Multiple Evaluation should be preferred to Multiple Choice as an assessment method. Persons tested are not able to self-assess their probability of being right. Also the scores to expect depending on the response computed according to the Multiple Evaluation scoring formula were shown. The results and conclusions. In education the prime purpose of testing is assessment of the students' knowledge and performance.
Students have some correct information and thus do better than chance.
I think it a task of proper education to teach those people to be more realistic regarding there informedness. Multiple Evaluation does this as a side effect as overconfidence is punished and realism rewarded. In a discussion the real specialists and those who are studying to become specialists should speak up to the advancement of science and scientifically founded decisions. In our culture and its education many uninformed people are still very sure of their own judgement. They are too self-assured.