Multiple-Choice Item Examples

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In the Northwest,
a. Timbering is the primary industry
b. The average yearly rainfall is 30 inches
c. Annual income is higher than the U..S. Average
d. Seattle is the most populous city *
In the Northwest area of the US, the city of largest population is:
a. Eugene
b. Spokane
c. Portland
d. Seattle *
The boiling point of water is:
a. 424 F
b. 212 F at sea level, in an open container *
c. 100 F
d. 282 F
The boiling point of water, at sea level, in an open container is:
a. 100 F
b. 212 F *
c. 282 F
d. 424 F
B.F. Skinner has found that negative reinforcement in learning:
a. usually serves to obliterate a response
b. never has an effect
c. usually decreases the behavior which it follows
d. usually increases the behavior which it follows *
B.F. Skinner has found that negative reinforcement in learning:
a. usually serves to obliterate a response
b. has little or no effect
c. has the same effect as punishment
d. usually increases the behavior which it follows *
In ecosystems, maintenance will not be possible without a conditional external source of:
a. Living adult organisms
b. Plant spores
c. Oxygen
d. Energy *
Ecosystems cannot be maintained unless they have a continual, external source of:
a. Living adult organisms
b. Plant spores
c. Oxygen
d. Energy *
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., a controversial contemporary American science fiction writer and social critic, wrote which of the following books?
a. Shogun
b. Player Piano *
c. The Women's Room
d. Dynasty
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. wrote which of the following books?
a. An Acceptable Time
c. The Women's Room
d. Between Planets
Which of the following is not a safe driving practice on icy roads?
a. accelerating slowly
b. jamming on the brakes *
c. holding the wheel firmly
d. slowing down gradually
All of the following are safe driving practices on icy roads EXCEPT
a. accelerating slowly
b. jamming on the brakes *
c. holding the wheel firmly
d. slowing down gradually

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