CBT JAMB TUTORIAL
Computer Based Test (CBT) is a modern testing procedure where each examinee answers their question directly on a
computer.
It’s a bit different
from the traditional way of
testing where individuals
will have to answer their
questions using a paper and
a pencil or pen.
Computer
Based Testing requires the
examinee to have a grab on
basic computer knowledge,
which involves appreciation
of common computer
desktop icons, basic mouse
use, as well as
understanding important
navigation.
Apart from
writing the exams on a
computer, the arrangement
of the exams with respect to
timing and level of precision
also differs with the
conventional paper and
pencil based testing. We are
trying to paint the picture
that based portray the
pattern of computer based
test to enable prospective
candidates, notably first
timers, to get the basic
features of the computer
based examination scenario.
● Features of Computer Based
Test
FIRST TUTORIAL “CBT”
● (1) One-Student-One-
Computer:
This testing system is based
on one person per computer
system at a particular time.
As always expected of a
good student, you are
advised to enter the
examination hall only with
the approved examination
materials.
The candidate will
sit close to the computer
system, maybe a laptop
computer or a desktop
computer. The candidate will
face the computer screen
awaiting the invigilators
command “START”.
Some
Exams like the ones mostly
administered by PEARSON
are strictly on computer
based while some others
may be dual, i.e both
computer and paper. In the
latter, the students or
examinee is given
examination question paper
and they will be required to
answer their questions on
the computer unlike the
former, the students or the
examinee are not given any
question paper. Here the
questions are on the
computer screen while the
examinee chooses their
seemingly correct answers
by right clicking the radio
button.
● (2) Computer Based Test
Desktop, How does it look
like?
All computer desktops
contain icons for simple
computer user interaction
with the computer system. It
uses the WYSIWYG theory.
That means what you see is
what you get. Depending on
the type of test, the
computer screen might be
preset to the START page
where the examinee will just
have to fill in their personal
details which is sometimes
part of the exams itself. No
matter what exams it is, the
basic icons that will be
found in the screen will not
be very far from what I will
explain below in point
number three.
● (3) What are the notable
desktop icons for Computer
Based Test (CBT)?
(a) The START Button: the
time that every exam
commences is the “START”
period and the time that the
exam ends is the “STOP”
button. Examinees should be
very watchful of this button
as it the paramount of all.
(b) Time and Progress:
Immediately when you click
start, the clock timer begins
to count, which indicates the
progress of the exams.
This
also indicates the time that is
remaining for the exams. At
any point of the exams, at
least you should be able to
see how much time
remaining for you.
(c) Question Counter: just
like the time counter, there is
also questions timer.
This
indicates how many
questions you have
answered and how many
are remaining. So you will
not likely be in a loop while
writing computer based test.
For instance you are writing
a 50 question exams and
you are on the eleventh
question, the question timer
will indicate something like
“question 11 of 50.
Meaning
that you still have 39
questions unanswered.
Simple maths isn’t it?
(d) Test Navigations:
This
feature of a computer based
test is as important as the
test itself and they are
always available on the test
screen throughout the test
session. Notable of the
navigations are
(1) “NEXT”
which goes to the next
question when clicked,
clicking next moves you the
next screen
(2) “PREVIOUS”,
this gives the examinee the
opportunity to go back to
earlier answered question,
she they changed their mind
towards the ostensibly
correct answer. Clicking
PREVIOUS moves you back
one screen,
(3) “SUBMIT” this
is the most important of all
the buttons, because there is
nothing as bad as writing a
test without submitting it.
You will not have your score
if you did not submit your
test. Clicking submit button
submits the test or exams
and sometimes closes the
exam window. This at times
marks the STOP of the
exams.
(e) The Scroll Bar:
Some test
may not fit on the screen.
For these questions, a scroll
bar will appear. To reveal the
rest of the questions, either
you use the mouse to click
drag the scroll bar or click on
the arrows on either end of
the scroll bar.
● How Do You Choose the
Correct Answers?
Most times, the questions in
computer based test are in
the multi-choice format. This
is called multi Choice
Question where you will be
required to pick the correct
answer(s). For instance
something like this appears
on your screen:
Solve for y .
y – 2 + 3y = 10
A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3
E. 2
You select one of the best
answers by:
Pressing the letter on the
keyboard,
Clicking the radio button
with a mouse, or
Use the Tab Key to move
through the options and
then pressing the space-bar
to select an option.
Select the next button to
continue.
Hope this write up gives you
a brief overview of the
pattern of computer based
test.
