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Table 5 Summary of response formats of reading items on the GEPT-A and iBT

From: A comparability study between the General English Proficiency Test- Advanced and the Internet-Based Test of English as a Foreign Language

Task format

# of GEPT items

% of GEPT items

# of iBT items

% of iBT items

Short answer

15

37.5

0

0.0

Multiple choice

5

12.5

113

92.6

Multiple-response multiple choice

0

0.0

8

6.6

Fixed multiple choice

8

20.0

0

0.0

Matching

12

30.0

0

0.0

Categorization

0

0.0

1

.8

Total

40

100.0

122

100.0