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multiple-choice

multiple-choice

19 3.3
Of questions that give several answer choices for you to pick the correct one
  • adjective
  • /ˈmʌltəpl tʃɔɪs/
translation icon : de opción múltiple
  • The Louisiana High School Equivalency Examination consists of 300 multiple choice questions.
  • multiple-choice questions
  • multiple-choice test
  • multiple-choice items

You know, that's just going over multiple choice questions for the learners test.

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Examples

  • The nine questions in this series were multiple-choice in format with four response options.

    Academic text (2008)
  • But I wish you had made some of those questions multiple choice.

  • Now assessing things online, you could use multiple choice questions.

  • This might make a good multiple choice question for the selection exam for the students.

  • In particular, male students are found more likely to have higher performance on the multiple-choice questions.

    Academic text (2008)
  • And then the following Wednesday, we are going to have the multiple choice exam for the midterms.

  • Deductive reasoning and abstract thinking make it easier for boys to do better on multiple-choice tests.

    Academic text (2008)
  • This question is multiple-choice.

  • The data consist of quiz results from multiple-choice online quizzes as well as final exam grades.

    Academic text (2011)
  • For the final exam, the teacher designed a series of multiple-choice questions to assess our knowledge.

Synonyms

polytomous
vsmultiple-choice
  • Specialized
9.9

A question or measure with more than two answer choices, like red, blue, green

is a question format where one correct option must be chosen
multivalued
vsmultiple-choice
  • Specialized
7.5

Having more than two possible values

is used for test items offering selectable options with one correct answer

Antonyms

1 2.8

Asking for an answer of true or false

Surface Forms

multiple-choice positive

Morphology

multiple-choice = multiple + choice (transparent) = multiple + choice

The meaning is directly derived from 'multiple' + 'choice': offering several options to choose from.

Etymology

The word multiple-choice comes from multiple 'many' and choice 'option'. So a multiple-choice question gives you many options and you must pick the correct one.