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Extended matching items (EMI) is an examination method similar to multiple choice questions.

The main fetures of an 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:

  1. Chloroplast
  2. Mitochondrion
  3. Lysosome
  4. Nucleus
  5. Endoplasmic reticulum
  6. Peroxisome
  7. Golgi apparatus
  8. Ribosome

Answer Key

(In order of questions)

  • 4
  • 8
  • 1