This document discusses true/false tests, including: - True/false questions present declarative statements that students must identify as true or false. - It provides 11 rules for constructing effective true/false test items, such as avoiding hints, tricky words, double negatives, long sentences, and using a similar number of true and false statements. - The advantages and disadvantages of true/false tests are mentioned but not described.

2. Nature
• It is a binomial- choice tests, a test that have
only two (2) options.
• True-False questions can also be called
alternative response question
• An objective test presented in a form of
simple declarative statement, to which the
pupils respond indicating whether the
statement is true or false
• True/false questions present a statement,
and prompt the student to choose whether
the statement is truthful

3. Advantages

4. Disadvantages

6. Rule 1 : Do not give a hint in the body
of the question
Example
1. The Philippines gained its
independence in 1998 and therefore
celebrated its centennial year in 2000.
Revised Item
1. The Philippines gained its
independence on the year 1898.

7. Rule 2: Avoid using the word “always”, “never”,
“often” and other adverbs that tend to be either always
true or always false
Example
1. Christmas always falls on a Sunday
because it is a Sabbath day.
Revised Item
1. This year, Christmas falls on a
Sunday.

8. Rule 3: Avoid trick statements with some
minor misleading word or spelling anomaly,
misplaced phrases, etc.
Example
1. The Principle of our school is Mr.
Albert P. Panadero.
Revised Item
1. The Principal of our school is Mr.
Albert P. Panadero.

9. Rule 4: Use negative statements sparingly and do not
use double negatives.
Example:
1. Bread and grain are not at the top of
the food pyramid.
Revised Item
1. Bread and grains are at the top of
the food pyramid.

10. Rule 5: Avoid long sentences as these
tends to be “true“.
Example
1. Test need to be valid , reliable and
useful, although , it would require a great
amount of time and effort to ensure that
tests posses these test characteristics.
Revised Item
1. Test needs to be valid, reliable and
useful.

11. Rule 6: Avoid using more than one idea in a True or
False question. Make your main point prominent
Example:
1. All spiders have exoskeletons and
only prey on insects.
Revised Item
1. All spiders have exoskeletons.
.

12. Other Rules !!!
Rule 7: Avoid quoting verbatim from reference
materials or textbooks
Rule 8: Avoid grossly disproportionate number of
either true or false statement or even patterns in
the occurrence of true and false statements.
Rule 9: Statements should always be clearly true or
false. Do not use items which involve controversial
material or rely on personal opinion.
Rule 10: Keep all statements approximately equal in
length.
Rule 11: Use simple grammatical structure.

14. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and
write FALSE if its wrong. Write your answer
in a ¼ sheet of paper.
1. Questions in a True/False Test should be
long so that it won’t be too easy for the
students.
2. In constructing a True/False test, avoid
using tricky misspelled words.
3. In constructing a true/False test, present
a similar number of true and false items.
4. Its okay to give hints in the question if you
are constructing a true/false test.

15. 5. True/False test items are presented in
declarative statements.
6. You have to use complicated grammatical
structure in constructing a True/False test.
7. A binomial type of test consist only of two
questions.
8. True/False tests can either be a written or
oral assessment.
9. The words “always” and “never” should be
avoided in constructing a true or false
question.
10.Students have high chance of guessing the
answer, is an advantage of a True/False test.