6. Which is considered an assessment FOR 12.

A Pre-board Examination was found out to have

leaming? the ability to explain how the students will likely
A. Giving grades to students perform in their licensure examination in the future.
B. Reporting to parents the performance Can I say the licensure examination has predictive
of their child. validity? Why?
C. Recommending for new policies in grading A. Yes, since it can be used to tell how the takers will
students. perform in the assessment in the future.
D. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of B. Yes, since it can be used to describe the
students. performance of the takers in their pre-board
examination.
7. Which is being done if Teacher Z is doing C. No, it is the pre-board examination that possesses
assessment OF learning? predictive validity as it can tell the future performance
A. Giving Immediate feedback to student's strengths of the takers in their licensure examination.
and weaknesses. D. No, what it possesses is concurrent validity since it
B. Determining the area of interest of learners happens almost at the same time when the pre-board
C. Certifying student's achievement examination was taken.
D. Designing a relevant instruction
13. Teacher Y wants to establish the reliability of a
8. If you review the test items to ensure that all Final Test with only one form but whose objectives
learners understood the context used, what principle have at least two parallel items arranged in
on student assessment are you trying to consider? consecutive manner. What method of establishing
A. Assessment should have a positive. consequence reliability is most likely to be used?
to student's learning. A . Test-Retest
B. Assessment should be balanced. B. Kuder Richardson Method
C. Assessment should be reliable. C. Split-Half Method
D. Assessment should be fair. D. Test-Retest with Equivalent Forms

9. Teacher Ria emphasizes what problem solving is

and not how to solve problems. What learning target Refer to this case in answering items 14-15
should her assessment cover?
A. skill Two teachers of the same grade level have set the
B. knowledge following objectives for the day's lesson:
C. disposition At the end of the period, the students should be able
D. product to:
A. solve routine and non-routine problems Involving
10. Teacher Y gave a quiz for the lesson objective the four basic operations on whole numbers;
"identify the planets in the solar system". Can quiz be B. construct routine and non-routine problems
enough to assess students' learning for the given involving the four basic operations on whole numbers;
objective?
A. Yes, since the objective is meant for quizzes only. To assess the attainment of the objectives, Teacher A
B. No, doing oral questioning is better than giving a required the students to construct individually a
quiz. routine and a non-routine word problem involving the
C. No, it is better if essay is given so that higher four basic operations then asked them to show their
thinking skills are assessed. solution to the problems. Teacher B constructed a
D. Yes, since selective type of test is possible to use routine and a non-routine word problem involving the
so results could be reported immediately to the four basic operations then asked the students to show
students. their solution to the problems.

11. Teacher B wants to test students' knowledge of 14. Whose practice is acceptable? Explain the
the different places in the Philippines, their capital and answer.
their products and so she gave her students an essay A. Teacher A as her/his assessment is more valid.
test. If you are the teacher will you do the same? B. Teacher A as her/his assessment is more reliable.
A. No, the giving of an objective test is more C. Teacher B as her/his assessment is more valid.
appropriate than the use of essay. D. Teacher B as her/his assessment is more reliable.
B. No, such method of assessment is inappropriate
because essay is difficult. 15. Which is true about the given situation in item 14?
C. Yes, essay test could measure more than what
other tests could measure A. Objective A matched with performance-based
D. Yes, essay test is the best in measuring any type of assessment while B can be assessed using the
knowledge. traditional pen-and-paper objective test.
B. Objective A matched with traditional assessment B. Fairness
while B can be assessed using a performance-based C. Multiple Foci
method. D. Authenticity
C. Both objective A and B matched with performance-
based assessment. 21. Which one best explains why a teacher will use
D. Both objective A and B matched with traditional portfolio assessment in support of results of traditional
assessment. assessment?
A. Portfolio assessment shows products of learning.
16. Which is an advantage of the paper-pencil test? B. Portfolio assessment reproduction of knowledge.
A. It is easy to administer and score. promotes
B. It requires little, use of time for teaching and C. Portfolio assessment encourages demonstration of
assessment. attitude.
C. It is favorable to students who are interpersonally D. Portfolio assessment allows examination of
intelligent. evidences of performances in the class.
D. Its validity in assessing students who are good
musically is high. 22. When students have submitted their portfolio, the
teacher found out the contents are almost the same
17 . Which is likely happening in a class that is doing but they differ in presentation and organization. What
a performance-based assessment? principle in portfolio assessment explains this
A. Students are evaluated using a multiple-choice practice?
test. A. Content Principle
B. Students are evaluated based on different written B. Learning Principle
tests. C. Equity Principle
C. Students do peer evaluation using key to D. Product Principle
corrections provided to them.
D. Students perform a group activity in creating a 23. Which is logical sequence of the following steps of
model of digestive system. portfolio assessment?
1. Set target trait to assess.
18. Mr. Estocapio rated his students in terms of II. Select evidences that could best represent the
appropriate and effective use of garden tools and if target set.
they were able to follow the specified procedures. III. Collect evidences of attainment of the targets set.
What mode of assessment did he use? IV. Exhibit evidences to celebrate success in doing
A. Portfolio Assessment the work.
B. Journal Assessment V. Reflect on the value of the evidences gathered.
C. Traditional Assessment
D. Performance-Based Assessment A. I, II, III, IV, V
B. I, III, II, V, IV
19. Ms. Cea presented her lesson on baking through C. I, II, III, V, IV
a group activity so that the students will not just learn D. I, III, V, II, IV
how to bake but could also develop their interpersonal
skills. How should she assess her students? 24. Which could be seen in an analytic rubric?
1. Objective in all levels of cognitive behavior
1. She should give the students an essay test II. Multiple criteria in assessing learning
explaining how they baked the cake. III. Quantitative descriptions of the quality of work
II. She should grade the students on the quality of IV. Qualitative descriptions of the quality of work.
their baked cake using a rubric.
III. She should allow her students to rate the members A. I and II only
based on their ability to cooperate in their group B. II, III, and IV only
activity C. I, II, and III
IV. She should observe how the students perform D. I, II, III, IV
their task.
25. The students were given a short essay. What kind
A. I, II, and III only of rubric is fair and practical to use in rating their
B. II, III, and IV only work?
C. I, II, IV only A. analytic
D. I, II, III, and IV B. holistic
C. Either holistic or analytic
20. Teacher B has set a performance assessment D. Both holistic and analytic
target that could accommodate students' differences
in their learning style. What criterion in the selection of
assessment task did she consider?
A. Generalizability
Directions: Enhance your test taking skills by C. Class B and D
answering the items below. Write only the letter of the D. Class A and E
best answer.
13. Which class is the most heterogeneous?
6. When Ms. Viadoreli analyzed her test items she A. Class A
found out that one item obtained a difficulty index of B. Class B
0.91 and a discrimination index of 0.15. If you were C. Class C
Ms. Ventura what will you do with that test item D. Class D

