Objective Assessment

Assessment & Evaluation

Questions with a single correct answer, such as multiple-choice or true/false items, that are scored without grader interpretation.

Objective Assessment is questions with a single correct answer, such as multiple-choice or true/false items, that are scored without grader interpretation.

Related Terms
Subjective Assessment
Open-ended responses such as essays and long answers that require a grader's judgment to evaluate.
Auto-Grading
Automated scoring of responses, common for objective and code-based assessments.
Question Bank
A curated repository of questions used to generate assessments.
Academic Integrity
Honest and ethical conduct in scholarship, including avoiding plagiarism, cheating and fabrication.
Adaptive Testing
An exam that adjusts question difficulty in real time based on the test-taker's previous answers.