Types of Questions for Exam paper:

Multiple Choice: eg. Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers
the question.

Analyze:eg.Use the following information to answer question

Choose the one response below that appropriate fills in the blanks

Refer to the figure to answer question

Label the picture below that illustrate………….

Apply concept :eg. How are plants different than animals.

Analyze : eg.Which has more oxygen: the air we inhale or the air we exhale?

Conclude :eg. How is air pollution harmful to the respiratory system?

Define :eg. Evaporation, condensation

Match the following terms with their definitions.

Explain :eg. How does science effect our life?

List three ways scientist communicate results.

Relate: eg. Explain the relationship between an object’s color and the wavelength of
light reflected.

Data Analysis:eg. Use the graph to answer the question

Classify: eg Using the chart , classify all the items shown above into two different
groups, according to a feature that one group has and the other group does not.

Describe the process of photosynthesis

Cause and Effect: Complete the chart by writing the effect

Explain why blood moves in one direction

Indicative Percentage Breakdown for Exams
DOK percentages for grades 4 - 6
Level 1 Recall & Reproduction 30%
Level 2 Skills & Concepts 30%
Level 3 Strategic Thinking & Reasoning 25%
Level 4 Extended Thinking 15%

Taxonomy percentages for grades 4 - 6

30% Remembering
30% Understanding
20% Applying
10% Analyzing
10% Creating/evaluating – (Critical Thinking/Challenge Question)

DOK percentages for grades 7 - 12

Level 1 Recall & Reproduction 20%
Level 2 Skills & Concepts 30%
Level 3 Strategic Thinking & Reasoning 30%
Level 4 Extended Thinking 20%

Taxonomy percentages for grades 7 - 12

20% Remembering
30% Understanding
20% Applying
10% Analyzing
10% Evaluating
10% Creating - (Critical Thinking/Challenge Question)

MCQs True /False , Fill-in-blanks,

Multiple choice …. (Picture clues, Circle the correct
statement)
Matching (Picture/Word/Vocabulary….)
Label (Picture / word clue)
Draw (Apply / Classify …) etc.
Essays Describe/Explain/ Write

Cases Problem Solving

Critical Thinking (skills)
Cause and Effect
Compare/ contrast
Alike / different
Analyze / Conclude
Identify
(Graphic Organizer/picture clue…..)
Comprehension Comprehension Skills
Open answer (Investigate /Describe/……..)