Test, Measurement and Evaluation Questions and Answers

Answer: A

The cadence in a step test is set with a metronome.

In step tests such as the Harvard step test, the subject must step up and down at a fixed rate, for example 30 steps per minute. A metronome gives an audible beat that keeps the stepping cadence constant, so that every subject does the same work.

An anthropometer measures body segment lengths and breadths, a skinfold caliper measures fat folds, and a stadiometer measures standing height; none sets a rhythm.

Answer: D

The AAHPERD basketball test does not include the forward pass.

The AAHPERD Basketball Skills Test has four items: speed spot shooting, passing (a timed wall pass), control dribble, and defensive movement. These measure shooting, passing, dribbling and defensive footwork.

A forward pass is a term from rugby and American football, not an item of the basketball test, while the other three options are all items of the battery.

Answer: C

The statement that is NOT correct is that norms are naturally occurring normal values whose ranges cannot be modified by experts.

Norms are not natural constants. They are derived from the measured performance of a defined reference group at a particular time, and they must be revised as populations and conditions change. That is why the other statements hold: norms let an individual be compared with a large population, they should be current and updated, and they should be representative of the population with which the person is compared.

Since three of the statements describe good norms correctly, the false one is the claim that norms are fixed and unmodifiable.

Answer: B

The correct match is a-3, b-4, c-1, d-5.

• Muscular strength: the one repetition maximum, the heaviest load lifted once.
• Agility: the zig-zag run, a timed run around cones with changes of direction.
• Body composition: the skinfold test, which estimates body fat.
• Balance: the Bass stick test, standing on a narrow stick.

Plate tapping (2) measures speed of limb movement and is the extra item. The other codes give, for example, the zig-zag test to strength or the skinfold test to agility.

Answer: B

The somatotype is the endomorph.

In Sheldon's somatotyping, the endomorph is characterised by a round, soft body with a relatively high proportion of fat and a tendency to gain weight, especially around the abdomen. The mesomorph is muscular, with broad shoulders and low fat, and the ectomorph is lean and linear, with little fat or muscle.

'Hypermorph' is not one of Sheldon's three somatotypes.

Answer: C

The item NOT part of item analysis is item complexity.

Item analysis of a knowledge test examines how each question performed, using:

• item difficulty: the proportion of students answering correctly;
• discrimination power: how well the item separates high scorers from low scorers;
• response quality (distractor analysis): how the wrong options attracted answers.

Item complexity, how intricate a question is, is not one of the statistical indices of item analysis.

Answer: B

Formative evaluation is conducted throughout the instructional process.

Formative evaluation checks progress while learning is still going on, through observation, quizzes and feedback, so that the teacher can adjust teaching and the learner can correct errors. Its purpose is to form, or shape, learning.

Evaluation at the beginning of the year is diagnostic or placement evaluation. Evaluation after a course is summative evaluation, which judges final achievement. Standardized testing periods also measure achievement, not ongoing learning.

Answer: C

Test and measurement are parts of evaluation, option C. A test is an instrument that yields a score, measurement is the process of assigning that numerical value, and evaluation goes further to judge the value or worth of what was measured against a standard.

Options A, B and D reverse the relationship, treating evaluation as part of measurement or of the test, though evaluation is the wider process.

For example, a vertical jump test gives a score, measuring the jump height gives a number in centimetres, and evaluation decides whether the performance is good enough, which is the widest step.

Answer: D

The criteria of a standard test include reliability, which means consistent results, and norms, which let an individual score be interpreted against a reference group, items I and IV, option D.

Complexity (II) and variability (III) are not criteria of a good test; a standard test is meant to be simple to administer. Options A, B and C each include one of them.

Validity and objectivity are the other criteria usually listed for a standard test, so reliability and norms fit among the items given.

Answer: A

Both statements are true but the reason does not explain the assertion, option A. Lean body mass is body weight excluding body fat. Body composition does involve the components of the body, but that general statement does not explain the definition of lean body mass.

Option B claims an explanation, and options C and D call a true statement false.

Lean body mass includes muscle, bone, organs and body water. A person's body composition is commonly split into fat mass and fat-free (lean) mass, and the second statement is only a general description of that field.