Online test questions include the following:

• the test question
• possible answer choices
• correct answer + reinforcement (feedback)
• wrong answer + remedial feedback

Question formation affects the student's response. The more explicit you are in creating your questions, the easier it will be for students to decipher. Questions constructed using complex wording may become a test of reading comprehension rather than a test of student knowledge.

Following are examples of non-specific and specific questions:

Vague - unclear
Q. Which one of these would be the best version for a proposal?

Specific - clear
Q. According to our text's definition, which of these statements of purpose is in operational terms?

Vague - unclear
Q. What do you think affects transfer the most?

Specific - clear
Q. According to Ford, which of these factors has the greatest influence on transfer of learning?

Vague - unclear
Q. Transfer of training is an important aspect of organizational development. Discuss.

Specific - clear
Q. Using the principles in Yelon's MASS model of transfer, explain how each factor in the model would be affected by a business organization. First explain the structure of the particular business. Second explain the nature of the business' performance needs. Third, describe the training program. Fourth, Explain the organizational variables that the trainer would have to take into account to produce transfer.

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