Standardized Periodical Examination Development

Guidelines

All the questions in the examinations must cover core concepts and skills students should
know based on the course objectives. The following are the specifications of the periodical
exams to be developed:

1. The exam summary (Annex A Exam Summary Form) shall contain the following
information:

1.1. Test Part Number

1.2. Test Part Type

1.3. No. of Questions

1.4. Points per Item

1.5. Total Points

1.6. General Topic (of the Test Part)

2. The design of the examinations is preferably in Multiple Choice of the following variety:

2.1. Stem-and-Options Variety

Ex. : The theorist who focused on assisting the individual in performing activities
contributing to health recovery:
A. Dorethea Orem
B. Callista Roy
C. Martha Rogers
D. Virginia Henderson

2.2. Setting-and-Options Variety

Ex.: SITUATION: Angela, 3-year old, was brought to the health center for
consultation because of cough and difficulty in breathing. You
suspected that Angela is suffering from Acute Respiratory Infection
(ARI). You made an assessment of Angelas condition.
1. As you assess the child, which of the following will you do?
1) Ask the mother of child is able to drink
2) Feel the front of neck for nodes
3) Look for exudates in the throat
4) Look for signs of throat abscess

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A. 1 only 2 C. 4 only
B. 1,2, and 3 D. 1,2, 3, and 4
 2. Aside from asking questions, you should look or listen for the following?
1) Chest indrawing
2) Childs breathing
3) Stridor
4) Wheezes, if recurrent

A. 1 and 2 only C. 1, 2, and 3

B. 3 and 4 only D. all of the choices

NOTE: Use special alternatives such as none of the choices and all of the
choices sparingly.

2.3. Group Term Variety

Ex.: Which of the following is not a variety of conscience?

A. subconscience
B. erroneous conscience
C. certain conscience
D. doubtful conscience

2.4. Structured-Response Variety

Ex.: Encircle letter A if the first statement directly causes the second statement; B
if the first indirectly causes the second; and C if the first does not in a way
cause the second.

A B C Students respond to and internalize communicated expectations and

behave in the manner expected of them.

Teacher expectations affect student performance.

2.5. Contained-Option Variety

Ex.: Arrange the following, first number as the most important or level 1, based on
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: (1) Esteem Needs; (2) Self-actualization; (3)
Safety Needs; (4) Physiological Needs; (5) Love and Belongingness Needs:

A. 43512 C. 52341
B. 32514 D. 13425

3. For subject areas which will require further measuring of the students knowledge and
understanding, the following test typologies may also be used: (see Annex B in Excel
Format for Exam Database Form):

3.1. Modified True or False

3.2. Restricted Essay (with Grading Rubric)

3.3. Extended Essay (with Grading Rubric)

(Please refer to Annex B (Word Format) - Exam Database Template for Problem Solving,
Program Writing and Tracing to be used for the database.)

3.4. Problem Solving (use the equation editor for equations)

 3.5. Program Writing

3.6. Program Tracing

4. For each question/item, identify the following information:

4.1. Objective/s (based on revised Blooms Revised Taxonomy)

4.2. Choices

4.3. Answer

4.4. Points

4.5. Specific Topic

4.6. Level (refers to the target level of difficulty: Easy, Average, or Difficult)

4.7. Reference/s

5. Formulate the exams with a total of 100 points for each grading period with the
following level of difficulty distribution.

Difficulty Level Percentage

Easy Questions 25%
Average
50%
Questions
Difficult
25%
Questions

6. Using the revised Bloom's taxonomy, identify the cognitive process-knowledge objective
of the question.

The Four Knowledge Dimensions:

FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE : The basic elements students must know to be acquainted

with a discipline

CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE : The relationships between components or systems

PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE : How to do something, methods of research, criteria for

using methods and techniques

META KNOWLEDGE : Knowledge of knowledge

The Six Cognitive Process Dimensions:

REMEMBER : Retrieve relevant knowledge from memory (Recall)

UNDERSTAND : Construct meaning from instructions (Understanding)

APPLY : Carry out or use a procedure in a given situation

(Application)

ANALYZE : Break material into its constituent parts and determine how
these parts relate to one another and to the overall
structure or purpose (Analysis)

EVALUATE : Make judgments based on criteria and standards

(Evaluation)

CREATE : Put elements together to form a coherent or functional

whole; re-organize elements into a new pattern (Creation)
 Identify each question with the corresponding code provided below.

Rememb Understa
Apply Analyze Evaluate Create
er nd
3 4 5 6
1 2
A. Factual Knowledge A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6
B. Conceptual
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6
Knowledge
C. Procedural
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
Knowledge
D. Metacognitive
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6
Knowledge

7. The topic coverage of the questions for the final examination, which shall be
comprehensive, shall be distributed as follows:

Percent
Topic Coverage
age
Prelims 25%
Midterms 25%
Pre-finals 25%
Finals 25%

8. The entire final examination shall be of Multiple Choice type.

9. Only questions with Problem Solving, Program Writing and Tracing may allocate more
than 1 point per item depending on the level of difficulty of the question. (use the Excel
Format for Exam Database)

10. Accomplish the required exam forms. Exams with incomplete entries will not be
considered acceptable and will be returned to the developer. Submit exams with the
following Filename formats:

Content Filename Referen

ce
Exam Summary <Course Description> - <PE/ME/PFE/FE> Annex A
SUMMARY
Exam Database <Course Description> - <PE/ME/PFE/FE> Annex B
DBASE
Exam (MS Word <Course Description> - <PE/ME/PFE/FE> Annex C
Format)
Answer Key <Course Description> - <PE/ME/PFE/FE> Annex C
ANSKEY

Examples: Communication Arts 1 PE SUMMARY

Communication Arts 1 PE DBASE
Communication Arts 1 PE
Communication Arts 1 PE ANSKEY

Legend:

PE Prelim Exam
ME Midterm Exam
PFE Pre-final Exam
FE Final Exam