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SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2015
Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Types of Test Questions
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD

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It’s good to regularly review the advantages and disadvantages of the most commonly used test questions and the test banks that now frequently provide them.
Multiple-choice questions
Advantages
Quick and easy to score, by hand or electronicallyCan be written so that they test a wide range of higher-order thinking skillsCan cover lots of content areas on a single exam and still be answered in a class period
Disadvantages
Often test literacy skills: “if the student reads the question carefully, the answer is easy to recognize even if the student knows little about the subject” (p. 194)Provide unprepared students the opportunity to guess, and with guesses that are right, they get credit for things they don’t knowExpose students to misinformation that can influence subsequent thinking about the contentTake time and skill to construct (especially good questions)
True-false questions
Advantages
Quick and easy to score
Disadvantages
Considered to be “one of the most unreliable forms of assessment” (p. 195)Often written so that most of the statement is true save one small, often trivial bit of information that then makes the whole statement untrueEncourage guessing, and reward for correct guesses
Short-answer questions
Advantages
Quick and easy to gradeQuick and easy to write
Disadvantages
Encourage students to memorize terms and details, so that their understanding of the content remains superficial
Essay questions
Advantages
Offer students an opportunity to demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities in a variety of waysCan be used to develop student writing skills, particularly the ability to formulate arguments supported with reasoning and evidence
Disadvantages
Require extensive time to gradeEncourage use of subjective criteria when assessing answersIf used in class, necessitate quick composition without time for planning or revision, which can result in poor-quality writing
Questions provided by test banks
Advantages
Save instructors the time and energy involved in writing test questionsUse the terms and methods that are used in the book
Disadvantages
Rarely involve analysis, synthesis, application, or evaluation (cross-discipline research documents that approximately 85 percent of the questions in test banks test recall)Limit the scope of the exam to text content; if used extensively, may lead students to conclude that the material covered in class is unimportant and irrelevant
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Home › Articles › Educational Assessment ›Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Types of Test Questions
SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2015
Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Types of Test Questions
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD

18
2

It’s good to regularly review the advantages and disadvantages of the most commonly used test questions and the test banks that now frequently provide them.
Multiple-choice questions
Advantages
Quick and easy to score, by hand or electronicallyCan be written so that they test a wide range of higher-order thinking skillsCan cover lots of content areas on a single exam and still be answered in a class period
Disadvantages
Often test literacy skills: “if the student reads the question carefully, the answer is easy to recognize even if the student knows little about the subject” (p. 194)Provide unprepared students the opportunity to guess, and with guesses that are right, they get credit for things they don’t knowExpose students to misinformation that can influence subsequent thinking about the contentTake time and skill to construct (especially good questions)
True-false questions
Advantages
Quick and easy to score
Disadvantages
Considered to be “one of the most unreliable forms of assessment” (p. 195)Often written so that most of the statement is true save one small, often trivial bit of information that then makes the whole statement untrueEncourage guessing, and reward for correct guesses
Short-answer questions
Advantages
Quick and easy to gradeQuick and easy to write
Disadvantages
Encourage students to memorize terms and details, so that their understanding of the content remains superficial
Essay questions
Advantages
Offer students an opportunity to demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities in a variety of waysCan be used to develop student writing skills, particularly the ability to formulate arguments supported with reasoning and evidence
Disadvantages
Require extensive time to gradeEncourage use of subjective criteria when assessing answersIf used in class, necessitate quick composition without time for planning or revision, which can result in poor-quality writing
Questions provided by test banks
Advantages
Save instructors the time and energy involved in writing test questionsUse the terms and methods that are used in the book
Disadvantages
Rarely involve analysis, synthesis, application, or evaluation (cross-discipline research documents that approximately 85 percent of the questions in test banks test recall)Limit the scope of the exam to text content; if used extensively, may lead students to conclude that the material covered in class is unimportant and irrelevant
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