True or false questions are binary choice test items that require examinees to indicate whether statements are true or false. Constructing good true or false questions follows several rules: statements should not contain hints to the answer, avoid absolute terms like "always" and "never", keep sentences short to prevent giving clues away, don't include minor errors or tricks, don't quote verbatim from sources, and avoid strong determiners that make statements more likely to be true or false. Well-made true or false questions are balanced and avoid patterns that could allow guessing the answers.

1. SIMPLE

2. What is a simple True or False?
 Alternative choice test in which the student or
examinee indicates whether each of several
statements is true or false.
• Binomial- choice test that have only two (2)
option such as : True or False, Right or wrong,
Good or Better and so on.

3. A student who knows nothing of the content of
the examination would have 50% chance of
getting the answer by sheer guesswork,
although correction for guessing formula exist.

4. CONSTRUCTING A
TRUE-FALSE TEST
Here are some rules:

5. Rule 1.
 Do not give a hint (inadvertently) in the body of
the question.
Example:
The Philippines gained its independence
in 1898 and therefore celebrated its centennial
year in 2000.

6. Rule 2.
 Avoid using the words “always”, “never”,
“often” and other adverbs that tend to be either
always true or always false.
Example:
Christmas always falls on
Sunday because it is a Sabbath
day.

7. Rule 3.
 Avoid long sentences as these tend to be
“true”. Keep sentences short.
Example:
Tests need to be valid, reliable
and useful, although, it would require
a great amount of time and effort to
ensure that tests possess these test
characteristics.

8. The following example illustrate
what can go wrong in long
sentences:
Example:
Tests need to be valid, reliable and useful
since it takes very little amount of time, money
and effort to construct tests with these
characteristics.

9. Rule 4.
 Avoid trick statements with some minor
misleading word or spelling anomaly, misplaced
phrases, etc.
Example:
The Principle of our school is Mr. Albert P.
Panadero.
Rule 5.
• Avoid quoting verbatim from reference materials
or textbooks.

10. Rule 6.
 Avoid specific determiners or give-away
qualifiers. Students quickly learn that strongly
worded statements are more likely to be false
than true, for example, statements with
“never”, “no”, “all” or “always”. Moderately
worded statements are more likely to be true
than false. Statements with “many”, “often”,
“sometimes”, “generally”, “frequently” or
“some” should be avoided.

11. Rule 7.
 With true or false questions, avoid grossly
disproportionate number of either true or false
statements or even patterns in the occurrence
of true and false statements.