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Constructing Exams
In constructing exam questions, do you focus on the content and construct a realistic setting for the questions or do you start with a real problem and try to match the course content? In other words, how much do you strive to use real data as opposed to hypothetical or realistic data in the exam questions?
- In constructing the exam, how do you decide how many points a question should be worth? What percentage of the points on the exam would you say are for primarily conceptual knowledge/interpretation vs. calculation/mechanics?
The exam questions usually start with a real world problem. Questions are designed to cover a sequence of concepts. The solution of a question is designed by trying to prevent the use of the solutions from previous questions, but use the concepts from previous questions within the same real world problem. True/False questions are also common in the exam. They usually test a specific concept and the relation between concepts. Usually three points for each question. An exam usually consists of 35 questions before final. Final usually consists of 52 questions. Over 905 of the questions are conceptual knowledge/interpretation and reasoning questions.
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