So, as expected, if you
read this article before the
test, it means you have what
it takes to succeed in your
exams.
● SECOND TUTORIAL “CBT”
Admission and Matriculation
Board -Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination
(JAMB-UTME) 2015/2016.
Study this tutorial carefully
and it will go a long way to
helping you prepare and
tackle the JAMB Computer
Based Testing during the
exam
There are several buttons
that you the candidates will
need to know and what
they are meant for.
JAMB Computer Based Test
Tutorial Steps
● 1. Candidates are advised to
arrive at the examination
venue on time.
● 2. Candidates are advised to
sit on a system in an upright
position with examination
mood
● 3. From the JAMB Computer
Based Test Tutorial Panel
figure above, you will see
different functional buttons
and areas
(a) Subject area: where the
subject taken is located
(b) The Time (duration) for
the examination
(c) Remaining time for the
examination. Candidates are
advised to check the time
lapse and time remaining to
be able to complete the
exams on time
(d) Instruction area: where
candidates are to check the
instructions pertaining the
exams
(e)
Basic Mouse Use
_______________________________
(1) Put the heel of your hand
on the table in front of the
mouse. Hold the mouse
between thumb and the ring
fingers.Put your index
finger on the left mouse
button.
_______________________________
(2) Move the tip of the
arrow onto the underlined
two. The arrow will become
a pointing finger.
_______________________________
(3) The arrow becomes a
pointing finger. Hold the
mouse still and lightly click
the left mouse button with
your index finger.
Click on the mouse
Slide the computer mouse to
the running mouse. Slide the
mouse sideways.
Do not turn it..
Then, click on the running
mouse.
Radion (On) Button
The buttons below are radio
buttons. This will be use to
select the correct answer
Button 1 Button 2
Button 3
Click on them.
Notice that only one radio
button can be “on” at same
time.
To move to the next page,
click on the radio button
below.
After clicking on the radio
button that correspond to
the correct answer.
Click
NEXT button to go to
another question until you
are finished.
There is
options for OMIT if you
want skip the question for
later consideration.
For JAMB
UME Use of English, you will
need the Best Way to
Answer Jamb Use of English
Questions
Candidates are advised to
practice all JAMB Past
Questions or syllabus to be
conversant with the pattern
of the questions.
Hope this
helped.
Remember to share this
information to your friends
ad relatives using the share
buttons above.
computer.
It’s a bit different
from the traditional way of
testing where individuals
will have to answer their
questions using a paper and
a pencil or pen.
Computer
Based Testing requires the
examinee to have a grab on
basic computer knowledge,
which involves appreciation
of common computer
desktop icons, basic mouse
use, as well as
understanding important
navigation.
Apart from
writing the exams on a
computer, the arrangement
of the exams with respect to
timing and level of precision
also differs with the
conventional paper and
pencil based testing. We are
trying to paint the picture
that based portray the
pattern of computer based
test to enable prospective
candidates, notably first
timers, to get the basic
features of the computer
based examination scenario.
● Features of Computer Based
Test
FIRST TUTORIAL “CBT”
● (1) One-Student-One-
Computer:
This testing system is based
on one person per computer
system at a particular time.
As always expected of a
good student, you are
advised to enter the
examination hall only with
the approved examination
materials.
The candidate will
sit close to the computer
system, maybe a laptop
computer or a desktop
computer. The candidate will
face the computer screen
awaiting the invigilators
command “START”.
Some
Exams like the ones mostly
administered by PEARSON
are strictly on computer
based while some others
may be dual, i.e both
computer and paper. In the
latter, the students or
examinee is given
examination question paper
and they will be required to
answer their questions on
the computer unlike the
former, the students or the
examinee are not given any
question paper. Here the
questions are on the
computer screen while the
examinee chooses their
seemingly correct answers
by right clicking the radio
button.
● (2) Computer Based Test
Desktop, How does it look
like?
All computer desktops
contain icons for simple
computer user interaction
with the computer system. It
uses the WYSIWYG theory.
That means what you see is
what you get. Depending on
the type of test, the
computer screen might be
preset to the START page
where the examinee will just
have to fill in their personal
details which is sometimes
part of the exams itself. No
matter what exams it is, the
basic icons that will be
found in the screen will not
be very far from what I will
explain below in point
number three.
● (3) What are the notable
desktop icons for Computer
Based Test (CBT)?
(a) The START Button: the
time that every exam
commences is the “START”
period and the time that the
exam ends is the “STOP”
button. Examinees should be
very watchful of this button
as it the paramount of all.
