score by hit

[Luciano Lopes]

Hello guys, I have a question regarding the score of each correct question. If there is a question with 4 alternatives, 3 are correct options but I just ticked two correct options. Will my question be considered correct? Will she be scored on the exam or will I get 0 on this question?

[Brecht Geeraerts]

During the exam, each question mentions how many answers are expected. That in itself is already a great indication. I would think that if there are 3 answers to a question and you only tick 2, then the question would be marked as "incomplete" and consequently no points will be given.

[Brecht Geeraerts]

And welcome to the Ranch, by the way.

[Luciano Lopes]

Brecht Geeraerts wrote:During the exam, each question mentions how many answers are expected. That in itself is already a great indication. I would think that if there are 3 answers to a question and you only tick 2, then the question would be marked as "incomplete" and consequently no points will be given.

I understood. Thank you very much

[Luciano Lopes]

Brecht Geeraerts wrote:And welcome to the Ranch, by the way.

Thank you

[Liutauras Vilda]

And why are you worrying about such kind of things? Your goal is to answer each and every question correctly, regardless what the scoring system is. Now, that’s very hard in practice to achieve, but not a bad goal to set.

I never understood why people wondering about those type of things - spend all this time studying topics as opposed to researching administrative material which you can’t influence, and you’ll do better than if you were do an opposite. That’s almost guaranteed in my opinion.

[Luciano Lopes]

Liutauras Vilda wrote:And why are you worrying about such kind of things? Your goal is to answer each and every question correctly, regardless what the scoring system is. Now, that’s very hard in practice to achieve, but not a bad goal to set.

I never understood why people wondering about those type of things - spend all this time studying topics as opposed to researching administrative material which you can’t influence, and you’ll do better than if you were do an opposite. That’s almost guaranteed in my opinion.

I agree with you but it was a doubt that arose.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Luciano,
It would count as 0 points. The good news is that the "review" screen will warn you that you didn't supply enough answers. (This is the same screen used when you mark questions for review.) Similarly, if you try to select 3 answers and only 2 are allowed, the software will prompt you that you need to uncheck one before choosing another.

So it's hard to accidentally chose the wrong number of answers. Which is good. You can worry about focusing on getting the *right* answers during the exam without worrying about giving to few or too many.

[Campbell Ritchie]

It is very useful to know that the exam software warns against choosing the wrong number of answers, which shows they have thought through that part of the exam process. It also confirms what Liutauras said about not worrying about the mechanics of the exam; as you both said, think about the right answers.