TAT- Secondary and Higher Secondary Prelim_Paper_1 Preparation_MCQ SET: Evaluation (Including Bloom’s Taxonomy) and Educational Statistics
- Evaluation is broader than:
A. Measurement
B. Testing
C. Examination
D. All
Answer: D
- Measurement refers to:
A. Qualitative judgment
B. Quantitative description
C. Opinion
D. Feedback
Answer: B
- Evaluation includes:
A. Measurement
B. Judgment
C. Decision making
D. All
Answer: D
- Formative evaluation is
conducted:
A. At the end
B. During instruction
C. After final exam
D. Year end
Answer: B
- Summative evaluation is
conducted:
A. During teaching
B. At the end of course
C. Before admission
D. Mid-lesson
Answer: B
- Diagnostic evaluation is
used to:
A. Rank students
B. Identify learning difficulties
C. Give grades
D. Promote students
Answer: B
- Bloom’s Taxonomy was
introduced in:
A. 1945
B. 1956
C. 1965
D. 1975
Answer: B
- Original Bloom’s taxonomy
included:
A. 4 levels
B. 5 levels
C. 6 levels
D. 7 levels
Answer: C
- The lowest level in original
Bloom’s taxonomy is:
A. Understanding
B. Knowledge
C. Application
D. Analysis
Answer: B
- The highest level in revised
Bloom’s taxonomy is:
A. Evaluate
B. Analyze
C. Create
D. Apply
Answer: C
- Revised Bloom’s taxonomy
changed “Knowledge” to:
A. Learning
B. Remember
C. Recall
D. Understand
Answer: B
- Cognitive domain deals with:
A. Emotions
B. Skills
C. Knowledge and thinking
D. Attitude
Answer: C
- Affective domain deals with:
A. Emotions and values
B. Skills
C. Memory
D. IQ
Answer: A
- Psychomotor domain deals
with:
A. Thinking
B. Emotions
C. Physical skills
D. Intelligence
Answer: C
- “Explain in your own words”
tests:
A. Remembering
B. Understanding
C. Applying
D. Creating
Answer: B
- “Solve a real-life problem”
tests:
A. Remember
B. Apply
C. Analyze
D. Create
Answer: B
- “Differentiate between two
concepts” tests:
A. Remember
B. Understand
C. Analyze
D. Create
Answer: C
- “Design a new experiment”
tests:
A. Apply
B. Analyze
C. Evaluate
D. Create
Answer: D
- Evaluation at “Evaluate”
level requires:
A. Recall
B. Judgment
C. Listing
D. Memorizing
Answer: B
- Validity of a test means it
measures:
A. Consistently
B. What it intends to measure
C. Fast
D. Easily
Answer: B
- Reliability refers to:
A. Accuracy
B. Consistency
C. Bias
D. Opinion
Answer: B
- Mean is:
A. Middle value
B. Most frequent value
C. Arithmetic average
D. Range
Answer: C
- Median is:
A. Most frequent
B. Middle score
C. Average
D. Highest score
Answer: B
- Mode is:
A. Highest value
B. Middle value
C. Most frequent value
D. Range
Answer: C
- Range is calculated as:
A. Highest – Lowest
B. Sum ÷ N
C. Middle value
D. Most frequent
Answer: A
- Standard deviation measures:
A. Central tendency
B. Variability
C. Median
D. Mean
Answer: B
- Normal distribution curve
is:
A. Flat
B. Skewed
C. Bell-shaped
D. Linear
Answer: C
- In normal distribution,
mean, median and mode are:
A. Different
B. Equal
C. Opposite
D. Zero
Answer: B
- 68% of scores lie within:
A. ±1 SD
B. ±2 SD
C. ±3 SD
D. ±4 SD
Answer: A
- 95% of scores lie within:
A. ±1 SD
B. ±2 SD
C. ±3 SD
D. ±4 SD
Answer: B
- Skewness refers to:
A. Symmetry of distribution
B. Height
C. IQ
D. Median
Answer: A
- Positive skew means:
A. Tail on right
B. Tail on left
C. Perfect symmetry
D. Flat curve
Answer: A
- Percentile rank indicates:
A. Exact score
B. Relative position
C. IQ
D. Mean
Answer: B
- Criterion-referenced tests
measure:
A. Comparison with group
B. Mastery of objectives
C. IQ
D. Rank only
Answer: B
- Norm-referenced tests
compare student with:
A. Self
B. Group
C. Teacher
D. Parents
Answer: B
- Objective type questions
increase:
A. Subjectivity
B. Reliability
C. Bias
D. Guessing only
Answer: B
- Essay tests mainly measure:
A. Lower order thinking
B. Higher order thinking
C. IQ
D. Speed only
Answer: B
- Blueprint in evaluation
