true-false

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A student marks answers on a true-false test.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to a question format requiring identification of statements as correct or incorrect: Describes a type of test, quiz, or assessment item where the task is to determine whether a given statement is accurate ("true") or inaccurate ("false").

Usage

• The adjective "true-false" is used attributively, almost exclusively before a noun, to describe the nature of a question or test.
• It specifies a binary choice format between only two possible answers: true or false.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The exam consisted of fifty true-false questions.
  • I prefer multiple-choice questions over true-false ones because they are less tricky.
  • The first section of the assessment is a true-false test on basic facts.

Advanced Usage

• "true-false format": A specific way of structuring questions or items.
  • The survey used a true-false format to quickly gauge public understanding of the issue.
• "true-false item": An individual statement to be judged in such a test.
  • Each true-false item was carefully reviewed for clarity and accuracy.

Variants and Related Words

• True/False (noun phrase): The category or heading for such questions.
  • Please answer the following True/False.
• Multiple-choice (adj.): Another common test question format offering several answer options.

Synonyms

• Dichotomous (adj.): Involving a division into two opposing parts or classifications (a more formal, general term).
• Binary-choice (adj.): Offering a selection between two options.

Related Phrases

• Mark true or false: The typical instruction for this task.
  • For the following statements, mark true or false.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. offering a series of statements each of which is to be judged as true or false
   • a true-false test