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The Art of Test Creation

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Sun Jul 01 2007

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The article offers information on the five general rules and specific strategies needed to craft training test questions properly. The first rule states that if a particular concept was not taught in the training, it should not be on the test. Second rule places importance on the test instructions. Then if a tool or resource is allowed tell test takers they may use it for certain questions. Participants should be informed on exactly how they should answer each question if it varies from standard multiple choice options. Trivial information that would confuse the test taker should not be included. The final general rule deals with grouping evaluation questions by topic.

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