SET A

Semi-Final Examination in Education 7 March 9-10, 2017

TEST I. True or False
Direction: On your test booklets, write TRUE if the statement presents a correct concept and
FALSE if it does not.

1. Statistics is not important in assessment.

2. If the teacher would like to analyze data without making conclusions about data of a large group, he should use
descriptive statistics.
3. The frequency distribution are easier to interpret through numeric values.
4. Measures of central tendency and variability are used in describing the assessed performance of a group.
5. The measures of variability provides a very convenient way of describing scores with a single number.
6. The mean measures stability.
7. The median is affected by extreme values.
8. A decile is a score distribution where scores are divided into four equal parts.
9. The range is an exact value of variation.
10. In computing the mode, mean and median of grouped and ungrouped scores, we use the same process.

TEST II. Multiple choice

Direction. Write the letter of the correct answer in CAPS on your test booklets.

1. Which of the following statements is TRUE when standard deviation is large?

a. Scores-are concentrated around the mean.

b. The scores are normally distributed.
c. Scores are widely spread around the mean.
d. The mean and median are equal.

2. Which of the following is the highest level of Blooms taxonomy?

a. Identify the kinds of measures of variation.

b. Compute the mean value: 86, 91, 75, 96, and 88.
c. Compare and contrast standard deviation and coefficient of variation.
d. Explain the concept of variability.

3. Given the scores: 94, 83, 83, 91, 94, 86, 80, 82, 81, 83, 85. What does the score 83 in the distribution mean/s?

a. Median
b. Mean and mode
c. Mode only
d. Median and mode

4. If the computed range is small, this means that __________.

a. The students performed very well in the test.

b. The difference between the highest and the lowest score is high.
c. The students performed very poorly in the test.
d. The difference between the highest and the lowest score is low.

5. Which of the following item represents norm-referenced statement?

a. Peter was able to get 90 items correctly out of 100 items in mathematics.
b. Fitch performed better in the test in mathematics than 88% of his classmates.
c. Ritz was able to solve 88% of the problem correctly.
d. Glenn solved 9 problems out of 15 problems correctly.

6. Scores of 8 students were: 86, 78, 89, 90, 88, 98, 95, 88. What is the mean value?
 a. 87
b. 88
c. 89
d. 90

7. Teacher Dominic give a 50-item test in English. The mean performance of the group is 27 and the standard deviation is
5. Franz obtained a score of 31. Which of the following best described his performance?

a. Below average
b. Average
c. Above average
d. Outstanding

8. Josephs score is within x 1 SD. To which of the following groups does he belong?

a. Below average
b. Average
c. Needs improvement
d. Above average

9. Marks raw score in the TLE class is 93 which equals to 96 th percentile. What does this imply?

a. 96% of Marks classmates got a score higher than 93.

b. 96% of Marks classmates got a score lower than 93.
c. Marks score is less than 93% of his classmates.
d. Mark is higher than 96% of his classmates.

The table below shows different test administered to a class to which Angel belongs, then answer questions 10-11.

Subjects Mean SD Angels Scores

Mathematics 78 7 75
English 80 7.3 82
Music 90 7.2 89
PE 88 7.5 90

10. In which subject(s) did Angel perform most poorly in relation to the groups mean performance?

a. English
b. PE
c. Music
d. Mathematics

11. What type of learner is Angel?

a. Bodily kinesthetic
b. Logical
c. Linguistic
d. Musical

12. A positive discrimination index means that:

a. The test item could not discriminate between the lower and upper groups.
b. More from the upper group got the item correctly.
c. More from the lower group got the item correctly.
d. The test item has low reliability.

13. Teacher Marie wanted to teach her pupils folk dancing. Her check-up test was a written test on the steps of folk
dance. What characteristic of good test does it lack?

a. Objectivity
 b. Comprehensiveness
c. Validity
d. Reliability

14. In which competency did Teacher Grace students find more easy? In the item with a difficulty index of ________.

a. 0.31
b. 0.91
c. 0.55
d. 1.0

15. Which is correct about MEDIAN?

a. It is a measure of variability.
b. It is the most stable measure of central tendency.
c. It is appropriate when there are extreme scores.
d. It is significantly affected by extreme values.

TEST III. Using the data below, solve for the values asked. Show your solution in your test
booklets.

x f
5-8 4
9-12 6
13-16 5
17-20 2
21-24 9
25-28 8
29-32 6
33-36 5
37-40 5
41-44 6
45-48 4
n-60

A. Get the range.

B. Get the mean.

C. Get the median.

D. Get the mode.

E. Get the value of Q3.

F. Get the value of D7.

G. Get the value of D4.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Confucius

_teacherRachel
 SET B

Semi-Final Examination in Education 7 March 9-10, 2017

TEST I. True or False
Direction: On your test booklets, write TRUE if the statement presents a correct concept and FALSE if it
does not.

