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. 2013 May-Jun;29(3):715–718. doi: 10.12669/pjms.293.2993

Table I.

Categories of Item flaws encountered

Sr. No Category Sub- category/flaws
1. Issues related to testwiseness

  1. Grammatical Cues and errors.

  2. Logical cues

  3. Use of absolute (e.g. using often, sometimes in MCQ) terms.

  4. Long correct answer.

  5. Convergence strategy
2. Issues related to irrelevant difficulty

  1. All except or none except in the stem.

  2. Question’s containing negative statement of MCQ’s

  3. All of the above or none of the above in the options.

  4. Heterogeneous options.

  5. Numeric data not stated consistently.
3. Punctuation errors Grammer, capitalization &use of punctuation symbols.
4. Spelling mistake Correct spellings given in the text books of medicine