The document focuses on developing proficiency in constructing objective test items, specifically completion, arrangement, identification, and enumeration items. It outlines learning outcomes for applying clarity, fairness, and alignment when creating test items and evaluating existing ones to effectively assess cognitive skills. Detailed steps for writing each type of test item are provided, along with examples for practical application.

1. Constructing Objective
Paper and Pencil Test
(Completion Items,
Arrangement Items,
Identification, Enumeration)
UNIT 7

3. Develop proficiency
in constructing
completion items,
arrangement items,
identification items,
and enumeration
items.
Learning Outcomes

4. Develop proficiency
in constructing
completion items,
arrangement items,
identification items,
and enumeration
items.
Learning Outcomes
Apply the principles
of clarity, fairness,
and alignment with
learning objectives
when creating
specialized objective
test items.
Learning Outcomes

5. Evaluate and modify
existing test items to
enhance their
effectiveness in
assessing various
cognitive skills.
Learning Outcomes
Apply the principles
of clarity, fairness,
and alignment with
learning objectives
when creating
specialized objective
test items.
Learning Outcomes
Develop proficiency
in constructing
completion items,
arrangement items,
identification items,
and enumeration
items.
Learning Outcomes

6. Type of Objective Test item
Completion Items
Arrangement Items
Identification Items
Enumeration Items
1.
2.
3.
4.

7. Completion Items
1.
In Completion Items, students are
provided with a sentence, phrase, or
statement with a missing element (e.g., a
word, phrase, or number), and they must
complete it to make the statement
correct or coherent.

8. Completion Items
1.
Steps to Write
1. Define the concept or sentence to be completed.
2. Create a statement with a blank space where
students need to fill in the missing word(s).
3. Ensure the blank space is clear and unambiguous.

9. Steps to Write
1. Define the concept or sentence to be completed.
2. Create a statement with a blank space where
students need to fill in the missing word(s).
3. Ensure the blank space is clear and unambiguous.
"Photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy."
"Photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert sunlight into ________.”
Blank Space: "energy"
Example

10. Steps to Write
1. Define the concept or sentence to be completed.
2. Create a statement with a blank space where
students need to fill in the missing word(s).
3. Ensure the blank space is clear and unambiguous.
"In a triangle, the sum of interior angles is 180 degrees."
"In a triangle, the sum of interior angles is ________ degrees."
Correct Answer: 180
Example

11. Steps to Write
1. Define the concept or sentence to be completed.
2. Create a statement with a blank space where
students need to fill in the missing word(s).
3. Ensure the blank space is clear and unambiguous.
"The first law of thermodynamics, also known as the law of energy
conservation, states that energy cannot be created or destroyed”
"The first law of thermodynamics, also known as the law of energy
conservation, states that energy cannot be created or _______”
Correct Answer: destroyed
Example

12. Type of Objective Test item
Completion Items
Arrangement Items
Identification Items
Enumeration Items
1.
2.
3.
4.

13. Type of Objective Test item
Completion Items
Arrangement Items
Identification Items
Enumeration Items
1.
2.
3.
4.

14. Arrangement Items
2.
Arrangement Items require students to
organize a set of elements or items into
a specific order or sequence based on
defined criteria. It assesses their ability
to structure information logically.

15. Completion Items
1.
Steps to Write
1. Identify a set of related items, concepts, or steps
that need to be arranged in a specific order.
2. Present these items in a scrambled or random
order.
3. Instruct students to arrange them in the correct
sequence.

16. Steps to Write
1. Identify a set of related items, concepts, or steps
that need to be arranged in a specific order.
2. Present these items in a scrambled or random
3. Instruct students to arrange them in the correct
"Arrange the steps of photosynthesis in the correct sequence:
A) Absorption of sunlight, B) Release of oxygen. C) Conversion of carbon
dioxide into glucose,
Correct Order: A, C, B
Example
order.
sequence.

17. Steps to Write
1. Identify a set of related items, concepts, or steps
that need to be arranged in a specific order.
2. Present these items in a scrambled or random
3. Instruct students to arrange them in the correct
Example
order.
sequence.
"Project management cycle"
1) Research 2) Planning 3) Execution 4) Evaluation
Correct Order: 2, 1, 3, 4

18. Steps to Write
1. Identify a set of related items, concepts, or steps
that need to be arranged in a specific order.
2. Present these items in a scrambled or random
3. Instruct students to arrange them in the correct
Example
order.
sequence.
"Essay format"
I. Introduction II. Body III. Conclusion
Correct Order: I, II, III