NURS 5312 WEEK 3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What re the steps to planning a test? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. purpose of test
2. type of test
3. create blueprint
4
Example of high stakes tests - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅test that determine admission, progression,
graduation
Things that need to be considered about test? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Understand how test was
developed, what constructs the test is measuring, validity/reliability, readability, presence of linguistic or
cultural bias
What are pretest used for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-determine readiness/placement
-Can help student organize what content is most important
What type of test is a practice test? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Formative test
How does a practice test prepare students? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Makes them apply learning
What type of tests are most common? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tests that are used to determine grades
Test that determine grades are what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Summative
Criterion-referenced tests: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Those that are constructed and interpreted
according to a specific set of learning outcomes.
-Useful for measuring mastery of subject matter
-Absolute standard set for grading purposes
-Typically used in nursing- goal of nursing is for all students to master content
,-Often used in safety areas (drug dosage calc) **Standard of performance is high, regardless of
performance of other students.
Norm-referenced test: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Constructed and interpreted to provide ranking of
students.
Useful for measuring differential performance
Examples: SAT, GRE
Purpose of test blueprint: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ensures tests serves intended purpose by
representatively sampling intended learning outcome/instructional content.
Step one of creating a blue print - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅define learning outcomes to be measures
Step 2: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅determine instructional content to be evaluated and the weight to be
assigned to each area.
What type of test is normally used to determine cognotove domain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅multiple
choice
What are the 2 types of blueprints: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can either make blueprint using learning
outcomes and content topics of course OR elements of the NCLEX
Selection types of questions: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-T/F
-Matching
-Multiple response
-ordered-response
Supply type of questions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Fill in blanks
-Short answer
-essay questions
, What type of questions should be used to assess coginitive domain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅both can
be used
What affects selection? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅large class size may prohibit use of supply-type because
more time will be needed for grading.
If purpose of test is to assign grade, what level of difficulty? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Moderate
If test is criterion referenced test? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Difficulty should match level of learning
Norm referenced test? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅eliminate easy questions and use average-difficulty to
maximize differences among students
How to determine number of test questions: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Depends of number of learning
outcomes to be evaluated
Test reliability increases with number of test questions
Numbers limited by practical restraints
how much time should be allowed for easy/moderate multiple choice ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅one
minute
more difficult questions? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1.5 minutes
Multiple choice: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Provide scenario and answers (one of which is correct) and 3
incorrect (distractors)
Advantages: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Allw for sample of large amt of content in single test
Easily scored/ objectively scored
Less influenced by guessing than T/F
What re the steps to planning a test? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. purpose of test
2. type of test
3. create blueprint
4
Example of high stakes tests - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅test that determine admission, progression,
graduation
Things that need to be considered about test? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Understand how test was
developed, what constructs the test is measuring, validity/reliability, readability, presence of linguistic or
cultural bias
What are pretest used for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-determine readiness/placement
-Can help student organize what content is most important
What type of test is a practice test? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Formative test
How does a practice test prepare students? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Makes them apply learning
What type of tests are most common? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tests that are used to determine grades
Test that determine grades are what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Summative
Criterion-referenced tests: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Those that are constructed and interpreted
according to a specific set of learning outcomes.
-Useful for measuring mastery of subject matter
-Absolute standard set for grading purposes
-Typically used in nursing- goal of nursing is for all students to master content
,-Often used in safety areas (drug dosage calc) **Standard of performance is high, regardless of
performance of other students.
Norm-referenced test: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Constructed and interpreted to provide ranking of
students.
Useful for measuring differential performance
Examples: SAT, GRE
Purpose of test blueprint: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ensures tests serves intended purpose by
representatively sampling intended learning outcome/instructional content.
Step one of creating a blue print - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅define learning outcomes to be measures
Step 2: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅determine instructional content to be evaluated and the weight to be
assigned to each area.
What type of test is normally used to determine cognotove domain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅multiple
choice
What are the 2 types of blueprints: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can either make blueprint using learning
outcomes and content topics of course OR elements of the NCLEX
Selection types of questions: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-T/F
-Matching
-Multiple response
-ordered-response
Supply type of questions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Fill in blanks
-Short answer
-essay questions
, What type of questions should be used to assess coginitive domain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅both can
be used
What affects selection? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅large class size may prohibit use of supply-type because
more time will be needed for grading.
If purpose of test is to assign grade, what level of difficulty? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Moderate
If test is criterion referenced test? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Difficulty should match level of learning
Norm referenced test? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅eliminate easy questions and use average-difficulty to
maximize differences among students
How to determine number of test questions: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Depends of number of learning
outcomes to be evaluated
Test reliability increases with number of test questions
Numbers limited by practical restraints
how much time should be allowed for easy/moderate multiple choice ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅one
minute
more difficult questions? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1.5 minutes
Multiple choice: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Provide scenario and answers (one of which is correct) and 3
incorrect (distractors)
Advantages: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Allw for sample of large amt of content in single test
Easily scored/ objectively scored
Less influenced by guessing than T/F
