20. 120_120. Skewed score distribution means: a. The scores are normally distributed b.

The
mean and the median are equal. c. The mode, thee mean, and the median are equal. d. The
scores are concentrated more at one end or the other end. Answer

121. 121-121. Teacher Anne give achievement test to her 30 students. The test consists of
the 25 items. She wants to compare her students' performance based on the test results. What
is the appropriate measure for the position? a. Percentage c. 2-score b. Percentile rank d.
Standard nine Answer

122. 122_122. Student J was asked to report to the Guidance Office. Student J and his
classmates at once remarked: "What's wrong ?" What does this mean? a. reporting to a
Guidance Ofice is often associated with misbehavior. b. The parents of student J must be of the
delinquent type. c. Student J is a "problem" student. d. Guidance counsellors are perceived to
be "almighty and omniscient". Answer

123. 123 123. Which of the following statements is one of the strength of an autobiography
as a technique for personality appraisal? a. It can replace data obtained from other data
gathering technique. b. It may be read by unauthorized people. c. It gives complete data about
the author. d. it makes possible presentation of intimate experiences. Answer

124. 124124. The counselee revealed that she will commit suicide on weekend. Can the
counsellor reveal the secret to the parents? a. Yes, it is mandatory that in cases involving suicide
that confidentiality is superseded. b. No, the counsellor has no right. c. Yes as long as he tells the
parents that he is not the source. d. No, It is unethical. Answer

25. 123-125. This is the pre-planned collection of sample of student works, assessed results
and other output produced by the students. a. Diary c. Observation Report b. Portfoliod.
Anecdotal Report Answer

126. 1251. Answer: C. Formative Assessment is given during or after instruction to improve
learning and to get feedback from the performance or achievement of the students. Back

127. 127 Answer: D. Exactly 82.5% of the students got the items correctly. Hence teacher RC
did not attain his objectives Back

128. 2 8 Answer: A. To increase the dificulty of a multiple-choice test item, make options in
the same class or it must be homogeneous. 5ack

129. 122 Answer: B. The standard set by Teacher Y is 85% and Marivic obtained 82% only,
hence she did not meet the standard by 3% Back
130. 130 Answer: D. Criterion-referenced is a type of assess ment in which the performancee
of the students compared to a certain standard or criterion. In this case, the performance of the
students will be compared to the instructional objectives of the teacher. Back

131. B1Answer: D. Objectivity, validity, practically and efficiency, reliability are all
characteristics of a good assessment instrument. Back

132. 132_Answer: 8. Statements 1, Il and IV are the different methods of establishing

reliablity of a test. 5ack

33. 133 Answer: B. In developing a matching type test item, the descriptions and options
must be homogeneouUS. Back

134. 134 Answer: C. Mean performance is 40, standard deviation is 6 and Markie's score is
45. The score of Markie is within Mean +1standard deviation which is 46 hence his performance
s above average. The score of Markie is above the mean. Back

135.
135 Answer: B. Sentence completion test, Word association test, Thematic
Apperception test are all projective personality test while interview cannot be considered a test
perse. Back

136.
Bá Answer: C. The main purpose of administering a pre-test and post- test is to
measure the gains of learning. Back

137. 132_Answer: B. Diagnostic assess ment is a form of assessment in which one of the
purposes is to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the students. Back

S8. 138 Answer: C. Non discriminating item is an item that can't discriminate the lower
performing group of students and upper performing students. Hence, if nobody got the correct
answer or everybody 8ot the correct answer the item is said to be non discriminating. Back

139. 139 Answer: A. Statements I, II, and Iil describes the purposes of portfolio assessment.
Back

140. 140 Answer: D. Statements I, Ill and IV are all guidelines in developing a matching type
of test. Back

141. 141Answer: C. Bell-shape curve means that the scores are normally distributed. Back

142. 142Answer: 8. This can be written as P97 = 94 meaning 97% of Jay R's classmate gota

