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Unit 24 : Question Bank

• The question banks have the following merits : Notes
(i) The teachers are aware what types of questions are to be asked in the examinations, so
they conduct the teaching task accordingly.
(ii) The students also know what types of questions will be asked in the examination, so they
study accordingly.

(iii) The examiners are at great ease in setting the question papers, because they have a guide
before them. Questions being out-of-course cannot occur.
(iv) All teachers have participation in the construction of question banks, so they understand
the questions clearly, the objectivity in evaluation is then obvious.
• Limitations or Demerits of Questions Banks
(i) If the number of teachers and students is large, it is not possible to seek their participation
in it. Participation of the students is an impracticable concept.
(ii) The scholars are not of uniform opinion, whether the question banks should be known to
all teachers and students or not.

24.8 Keywords

Item : a single article or object
Cognitive : Connected with a mental process

24.9 Review Questions

1. What is question bank ?
2. Explain the planning of question bank.
3. Give the advantages and disadvantages of question bank.
4. Discuss the steps of preparing Computerised question bank.
Answers : Self Assessment

1. (i) database (ii) Computer expertise
(iii) question types, Content units, learner abilities
(iv) psychomotor domains (v) random number generators
(vi) Participation

24.10 Further Readings

1. Education Measurement and Evaluation : J.Swarupa Rani, Discovery Publishing
house.
2. Measurement and Evaluation in Teaching : Norman Edward Gronlund Macmillian
3. Measurement and Assessment in Teaching : Robert L. Linn Pearson Education
India.
4. Program Evaluation and performance measurement : James C. Me. David, Laura
R.L. Hawthorn, Sage Publications.

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