(b) Time and Progress:
Immediately when you click
start, the clock timer begins
to count, which indicates the
progress of the exams.
This
also indicates the time that is
remaining for the exams. At
any point of the exams, at
least you should be able to
see how much time
remaining for you.
(c) Question Counter: just
like the time counter, there is
also questions timer.
This
indicates how many
questions you have
answered and how many
are remaining. So you will
not likely be in a loop while
writing computer based test.
For instance you are writing
a 50 question exams and
you are on the eleventh
question, the question timer
will indicate something like
“question 11 of 50.
Meaning
that you still have 39
questions unanswered.
Simple maths isn’t it?
(d) Test Navigations:
This
feature of a computer based
test is as important as the
test itself and they are
always available on the test
screen throughout the test
session. Notable of the
navigations are
(1) “NEXT”
which goes to the next
question when clicked,
clicking next moves you the
next screen
(2) “PREVIOUS”,
this gives the examinee the
opportunity to go back to
earlier answered question,
she they changed their mind
towards the ostensibly
correct answer. Clicking
PREVIOUS moves you back
one screen,
(3) “SUBMIT” this
is the most important of all
the buttons, because there is
nothing as bad as writing a
test without submitting it.
You will not have your score
if you did not submit your
test. Clicking submit button
submits the test or exams
and sometimes closes the
exam window. This at times
marks the STOP of the
exams.
(e) The Scroll Bar:
Some test
may not fit on the screen.
For these questions, a scroll
bar will appear. To reveal the
rest of the questions, either
you use the mouse to click
drag the scroll bar or click on
the arrows on either end of
the scroll bar.
● How Do You Choose the
Correct Answers?
Most times, the questions in
computer based test are in
the multi-choice format. This
is called multi Choice
Question where you will be
required to pick the correct
answer(s). For instance
something like this appears
on your screen:
Solve for y .
y – 2 + 3y = 10
A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3
E. 2
You select one of the best
answers by:
Pressing the letter on the
keyboard,
Clicking the radio button
with a mouse, or
Use the Tab Key to move
through the options and
then pressing the space-bar
to select an option.
Select the next button to
continue.
Hope this write up gives you
a brief overview of the
pattern of computer based
test.
So, as expected, if you
read this article before the
test, it means you have what
it takes to succeed in your
exams.
● SECOND TUTORIAL “CBT”
Admission and Matriculation
Board -Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination
(JAMB-UTME) 2015/2016.
Study this tutorial carefully
and it will go a long way to
helping you prepare and
tackle the JAMB Computer
Based Testing during the
exam
There are several buttons
that you the candidates will
need to know and what
they are meant for.
JAMB Computer Based Test
Tutorial Steps
● 1. Candidates are advised to
arrive at the examination
venue on time.
● 2. Candidates are advised to
sit on a system in an upright
position with examination
mood
● 3. From the JAMB Computer
Based Test Tutorial Panel
figure above, you will see
different functional buttons
and areas
(a) Subject area: where the
subject taken is located
(b) The Time (duration) for
the examination
(c) Remaining time for the
examination. Candidates are
advised to check the time
lapse and time remaining to
be able to complete the
exams on time
(d) Instruction area: where
candidates are to check the
instructions pertaining the
exams
(e)
Basic Mouse Use
_______________________________
(1) Put the heel of your hand
on the table in front of the
mouse. Hold the mouse
between thumb and the ring
fingers.Put your index
finger on the left mouse
button.
_______________________________
(2) Move the tip of the
arrow onto the underlined
two. The arrow will become
a pointing finger.
_______________________________
(3) The arrow becomes a
pointing finger. Hold the
mouse still and lightly click
the left mouse button with
your index finger.
Click on the mouse
Slide the computer mouse to
the running mouse. Slide the
mouse sideways.
Do not turn it..
Then, click on the running
mouse.
Radion (On) Button
The buttons below are radio
buttons. This will be use to
select the correct answer
Button 1 Button 2
Button 3
Click on them.
Notice that only one radio
button can be “on” at same
time.
To move to the next page,
click on the radio button
below.
After clicking on the radio
button that correspond to
the correct answer.
Click
NEXT button to go to
another question until you
are finished.
There is
options for OMIT if you
want skip the question for
later consideration.
For JAMB
UME Use of English, you will
need the Best Way to
Answer Jamb Use of English
Questions
Candidates are advised to
practice all JAMB Past
Questions or syllabus to be
conversant with the pattern
of the questions.
Hope this
helped.
Remember to share this
information to your friends
ad relatives using the share
buttons above.
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