Structured written exam with various questions or items, in which students either choose the answer they consider correct or complement it with necessary elements, such as a short word or phrase.
Purpose
To assess a broad base of knowledge and content related to the subject.
To objectively qualify and quantify the results avoiding bias such as luck or ambiguities in responses.
To obtain greater reliability by adequately differentiating levels of competence.
To clearly verify achievement of the programme goals focusing not only on memory, but also on objectives of comprehension, interpretation, analysis, relation, etc.
To enable easy and rapid correction either by the teacher or by other correctors using tools such as computer programs or punch cards, among others.
To clearly identify contents that have not been understood.
To have a model of examination that can be used on other occasions with or without modifications.
