Context Dependent Multiple-Choice Items
The answer to one item is independent of the answer to all previous and following items on the same passage or data
- same general principle as before, only more tempted to make this error when having several questions deal with same passage or data.
- the number of questions asked on a single passage of data set reflects the length and complexity of the passage.
The passage of data presented is new to all students; or material with which all students have had an equal opportunity to familiarize themselves.
Visual material is clearly reproduced.
Any questions related to the passage are on the same page, or at minimum, on the facing page.