Score lower than 94. Back

143. 143 Answer: B. Discriminating Index= 0.35, which means that it is positive
discriminaton. Meaning, more students from the upper group got the item correctly than those
students from the lower group. Back
144. 144 Answer: D. Statement, , l and iV are all important in developing scoring rubrics.
Back

45.
145 Answer: Grading on the curve means, the performance of the students in a certain
test is relative to the performance of the other students. In other words, the performance of a
certain student is compared to the performance of the other students. Back

146.
146 Answer: A. Norm-referenced interpretation means, comparing the performance of
the students relative to the performance of others. The statement, BJ performed better in
Mathematics than 85% of his classmate means that BJ got a score higher than 85% of his
classmates. Back

147. 147 Answer: C. Compare and contrast quartile deviadon and standard deviation is a
synthesis level of cognitive domain. Back

148. 148 Answer: D. Essay test allows students to organize ideas in accordance with their
judgement about a certain topic. Option A, B and C are types of test that do not need further
explanation. Back

149. 142-Answer: C. The first step in constructing a test is to go back to the instructional
ODjechves. Back

150. 130Answer: D. Test-retest allows the students to memorize the contents of the test
because the same test given twice to same group of students. Back

S1. 151Answer: A. Anecdotal reports are notes written by the teacher regarding incidents
at the classroom that might needs special attention in the future. Back

152. 152_Answer: C. The area of the normal curve from -25D to +25D is approximately

95.44%. Illustration, from mean to 1SD is 34.13%; from mean to -1SD is also 34.13%. From 1SD
to 2SD is 13.59% ; from -15D to -2SD is 13.59%. Thus, the area under the normal curve is 34.13%
34.13%+13.59% = 95.44%. Back

S3.
13 Answer: A. Negative discrimination means that more students from the lower
group got an item correctly than those students in the upper group. Back

154.
154 Answer: A. Portfolio assessment is a process of gathering mutiple indicators of
student progress to support course objectives in dynamic, ongoing and collaborative process.
Back

155. 155 Answer: B. TOS means Table of Specifications Back

I56. Answer: D. Positively skewed distribution means most of the students got low
156
Scores. Back
157. 12_Answer: A. Negatively skewed described a good performance of the students. The
students performed well because most of the examinees got hlgh scores. Back

158.
158 Answer: B. Using the formula T score = 102 + 50 and solve for z by substitution. The
value of 2=2, which means that the distance from the mean is twice the standard deviation. Back

159. B. The computed r=0.92 which means that high positive correlation. The
1s9 Answer:
higher the scores in Mathematics, the higher scores in Science. Back

160. Answer: B. Mean is appropriate when the distribution is symmetrical whlle median
10
is appropriate when the distribution is skewed. Back

161. 161Answer: 8. The number 20 in the distribution represents mode and median at the
Same dme. Back

162. 12Answer: D. ANOVA using F test is statistical tool that is used to test the significant
difference between three or more means. Back

163. 163 Answer: C. Standard deviation can be said that, the larger the value of the standard
deviation, on the average the scores are far from the mean value, thus scores are more
Scattered. On the other hand, the smaller the value of the standard deviation on the average the
Scores are closer to the mean value, thus the scores are clustered around the mean. 5ack

64. 164 Answer: A. An item with difficulty index ranges 0-0.20, the difficulty level is very
difficult. Hence, the students find greatest difficulty index of 0.09. Only 9% got the correct
answer. Back

B. The difficulty level is moderately difficult and the discriminating level is

165.
165 Answer:
discriminating. Therefore, the item should be retained. Back

166. 166 Answer: A. Ritz Glenn performed well in Math because the z-5core in math = 3.33
which means that his score is 3.33 standard deviations above the mean. While z-score in English
=-1. 2-Score in PEHM-1.14. Back

167. 167Answer: B. Ritz Glenn is a logical type of learner because he performed well in
math. Back

