SOAL POST TEST REVISION HANDBOOK 2026
TOPIC REVIEW AND KNOWLEDGE
CONSOLIDATION
◉ 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
TOPIC REVIEW AND KNOWLEDGE
CONSOLIDATION
◉ 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
