You Are Taking a Test That Uses Computer-Adaptive Testing Procedures

question 65

Multiple Choice

You are taking a test that uses computer-adaptive testing procedures. You answer item 23 correctly. What is likely to be true about item 24?

• A) It will be easier than item 23.
• B) It will be harder than item 23.
• C) It will have about the same difficulty as item 23.
• D) It will have the same kind of item stem as item 23.

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An early stage of development in multicellular organisms after fertilization and before the fetus stage in humans.

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