EXERCISE 5

Critiquing Test Items

Instructions. The following are test items taken from summative tests in different high school
subjects. Identify what desired qualities of test items are violated in these items. Then, make
suggestions on how these test items should be revised so that it follow the different desired
qualities of test items.

Araling Panlipunan

Multiple Choice. Bilugan ang titik ng tamang sagot.

1. Payak na disenyo ng haligi ng sinaunang Griyego
a. Ionic c. Corinthian
b. Doric d. Erectheum

2. Kauna-unahang siyentista at pilosopo mula sa Asia Minor at sumuri sa likas na sanhi ng

lindol.
a. Democritus c. Thales
b. Pythagoras d. Hippocrates

3. Isang manggamot na nagturo na hanapin ang sanhi ng sakit kaysa sisihin ang Diyos.
a. Democritus c. Thales
b. Pythagoras d. Hippocrates

4. Isang kaisipan noong panahong Helenistiko na nagbibigay-diin sa dignidad, pagtitimpi,

at katwiran.
a. Stoicism c. Erectheum
b. Epicureanism d. Know Thyself

5. Ang salitang pilosopiya ay nangangahulugang “pag-aaral sa batayang katotohanan” na

nangangahulugang _____ sa salitang Griyego.
a. Pagmamahal sa bayan c. pagmamahal sa sarili
b. Pagmamahal sa kaalaman d. pagmamahal sa katapangan

Sanaysay. Sagutin ang sumusunod na tanong. Mangyaring isulat ang sagot sa espasyong
inilaan. (5 puntos bawat bilang)

1. Ipaliwanag kung bakit ang mga Pilipino ay may maraming pagkakaiba sa katangiang
pisikal at maging sa kultura, pag-uugali, at paniniwala.

2. Anu-ano ang mga sinaunang paniniwala at kaugalian na hanggang ngayon ay makikita

pa sa ating lipunan?
 English

Multiple Choice. Read the statements below and tell what element of the story is referred to.
Encircle the letter of your answer. (5 pts)

1. What is the central idea or belief in the story?

a. Plot c. setting
b. Theme d. conflict
2. It is the struggle between two people or things in a story.
a. Setting c. conflict
b. Plot d. characters
3. It is the time and place in which the story happens, including images.
a. Plot c. setting
b. Characters d. conflict
4. What is the series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict?
a. Plot c. setting
b. Characters d. conflict
5. It is the rise and fall of one’s voice when he or she is speaking.
a. Pitch c. intonation
b. Tone d. voice
6. It is the quality or character of sound.
a. Pitch c. intonation
b. Tone d. voice
7. It is the degree of height or depth of a tone or of sound.
a. Pitch c. intonation
b. Tone d. voice
8. It is a story handed down from generation to generation usually through tradition.
a. Myth c. folktale
b. Legend d. fable
9. These are traditional narrative handed down from generation to generation by word of
mouth. They reflect the traditions and cultures of a group of people.
a. Myth c. folktale
b. Legend d. fable

Completion. Fill in the blank with the right name of a person or a place listed above.

1. An __________ could easily determine the quality of onions used in the preparation of
food served to him.
2. Which among the fast food restaurants downtown sells the best kind of __________.
3. If you __________ your classes, you will miss your mastery test in Science.
4. Do you think a punishment through the __________ is proper for that grievous criminal
offense he committed?
5. Their spacious lawn is covered with evenly mowed __________.
6. Math is my __________. I’ve never topped any examination in this subject.
7. Would you like me to call you __________ because of your act in selling my share
without my consent?
Physical Education
Identification. Supply the blank with correct answers. 2 pts each.

1. __________ it is done when you throw the ball into the basket.
2. __________ an offensive weapon with high point of release.
3. __________ a shot that is close to the basket.
4. __________ a skill of throwing the ball to an intended player.
5. __________ it is a means of moving the ball
6. A team sports composed of six players is __________.
7. Softball in a team sports. It has __________ players in fast pitch.
8. In softball, __________ is the fundamental skill that must be mastered before attempting other
skills.
9. __________ is the traditional dance that embodies the culture of a group of people.
10. Sinulog is a ceremonial dance of __________.

Direction. Draw the fundamental dance position of feet and hand in folkdance (2 pts each)

Hand Feet
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

Enumeration. Give the facilities and equipments of the following games.

a. Badminton 1-5
b. Sepak Takraw 6-9
c. Basketball 10-12
d. Volleyball 13-15

TLE
Matching type. Match Column A with Column B. Write the letter of your answer in the space
provided for. (15 pts)
A B
_____ 1. Track ball a. allows users to input data by pressing the appropriate key
_____ 2. Direct selling b. small device connected to the host computer with a trailing
tail-like cord
_____ 3. Single proprietorship c. a rotating ball whose motions is interpreted in the same
manner as that of the mouse
_____ 4. Business d. refers to the computer users
_____ 5. Service cooperative e. refers to the programs or instructions that the computer
executes to perform its tasks.
_____ 6. Multipurpose coop. f. a form of marketing where sales agents bring the products
directly to the clients
_____ 7. Retailing g. refers to selling of goods directly to the consumer in small
quantities
_____ 8. Partnership h. associations of 15 more people united by common interest
_____ 9. Corporation i. owned and managed by one person
_____ 10. Cooperative j. two or more people at the helm of the business
_____ 11. Credit cooperatives k. entities created by operations of law
_____ 12. Software l. may be a single proprietorship, a partnership, a corporation,
or a cooperative
_____ 13. Peopleware m. provides transportation, housing, hospitalization, power,
communication, and other service to the community
_____ 14. Mouse n. combines business activities of different types of
cooperative
_____ 15. Keyboard o. encourages members so that they will invest in business

Illustration. Draw and label the color wheel. Identify the primary, secondary, and tertiary
colors. (30 pts)

Discussion. Discuss the life of the artist and contribution to the evolution of arts (10 pts).
1. Michael Angelo
2. Renoir

Essay. Answer the following questions. (10 pts each)

1. How many hours did you spend in making your project?
2. What did you use in making your slipper, duyan, and lampshade?
3. How much did you spend in making your project?
4. What other materials can you make out of the materials we used?

