In this case, the test may only take two or three minutes. It is important to note that access to the placement test is controlled by the teacher through the Records Manager. Once a student has taken a test, it is automatically locked, which means the student may not take it again unless the teacher specifically unlocks the test. Test items are randomly selected from a database of relevant questions, not all of which are used in every test, to ensure variation for each student and from one test session to another. It is important to note that the question number shown for each test item in a test refers only to its place in the test sequence, and not to the question itself, which will be different for each student.
Students read a sentence and then indicate which of four choices correctly completes the sentence.
These questions are timed, and students have one chance to answer them. A second type of question focuses on listening comprehension. For example, the student may hear a question or statement and have to answer or complete it with the correct choice of a word, number, phrase or sentence. In these types of questions, the student has only one chance to get the correct answer. If a question times out, the question will be repeated once.