C.1 Short-Answer Test Item Examples cont'd

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APPENDIX C

TEST ITEM EXAMPLES

(b) List conditions b(1) and b(2).

Answer:

(a.1) RPV level cannot be maintained. (1.5 points)

(a.2) Suppression pool water temperature cannot be maintained below 110EF.

(1.5 points)

b(1) Five (5) or more adjacent control rods not inserted below the 06 position.

(0.5 points)

b(2) Thirty (30) or more total control rods not inserted below the 06 position.

(0.5 points)

Comment:

Response blanks should occur at or near the end of a test item after sufficient

information has been provided to establish exactly what the problem is and

what frame of reference should be used to arrive at the solution.

Response blank labels are unnecessarily complicated b(1), b(2), (a.1), (a.2),

versus 1, 2, 3, and 4.

If blanks are used, they should either be of sufficient size to write in the

answers, or a separate location should be provided for the answers.

There is no apparent reason for assigning different values to the four

responses, and the trainee will not be aware of the differential weighing.

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