ensures:
A. Random questions
B. Content validity
C. Guesswork
D. Memorization
Answer: B
- Continuous and Comprehensive
Evaluation (CCE) focuses on:
A. Only exams
B. Holistic development
C. IQ
D. Marks only
Answer: B
- Diagnostic test is followed
by:
A. Punishment
B. Remedial teaching
C. Ranking
D. Suspension
Answer: B
- Grading system reduces:
A. Competition
B. Stress
C. Comparison
D. All
Answer: D
- Rubrics help in:
A. Subjective judgment
B. Clear assessment criteria
C. Punishment
D. IQ measurement
Answer: B
- Test item difficulty index
measures:
A. Average score
B. Proportion answering correctly
C. Standard deviation
D. IQ
Answer: B
- Discrimination index shows:
A. Difference between high and low achievers
B. Mean
C. Mode
D. Range
Answer: A
- Evaluation should be:
A. Continuous
B. Comprehensive
C. Objective
D. All
Answer: D
- Bloom’s taxonomy revised
version was updated by:
A. Anderson and Krathwohl
B. Binet
C. Freud
D. Cattell
Answer: A
- “List the definitions”
measures:
A. Remember
B. Understand
C. Analyze
D. Evaluate
Answer: A
- “Interpret data from a
graph” measures:
A. Remember
B. Understand
C. Apply
D. Create
Answer: C
- Portfolio assessment is an
example of:
A. Summative evaluation
B. Alternative assessment
C. IQ test
D. Norm reference
Answer: B
- Feedback in evaluation
helps:
A. Improvement
B. Motivation
C. Learning
D. All
Answer: D
- Reliability coefficient
ranges between:
A. 0 to 1
B. 1 to 10
C. 10 to 100
D. -10 to +10
Answer: A
- Standard error of
measurement indicates:
A. Accuracy of test score
B. Mean
C. Median
D. Mode
Answer: A
- T-score has mean of:
A. 50
B. 100
C. 10
D. 0
Answer: A
- Z-score has mean of:
A. 1
B. 0
C. 10
D. 100
Answer: B
- Objective of evaluation is
to:
A. Promote learning
B. Improve teaching
C. Measure achievement
D. All
Answer: D
- Internal assessment
improves:
A. Continuous monitoring
B. Fear
C. IQ
D. Punishment
Answer: A
- Criterion-referenced
evaluation focuses on:
A. Ranking
B. Objectives mastery
C. Comparison
D. Competition
Answer: B
- Bloom’s taxonomy promotes:
A. Lower-order thinking only
B. Hierarchical learning
C. Random learning
D. Punishment
Answer: B
- Evaluation is part of:
A. Teaching-learning process
B. Intelligence
C. Personality
D. Height
Answer: A
- Effective evaluation must
align with:
A. Learning objectives
B. Teaching methods
C. Outcomes
D. All
Answer: D
- A teacher conducts weekly
quizzes to identify learning gaps and modifies teaching accordingly. This
type of evaluation is:
A. Summative
B. Norm-referenced
C. Formative
D. Criterion-referenced
Answer: C
- After final exams, students
are graded and ranked in class. This evaluation is mainly:
A. Diagnostic
B. Summative
C. Formative
D. Remedial
Answer: B
- A teacher gives a pre-test
before starting a chapter to identify prior knowledge and weaknesses. This
is:
A. Summative evaluation
B. Formative evaluation
C. Diagnostic evaluation
D. Norm-referenced evaluation
Answer: C
- A school compares students’
board exam results with state averages. This is an example of:
A. Criterion-referenced interpretation
B. Norm-referenced interpretation
C. Diagnostic assessment
D. Formative assessment
Answer: B
- A teacher prepares a
blueprint ensuring equal weightage to knowledge, understanding and
application levels. This ensures:
A. Reliability
B. Content validity
C. Objectivity
D. Guessing reduction
Answer: B
- In a test, most students
score extremely high. The test likely has:
A. High difficulty index
B. Low difficulty index
C. High discrimination
D. Negative skew
Answer: B
- If a test fails to
distinguish between high and low achievers, the discrimination index is:
A. High
B. Zero or low
C. Perfect
D. Negative
Answer: B
- A teacher designs a
question: “Design an innovative solution for water conservation.” This
tests which level?
