PNR201 MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING
EXAM 2 EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ Guidelines cont. Answer: No unintended/irrelevant clues, Similar
Formats grouped together, Easy to difficult progression, No textbook
verbatim questions, one correct answer, Eliminate overcrowding,
Independent Items, Diagrams and tables above NOT below.
◉ Guidelines cont.. Answer: Place all items of a give type together in
the test, prepare keys or model answers in advance of test adinistration,
Arrange for competent review of the items, No trick questions.
◉ Guidelines cont... Answer: Writing) Write concisely (10 words), Be
grammatically correct (free of spelling and typing errors), Avoid jargon
and academic language
◉ General Objective test items Answer: True False, Matching Items,
Completion Tests, Multiple choice.
◉ Advantages of the Objective Items Test Answer: Wide range of
content material.
Short period of administration time
Easier/fast to score.
Cheap(machine)(government).
, Higher reliability.
Objective items often test skills other than those that the teacher
intended.
◉ Limitation of the Objective Items Answer: Difficult to reach higher
order thinking.
Does not reveal thinking process
Can be more difficult (time consuming) to construct
Reusing tests may be problematic (to the same group)
Promotes guessing (25% on multiple choice; 50% on T/F)
◉ Lines of Validity Evidence Answer: Content, Response Processes,
Internal Structure.
◉ Objective Items used as Pre-Tests Answer: It is fast. If you are not
looking for higher level thinking (knowledge of the area; or diagnostic
testing). Reuse year after year (to different people)
.
◉ Objective items used as Post Tests Answer: Cover more content.
Scores reflect higher reliability and validity.
◉ True False Items Answer: Typically used to: measure the ability to
identify whether statements of fact are correct; to evaluate student
understanding of common misconceptions, The questions are usually a
declarative statement that the student must judge as true or false.
EXAM 2 EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ Guidelines cont. Answer: No unintended/irrelevant clues, Similar
Formats grouped together, Easy to difficult progression, No textbook
verbatim questions, one correct answer, Eliminate overcrowding,
Independent Items, Diagrams and tables above NOT below.
◉ Guidelines cont.. Answer: Place all items of a give type together in
the test, prepare keys or model answers in advance of test adinistration,
Arrange for competent review of the items, No trick questions.
◉ Guidelines cont... Answer: Writing) Write concisely (10 words), Be
grammatically correct (free of spelling and typing errors), Avoid jargon
and academic language
◉ General Objective test items Answer: True False, Matching Items,
Completion Tests, Multiple choice.
◉ Advantages of the Objective Items Test Answer: Wide range of
content material.
Short period of administration time
Easier/fast to score.
Cheap(machine)(government).
, Higher reliability.
Objective items often test skills other than those that the teacher
intended.
◉ Limitation of the Objective Items Answer: Difficult to reach higher
order thinking.
Does not reveal thinking process
Can be more difficult (time consuming) to construct
Reusing tests may be problematic (to the same group)
Promotes guessing (25% on multiple choice; 50% on T/F)
◉ Lines of Validity Evidence Answer: Content, Response Processes,
Internal Structure.
◉ Objective Items used as Pre-Tests Answer: It is fast. If you are not
looking for higher level thinking (knowledge of the area; or diagnostic
testing). Reuse year after year (to different people)
.
◉ Objective items used as Post Tests Answer: Cover more content.
Scores reflect higher reliability and validity.
◉ True False Items Answer: Typically used to: measure the ability to
identify whether statements of fact are correct; to evaluate student
understanding of common misconceptions, The questions are usually a
declarative statement that the student must judge as true or false.
