Multiple Choice

Multiple choice, multiple choice question (MCQ), or objective response is a form of an objective assessment in which respondents are asked to select only the correct answer from the choices offered as a list. The multiple choice format is most frequently used in educational testing, in market research, and in elections, when a person chooses between multiple candidates, parties, or policies. Although E. L. Thorndike developed an early scientific approach to testing students, it was his assistant Benjamin D. Wood who developed the multiple-choice test. Multiple-choice testing increased in popularity in the mid-20th century when scanners and data-processing machines were developed to check the result. Christopher P. Sole created the first multiple-choice examinations for computers on a Sharp Mz 80 computer in 1982.

Multiple choice, multiple choice question (MCQ), or objective response is a form of an objective assessment in which respondents are asked to select only the correct answer from the choices offered as a list. The multiple choice format is most frequently used in educational testing, in market research, and in elections, when a person chooses between multiple candidates, parties, or policies. Although E. L. Thorndike developed an early scientific approach to testing students, it was his assistant Benjamin D. Wood who developed the multiple-choice test. Multiple-choice testing increased in popularity in the mid-20th century when scanners and data-processing machines were developed to check the result. Christopher P. Sole created the first multiple-choice examinations for computers on a Sharp Mz 80 computer in 1982. ==Nomenclature== Single best answer or one best answer is a written examination form of multiple choice question used extensively in medical education. This form, from which the candidate must choose the best answer, has been distinguished from single correct answer forms, which can produce confusion where more than one of the possible answers has some validity. The single best answer form makes it explicit that more than one answer may have elements that are correct, but that one answer will be superior. Another type of MCQ also used in medical education is the extended matching question (EMQ). EMQs have been designed to test clinical reasoning and applied knowledge rather than simple recall. A comparison study found that students preferred the MCQ exam format, but that EMQs tested and delivered content better. F = ma, leading up to the United States Physics Olympiad FE GCE Ordinary Level GED GRE GATE IB Diploma Programme, science subject exams IIT-JEE Indonesian National Exam LSAT MCAT MRCP(UK) MRCPCH Multistate Bar Examination NCLEX PLAB, for non-EEA medical graduates to practice in the UK PSAT SAT Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEIC USMLE NTSE NEET(UG), in India UGC NET, in India UPSC CSE, in India UTME, a university admission exam in Nigeria

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