KINE 4300 Final Exam Practice Test

  1. Which of the following factors will help to ensure that a test is objective?

a well-defined scoring method for the test

  1. What is a major threat to the validity of subjective test items?

bias

  1. Developing a table of specifications demonstrates what type of validity?

content-related validity

  1. An open-ended item on a questionnaire is most like which type of written test item?

essay

  1. Which of Bloom's categories of educational objectives is most like Ebel's category of "factual information"?

knowledge

  1. A table of specifications for a written test helps to answer which of the following questions?

what to test

  1. If a table of specifications calls for 20% of the 50 questions on a test to measure recall (knowledge) and 30% of them to measure strategy, how many of the test items should deal with recall (knowledge) of strategy?

3

  1. A teacher is scheduled to give an examination to four classes on December 1. The teacher begins coaching duties on December 1. If the four classes have been covering the same material in class and average 25 pupils each, what type of test should the teacher administer and why?

multiple-choice; more time to construct the test than to correct it

  1. What is the major difference between objective and essay items?

Objective items are more reliable.

  1. What increases when additional items are added to a written test?

reliability

  1. Assuming that 15% body fat is considered ideal for males, how much weight must Shawn lose if he weighs 200 lb and has been measured to be 21% fat?

14 lb

  1. In a true/false test the majority of the items are of what type?

knowledge

  1. Which of the following items would probably correlate the highest with laboratory methods of estimating maximal oxygen uptake?

9 min run

  1. Ideally, how difficult should the items be that comprise written achievement tests?

Most items should be of moderate difficulty.

  1. Which of the following is most important with an achievement test?

the discrimination index

  1. What major advantage do multiple-choice questions have over true/false items?

Guessing is less of a factor.

  1. The following information was obtained on a recent item analysis of a sample multiple-choice question: answer option A---difficulty = .14 and discrimination = -.10; answer option B---difficulty = .20 and discrimination = -.24; answer option C---difficulty = .48 and discrimination = .48; answer option D---difficulty = .18 and discrimination = -.01. The correct answer to this sample item was C. Estimate the quality of the test question.

good item

  1. What do item characteristics difficulty (P) and discrimination (r or D) impact?

both a and b

  1. For a 50-item test given to 140 students, approximately how many of the answer sheets would be used in an item analysis?

76

  1. What type of validity is provided by having a fellow teacher review the items on the test?

content validity

  1. Which of the following is the primary concern when grading an essay examination?

objectivity

  1. Which type of reliability estimate would least likely be used with a written test?

intraclass reliability

  1. To whom should assessments be meaningful?

the students

  1. What should be the first step in the grading process?

determining instructional objectives

  1. A meaningful assessment must consist of which of the following two parts?

assessment task and performance criteria

  1. Which of the following subject areas is more likely to have used forms of alternative, performance-based assessment for evaluating students?

physical education

  1. What is the best way to make a multiple-choice item more difficult?

include more options

  1. The most popular youth fitness batteries include health-related fitness tests. Which test battery includes a test of motor fitness?

the President's Challenge

  1. Grading is a

summative evaluation

  1. What is the biggest disadvantage of using arbitrary standards in grading?

consistency

  1. You want to grade on the "normal curve." What characteristic of the distribution are you most concerned about?

how skewed the class is

  1. How does the ACTIVITYGRAM differ from the FITNESSGRAM?

The ACTIVITYGRAM measures typical daily activity.

  1. Which type of test is LEAST likely to appear in a health-related fitness test battery?

agility

  1. What type of test item is least likely to appear in a health-related physical fitness test battery?

balance

  1. A test battery contains the following three items: distance runs, skinfolds, and trunk extension. What does the test battery measure?

health-related physical fitness