A. Revise the item 14. Which among the five classes is the most
B. Retain the Item homogeneous?
C. Reject the item A. Class A
D. Change the item B. Class C
C. Class D
7. What does positive discrimination index mean? D. Class E
A. The test item is more likely to be valid.
B. More from the upper group got the item correct. 15. What can you say about the Achievement Test in
C. More from the lower group answered the test item History?
correctly. A. Moderately difficult
D. The test item could not discriminate those who B. Quite easy
know from those who do not know the correct answer. C. Very easy
D. Average
8. Sebastian's score in the first quarterly exam is 90
out of 110, what can you say about hirn? 16. Five teachers were asked by their school principal
A. He answered 90 items in the test correctly. to judge a performance using one set of scoring rubric
B. Sebastian obtained a grade of 90 in the test. and all of them arrived at precisely the same accurate
C. He was able to answer 90% of the test Items result. What characteristic of a good assessment
correctly. instrument does the scoring rubric possess?
D. Sebastian performed better than 90% of his A. Scoreability
classmates. B. Objectivity
C. Reliability
9. When Ms. Le Von administered a Pre-test to her D. Validity
class, she found out that her students' scores followed
a negatively skewed distribution. What kind of 17. The table shows that test item 15 analyzed
students does Ms. Le Von have?
A. Her students are of different abilities. A. Has a negative discrimination index
B. Most of her students are just average. B. Has a positive discrimination index
C. She has a lot of very good students in her class. C. Is moderately difficult test item
D. Ms. Le Von has homogeneous low performing D. Is a very easy Item
students.
18. Based on the table which is the most effective
10 . In his second item analysis, Mr. Bruno found out distracter?
that more from the lower group got test item #15 A. Option A
correctly. This means that the test item has a B. Option B
A. lower validity. C. Option C
B. high reliability. D. Option D
C. positive discriminating power.
D. negative discriminating power. 19. Based on the table, which group got more correct
answer?
11. What kind of distribution is given? When:Median A. Lower group
73. What kind of distribution is given? B. Upper group
Mean = 64 C. It cannot be determined
Mode = 81 D. Data are not sufficient to give an answer

A. Normal distribution 20. Mrs. Kwerasera would like to determine the

B. Frequency distribution reliability of her Achievement Test in Biology, which of
C. Positively skewed distribution the following activities will help her so she would be
D. Negatively skewed distribution able to attain her objective?
A. Give the Achievement Test in Biology to one group
12. Which class performed best in the His- tory Test? of students and then compare the result with another
A. Class A test taken by the same group of students.
B. Class D
B. She should show her Achievement Test in Biology
to another Biology teacher to check the key to
correction.
C. She should administer her Achievement Test in
Biology to a class two times with an interval period of
two weeks.
D. Review her test items to check if the table of
specifications had been religiously followed.

21. The mean of a certain test is 40 and the standard

deviation is 10, what should be the score of an
average student?
A. The score of the student should be 40
B. His/her score should be between 30 and 50.
C. He/she must get a score that is higher than 40 but
not higher than50.
D. His/her obtained score should be lower than 40 but
not lower than 30.

22. What does a percentile rank of 85 mean? Eighty

A. It is the student's grade in the test.
B. The student exceeded 85 percent of the examinees
who took the test.
C. The student answered eighty-five per- cent (8%5)
of the items correctly.
D. Eighty-five percent (85%) of those who took the
test scored higher than the individual.

23. Mrs. Daverasea correlated her students' scores in

the first grading test in Science with the their scores in
the second grading test in the same subject to
determine if her instrument can describe the present
performance of the students in Science. What test of
validity did she establish?
A. Content Validity
B. Concurrent Validity
C. Construct Validity
D. Predictive Validity

24. In one National Achievement Test the mean score

of the students in Math is 36.3. What does 36.3
mean?
A. 36.3 represent the typical performance of the
students in Math Test.
B. Fifty percent of the students got a score of at least
36.
C. Most of the students' scores are around 36 to 37.
D. No students obtained a score below 36.

25. Which of the following statements is TRUE about

grades? Grades are,
A. necessarily a measure of student's potential
B. both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for learning
C. measures of student's achievement in a given
subject
D. exact measures of student's intelligence and
learning progress