168. 168_Answer: C. The scores of the students in English is most spread because the CV in
English = 2.06%, while CVof Math = 1.76% and CV of PEHM = 1.90%. While the scores in Math is
less dispersed. Back

69. 169 Answer: B. The SD of A=2.75, SD of B=3.25 and the mean are equal. Therefor, the
scores in Set A is more clustered around the mean than in Set B. The smaller the value of SD, on
the average the scores are closer to the mean. Back
170.
170 Answer: A. The test analyzed has a positive discrimination index because more
students Bot the answer correctly. There are 8 students from the upper group got the item
correctly. Back

171.
171 Answer: C. Option Cis the most effective distracter because there are more
students from the lower group cho0se the incorrect options Back

172. 17_Answer: C. The level of difficulty is difficult because the difficulty index is 0.37 Back

173. 173 Answer: C. Retain the test because the difficulty index = 0.37 and discriminating
index = 0.33 which is within the acceptable level. Back

174. 174Answer: A. Statements 1, ll and IV are all guidelines in the Grading System of Dep.
Ed.EBack

175. 6Answer: D. The sum of all the scores is 690 divided by 8 equal to 86.25. Hence, the
mean or average value is 86.25. Back

176. 176 Answer: D. The first step in constructing test items is to identify the learnin8
Outcomes or go back to the instructional objectives. Back

177. 17_Answer: D. The descriptions and options are not homogeneous, it consist of three
groups: name of presidents, name of inventors and name of civil right leader. In constructing
matching type of test the descriptions and options must be homogeneous. Back

178.
178 Answer: C. To avoid ambiguity writes the complete name of persons among the
ophons. Back

179. 17 Answer: D. Improves defective test items is an example of application level. While
options A and B are knowledge level of option C is an example of comprehension level. Back

180. 180 Answer: B. Statements Ii, 11, and V are all guidelines in constructing matching type
of test. While statementI is a violation in the guidelines of constructing a matching type test
tems. Back

181. 18Answer:A. In constructing true false test item you should avold verbal clues and
specific determiner and avoid taking statements directly from the book. Avoid also: terms
denoting indefinite degree or amount, placing items in systematic order, use of always or never,
use of negatives in stating the item. Back

182. 182Answer: D. Extended essay test is the best way to measure higher order of
cognitive learning objectives. It requires student to plan their own answer and express them in
their own words. Students have freedom to express their individuality in the answers gIven and

to present more realistic answers. Back

183. RAnswer: B.A short-answer item is easy to write and can measure a broad range o

learning outcomes, It is not adaptable in measuring complex learning outcomes; it is tedious and
time consuming to score. Back

184. 184 Answer: A. Compute the z-score of each subject, z-score in English = 0.86, 2- score

in Mathematics = 0.40, 2-score in Music =-1.23, 2-score in PE =0.75. The highest value of z-score
is English, hence Ritz performed best in English. Back

185.
185Answer: D. Ritz Glenn performed best in English, hence he is a linguistic type of
learner. ack

186. 186 Answer: Ritz Glenn performed very poor in Music since the z-score =-1.23 whichis
the lowest among the four subjects. Back

187.
187Answer: B. The scores in Music is the most dispersed. Compute the CV of each
subject. The larger the value of CV, the dispersed the scores are. The smaller the value of CV, the
scores is less dispersed. cVof English = 4.12%, CV of Music = 6.53%, CVof Mathematics-5.15%,

CV of PE- 4.40%. Back

188. 188 Answer: A. The scores in English is less dispersed, The CV = 4.12% Back

189. 182Answer: B. the mean and the medi re

qu whe cores are normally

distributed. Back

190.
190Answer: D. Mode is a kind of measures of central tendency. The other two kinds
are mean and median, while A,B,C are all measures of variations. Back

191.
191Answer: A. Range is a measure of variations that easily affected by the extreme
scores because if there is a changes in either the highest Score or lowest score the value of the
range also change. Back

