I__. - International Military Testing Association

The Examiner
Multiple Choice
Multiple Correct
Dynamic Multiple
Choice
Dual
Short Alpha Answer
Short Numeric Answer
Linked
Parallel
Up lo 10 aJlern;Ilives are available, each alternative IIaviIIg its O\VII gl.illlillg
weight with item mastery based 011 achieving a set SUIII ol c~rrecI dIr~IIilIi\es.
Up to 10 alternatives are available. Ilenis are coIulrurletl \I~ll~\IlliCilll~ ;II
exaIIIiII;Ilion geIIeralioII lime by selecting a preselected ~turuber ol’ WI reck ;IIKI
incorrect allerIIalive%
A special Corm of multiple choice item created al examination getteration litlIe
from a set of four alternatives, two correct and two incorrect.
Up to ten words can be judged at one lime. Misspellings, extra words, irtcvrrect
word order, and capilalizalion errors can be allowed or tlisallouetl at will.
A floating point number can be judged. Exact matching or plus ;uId mittus a11
absolute number or percentage of error can be allowed.
Up to 99 items can be linked, together ittto a “scenario” type of item. Mastery
of the linked item can be based 011 mastery ol all or [‘ill t ol’ lltr ittclutled items.
Up to 99 items can be grouped together as a parallel item. At examimrtiott
generatioti the, lhe sysleni will iwidomly select 01) tlie px;illel items 101.
inclusion in the examinatiun.
The means of examination delivery will ol’ten determine the type of questions tlmt 211 e IO be used.
If computer-delivered or manually-graded paper and pencil examination ;II r’ LO be used, then any of tl~ese
item types can be used. If machine-graded paper and pencil examinatiotts are anticipated, tlten multiple
choice is the usual choice.
Item Entry
An integrated word-processor allows clerical staff to enter items into The Examiner. A judicious use oI’ preformatting
enables The Examiner editor lo produce correclly enleretl items every time.
If an item bank is already in existence, a Taz hport r/rility can be used to load items ~IIIO att Examiner
database. Mai&ame-based item banks can be successfully migrated into the Exanrirrcr’s ertvirotunertt \r.i~ll in
minimum of expensive “hands-on” intervention.
Examination Develonmenl
Once an item bank has been created, the developer can create examinations from dl OI’ poll 1 ol tl1r 1Wlk.
Item selection can range from the selection ot’ specific ilems lo m~clorn seleclioIi.
The Examiner is unique in its use of projifes. A profile is a set of directives that tells llie Examiner testgenerating
software how to extract items out of the database and create an exarnittaliott. The Examiner
doesn’t store tesfs. Rather, it stores profiles that allow tests to be created otr-demand by accessing 1l1e
profile. This mikes Examiner databases totally self-coIllaiIIed, allowing the crealioII of urIiqtIe, ye1
equivalenl, examinalions at any lime.
Profiles contain two main sets 01 specificatiotu:
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