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noun Education.

a test consisting of factual questions requiring extremely short answers that can be quickly and unambiguously scored by anyone with an answer key, thus minimizing subjective judgments by both the person taking the test and the person scoring it.

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The most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
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Should the vapor not condense well, the test-tube may be immersed in a glass of cold water.
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It is at best an empirical test and must be interpreted in the light of clinical symptoms.
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British Dictionary definitions for objective test

objective test

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a test, such as one using multiple-choice questions, in which the feelings or opinions of the person marking it cannot affect the marks given

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