ATP Item Development & Banking 3

Question 1

Which of the following is a key advantage of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) related to item banking?

Accepted Answer

CAT requires a large, well-calibrated item bank to select items matched to examinee ability

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CAT requires fewer items in the bank than paper-and-pencil tests

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CAT eliminates the need for pretesting new items

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CAT allows all examinees to see the same items, ensuring fairness

Question 2

In the item development workflow, which stage typically occurs immediately after initial item writing?

Accepted Answer

Content and editorial review by subject matter experts and editors

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Psychometric calibration using field test data

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Operational administration to examinees

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Standard-setting to determine the passing score

Question 3

What does item 'p-value' represent in classical test theory?

Accepted Answer

The proportion of examinees who answered the item correctly

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The probability that an item is statistically significant

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The item's correlation with the latent ability trait

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The number of distractors that were selected by fewer than 5% of examinees

Question 4

Which practice is recommended when an item bank shows that a particular distractor is never selected by examinees?

Accepted Answer

Replace the non-functioning distractor with a more plausible option

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Keep the distractor to maintain consistency with the original test blueprint

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Remove the item entirely from the bank without review

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Increase the point value of the item to compensate

Question 5

What is the primary purpose of maintaining a chain of custody log for items in a secure item bank?

Accepted Answer

To document who has accessed, created, modified, or reviewed each item for security accountability

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To track which items were answered correctly by each examinee

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To schedule when items should be retired based on their age

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To record the statistical performance of items across administrations

Question 6

Which of the following best describes 'item cloning' or 'item modeling' in item development?

Accepted Answer

Creating new items based on a template or parent item structure to expand the item pool

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Duplicating existing items and using them on multiple test forms simultaneously

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Having two separate item writers produce items on the same topic independently

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Using artificial intelligence to automatically score constructed-response items

Question 7

Under best practices for item bank governance, who should have final authority over decisions to retire an item from operational use?

Accepted Answer

A designated item bank management committee or content governance group

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Individual item writers who originally created the item

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Any test administrator who reports the item as confusing

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The software vendor managing the item bank platform