Choose The BEST Answer.: Practice Test 2 - Assessment of Learning Multiple Choice

Practice Test 2 - Assessment of Learning
Multiple Choice
Choose the BEST answer.
1. In a one hundred-item test, what does Richard’s raw score of 70 mean? *
a. He got a score above the mean.
b. He got 70 items correct.
c. He surpassed 30 of his classmates in terms of score.
d. He surpassed 70 of his classmates in terms of score.
2. Your percentile rank in class is 75%. What does this mean? *
a. You scored better than 75% of the class
b. You got 75% of the items correctly.
c. You got 25% of the test items correctly.
d. You scored less than 75% of the class.
3. Here are raw scores in a quiz: 97, 95, 85, 1, 2, 5, 50, 75, and 77. What is the median? *
a. 75
b. 76
c. 52.72
d. 77
4. Here is a score distribution: 93, 98, 93, 93, 88, 90, 85, 87, 85, 85, 51, 70, 34, 34, 34, 18, 20, 12,
15, 1, 9, 8, 6, 3. Which is the range? *
a. between 51 and 34
b. 85
c. 97
d. 93
5. Which measure of central tendency is MOST reliable when scores are extremely high and low?
*
a. Mode
b. Mean
c. Cannot be identified unless individual scores are given.
d. Median
6. Which is TRUE when standard deviation is small? *
a. Scores are tightly bunched together.
b. Scores are spread apart.
c. The bell curve is relatively flat.
d. Scores are toward both extremes.
7. Which is TRUE when standard deviation is big? *
a. Scores are spread apart.
b. Scores are concentrated.
c. Scores are not extremes.
d. The bell curve shape is steep.
8. Teacher Jenny computed the mean and she want to get more information about the distribution
of scores. Which measure of variability is MOST appropriate? *
a. Semi-interquartile range
b. Standard deviation
c. Variance
d. Mode
9. In a grade distribution, what does the normal curve mean? *
a. A large number of students with high grades and very few with low grades.
b. All of the students have average grades.
c. A large number of students receiving low grades and very few students with high grades.
d. A large number of more or less average students and very few students receiving low and high
grades.
10. What can be said of student performance in a positively skewed score distribution? *
a. Most students performed poorly.
b. Most students performed well.
c. Almost all students had average performance.
d. A few students performed excellently.
11. What is the mode of the following scores: 90, 85, 96, 85, 93, 66, 85, 75, 90, 96, 93, 100? *
a. 85
b. 93
c. 85 & 90
d. 93 & 85
12. Which of the following is affected by extreme scores? *
a. Mean
b. Range
c. Median
d. Mode
13. Joseph’s score in the Mathematics class is 85 which is equal to 98th percentile. What does this
mean? *
a. Joseph’s score is higher than 98% of his classmates.

b. 98% of Joseph’s classmates got a score higher than 85.
c. Joseph’s score is less than 85% of his classmates.
d. 98% of Joseph’s classmates got a score lower than 85.
14. The sum of the scores in a distribution always equals *
a. The mean divided by the interval size.
b. The mean divided by the N.
c. The mean times the interval size.
d. The mean times the N
15. The mode of a score distribution is 55. This means that *
a. 55 is the score that occurs least.
b. There is no score of 55.
c. 55 is the average of the score distribution
d. 55 is the score that occurs most.
16. In a normal distribution, about how many percent of the cases fall between – 1 SD and +1SD?
*
a. 68.26%
b. 49.86%
c. 97%
d. 34.13%
17. If teacher gets the difference between the highest score and the lowest score, he obtains the *
a. Mean
b. Range
c. Variance
d. Standard deviation
18. The scores of the students in a tutorial class are as follows: 85, 87, 82, 94, 86, 82, 98. The
score 86 is the *
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Range
19. Teacher Joel gives a 100 – point test, three students make scores of 95, 92 and 91
respectively, while the other 22 students in the class makes scores ranging from 33 to 67. The
measure of central tendency which is apt to best describe for this group of 25 students is *
a. the mode & median
b. the median
c. the mode
d. the mean
20. What would be most likely the distribution if a class is composed of bright students? *
a. Skewed to the left
b. Skewed to the right
c. Mesokurtic
d. Very normal
21. Skewed score distribution means *
a. The scores are concentrated more at one end or the other end.
b. The mean and the median are equal.
c. The mean, the median and the mode are equal.
d. The scores are normally distributed.

22. Which is correct about MEDIAN? *
a. It is the 50th percentile.
b. It is the most stable measure of central tendency.
c. It is significantly affected by extreme scores.
d. It is a measure of variability.
23. The distribution of a class with academically poor students is most likely *
a. Skewed to the left
b. Leptokurtic
c. Mesokurtic
d. Skewed to the right
24. Median is to Measure of Central Tendency as _______ is to Measure of Variability. *
a. Percentile
b. Quartile
c. Mode
d. Variance
25. In a normal distribution curve, a T-score of 70 is *
a. One SD above the mean
b. Two SD’s below the mean
c. One SD below the mean
d. Two SD’s above the mean

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Choose the BEST answer.

1. In a one hundred-item test, what does Richard’s raw score of 70 mean? *

a. He got a score above the mean.

b. He got 70 items correct.

c. He surpassed 30 of his classmates in terms of score.

d. He surpassed 70 of his classmates in terms of score.

2. Your percentile rank in class is 75%. What does this mean? *

a. You scored better than 75% of the class

b. You got 75% of the items correctly.

c. You got 25% of the test items correctly.

d. You scored less than 75% of the class.

c. Cannot be identified unless individual scores are given.

6. Which is TRUE when standard deviation is small? *

a. Scores are tightly bunched together.

b. Scores are spread apart.

c. The bell curve is relatively flat.

d. Scores are toward both extremes.

7. Which is TRUE when standard deviation is big? *

a. Scores are spread apart.

b. Scores are concentrated.

c. Scores are not extremes.

d. The bell curve shape is steep.

b. All of the students have average grades.

a. Most students performed poorly.

b. Most students performed well.

c. Almost all students had average performance.

d. A few students performed excellently.

12. Which of the following is affected by extreme scores? *

a. Joseph’s score is higher than 98% of his classmates.

c. Joseph’s score is less than 85% of his classmates.

d. 98% of Joseph’s classmates got a score lower than 85.

14. The sum of the scores in a distribution always equals *

a. The mean divided by the interval size.

b. The mean divided by the N.

c. The mean times the interval size.

d. The mean times the N

15. The mode of a score distribution is 55. This means that *

a. 55 is the score that occurs least.

b. There is no score of 55.

c. 55 is the average of the score distribution

d. 55 is the score that occurs most.

a. the mode & median

a. Skewed to the left

b. Skewed to the right

21. Skewed score distribution means *

b. The mean and the median are equal.

c. The mean, the median and the mode are equal.

d. The scores are normally distributed.

a. It is the 50th percentile.

b. It is the most stable measure of central tendency.

c. It is significantly affected by extreme scores.

a. Skewed to the left

d. Skewed to the right

24. Median is to Measure of Central Tendency as _______ is to Measure of Variability. *

25. In a normal distribution curve, a T-score of 70 is *

a. One SD above the mean

b. Two SD’s below the mean

c. One SD below the mean