
LTSE Assessment@JCU Multiple Choice Questions Types of MCQs
Types of Multiple Choice Questions
- Courses
- Future Students
- Current Students
- Research and Teaching
- Partners and Community
- About JCU
- Celebrating 50 Years
- ALTAR
- Anton Breinl Research Centre
- Agriculture Technology and Adoption Centre
- Living on Campus
- Advanced Prawn Breeding Research Hub
- Advanced Analytical Centre
- Applying to JCU
- Alumni
- AMHHEC
- AusAsian Mental Health Research Group
- ARCSTA
- Area 61
- Australian/NZ Students
- Australian Lions Stinger Research
- Boating and Diving
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- Careers at JCU
- Association of Australian University Secretaries
- Careers and Employability
- Australian Quantum & Classical Transport Physics Group
- CITBA
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- Chancellery
- CMT
- CASE
- College of Business, Law and Governance
- College of Healthcare Sciences
- WHOCC for N&M Education and Research
- College of Medicine and Dentistry
- College of Science and Engineering
- CPHMVS
- COVID-19 Advice
- Centre for Disaster Solutions
- CSTFA
- Cyclone Testing Station
- The Centre for Disaster Studies
- Daintree Rainforest Observatory
- Diploma of Higher Education
- Discover Nature at JCU
- Division of Research and Innovation
- Division of Services and Resources
- Division of Student Life
- Division of Tropical Environments and Societies
- Division of Tropical Health and Medicine
- Economic Geology Research Centre
- eResearch
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- Estate
- JCU Events
- Financial and Business Services Office
- Fletcherview
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- GetReady4Uni
- Give to JCU
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- Information for JCU Cairns Graduates
- Graduate Research School
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- JCU Ideas Lab
- Indigenous Education and Research Centre
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- IsoTropics Geochemistry Lab
- IT Services
- International Schools
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- JCU Connect
- JCU Contact Information
- JCU Eduquarium
- JCU Global Experience
- JCU Motorsports
- JCU Prizes
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- JCU Turtle Health Research
- Language and Culture Research Centre
-
LTSE
- Teaching@JCU
-
Online Teaching Tools
- About LearnJCU
- Accessibility in LearnJCU
- Access to Subjects
- Activity Data
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Assessment Tools
- Assessing Group Work
- Assessment Case Studies
- Assessment Methods
- Filter Grade Centre
- Inline Marking
- Grade Centre Setup
- Group Assessment Tools
- Marking and Feedback
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Peer Review
- Respondus Secure Online Exams
- Respondus FAQs
- Safe Assign
- Submission Receipts
- Test Response Download
- Test Settings
- Timezones
- Video Assessment
- Blended & Online Subject Design
- Breakout Groups
- Create Studio
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- Exemplars in LearnJCU
- Filter Grade Centre
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- Intro Videos
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- Managing Content
- Marking and Feedback
- Media Resources
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- Open and Licensed Resources
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- Padlet in LearnJCU
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Panopto Video Capture
- Video Capture Guidelines
- Access Panopto in LearnJCU
- Add a copyright notice
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- Add video quiz to content area
- Ad-hoc Lecture Capture
- Create video in subject folder
- Copy/move videos
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- Download Panopto Desktop Recorder
- Embed video into Ultra Doc
- Finding and Relinking Videos
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- Lecture Capture for Learning
- Link subject folder in content area
- Low-touch Lecture Capture
- Share videos
- Using Panopto outside of Learning and Teaching
- Video Assessment
- Peer Review
- PebblePad ePortfolios
- Planning Sessions
- Polls in Collaborate
- Progress Tracking
- Release Conditions
- Respondus Secure Online Exams
- Safe Assign
- Splashscreens
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- Submission Receipts
- Subscribe to the Learn Lowdown
- Support - Ask LearnJCU
- Teach with Tech Ebook
- Test Response Download
- Test Settings
- Tips for Teaching Online
- Ed Tech Zone
-
Assessment@JCU
- Designing Alternative Assessment
- Assessment Methods
-
Assessment Tools
- Assessing Group Work
- Assessment Case Studies
- Assessment Methods
- Filter Grade Centre
- Inline Marking
- Grade Centre Setup
- Group Assessment Tools
- Marking and Feedback
