COMPLETION

TYPE OF TEST
 COMPLETION TEST

This test consists of a series of items which

requires the testee to fill a word or phrase on
the blank. This is also called filling the blank type
of test. The test writer must be certain that
testees produce only the answer she wants to
be used in each blank.
 Give the student a reasonable
basis for the responses desired.

∆ Avoid indefinite statements.

RULES AND
SUGGESTIONS EXAMPLE:
FOR THE Wrong: Carolus Linnaeus was born
CONSTRUCTION in _________.
OF COMPLETION
Right: Carolus Linnaeus was born in
the year_________.
∆ Avoid over mutilated statements.

EXAMPLE:
Wrong: ______________ was the first to view ______
under the ___________.
Right: _______________was the first to view
bacteria under the microscope.
∆ Avoid giving the student unwarranted
cluesto the desired response

A.Whenever possible avoid a and an immediately before the blank.

EXAMPLE:
Wrong: An ________ cell is composed of nucleus.
Right: ________ cell is composed of nucleus.
B. Do not indicate of the expected answer by varying the
length of blanks

EXAMPLE:
Ribosomes
1._________is where synthesis of protein occurs.
Mitochondria
2.___________is the powerhouse of the cell.
Cell Membrane guards the entry and exit of
3.____________
materials in a cell
C. Avoid lifting statements directly from the
book.

EXAMPLE:
Wrong: Global warming is the result of the accumulation
of heat on the surface of the earth brought about by the
concentration of gases in the ________.
D. Avoid giving grammatical clues to the answer
expected

EXAMPLE:
Before: The authors of the modern cell theory
were
_________.
Improved: Modern Cell theory was theorized by
_________.
E. Omit only key words or phrases rather than trivial
details.

F. Guard against the possibility that one item or part

of the test may suggest the correct response to
another item.
 1. By providing a
THREE WAYS OF context
RESTRICTING
THE CHOICES 2. By providing data
AVAILABLE TO
THE TESTEES: 3. By using multiple
choice techniques
 BY PROVIDING CONTEXT

EXAMPLE:
Kim usually goes to the cinema about once a week but she
_________four films already this month and it’s only the
20th today.

(Possible answers: has seen/will have seen/must have seen)

 BY PROVIDING DATA

EXAMPLE:
I go to the cinema regularly, but it’s ages since I last saw a
play. I go to the cinema regularly, but I ________ to the
theatre for months.

(Possible answers: haven’t been/haven’t gone/haven’t been

going/haven’t been able to go)
BY USING MULTIPLE CHOICE TECHNIQUES

EXAMPLE:
I _____ to the theatre three times since I last saw you.
a. go
b. had gone
c. have been
d. went