Presenting Students with Several Essay Questions and Permitting Them to Choose

question 7

Multiple Choice

Presenting students with several essay questions and permitting them to choose any two of them to respond to is an undesirable testing practice for which of the following reasons?

• A)it encourages students to write more on each question
• B)it is difficult for students to adequately prepare for the test
• C)the basis of comparing students is undermined
• D)students do not have an opportunity to demonstrate all that they have learned

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Definitions:

Elastic

Describes a situation where the demand or supply of a good or service is sensitive to changes in price.

Perfectly Elastic

A situation where the quantity demanded or supplied changes infinitely in response to any change in price.

Total Revenue

The overall income generated by a business through the sale of goods or the delivery of services within a certain period.

Elasticity of Demand

Elasticity of Demand measures how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, indicating how sensitive consumers are to price changes.