Multiple Choice - Examples

Examples

If a=1, b=2. What is a+b?

  1. 12
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 10
  5. 8

In the equation, solve for x.

  1. 4
  2. 10
  3. 0.5
  4. 1.5
  5. 8

Ideally, the MCQ should be asked as a "stem", with plausible options, for example:

The IT capital of India is

  1. Bangalore
  2. Mumbai
  3. Mysore
  4. Hyderabad

A well written multiple-choice question avoids obviously wrong or silly distractors (such as Mexico in the example above), so that the question makes sense when read with each of the distractors as well as with the correct answer. It is good practice to avoid "All of the above" or "None of the above" answers. If "All of the above" is used, then technically the student is correct no matter which option they select.

A more difficult and well-written multiple choice question is as follows:

Consider the following:

  1. An eight-by-eight chessboard.
  2. An eight-by-eight chessboard with two opposite corners removed.
  3. An eight-by-eight chessboard with all four corners removed.

Which of these can be tiled by two-by-one dominoes (with no overlaps or gaps, and every domino contained within the board)?

  1. I only
  2. II only
  3. I and II only
  4. I and III only
  5. I, II, and III

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