Thread: Outdated question on the Police firearms test

As a broken-down ex-academic, writing multi-choice questions was always the most difficult.

The basic structure was supposed to be;
One choice that was Very Wrong
One choice that was Probably Wrong
One choice that was Very Right
One choice that was sort of, but not completely right

The “all of the above” option was generally regarded as a poor option as an answer choice, academically speaking.

Multi-choice questionnaires invariably cause confusion.

Evolving syntax and use of language again confuses what might have been a commonly understood meaning.

The bottom line? Those multi-choice questions in our FAL test might not be perfect, but it’s unlikely (even if rewritten) they’ll ever be perfect.

Objectively focussed questions test the candidates knowledge of the subject being assessed. Poorly written question can easily test the candidates English comprehension, or even IQ, which is not the focus in this instance