TYPES OF PAPER-

AND-PENCIL TEST

PART TWO
Selected-
Response
Type

True-False Test
Multiple Choice Tests
Matching Type
 MATCHING TYPE

The matching type items may be

considered modified true or false items
where the choices progressively reduce
as one successfully matches the items
on the left with the items on the right.
 Guidelines for Constructing
Matching TYpe of Test

RULE 01 PERFECT MATCHING TYPE

Example: Match items in column A with the items in
column B.

Match A
__ 1. First President of the Republic
__ 2. National Hero
B
a. Magellan
b. Mabini

homogeneous not __ 3. Discovered the Philippines

__ 4. Brain of Katipunan
__ 5. The great painter
c. Rizal
d. Lapu-Lapu
e. Aguinaldo

heterogeneous __ 6. Defended Limasawa Island f. Juan Luna

g. Antonio Luna

items.
 Guidelines for Constructing
Matching TYpe of Test

RULE 02 RULE 03

The stem must be in the The options must be more in

number than the stems to
first column while the
prevent the student from
options must be in the arriving at the answer by
second column. mere process of elimination.
 Guidelines for Constructing
Matching TYpe of Test

RULE 04 RULE 05

To help the examinee find

Like any other test, the
the answer easier, arrange
direction of the test must be
the options alphabetically or
given. The examinees must
chronologically, whichever is
know exactly what to do.
applicable.
 Exercise

Column A Column B
1. Poy A. Sides
2. Triangle B. Eight-sided polygon
3. Pentagon C. Ten-sided polygon
A n a ly z e th e m a tc h in g 4. Square D. Close plane figure
5. Decagon E. Irving
ty p e o f te s t b e lo w . Is 6. Hexagon F. James
th is p e rf e c t m a tc h in g 7. Isosceles Triangle
8. Octagon
G. Melville
H. Mark Twains (Clemens)
ty p e o f te s t w ri tt e n in 9. Gons I. Wharton

a c c o rd a n c e w it h th e
10. Circle J. Many

g u id e li n e s g iv e n ?


Column A Column B

1. The Alhambra A. Cooper

2. The Pioneers B. Dana

3. The Guardian Angel C. Emerson

Imperfect

4. Two Years Before the Mast

D. Holmes

Matching

5. Moby Dick

E. Irving

Type of

6. The World in a Man of War

F. James

Test

7. The Last of the Mohicans

G. Melville

8. The American Scholar H. Mark Twains (Clemens

9. The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table I. Wharton

10. Tom Sawyer  

Constructed-
Response
Type

Completion Type of
Test
Essays
 Guidelines for the Formulation
of Completion Type of Test

RULE 01
The ____ produced by
the ___ is used by the
Avoid over mutilated green ____ to change the
sentences like this ____ and ____ into ____.
test item. Give enough This process is called
____.
clue to students.
 Guidelines for the Formulation
of Completion Type of Test

RULE 02

Ernest Hemingway
Avoid open-ended wrote
item. There should be ___________________.
only one acceptable
answer.
 Guidelines for the Formulation
of Completion Type of Test

RULE 03

The blank should be at the end or near the end

of the sentence. The question must first be
asked before an answer is expected.
 Guidelines for the Formulation
of Completion Type of Test

RULE 04

Jose Rizal was born in

Asks question on June ___, 1861.
more significant item
not on trivial matter.
 Guidelines for the Formulation
of Completion Type of Test

RULE 05 A part of speech that

names persons, places or
things is _________.
A word used to connect
The length of the clauses or sentences or to
blanks must not coordinate words in the
suggest the answer. same clause is called
_________.
 Comparing
Relating cause-and-effect
Essays Justifying
Summarizing
Generalizing
Essay questions can be Inferring
used to measure Classifying
attainment of a variety of Applying
objectives. Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
 Types of Essays

Restricted Essay Non-restricted/ Extended

Essay

It is also referred to as short

Extended response can be much
focused response. Examples are
longer and complex than short
asking students to "write an
responses, but students are
example". "list three reasons" or
encouraged to remain focused
"compare and contrast two
and organized.
techniques."
 Sample Short Response Question

10th Grade Reading

How are the scrub jay and the

mocking bird different? Support your
answer with details and information
from the article.
 Sample Extended Response Question

5th Grade Science

Robert is designing a demonstration to display at his school's science fair.

He will show how changing the position of a fulcrum on a lever changes the
amount of force needed to lift an object. To do this, Robert will use a piece
of wood for a lever and a block of wood to act as fulcrum. He plans to move
the fulcrum to different places on the lever to see how its placement affects
the force needed to lift an object.
Part A Identify at least two other actions that would make Robert's
demonstration better.
Part B EXplain why each action would improve the demonstration.
Guidelines for the Formulation and
Scoring of Essay Tests

RULE 01

Phrase the direction in such a way that

students are guided on the key concepts
to be included. Specify how the students
should respond.
Guidelines for the Formulation and
Scoring of Essay Tests

RULE 02

Inform the students on the criteria

to be used for grading their essays.
Guidelines for the Formulation and
Scoring of Essay Tests

RULE 03

Put a time limit on the essay test.

Guidelines for the Formulation and
Scoring of Essay Tests

RULE 04

Decide on your essay grading

system prior to getting essays of
your students.
Guidelines for the Formulation and
Scoring of Essay Tests

RULE 05

Evaluate all of the students'

answers to one question before
proceeding to the next question.
Guidelines for the Formulation and
Scoring of Essay Tests

RULE 06

Evaluate answers to essay

questions without knowing the
identity of the writer
Guidelines for the Formulation and
Scoring of Essay Tests

RULE 07

Whenever possible, have two or

more persons grade each answer.
Guidelines for the Formulation and
Scoring of Essay Tests

RULE 08

Do not provide optional

questions.
Guidelines for the Formulation and
Scoring of Essay Tests

RULE 09

Provide information about the

value/weight of the question and
how it will be scored.
Guidelines for the Formulation and
Scoring of Essay Tests

RULE 10

Emphasize higher order thinking

skills.
Thank You