are tests in college mostly multiple choice then written?

Question

I assuming that most test will be multipl choice because of the number of students one class can have right? or not necessarily. what about in a science class like biology, biochemistry are teh tests multipl choice mostly?

Answer 1

depends on the class and professor

Answer 2

Of the science classes that I am taking at the moment, one has exams that are half multiple choice and half written answers. The other exams are problems where you have to use know equations and calculations with no multiple choice questions. I think it really depends on the professor. I have had some professors that had mostly multiple choice test, while other had no multiple choice at all.
In college, each class has student graders and teaching assistants, and sometimes the professor will have the teaching assistants(TA) help grade the test. To make it fair, each TA is given all of the same problem on the test. For example, one of the TA will get all of the #1 question, so every students #1 answer will be graded the same way.
I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Not necessarily- some classes are multiple choice but most are essay. All of my classes this semester have essay/short answer exams. The one class that does ahve multiple choice also has 3 essay questions at the main end of the exam.

You are right- there are more students in college classrooms but thats why it takes close to 2 weeks to get an exam back. The professor has to actually read all of the tests instead of just putting a scantron through a machine. It usually takes about 2 weeks to get a graded essay exam back.

Answer 4

Big intro classes often do that at large universities. My small college didn't. And any upper level classes will definitely expect original work. And some science classes will have enough grad students around to grade tests that they don't have to do multiple choice exams. Every month, I'm grading another stack of 300 intro physics exams.

Answer 5

Depending on what class you are in depends on how the tests are. From my personal experience, biology classes are multiple choice but they try extremely hard to trick you. They will give you several statements and then make the answers extremely close like I and II, or I and III, or I II III, or none, or all, etc.. so even if you know the material it may be easy to get it wrong.

Answer 6

Most of mine have been multiple choice. Some essay. We have small classes (smaller than HS classes) because I don't go to a large university.

Even lots of the upper level classes have been multiple choice.

Answer 7

I have some classes that have alot of multiple choice, and some that have none. It really just depends on the proff that writes the test.

Answer 8

Neither! My favourite sort of examination became into continually the fast answer/essay type, because of the fact there is greater probability to a minimum of get some factors out of that. you've the known theory down, yet some issues backward and nevertheless get some factors, while in the diverse decision or fill in the sparkling, there is just one maximum appropriate answer and the two you get it or you do no longer.

Answer 9

depends on the college and professor and of course how many students there are in the class