- Print a copy of this preassessment and, as you study the corresponding material, mark the most appropriate answer to the multiple-choice questions. (There may be more than one "correct" answer to the question!) (Don't try to take this online assessment until you have finished your studies of the learning modules and labs covered.
- LEARNING EXERCISES USING MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: Play "CYBER JEOPARDY " with the three incorrect answers for each question, i.e. think up a question to which each is the correct answer. This way you should have sufficient questions that require you to "think" and thus prepare yourself for the coming test! (Besides, you will be doing exactly what I will be doing when I create Assessment 1!)
- Note that the following questions are more difficult than typical "test questions". This is by design because this is NOT A TEST; it is an exercised designed TO PREPARE YOU FOR AN ASSESSMENT! Because many of the multiple choice answers are (by design) similar to one another, selecting the correct answer requires that you know the DIFFERENCE between the four choices, i.e. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DEFINITIONS of the words; you must UNDERSTAND what they represent. You probably will not be able to answer all (or even most!) of the following questions without rereading the text and my notes. Don't feel bad; that is the purpose of a "PREassessment! It is designed to help you GO BEYOND KNOWLEDGE to UNDERSTANDING!
- TPQ: Eliminate the "best answer" and see if other answers apply.
- FINALLY, after you have completed LMs III and IV and Labs 4-7, answer the following questions by clicking the letter of your choice in the scroll box below the question. After you finish, to submit your preassessment for grading, simply click the Grade button at the end of the questions. You will be given instant feedback from which to prepare for assessment 2.
4/9/06 
ONLINE PREASSESSMENT 120-2
(An OPPORTUNITY to detect and correct things you don't understand!)
Assessment
2 in COSC 120 will cover Learning Modules III, IV, and Labs 4-7.
The assessment will be derived directly from the following
preassessment
questions. I will take 10 questions directly from the
preassessment
questions or proficiency evaluation questions and place them as
questions
41 - 50 on Assessment 1. Then I will rewrite questions 1 -
40; I may change some answers, but the correct answer to the question
will
remain, e.g. the correct answer to question 1 on Assessment 2 will be
one
of the four you see below or "none of these" or "all of these". So, you have the answers; you just
don't know the questions. (However, DO
NOT
assume that this will be "easy"; it will be a challenging learning
exercise!)
In order to prepare for the Assessment, do the following (as we
cover
the relevant material....NOT the night before it is due!) on the
date
specified in the Class Schedule.