192.
192 Answer: B. Mean easily affected by the extreme score. When the lowest score
becomes lower, the mean value will be pulled down and when the highest score becomes
higher the mean value will be pulled up. Hence, changes in either lowest or highest score cause
a changes in the mean value. Back

193.
199 Answer: D. Central Tendency error was committed by the rater if the rater tends to
give average scores by avoiding scores at the lower end of upper end of the scale. Back

194. 194 Answer: A. Generosity error was committed by the rater if tends to use the high
end of the scale only or the rater tends to give a high grades to the performance of high
performing students/s. Back

195. Answer: C. Checklist is the best assessment techniques to assess the objechve,
Plans and designs an experiment to be performed".Checklist is useful in assessing the
performance where the activities best assess by observation rather than testing Back
196. 16Answer: B Norm reference grading means grading on the curve Back

197.
197Answer: C. The correlation coefficient of r=0.95 is very high positive correlation.
Which means that Mathematics score is highly positive related to English score. Back

198. 19R Answer: D. The most appropriate to measure student's ability to organized
thoughts and ideas is through the use of essay test. Back

199. 199 Answer: B. The score distribuion is bimodal because there are two modes. The
modes are 24 and 39. Back

200.
200 Answer: C. Vinci set up his laboratory experiment in 2 minutes is an example of
criterion reference interpretation. criterion reference interpretation means that performance of
the learner is compared with a certain standard. Back

201 201-Answer: A. Lord's test score is higher than 89% of the class is an example of norm-
referenced interpretanon. Norm-relerenced interpretation means that pertormance of the
learner is compared with the performance of others in the class. Back

202. 202Answer: D. Using table of specification in constructing a test items can improve the
sampling of contents of the entire test. You can assure your students that the test has content
validity when using table of specification in constructing test. Back

203. 203 Answer: A. The main purpose of testing in teaching is to evaluate the learning
progress of the students and assess whether the instruction was effective or not. Back

204. 204 Answer: C. Avoid using negative words in constructing multiple- choice test they
might be overlooked by the test takers. If can't be avoided bold it or type it in capital letters to
give emphasis. Back

205.
205Answer: Norm-reference testing means comparing the performance of students to
another students. Ranking the students is an example of comparing the performance of
students with the performance of other students. Back

206. 206 Answer: A. To inerease the reliability of the test, the teacher should give enough
number of test items. Back

207. 207Answer: Performance based assessment evaluate complex learning outcomes and
encourages the application of learning to real life situation. Back

208.
208 Answer: D. Negaive discrimination means that more students from the lower
group got an item correctly than th0se students from the upper group. Back

209. 202 Answer: A. Positively skewed distribution means most of the scores are low and
below the mean value. Back
211.
21 Answer: B. Negatively skewed distribution describe a good pertormance ot the
students. The students performed well because most of the examinees got scores abOve the
mean. Back

212.
212 Answer: D. Using the formula T score = 102 + 50 and solve for z by substitution. The
value of z=3, which means that the distance above the mean is three time the standard
deviation. Back

213.
28 Answer: C. Skewed to right means most of the students got scores below the mean
which means that the examinees performed very poor or most of the scores are low. Back

214. 214 Answer: B. Positive discriminating power means that more students in the upper
8roup got the item correctly. Back

215.
215 Answer: D. Percentile rank of 93 means that 93% of the examinees got a score
below an indicated score. Ihus, Mary Ann Surpassed in performance 93% of those who took the
examination. Back

216. 216 Answer: C. The range of Set A is 15 and the range if Set B is 12. Hence, the scores in
Set A are more scattered than those scores in Set B. Back

217. 217_Answer: C. Determining the effectiveness of the distracters. If a teacher will

conduct an item analysis he/she should know the dificulty of an item, discrimination of an item
and the attractiveness of the distracters. Back

218.
218 Answer: B. The difficulty index is 0.15. The level of difficulty is very difficult. Back
219.
219 Answer: B. 50% of the scores lies in the interval 26-30. Back
220. 220Answer: D. There are 34% percent of the scores lower than 21. Back