1. The median is affected by extreme values.

2. The mean measures stability.

3. The range is an exact value of variation.

4. In computing the mode, mean and median of grouped and ungrouped scores, we use the same process.

5. The measures of variability provides a very convenient way of describing scores with a single number.

6. If the teacher would like to analyze data without making conclusions about data of a large group, he should use
descriptive statistics.

7. Statistics is not important in assessment.

8. A decile is a score distribution where scores are divided into four equal parts.

9. The frequency distribution are easier to interpret through numeric values.

10. Measures of central tendency and variability are used in describing the assessed performance of a group.

TEST II. Multiple choice

Direction. Write the letter of the correct answer in CAPS on your test booklets.
1. Josephs score is within x 1 SD. To which of the following groups does he belong?
a. Below average
b. Average
c. Needs improvement
d. Above average
2. Scores of 8 students were: 86, 78, 89, 90, 88, 98, 95, 88. What is the mean value?
a. 87
b. 88
c. 89
d. 90
3. Teacher Marie wanted to teach her pupils folk dancing. Her check-up test was a written test on the steps of folk dance.
What characteristic of good test does it lack?
a. Objectivity
b. Comprehensiveness
c. Validity
d. Reliability
4. If the computed range is small, this means that __________.
a. The students performed very well in the test.
b. The difference between the highest and the lowest score is high.
c. The students performed very poorly in the test.
d. The difference between the highest and the lowest score is low.
5. Marks raw score in the TLE class is 93 which equals to 96 th percentile. What does this imply?
a. 96% of Marks classmates got a score higher than 93.
b. 96% of Marks classmates got a score lower than 93.
c. Marks score is less than 93% of his classmates.
d. Mark is higher than 96% of his classmates.
6. Which of the following item represents norm-referenced statement?
 a. Peter was able to get 90 items correctly out of 100 items in mathematics.
b. Fitch performed better in the test in mathematics than 88% of his classmates.
c. Ritz was able to solve 88% of the problem correctly.
d. Glenn solved 9 problems out of 15 problems correctly.

7. Which of the following statements is TRUE when standard deviation is large?

a. Scores-are concentrated around the mean.
b. The scores are normally distributed.
c. Scores are widely spread around the mean.
d. The mean and median are equal.
8. Given the scores: 94, 83, 83, 91, 94, 86, 80, 82, 81, 83, 85. What does the score 83 in the distribution mean/s?
a. Median
b. Mean and mode
c. Mode only
d. Median and mode
9. Which of the following is the highest level of Blooms taxonomy?
a. Identify the kinds of measures of variation.
b. Compute the mean value: 86, 91, 75, 96, and 88.
c. Compare and contrast standard deviation and coefficient of variation.
d. Explain the concept of variability.

The table below shows different test administered to a class to which Angel belongs, then answer questions 10-11.

Subjects Mean SD Angels Scores

Mathematics 78 7 75
English 80 7.3 82
Music 90 7.2 89
PE 88 7.5 90

10. In which subject(s) did Angel perform most poorly in relation to the groups mean performance?
e. English
f. PE
g. Music
a. Mathematics
11. What type of learner is Angel?
a. Bodily kinesthetic
b. Logical
c. Linguistic
d. Musical
12. Which is correct about MEDIAN?
a. It is a measure of variability.
b. It is the most stable measure of central tendency.
c. It is appropriate when there are extreme scores.
d. It is significantly affected by extreme values.
13. Teacher Dominic give a 50-item test in English. The mean performance of the group is 27 and the standard deviation
is 5. Franz obtained a score of 31. Which of the following best described his performance?
a. Below average
b. Average
c. Above average
d. Outstanding
14. In which competency did Teacher Grace students find more easy? In the item with a difficulty index of ________.
a. 0.31
b. 0.91
c. 0.55
 d. 1.0
15. A positive discrimination index means that:
a. The test item could not discriminate between the lower and upper groups.
b. More from the upper group got the item correctly.
c. More from the lower group got the item correctly.
d. The test item has low reliability.

TEST III. Using the data below, solve for the values asked. Show your solution in your test booklets.

x f
8-16 3
17-24 7
25-32 5
33-40 4
41-48 13
49-56 7
57-64 8
65-72 4
73-80 4
81-88 3
89-97 2
n-60

A. Get the range.

B. Get the mean.

C. Get the median.

D. Get the mode.

E. Get the value of Q3.

F. Get the value of D7.

G. Get the value of D4.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Confucius

_teacherRachel