DELTA MODULE 1 - PAPER 2 TASK 1 -
ASSESSMENT AND TESTING EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Testing correct answers Def: (TESTING) A form of assessment that can
happen at any stage of the teaching/learning process.
Ex: diagnostic, placement, progress, achievement, formative, summative,
Placement test correct answers Def: (TESTING) a type of test learners
are given at entry level to ascertain their level.
Diagnostic test correct answers Def: (TESTING) a test designed to evaluate
learners' needs and current ability.
Proficiency test correct answers Def: (TESTING) a type of test designed to
measure people's ability in a language, regardless of any training they may
have had in that language. The content is not based on the content or
objectives of a language course, but on a specification of what candidates
have to be able to do in the language in order to be considered proficient.
Ex: a placement test / a university entrance exam assessing language
ability / a language test for a job as a translator.
Progress/formative test correct answers Def: (TESTING) periodic tests given
to learners throughout a course to monitor the the learning process. Teachers
can use the results to modify teaching and learning activities to further
boost student attainment.
Ex: a pop quiz.
Achievement/summative test correct answers Def: (TESTING) tests which
happen at the end of a course where the focus is on the outcome. They are
directly related to language courses, their purpose being to establish how
successful individual students, groups of students, or the courses
themselves have been in achieving objectives.
Ex: final achievement tests at the end of a course of study.
Criterion-referenced testing correct answers Def: (TESTING) tests and
assessments that are designed to measure student performance against a
fixed set of predetermined criteria or learning standards. Candidates have to
achieve the standard in order to pass.
, They show the candidate what THEY can DO with the language, as
opposed to comparing them to other candidates.
Ex: IELTS, TOEFL
Norm-referenced testing correct answers Def: (TESTING) tests where
there is no criterion for passing, but where a candidate's results are
interpreted in relation to the results of other candidates.
Ex: SAT tests, IQ tests.
Objective testing correct answers Def: (TESTING) a test where no
judgement is required on behalf of the assessor when scoring. This
element gives these tests more reliability.
Ex: a multiple choice quiz with no ambiguity.
Subjective testing correct answers Def: (TESTING) tests where judgement
is required by the assessor when scoring.
Ex: a writing composition.
Extra info: the degree of subjectivity can vary (e.g. marking a
composition is more subjective than marking short answers to specific-
information reading activities).
Validity correct answers Def: (TESTING) the extent to which a test measures
accurately what it is intended to measure.
Ex: a gap-fill grammar activity is if the intent is to test a learner's ability
to match grammatical forms to their contexts, but is not for testing
communicative ability.
Reliability correct answers Def: (TESTING) the extent to which a test
measures consistently. The degree to which an assessment tool produces
stable and consistent results.
Ex: if a student gets more or less the same score on the test whether they
take it on a Monday or a Tuesday.
Extra info: People may be hungry, tired, demotivated etc., and the test
needs to make sure it does not increase variation by adding unclear
instructions, ambiguous questions or items that result in guessing.
Scorer reliability correct answers Def: (TESTING) the extent to which a
candidate would achieve the same score on a test if they performed it
exactly the same way the next day.
ASSESSMENT AND TESTING EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Testing correct answers Def: (TESTING) A form of assessment that can
happen at any stage of the teaching/learning process.
Ex: diagnostic, placement, progress, achievement, formative, summative,
Placement test correct answers Def: (TESTING) a type of test learners
are given at entry level to ascertain their level.
Diagnostic test correct answers Def: (TESTING) a test designed to evaluate
learners' needs and current ability.
Proficiency test correct answers Def: (TESTING) a type of test designed to
measure people's ability in a language, regardless of any training they may
have had in that language. The content is not based on the content or
objectives of a language course, but on a specification of what candidates
have to be able to do in the language in order to be considered proficient.
Ex: a placement test / a university entrance exam assessing language
ability / a language test for a job as a translator.
Progress/formative test correct answers Def: (TESTING) periodic tests given
to learners throughout a course to monitor the the learning process. Teachers
can use the results to modify teaching and learning activities to further
boost student attainment.
Ex: a pop quiz.
Achievement/summative test correct answers Def: (TESTING) tests which
happen at the end of a course where the focus is on the outcome. They are
directly related to language courses, their purpose being to establish how
successful individual students, groups of students, or the courses
themselves have been in achieving objectives.
Ex: final achievement tests at the end of a course of study.
Criterion-referenced testing correct answers Def: (TESTING) tests and
assessments that are designed to measure student performance against a
fixed set of predetermined criteria or learning standards. Candidates have to
achieve the standard in order to pass.
, They show the candidate what THEY can DO with the language, as
opposed to comparing them to other candidates.
Ex: IELTS, TOEFL
Norm-referenced testing correct answers Def: (TESTING) tests where
there is no criterion for passing, but where a candidate's results are
interpreted in relation to the results of other candidates.
Ex: SAT tests, IQ tests.
Objective testing correct answers Def: (TESTING) a test where no
judgement is required on behalf of the assessor when scoring. This
element gives these tests more reliability.
Ex: a multiple choice quiz with no ambiguity.
Subjective testing correct answers Def: (TESTING) tests where judgement
is required by the assessor when scoring.
Ex: a writing composition.
Extra info: the degree of subjectivity can vary (e.g. marking a
composition is more subjective than marking short answers to specific-
information reading activities).
Validity correct answers Def: (TESTING) the extent to which a test measures
accurately what it is intended to measure.
Ex: a gap-fill grammar activity is if the intent is to test a learner's ability
to match grammatical forms to their contexts, but is not for testing
communicative ability.
Reliability correct answers Def: (TESTING) the extent to which a test
measures consistently. The degree to which an assessment tool produces
stable and consistent results.
Ex: if a student gets more or less the same score on the test whether they
take it on a Monday or a Tuesday.
Extra info: People may be hungry, tired, demotivated etc., and the test
needs to make sure it does not increase variation by adding unclear
instructions, ambiguous questions or items that result in guessing.
Scorer reliability correct answers Def: (TESTING) the extent to which a
candidate would achieve the same score on a test if they performed it
exactly the same way the next day.
