Question- What are the advantages and disadvantages of objective type items?

Ans.

The advantages of objective type items are :

1. A large amount of study material can be tested in very short period of time.

2. Economy of time.

3. Objectivity of scoring.

4. No chances of bluffing.

5. It reduces the subjective elements of the examiner to the minimum.

6. If carefully planned, it can measure the higher mental process of understanding application analysis, prediction and interpretation.

The limitations of objective type items are :

1. Difficulty in preparing good items.

2. There is a problem of guessing.

3. There is a problem of cheating.

4. Inefficiency in testing complicated skills.

5. High printing cost.

6. Emphasis on testing superficial knowledge.

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