For a Scenario question, you can have up to 50 sub-questions, but you cannot use another scenario question as a sub-question. The sub-questions are simply questions of the kind we have been describing. The scenario "question" is not truly a question itself; rather, it is a container used to group other questions together around a common scenario.
Steps to create a New Question
1.If you are not already in an Objectives Hierarchy, then from the Main Menu, select Workbench. Click Design Activities and select Create or Edit Objective Test Items from the Activities list.
2.If there are multiple objective work areas in the project, the Open Objective Work Area dialog box will appear. Select the Project Work Area that you want to open. Then click the OK button.
3.Double-click on an objective in the Objectives Hierarchy for which you want to write test question(s).
a.Alternately you can simply highlight the objective and then right-click in its Questions Linked menu to create a new question.
4.After double-clicking on the objective, select the Questions page of the Properties window. Click the New button and select the type of question you want to create from the pull-down menu.
5.Fill out any relevant information on the General page.
6.Proceed to the Question page.
Scenario Questions
1.Enter the scenario in the Scenario field.
2.Click the New button to enter a new sub-question. Select the type of sub-question you want to create. When you select the question, a new question window will open just as if you had selected a new question from the Questions page of an Objective Properties window.
Tips for Creating Scenario Questions
Tips for entering scenario Questions in VISION
•Click the Properties button to view the properties of the selected sub-question. •The field showing the amount of points the selected sub-question is worth cannot be edited on the question page. •For the purpose of tests, VISION treats a scenario question as a single, indivisible unit. What this means is that when you select a scenario question to be on a test, all sub-questions will be tested. You cannot pick and choose which sub-questions will be tested. •You cannot share a sub-question with another scenario question. If you want a sub-question to appear in a different scenario question, you must recreate it. •You can have up to 50 sub-questions for any scenario. (One scenario question cannot serve as a sub-question for another scenario.) |
Characteristics of good Scenario Questions
A Scenario question has these characteristics:
•A scenario describing an event, situation, process, object, etc. The scenario may be supplemented with drawings, photographs, manuals, or other materials. •Instructions to the learner to answer a series of questions about the scenario. •Individual questions pertaining to the scenario that the learner must answer. These are the sub-questions. |
Example
A scenario might sound something like:
“In January, a quality assurance audit of the assembly department was conducted by a quality assurance inspection team. The team was comprised of… Two of the individuals were from the assembly department. The audit revealed two serious EPA violations pertaining to … One of the audit team members leaked the results of the audit to the local press. It is not known who… In February, the press released a story… potentially damaging to the company….
Answer the questions below about the legal options and possible actions that the company could take to protect itself in this matter:”
 Sentences were shortened in this example.
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