Science
Matching Type. Match Column A with Column B. write the letter of the correct answer on the
blank. In Part II, match column A and B with reference to where the given organ originates. (1
point each)

Part I
A B
_____ 1. Legume a. watermelon
_____ 2. Grain b. mango
_____ 3. Nut c. pilinut
_____ 4. Drupe d. atis
_____ 5. Berry e. beans
_____ 6. Multiple f. pineapple
_____ 7. Aggregate g. corn
_____ 8. Accessory h. cashew
_____ 9. Samara/winged i. narra
_____ 10. Achere j. banana

Part II.
A B
_____ 1. Parenchyma k. parenchyma
_____ 2. Collenchymas l. suberin
_____ 3. Sclerenchyma m. collenchymas
_____ 4. Lateral roots n. pericycle
_____ 5. Primary root o. meristematic cell
_____ 6. Secondary root p. radical
_____ 7. Stem q. ovary
_____ 8. Seed r. primary root
_____ 9. Fruit s. hypocotyl/epicotyls
_____ 10. Seedcoat t. ovule
u. integriment

Fill in the blanks. The Sounding Box Experiment (10 points)

More stretched or tightened string 41. __________ frequency.
Longer, 42. __________ and more stretched string, 43. __________ pitch.
Thicker strings (with large diameter) 44. __________ frequency.
Higher frequency, 45. __________ pitch.

Essay. Explain in not less than 3 sentences.

1. Write at least three (3) important uses of electricity in our daily lives.
2. Why sound is important?
3. Is it important to identify our normal body temperature? What is the normal body
temperature and why?
4. Why do we consider the moon, water, and mirrors as reflecting light?
5. Why does an orange fruit color differ from the color of a ripe banana?
Music
Identification. Identify what is being described in each item. Write your answer in the space
provided. (5 points)
________________ 1. He is prominent figure in 20th century music. Whose influence steadily
grew and is regarded by many as the founder of post modernist music.
________________ 2. A kind of music that overlaps with avant-garde music.
________________ 3. He is the one who uses “experimental” as a term for experimental music.
________________ 4. He is a composer of experimental music who used the “prepared” piano in
producing music.
________________ 5. It is the production of songs, musical composition, or recording using
portions or samples of previously made recordings.

Multiple choice. Encircle the correct answer (10 points)

1. What is technique that John Cage used in making his composition “the dance”?
a. Microtones c. sound collage
b. Extended techniques d. magnetic tape
2. It first became a possibility with the widespread use of magnetic tapes.
a. Microtones c. magnetic tape
b. Sound collage d. extended techniques
3. Who is the first well-known composer to have worked with sound collage?
a. John Cage c. Keith Rowe
b. Iannis Xenakis d. Micahel Nyman
4. He is the composer who composed “aroura”?
a. John Cage c. Keith Rowe
b. Iannis Xenakis d. Micahel Nyman
5. An extension of traditional music, adding unconventional instruments, modification to
instruments, and other novelties to orchestral compositions.
a. Post-modernistic music c. Contemporary classical music
b. Experimental music d. Modern music
6. He is the one who stressed a philosophy that “all sounds are essentially music”.
a. John Cage c. Igor Stravinsky
b. Schoenberg d. Bela Bartok
7. Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to a period that started in the mid
of?
a. 1970’s c. 1980’s
b. 1960’s d. 1990’s
8. The purpose of art is to focus people’s attention on objects for contemplation. This idea is from
composer critic name ______________.
a. Steve Hicken c. Keith Rowe
b. Iannis Xenakis d. Brion Gysin
9. What made the sound collage into possibility?
a. Magnetic waves c. magnetized tape
b. Magnetic tape d. magnetism of tape
10. Use of this technique made its dramatic appearance among oil paintings in the early 20 th century
as an art form of ground breaking novelty.
a. Music c. mosaic
b. Collage d. camera
Matching Type. Match the Column A to Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer in the
space provided.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
_____ 1. Chop a. to dip fruits or vegetables in hot water
_____ 2. Grate b. to cook in boiling water
_____ 3. Pare c. to filter big particles of food or foreign particles
_____ 4. Strain d. to slightly mix ingredients with two forks or a fork
and a spoon
_____ 5. Toss e. to remove outer covering by cutting with a knife as
with potatoes
_____ 6. Boil f. to rub on a grater and produce particles as grated
cheese
_____ 7. Pan – broil g. to cut up into small pieces with a knife
_____ 8. Pot roast h. to cook in a hot uncovered frying pan, pouring off
fat as it accumulates
_____ 9. Blanch i. a piece of meat cooked by braising
_____ 10. Blend j. to mix two or more ingredients so that each loses its
identity
k. to put through a food or meat chopper