Extended matching items
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Extended matching items (EMI) is an examination method similar to multiple choice questions.
The main fetures of a EMI is that instead of being asked to identify the correct (or incorrect) statement on a list, the examinee is presented with a set of questions following a theme, along with a usually larger set of answers, depending on the design of the test, one answer may correspond to multiple questions.
Example
- This organelle stores the genetic information of an eukaryotic cell.
- This organelle synthesises polypeptides using information provided by mRNA.
- This organelle, found in plants, contains chlorophyll.
List of options:
- Chloroplast
- Mitochondrion
- Lysosome
- Nucleus
- Endoplasmic reticulum
- Peroxisome
- Golgi apparatus
- Ribosome
Answer Key
(In order of questions)
- 4
- 8
- 1