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Peer Review
- Respondus Secure Online Exams
- Respondus FAQs
- Safe Assign
- Submission Receipts
- Test Response Download
- Test Settings
- Timezones
- Video Assessment
- Assessment Case Studies
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Assignment Authorship
- Learning Data@JCU
- About LTSE
- Student Success
- Transitions & Retention
- Evaluation & Feedback
- Awards & Citations
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Policies & Frameworks
- Subject Outline
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Inherent Requirements
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- Special Consideration
- Subject Lifecycle
- Subject Review Tool
- Professional Development
- LearnJCU
- Library
- Mabo Decision: 30 years on
- MARF
- Marine Geophysics Laboratory
- New students
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- Virtual Open Day
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- Parents and Partners
- Pathways to university
- Planning and Performance
- Planning for your future
- Placements
- Policy
- PAHL
- Publications
- Professional Experience Placement
- Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Rapid Assessment Unit
- RDIM
- Researcher Development Portal
- Safety and Wellbeing
- Scholarships
- Contextual Science for Tropical Coastal Ecosystems
- Staff
- State of the Tropics
- Strategic Procurement
- Student Equity and Wellbeing
- Student profiles
- SWIRLnet
- TARL
- TESS
- TREAD
- TropEco
- TQ Maths Hub
- TUDLab
- Unicare Centre and Unicampus Kids
- UAV
- VAVS Home
- Work Health and Safety
- WHOCC for Vector-borne & NTDs
- Media
- Copyright and Terms of Use
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine
The MCQ format allows for the efficient assessment of a wide range of content for large numbers of examinees. MCQs can vary considerably in structure.
Common MCQs and examples
Which one of the following cranial nerves is responsible for all movements of facial expression?
- Trigeminal nerve (CN V)
- Facial nerve (CN VII)
- Vagus nerve (CN X)
- Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)
(May have more than one MCQ based on the vignette)
Questions 1-3 relate to the following clinical vignette:
Mary is a 10-year-old female who was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus two years ago and is subsequently taking insulin. Over the past 48 hours, Mary has complained of generalised fatigue, fever, thirst, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and frequent urination. Due to not eating, her mother has given Mary half of her usual insulin dose. Mary presented to the emergency department of the local hospital where she appeared pale, dehydrated and was hyperventilating. Examination of her cardiovascular and respiratory systems were within normal limits.
Which one of the following is the likely primary cause of the changes in her blood pH?
- Ketoacidosis
- Dehydration
- Hyperventilation
- Renal impairment
On presentation to the emergency department, which one of the following biochemical processes is predominant in Mary’s liver?
- Lipolysis
- Glycolysis
- Gluconegenesis
- Fatty acid synthesis
Which one of the following changes is most likely to have an important role in the pathogenesis of her diabetes?
- Impaired glucose uptake in skeletal muscles
- Destruction of the alpha cells of the islet of Langerhans
- Infiltration of the islets of Langerhans with mononuclear cells
- Enhanced hepatic glucose output
Adapted from Azer (2003).
Which one of the following would most effectively slow down the process of photosynthesis in plants?
- Cold weather
- Stormy weather
Match the common name to the phylum of the following animals:
1. Cicada | A. Mollusca | |
2. Dog | B. Annelid | |
3. Snail | C. Arthropoda | |
4. Earthworm | D. Chordata |
The number of minutes in 2.3 hours is 138 minutes.
- True
- False
Which of the following are examples of theories of child development?
- Piaget’s cognitive development theory
- Liebig’s theory of the minimum
- Skinner’s operant conditioning theory
- Bandura’s social learning theory
- A and B
- A, C and D
- B, C and D
Azer, S. (2003). Assessment in a problem-based learning course. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 31(6), 428-434.
Haladyna, T., Downing, S., & Rodriguez, M. (2002). A review of multiple-choice item-writing guidelines for classroom assessment. Applied Measurement in Education, 15(3), 309-333. Doi: 10.1207/S15324818AME1503_5
Palmer, E., & Devitt, P. (2007). Assessment of higher order cognitive skills in undergraduate education: modified essay or multiple choice questions? BMC Medical Education, 7(49), 1-7. Doi: 10.1186/1472_6920_7_49
Note: MCQ stems may also include a scenario, vignette, diagrams (e.g. tables, charts, graphs, equations), reading passage or other visual or digital (if using online assessment) materials.