A. Analyze
B. Evaluate
C. Create
D. Apply
Answer: C
- Students are asked to
justify whether a historical decision was correct. This evaluates:
A. Remembering
B. Understanding
C. Evaluating
D. Applying
Answer: C
- A student scores 70 when the
mean is 50 and SD is 10. The Z-score is:
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: B
- In a perfectly normal
distribution, if the mean is 60, median and mode will be:
A. 50
B. 55
C. 60
D. 65
Answer: C
- A test is consistent but
does not measure intended skills. It is:
A. Valid but unreliable
B. Reliable but invalid
C. Both valid and reliable
D. Neither
Answer: B
- A teacher uses portfolios
and project-based assessment instead of traditional exams. This is:
A. Norm-based testing
B. Alternative assessment
C. Intelligence testing
D. Diagnostic testing
Answer: B
- A test with a long right
tail in distribution is:
A. Negatively skewed
B. Positively skewed
C. Normal
D. Flat
Answer: B
- If 95% of students scored
between 40 and 80 in a test, this likely represents:
A. ±1 SD
B. ±2 SD
C. ±3 SD
D. Median range
Answer: B
- A teacher uses a rubric with
clear criteria for grading essays. This increases:
A. Subjectivity
B. Reliability
C. Bias
D. Guesswork
Answer: B
- A question “List the causes
of World War I” measures:
A. Remembering
B. Analyzing
C. Creating
D. Evaluating
Answer: A
- “Compare and contrast two
economic systems” measures:
A. Apply
B. Analyze
C. Remember
D. Create
Answer: B
- When evaluation focuses on
mastery of specific objectives without comparison, it is:
A. Norm-referenced
B. Criterion-referenced
C. Summative
D. Percentile-based
Answer: B
- A teacher notices most students
scored below 30% in a test. The test may have:
A. Low difficulty
B. High difficulty
C. High validity
D. Perfect discrimination
Answer: B
- If reliability coefficient
of a test is 0.95, it indicates:
A. Low consistency
B. High consistency
C. Invalid test
D. Skewed test
Answer: B
- Standard error of
measurement indicates:
A. Exact IQ
B. Accuracy of obtained score
C. Mean value
D. Mode
Answer: B
- If mean < median <
mode, distribution is:
A. Positive skew
B. Negative skew
C. Normal
D. Flat
Answer: B
- A teacher evaluates group
collaboration skills. This mainly belongs to:
A. Cognitive domain
B. Affective domain
C. Psychomotor domain
D. IQ domain
Answer: B
- Asking students to perform a
laboratory experiment tests:
A. Affective
B. Psychomotor
C. Cognitive only
D. Intelligence only
Answer: B
- When students are ranked
based on percentile ranks, the test is:
A. Criterion-referenced
B. Norm-referenced
C. Diagnostic
D. Formative
Answer: B
- A student scoring at 90th
percentile performed:
A. Better than 90% of group
B. Scored 90 marks
C. Average
D. Below average
Answer: A
- If mean is much higher than
median, distribution is:
A. Positive skew
B. Negative skew
C. Normal
D. Symmetrical
Answer: A
- “Interpret the results and
suggest improvements” measures:
A. Analyze and Evaluate
B. Remember
C. Apply only
D. Knowledge
Answer: A
- Evaluation aligned with
objectives ensures:
A. Content validity
B. Random testing
C. Bias
D. Memorization only
Answer: A

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