Measures the ability to identify the

relationship between sets of similar items

(words and their definitions, symbols and
their meanings, problems and solutions,
dates and events, people and their
accomplishments, cause and effects and
more)
An objective test that consist
of two sets which are connected
and to be matched with each
other.
 Two parts:

1. Premises – referred to the first column.

2. Responses – referred to the answers in the

second column.
1. Check your objectives to make sure this
type of question is appropriate.
2. Give clear directions or instructions.
3. Use numbers to identify items in column A,
capital letters to identify response in column
B or vice versa.
4. Include more responses than premises or
allow responses to be used more than once
or vice versa.
5. Arrange items in column B in logical order
or vice versa.
6. Put the items with more words in column A.

7. Keep the two sets of items homogeneous.

8. Avoid using pattern in the correct answers.

Matching Type: Match the column A to the column B. Write the
letters of the correct answer on the space provided.

__1. Gave Jose Rizal the A. Jose P. Laurel

title “Tagalog Christ”.
__2. Sponsored the bill and B. Claro M. Recto
started delivering speeches
for the proposed Rizal Bill. C. Miguel D. Unamuno
Matching questions are useful for
a set of similar items.
Have more responses than
premises.
Allow responses to be used only
once
Shorter items go in column B and
the longer one goes in column A.
It is a type of an examination which can
be scored objectively.
It usually demands a short answer which
is as specific as possible and most often
used to test (remembering) key facts and
terms.
 IDENTIFICATION
TEST
expected to clearly identify or define
("who or what, when, where, and historical
significance") of each item.
A recall type of examination.
 A form of a Restricted Response Test.
1.Give the student a reasonable basis for
the responses desired. Avoid indefinite
statements.
• Avoid over mutilated statements.
ex. The ________ is a _________ of a ________.
 General Guidelines:
2. Avoid giving the student unwarranted
clues to the desired response.
• Avoid lifting statements directly from the book.
• Omit only words or phrases rather than trivial
details.
• Whenever possible, avoid “a” or “an immediately
before a blank.
 General Guidelines:
• Do not indicate the expected answer by varying the
length of blanks or by using a dot for each letter in the
correct word.
• Guard against the possibility that one item or part of
the test may suggest the correct response to another
item.
• Avoid giving grammatical clues to the answer expected.
 General Guidelines:
3. Arrange the test so as to facilitate scoring.
• Allow one point for each blank correctly filled.
Avoid fractional credits or unequal weighing of
items in a test.
• Select the items to which only one correct
response is possible.
 General Guidelines:
• Arrange the items as far as possible so that the
students’ responses are in a column at the right of the
sentences.
• Scoring is more rapid if the blanks are numbered and
the student is directed to write his response in the
appropriate numbered blanks.
• Prepare a key for scoring by writing on a copy of the
test all acceptable answers.
Driection: Identify the following statements below. Write
your answers on the space provided before the number.
_______________ 1. Fraternal organization which
strives for moral betterment.
_______________ 2. it is a term that proliferated
in the Spanish Philippines to refer to people of pure
Chinese descent.
Thanks for listening!