STAGES OF TEST

CONSTRUCTION
Step 1
b.
c. Tasks
Multiple Choice
General term for any task type where the
appropriate answer is picked from a list of
alternatives

Example:
Teachers recapitulate their lessons before dismissing
the class.
a. remember
b. restrain
c. reiterate
d. retest
Single Response
A multiple choice task where only
one option is possible

Example:
Tick the item with the correct spelling.
harassment
agressive
ocassion
Multiple Response
A multiple choice task where more than one option
is possible

Example:
Why should acid rain alarm us?
a. It can destroy sulphur dioxide in air.
b. It can destroy nitrogen oxide in air.
c. It can destroy man and his habitat.
d. It can destroy fossil fuels.
True/False
The student is given a statement and should
indicate whether it is correct or not.

Example: Reading comprehension

exam
The graphs below show the different time allocation for
working on a particular project and the percentage of
student preference for each plan.

Plan A (60%) Plan B (40%)

Library Library
research 25% research
35% 35%
Drafting and Drafting and
50%
writing writing
Revision and 25% Revision and
30%
proofreading proofreading
Write True if the statement is TRUE and False if the statement is FALSE.

________ 1. Most students prefer to do a project spending equal time doing library
research and drafting and writing.

________ 2. Given the same amount of time, a student who follows plan B will spend
more time for library research than a student who does the same work
but follows plan A.
Ranking
Ranking

Students are given a list of items which they are

asked to rank (i.e., by dragging or assigning a
number)
 Detergent

Soap is an inefficient cleanser compared with the synthetic chemical compounds

called detergents. The reason is that detergent molecules have one group of hydrophilic
atoms that like water, and one hydrophobic group that dislike it. The hydrophobic group
attaches itself to dirt and grease. The hydrophilic group reduces the tendency of water to
cohere into drops, allowing a water-detergent mix to penetrate fibers and wash away the
hydrophobic group, with the dirt.
The Belgian chemist A. Reychler noted the effect of detergents in 1913. The first
commercially available detergent was “Nekal” sold in Germany in 1917 to alleviate wartime
soap shortages. The Second World War encouraged further development aimed at cleaning
uniforms in adverse conditions – for example, with only salt water.
Ordinary detergents have difficulty in dissolving protein stains such as egg, but the
chemical substances called enzymes breakdown proteins. “Biological” detergents with an
enzyme added were introduced in 1967 by Proctor & Gamble of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Example:
Retrace the chronological order in which these events took place.

____ “Biological” detergents with an enzyme added were introduced in 1967 by Proctor &
Gamble of Cincinnati, Ohio.
____ The first commercially available detergent was “Nekal” sold in Germany to alleviate
wartime soap shortages.
____ The Belgian chemist A. Reychler noted the effect of detergents in 1913.
____ The Second World War encouraged further development aimed at cleaning
uniforms in adverse conditions – for example, with only salt water.
Matching
A kind of multiple choice question in which
the test taker is asked to combine two or more
items that belong together

e.g., After a reading task, students will be

asked about vocabulary questions.
Identify words and phrases in column A and B. Find out the meaning of the word from column A
in column B. Write your answer by writing the letters of the alphabet which preceding each
phrase or word in column B. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

Column A Column B
1. Won a. receiver
2. innovator b. deciding to stop from work
3. intelligence c. lose
4. achiever d. Someone who has high distinction in a movement
5. greatest, e. get a victory from a such thing
6. professional f. smartness
7. retirement g. Very beautiful
8. imaginable h. The most fabulous
9. memorable i. A grade after amateur
10. indescribable j. unforgettable
k. Can be told
l. untold
Hotspot

On a drawing or picture, students are

asked to select a specific area.
 Open answer
Any type of question in which the test taker is asked
to produce written or spoken sentences or texts

Example:
Explain the following line from The Little Prince:
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Text-numeric
As an answer to a question, students fill
in words, short sentences or numbers

e.g., (listening test) Fill-in the omitted dates.

 Cloze
In a running text, one or more words have been
deleted. It is up to the test taker to fill-in the
blanks

Example: Fill-in the correct words.

1. Don’t bother him. He’s ____ busy to speak to you.
a. not b. to c. too d. such

2. Unless the Headmaster calls you first, _________ to him.

C-Cloze
A cloze test which includes the first letter
of each deleted word

e.g., Fill in the correct words.

Once there was a merchant family who owned a

dog and a donkey. One ni_____, when the owner o_
the hou__ was fa__ asleep i_ his b__, a thief
broke in__ the house to st__ some o_ the own__
possessions.
Extended response
Students can be asked to reply to an open
question or to produce longer response.

Example:

What is your opinion about the racial segregation

of black and white people during the 1930s, as
described in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
2.
a. Collecting testing materials
b. Writing a version
c. Evaluating the draft
version
d. Rewriting the draft version
3. Development

a. Piloting
b. Revising