This document provides instructions and examples for constructing a completion test, which requires test-takers to fill in blanks with words or phrases. It outlines several rules to follow, such as giving reasonable context for the desired response, avoiding clues in wording or blank length, and arranging items to facilitate scoring. Sample test items are included to demonstrate proper formatting. The goal is to design a test that accurately measures knowledge without unintentionally cueing respondents.

1. COMPLETION _____
of TEST
Jessa S. Arino
BSE-3B
CBSUA

2. COMPLETION TEST
 This test consists of a series of items
which requires the testee to fill a word or
phrase on the blanks.This is also called
filling the blank type of test.

3. Rules and Suggestions for the
Construction of Completion test
1. Give the student a reasonable basis for the
responses desired. Avoid indefinite
statements.
Example: Wrong: Carolus Linnaeus was born in
_________.
Right: Carolus Linnaeus was born in the year
_________.
 Avoid over mutilated statements.
EXAMPLE:
Wrong: ______________ was the first to view
______________under the ___________.
Right: _______________was the first to view
bacteria under the microscope.

4. 2. Avoid giving the student unwarranted clues
to the desired response.
a. Whenever possible avoid a and
an immediately before the blank.
EXAMPLE:
Wrong: An ________ cell is composed of nucleus.
Right: ________ cell is composed of nucleus.

5. b. Do not indicate of the expected
answer by varying the length of blanks.
EXAMPLE:
1.___________ is where synthesis of
protein occurs.
2.___________ is the powerhouse of the
cell.
3.___________ guards the entry and exit of
materials in a cell

6. c. Avoid lifting statements directly from the
book.
EXAMPLE: Wrong: Global warming is the result of
the accumulation of heat on the surface of
the earth brought about by the concentration
of gases in the ________.
d. Omit only key words or phrases rather than
trivial details.

7. e. Guard against the possibility that one item
or part of the test may suggest the correct
response to another item.
f. Avoid giving grammatical clues to the
answer expected.
EXAMPLE: The authors of the modern cell
theory were _________.
Improved: Modern Cell theory was theorized
by _________.

8. 3. Arrange the test so as to facilitate scoring.
a. Allow one point for each blank correctly
filled. Avoid fractional credits or unequal
weighing of items in a test.
b. Select the items to which only one
correct response is possible.

9. c. Arrange the items as far as possible so
that the students responses are in a
column at the right of the sentences
EXAMPLE
1. A device used for 1. _________
magnifying objects that
cannot be seen by the
naked eye is called
________.
2. ________ is a type if 2. _________
microscope that contains 2
or more lens system.
3. _______ part of a microscpo 3. _________
that is used for final
focusing.
4. The mangfication of High 4. _________
power objective is _______.

10. d. Scoring is more rapid if the blanks are
numbered and the student is directed to
write his response in the appropriate
numbered blanks.
e. Prepare a key for scoring by writing on a
copy of the test all acceptable answer.

11. SAMPLE TEST ITEMS OF COMPLETION TEST
Direction: Fill in the blank the correct word or phrase.
Write your answer at the right column.
1. Phycology is the study of 1. _____________
_______.
2. The utilization of the 2. _____________
biologocal organisms,
aystems and processes to
convert materials into variety
of products is called _______.
3. ________ discovered 3. _____________
penicillin by accident.
4. ________ and _________ 4._____________
said that the stucture of DNA 5. _____________
is double helix.

12. THANK YOU for
___________.
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