TEST FORMAT

 

                       

Questions are in categories based on what you will need to do to answer the question.

These categories represent different levels of difficulty from just remembering information to analyzing what you know.

The goal is to increase your ability to think clearly and develop an awareness of your own thought processes. 

 

Categories we are focusing on in this course:

     Remembering: you are asked to recognize or recall information

     Understanding: you are asked to summarize, give examples, or interpret information

     Application: you are asked to use something you have learned to answer a question

     Analysis: you are asked to compare, contrast, or organize information

 

 

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE:   Most of these questions just ask you to remember information.                         

(REMEMBERING)       You will be asked to choose the best answer.  (2 pt. each)

                                  

                                       There will be between 30 and 50 multiple choice questions.

                                       These will constitute about half of the test.  

                                       The rest of the test will be a combination of the following other types of questions.

 

 

 

SHORT ANSWER:       These questions involve more than remembering a fact. 

(UNDERSTANDING)    They ask you to explain, summarize, give examples or interpret information. 

                                 You must understand the information to answer the question.   

 

                                       There will be pairs of questions.  You will be asked to answer ONE question

                                       in each of the pairs (5 to 8 pts each).

 

                                        EXAMPLE: 

 

                             Describe an exocrine gland (include its formation, general location, and tissue type).   

                             Then explain how this structure fits its general function.

                                                                   OR

                                           

                                         Does this little girl need Coppertone?  Base your answer on what occurs in the skin

                                         when it is exposed to sunlight.  Be specific, naming structures and what they do.                       

 


 

COMPARE AND CONTRAST:   These questions require more than just remembering and understanding

(ANALYSIS)              the information.  These questions ask you to notice similarities and

                               differences, or organize the information.  You must be able to analyze

                               the information to answer the question. 

 

         There will be pairs of questions.  You will be asked to answer ONE 

         question in each of the pairs (4 to 6 pts each). 

 

                                                        EXAMPLE:

                                                        Compare and contrast epidermis and dermis.   How are they alike?  How do they differ?

                                                             (refer to location, morphology, structures)

                                                                                                                OR

                                             Compare and contrast amphiarthroses and diarthroses.  How are they alike and how do

                                                they differ?  (refer to structure and function)

 

                                    

 

APPLICATION:   These questions also ask for more than just remembering and understanding the information.

                         These questions as you to use the information.

 

                                There will usually be one or two of these questions.  Sometimes you will be able to choose

                                which question to answer.   

 

                               EXAMPLE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                1.  The drawing represents tissue from one of the four major categories.  Identify the category.                                            

                                2.  Why do you believe it is that type of tissue ?  (What is a distinguishing characteristic?)

 

                                List the three remaining types of tissue.  Give a reason why the diagram could not represent

                                that particular type of tissue.  (i.e.  what characteristic is not on the diagram above) 

                     Tissue type                                               Characteristic missing in drawing