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Preparers of standardized
tests, which are almost always multiple choice, to be able to take
advantage of automated scoring, face these problems all the time,
although many times they have either ignored them or not realized
them. Once the question is presented as multiple choice, the test
taker is not free to "think outside the box" (one of the major
problems with this kind of test). Clearly the preparer had a
particular set of assumptions in mind, either consciously or
unconsciously, and, as in this case, the "correct" answer often
depends on the test taker's assumptions being congruent with the
test
preparer's, which are all too often, again as in this case,
unstated
and therefore hidden to the test taker.