non-plausibility of distracters taken from the results of a try-
out test in Mathematics. The letter marked with an asterisk is the correct answer.
Item No. A B* C D
Upper 27% 3 8 3 1
Lower 27% 6 3 1 5
168. The shows that the test item analyzed has ____
A. A positive discrimination index. C. A negative discrimination index.
B. Is easy D. Is difficult
169. Based on the table, which is the most effective distracter?
A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C
D. Option D
170. What is the difficulty level of the given item?
a. Easy B. Moderately difficult C. Difficult
D. Very difficult
171. Based on the table, what would you do with the test item?
a. Make an item bonus B. Reject the item C. Retain the item D. Revise the item
172. In Teacher Grace’s item analysis, she found out that a significantly greater number from the upper group of the class got
test item no. 5 correctly. This means that the test item ________
A. Has a negative discriminating power. B. Has a positive discriminating power
C. Is easy D. Is valid
173. Teacher Marvin gave a test in English. Test item no. 9 has a difficulty index of 0.85 and discrimination index of -0.17. What
should Teacher Marvin do with test item number 9?
A. Retain the itemB. Reject the item and make the item bonus C. Make the item bonus D. Reject the item
174. Teacher Dominic conducted an item analysis in his TLE class assessment. The facility index of test item no. 8 in his
assessment is 0.65. Which of the following statements best describes test item no. 8?
A. Moderately difficult B. Easy C. Difficult D. Very difficult
175. The discrimination index of a test item is -0.25. What does this mean?
A. More students in the lower group answered the test item correctly than those in the upper group.
B. More students in the upper group answered the test item correctly than those in the lower group.
C. The number of students in the lower group and upper group who got the correct answer to the test item is equal.
D. More students from the upper group got the test item correctly.
176. Teacher Cape conducted an item analysis in the quarterly assessment for the subject English. She found out that test item
no. 10 has a difficulty index of 0.45 and discrimination index of 0.37. What should teacher Cape do with test item no. 10?
A. Revise the item B. Retain the itemC. Reject the item D. Make the item bonus.
Below is a table of the item analysis for non-attractiveness of distracters, based on the results of a multiple-choice test in
Mathematics conducted by Teacher Marvin. Note that the letter with asterisk is the correct answer.
Item No. A* B C D
Upper 27% 12 5 8 10
Lower 27% 9 6 12 8
177. Based on the table, which is the most effective distracter?
A. Option B B. Option C C. Option D D. Option A
178. The table shows that the test item analyzed _____
A. Is very easy B. Has a negative discriminating power
C. Has a positive discriminating power D. Cannot be determined because of the insufficient
data
179. Based on the table, which of the options should be revised?
A. Option B B. Option C C. Option D D. Option A
180. What is the level of difficulty of the given test?
A. Very east B. Easy C. Moderately easy D. Difficult
181. Which group reflects more students who got the correct answer?
A. Lower group B. Upper group C. Cannot be determined, data are insufficient
D. Middle group
182. From the statements A-D, which competency did Teacher Grace’s students find easier?
A. The item with a difficulty index of 0.31 C. The item with a difficulty
index of 0.91
B. The item with a difficulty index of 0.55 D. The item with a difficulty
index of 1.0
183. The discrimination index of a test item is 0. It means that ___
A. More students from the lower group got the answer to the test item correctly
B. An equal number of students from the lower and upper group got the answer to the test item correctly.
C. More students from the upper group answered the test item correctly
D. More students from the upper group got the wrong answer to the test item.
184. A test item has a difficulty index of 0.60 and a discrimination index of 0.40. In case like this, what should the teacher do?
A. Make a bonus item B. Reject the item C. Retain the item D. Make it
a bonus item and reject it.
185. The discrimination index of a test item is.45. What does it mean?
A. More students from the lower group got the correct answer to the test item correctly.
B. An equal number of students from the lower and upper groups got the answer to the test item correctly.
C. More students from the upper group got the correct answer to the test item correctly.
D. More students from the upper group did not get the correct answer to the test item.
186. Judging from the statement below, which competency did a group of students find the greatest difficulty?
A. The item with a difficulty index of 0.1. C. The item with a difficulty index of 0.9.
B. The item with a difficulty index of 1.0. D. The item with a difficulty index of 0.5
187. In Teacher Grace’s item analysis, she found out that a significantly greater number from the upper group of the class got
test item no. 5 correctly. This means that the test item ____
A. Has a negative discriminating power C. Has a positive discriminating power
B. Is easy D. Is valid
188. The criterion of success in Teacher Angelo’s objective is that “the students must be able to get 85% of the items correctly”.
Abegail and 29 others got 36 items correctly out of 50 items. This means that Teacher Angelo ___
A. Attained his objective because of his effective teaching method C. Failed to attain his lesson objective as far
the 30 students are concerned.
B. Attained his objective D. Did not attain his lesson objective because
the student’s failed to study the material.
189. In group norming, the percentile rank of an examinee is___
A. Independent to his batch of examinees C. Dependent to his batch of examinees.
B. Affected by skewed distribution D. Not affected by skewed distribution
190. The test that is administered by Professional Regulatory Commission aimed at measuring the proficiency of teachers in
developing a set of instructional skills and methodologies. The examination is given every April and September yearly. The test
can be classified as
A. Performance test C. Norm-reference test
B. Professional test D. Criterion-reference test
191. What is true about norm referenced statement?
A. Mark performed better in spelling that 60% of his classmates. C. Mark was able to spell 90% of the words
correctly.
B. Mark was able to spell 90% of the words correctly and spelled 35 words out of 50 correctly. D. Mark spelled 35
words out of 50 correctly.
192. Teacher Ric will construct a quarterly assessment for his Biology subject. Which of the following will he accomplish first?
A. Prepare an assessment matrix C. Go back to his instructional objectives.
B. Study the content of his discussed lessons. D. Identify the format of the test items.