The document discusses concepts related to language testing such as reliability, validity, practicality, and different types of test items and formats. It provides a multiple choice test with 20 questions covering these concepts. It also provides a short reading passage and instructions to design a modified cloze test from the passage with 50% content words and 50% function words.

1. I. Multiple choice ( 50 points, 2.5 points for each correct answer).
1. A reading test item which is taken directly from the students’ textbook is said to be
……… reliable
A. more B. less C. objectively D. very
2. The test is more reliable if it
A. has a large number of test items in it
B. has a small number of test items in it
C. is given to 50% of students of a school
D. has everyone get it right
3. Content validity refers to
A. the test familiarity to test takers
B. the clear layout and instructions
C. the fact that the language items are the right level for students
D. the test appeal to the popular judgment
4. Practicality refers to
A. the administrative work involved with the test
B. preparation in advance to deliver the test
C. the marking scheme for the test
D. all of them
5. The test is said not to be reliable if
A. students’ results are very different if they take the same test on two occasions
B. it is piloted across the country
C. different markers award the same markers to the same composition
D. it differentiates between strong and weak students
6. Which of the following does not belong to the concept of validity?
A. content B. response
C. face D. marking
7. Which of the following statement is not correct ?
A. a modified cloze is a passage with 8 -> 10th
word deleted
B. a modified cloze has words deleted randomly
C. a modified cloze is also called a rational cloze
D. a modified cloze is a passage with no fixed ratio deletion
8. A pure cloze ………..
A. is also called a standard cloze
B. has every nth word deleted
C. has word range deleted from 5-8
D. all the choices above are correct
9. The writing test is invalid because……..
A. the candidates are required to write about a very specific topic
B. the candidates have to deal with both cohesion and coherence at the same time
C. the candidates’ personalities will influence their marks
D. all the choices above are correct
10 ………test items require test takers to identify or choose the right answers
A. reproduction B. recognition C. validity D. reliability
11. Three objective tests commonly used in language classrooms include:

2. A. multiple choice cloze and gap fill
B. multiple choice, true-false and true-false and true-false – doesn’t say
C. multiple choice cloze and true-false
D. true-false, question-answers, and multiple choice
12. IELTS or TOFL test generally are …………
A. placement tests B. proficiency tests
C. achievement tests D. diagnostic tests
13 ………test one element at a time, item by item
A. integrative tests B. discrete-point tests
C. integrative tests D. holistic tests
!4 ………..aim to measure more than one element or skill at the same time
A. integrative tests B. discrete-point tests
C. integrative tests D. holistic tests
15. ………..are used at the end of a course, seeing how successful each individual student
has been in taking a course
A. placement tests B. proficiency tests
C. achievement tests D. diagnostic tests
16. ………..aim to put students into groups or classes in accordance with their level of
proficiency
A. placement tests B. proficiency tests
C. achievement tests D. diagnostic tests
17. if tests items are too hard or too easy for students, then they are not……….
A. reliable in terms of response
B. valid in terms of response
C. valid in terms of statistical validity
D. reliable in terms of level of difficulty
18. If a test is not carefully organized well in advance, it lacks the quality of ………
A. validity of response B. reliability
C. practicality D………..
19. …………..deals with the extent of test by lay people such as testers
A. ….. B. ……………
C. ……. D……………
20. tests………………
A. ………….. B………….
C………….. D………….
II. Test designing (50 points)
Read the following test:
The cross-cultural spread of English is unprecedented in other ways. It is more widely
used than any of the other colonial languages like French, Portuguese or Spanish. It even
has a wider use than some of the languages associated with international non-western
religious traditions, like Arabic or Sanskrit. In countries like India and Nigeria, English is
used at all levels of society: in local English-language newspapers and broadcasting, in
public administration, in university education, in the major industries, the courts and the
civil service. Indeed, with nearly 200 languages, India needs English to unify the country.

3. Task: use the test to design a modified cloze with 50% of content words and 50% of
functional grammar words. You have to include the cloze with instructions, answer keys,
and marking scheme.