DELTA Module 1 - Paper 2 Task 1 -
Assessment and Testing questions with
correct answers
Testing - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅Def: (TESTING) a type of test learners are given at entry
level to ascertain their level.
Diagnostic test - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Def: (TESTING) a test designed to evaluate learners' needs
and current ability.
Proficiency test - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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).
Assessment and Testing questions with
correct answers
Testing - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅Def: (TESTING) a type of test learners are given at entry
level to ascertain their level.
Diagnostic test - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Def: (TESTING) a test designed to evaluate learners' needs
and current ability.
Proficiency test - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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 ANSWER-✔✔✅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).
