2. • The matching type may be
considered as modified multiple
choice type items where the choices
progressively reduce as one
successfully matches the items on the
left with the items on the right.
3. • A variant of the matching type items is the
data sufficiency and comparison type
items are the data sufficiency and
comparison type of test illustrated below:
• Example: Write G if the item on the left is
greater than the item on the right; L if the
item on the left is less than the item on the
right; E if the item on the left equal the
item on the right and D if the relationship
cannot be determined.
4. A
1. Square root of 9
2. Square of 25
3. 36 inches
4. 4 feet
5. 1 kilogram
B
______a. -3
______b. 615
______c. 3 meter
______d. 48 inches
______e. 1pound
5. • The data sufficiency test above can, if
properly, constructed, test higher order
thinking skills. Each item goes beyond
simple recall of facts and, in fact, requires
the students to take decisions.
• Another useful device for testing lower
order thinking skills is the supply type of
tests. Like the multiple choice test, the
items in this kind of test consist of a stem
and a blank where the students would
write the correct answer.
6. • Example: The study of life and living
organisms is called________.
• Supply type test depend heavily on the
way that the stems are constructed. These
test allow for one and only one answer
and hence, often tests only the students
knowledge.
• It is, however, possible to construct supply
type of test that will test higher order
thinking as the following example will
show.
7. • Example: Write an appropriate synonym
for each of the following. Each blank
corresponds to a letter:
Metamorphose:_ _ _ _ _ _
Flourish:_ _ _ _
