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Use True/False test items only when one plausible answer exists and only test one idea or central thought. True/False test items can take less time to develop and are easy to score. However, True/False test items are susceptible to guessing and emphasize memorization. For those reasons, use True/False test items sparingly.

You can create True/False test items on the Practice and Assessment elements underneath the enabling objective levels, as well as for Assignment, Job, and Problem Sheets.

Once you've added and saved a true/false test item, or selected View for the True/False test item, you can:

•View/Edit the Storyboard for the test item.

•View the Design Considerations for the Enabling Objective Level.

•Select Edit to make changes to the information on the Test Item tab and select an Answer. Make the desired changes then select Save to keep the changes or select Cancel to return to view the test item.

•You will need to select the X at the top right of the test item screen to return to the list of test items.

True/False Fields

Type

The Type of test item.

Test Item Delivery (For Assessment Element Test Items Only)

The Test Item Delivery defines how the test item is going to be delivered during a test. Hence, this field is only available for test items you create on an Assessment element. The list shown can be customized on the Customizations tab and includes as standard:

•Open if the test item is open book.

•Close if the test item is closed book.

Stem

The Stem of the question or statement of the true or false test item allows for only two answers.

The stem of a True/False test item must include all information, conditions, assumptions, and details needed. The stem must be concise and clear, as well as clearly true or false. The stem should NOT include determiners such as always, never, none, all, may, sometimes, etc., unless you are specifically testing for absolutes. The stem should NOT be a verbatim copy of text from the course materials.

Associated Resource

The Associated Resource allows you to specify a resource that will be output with the stem of the test item. This could be a graphic that the participant uses to answer the test question.

Select the Associated Resource link to open the Resource Selection screen and select a resource. To remove a selected resource, select Delete to the right of the resource.

Caption

The Caption of the associated resource is a copy of the selected resource's Title that you can edit as needed. The caption is output with the associated resource.

Answer

The Answer area has two radio buttons for you to select from:

•True if the statement in the stem is correct

•False if the statement in the stem is incorrect

Reference

The Reference defines the source of test item, that is the resource that contains the information the test item is based on. You can only select a reference after you save a test item.

•Add a Resource entry.

•Paste a copied Resource entry to the end of the list of entries.

•Select Explain Flag to review the reasons a resource entry has been flagged.

•Edit a selected resource entry.

•Delete a selected Resource entry. Once you've selected OK to the confirmation message, an Undo button displays on the bottom left of the screen that allows you to revert the deletion.

•Copy /Paste a selected Resource entry.

•Move a selected Resource entry Up or Down in the list of entries to resequence the list of entries.