221. 221Answer: B. 75% of the students got item number correctly. The level of difficultyis
easy. Back

222. 222_Answer: C. Conference is a form of meeing or symposium for public discussion of

some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
and assessments regarding what was viewed. Back

223.
222 Answer: B. The standard deviation indicates the number of units above or below
the mean. The standard deviation In Mathematics is higher than the standard deviation in
Science. Hence, Joseph performed well in Mathematics than in Science. Back

224.
224 Answer: C. Exactly 80% of the students answered the items correctly. Hence
teacher Jenny attain her objectives. Back
225.
225 Answer: A. (90+88+93+95) / 4 = 91.75 Back

226. 226 Answer: D. The method of grading the involves the present grade and the previous
grade to compute the final grade is cumulative method. Back

227. 227_Answer: B. To increase the difficulty of a multiple- choice test item, make options in
the same class or the it must be homogeneous 8ack

228. 228Answer: B. Upper group got more correct answer. Back

229. 229_Answer: A. More students got the item correctly from the upper group than the
lower group. Hence it has a positive discriminating power. Back

230. 230Answer: B. Option B is the most effective distracter since more students from the
lower group choose the incorrect option. Back

231. 231 Answer: C. Option C should be revise because more students from the upper group
choose this incorrect option. Hence it is not effective. Back

232. 232_Answer: C. The difficulty index is 50%. Therefore the level of difficulty is moderately
difficult. Back
233.
233 Answer: C. The discriminating index is 7%. (16-14)/60 x 100% =7% Back
234.
24 Answer: D. Performance based assessment emphasized on both process and
product. Hence the statement emphasize only on process is false about performance based
assessment. Back

235.
235 Answer: D. Definition of z- score. Back
236.
236 Answer: C. Authentic assessment is an as5sessment applying real life situaton. Back
237. 237_Answer: C. Essay test is the most appropriate tool to measure the synthesizing skills
of the students. Back

238. 228 Answer: A. Marking on a normative basis follow the normal distribution curve. Back

239. 29Answer: A. The discriminating index is 0.44 which means that the item is very
discriminating and more students from the upper group got the item correctly. Back

240.
240 Answer: C. The difficulty level is moderately difficult and the discriminating level is
low or poor discriminating. Therefor, the item should be revised. Back

241.
241 Answer: B. The discrimination index is -0.15 which is negative, hence more students
form the lower group got the item correctly. Back

242. 242 Answer: B. 3(5) =x- 80 15 =x -80 15+ 80 = xx =85 z= x-x 5 3=x-80 5 Back
243.
243 Answer: C. The area of the normal cure from -1SD to +2SD is approximately
68.26%. lustration, from mean to 1SD is 34.13%; from mean to -1SD is also 34.13%. From 1SD
to 25D is 13.59%; from-1SD to -2SD id 13.59%. Thus, the area under the normal curve is 34.13%
*34.13% + 13.59% + 13.59% = 95.449%. Back

244.
244 Answer: C. t-test is utilized to test the significant difference between two means
when n less than or equal to 30, otherwise use 2-test. Back

245. 245Answer: D. When the scores concentrated at the left part of the distribution it is
skewed to the right while the scores concentrated at the right part of the distribution then it is
Skewed to the left. Ophon A, B and C deals wth normal distribuhon. Back

246.
246 Answer: C. To compare the individual performance of the students z score will be
utilized. It tells the number of standard deviations below or above the mean performance. The
higher the value of z score the better the performance of a certain student is, Back

247. A. Because usually the students are confused between Guidance

247 Answer:
Counselor and Prefect of Discipline. Back

248.
248 Answer: D. Because it allows the author the share intimate detall about his life.
Back

249.
249 Answer: A. Because the counselor break confidentiality rule in cases of planned
Suicide or planned hurting/killing of somebody. Back

250.
250 Answer: C. Because portfolio is a collection of student output and accomplishment
is a period of time. Back