Delta Testing UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Aptitude test - CORRECT ANSWER D: A test of a natural ability to learn a language.
E: Re. pronunciation - a test to check ability to imitate/ distinguish sounds in an unknown
language.
Backwash - CORRECT ANSWER D: The effect a test / exam has on the teaching leading
up to it.
E: Practising essay writing in an FCE course, where it is the compulsory writing task.
Cloze test - CORRECT ANSWER D: A test created by deleting words at regular intervals
from a text (e.g. every 7th or 9th word) and asking learners to replace them. Doesn't focus on a
specific language point.
E: FCE open-cloze.
Achievement test - CORRECT ANSWER D:A test given at the end of a course to test
whether the learners have assimilated what has been taught, have passed the course, and
therefore (potentially) are ready to go on to the next level.
E:many coursebooks include an "end of course" test, which can be used for this purpose
Test battery - CORRECT ANSWER D: a test which involves more than one activity type -
in other words, the test is composed of a group of activities which may be scored individually or
whose scores may be combined into one overall score.
E: FCE (Reading and UofE; writing; listening; speaking).
, Cohort - CORRECT ANSWER D: all the people who take a particular test at a particular
time.
E:anyone who takes IELTS in the summer this year will be part of the IELTS test _________ for
that exam session.
Construct validity - CORRECT ANSWER D: refers to the design of the test and how
exclusively the test tests what it's supposed to test.
E: multiple choice has lower ________________________than a cloze test, because there's an
element of guess/chance.
Content validity - CORRECT ANSWER D: refers to whether the test only tests what has
been covered in the preceding course/test specification.
E: if the Delta Module 1 exam had questions about something which was not on the syllabus, it
would lack ______________________________________.
Criterion-referenced testing - CORRECT ANSWER D: Tests graded according to explicit
criteria such as band descriptors or can-do statements.
E: FCE, CAE, CPE, etc.
Norm-referenced testing - CORRECT ANSWER D: Tests graded in comparison to the
whole cohort.
E: Only the top 50% of the cohort pass.
Diagnostic test - CORRECT ANSWER D: A test given at the start of the course to
establish learners' strengths and weaknesses. This information is then used to decide on course
content.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Aptitude test - CORRECT ANSWER D: A test of a natural ability to learn a language.
E: Re. pronunciation - a test to check ability to imitate/ distinguish sounds in an unknown
language.
Backwash - CORRECT ANSWER D: The effect a test / exam has on the teaching leading
up to it.
E: Practising essay writing in an FCE course, where it is the compulsory writing task.
Cloze test - CORRECT ANSWER D: A test created by deleting words at regular intervals
from a text (e.g. every 7th or 9th word) and asking learners to replace them. Doesn't focus on a
specific language point.
E: FCE open-cloze.
Achievement test - CORRECT ANSWER D:A test given at the end of a course to test
whether the learners have assimilated what has been taught, have passed the course, and
therefore (potentially) are ready to go on to the next level.
E:many coursebooks include an "end of course" test, which can be used for this purpose
Test battery - CORRECT ANSWER D: a test which involves more than one activity type -
in other words, the test is composed of a group of activities which may be scored individually or
whose scores may be combined into one overall score.
E: FCE (Reading and UofE; writing; listening; speaking).
, Cohort - CORRECT ANSWER D: all the people who take a particular test at a particular
time.
E:anyone who takes IELTS in the summer this year will be part of the IELTS test _________ for
that exam session.
Construct validity - CORRECT ANSWER D: refers to the design of the test and how
exclusively the test tests what it's supposed to test.
E: multiple choice has lower ________________________than a cloze test, because there's an
element of guess/chance.
Content validity - CORRECT ANSWER D: refers to whether the test only tests what has
been covered in the preceding course/test specification.
E: if the Delta Module 1 exam had questions about something which was not on the syllabus, it
would lack ______________________________________.
Criterion-referenced testing - CORRECT ANSWER D: Tests graded according to explicit
criteria such as band descriptors or can-do statements.
E: FCE, CAE, CPE, etc.
Norm-referenced testing - CORRECT ANSWER D: Tests graded in comparison to the
whole cohort.
E: Only the top 50% of the cohort pass.
Diagnostic test - CORRECT ANSWER D: A test given at the start of the course to
establish learners' strengths and weaknesses. This information is then used to decide on course
content.
