How do you write a multiple choice test?
General strategies
- Write questions throughout the term.
- Instruct students to select the “best answer” rather than the “correct answer”.
- Use familiar language.
- Avoid giving verbal association clues from the stem in the key.
- Avoid trick questions.
- Avoid negative wording.
What is the objective test in law?
An objective test looks at the perspective of a reasonable person. Ie Would a reasonable person have foreseen the degree of probability of the result occurring from the defendant’s actions.
What is the reasonable person test?
The “reasonable person” standard is an objective test in personal injury cases that jurors use to determine if a defendant acted like other people would have in the same situation. He is an objective ideal, created so that juries have something to which they can cling during their deliberations.
What are the types of objective test?
General Statements about Objective Tests
- Objective tests require recognition and recall of subject matter.
- The forms vary: questions of fact, sentence completion, true-false, analogy, multiple-choice, and matching.
- They tend to cover more material than essay tests.
What is the difference between objective and subjective test in law?
In conclusion, subjective mens rea questions what was in D’s mind while objective mens rea questions what would have been in the mind of a reasonable person. Also, the difference between these two matters because it helps give clarity to why or if D has committed a crime or not.
What is the test for causation?
Under legal causation the result must be caused by a culpable act, there is no requirement that the act of the defendant was the only cause, there must be no novus actus interveniens and the defendant must take his victim as he finds him (thin skull rule).