Knowledge of Bloom’s Taxonomy MCQs

What is the primary purpose of Bloom’s taxonomy?

A) To categorize different subjects in education

B) To evaluate students’ physical skills

C) To understand and classify levels of cognition in learning

D) To measure students’ artistic abilities

What does taxonomy primarily involve?

A) Creating a disorganized system

B) Developing a predetermined classification system

C) Implementing random classifications

D) Avoiding any systematic framework

Who originally created Bloom’s Taxonomy?

A) Lorin Anderson

B) David Krathwohl

C) Benjamin Bloom

D) Lorin Anderson and David Krathwohl

When was Bloom’s Taxonomy first published?

A) 1966

B) 1980

C) 1956

D) 1972

The original sequence of cognitive skills in Bloom’s Taxonomy included:

A) Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Synthesis, Evaluation

B) Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation

C) Remember, Comprehend, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, Create

D) Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Creation

Who revised Bloom’s Taxonomy in 2001?

A) Lorin Anderson

B) David Krathwohl

C) Benjamin Bloom

D) Lorin Anderson and David Krathwohl

At the knowledge level, students will

A) Recall information

B) Categorize topics

C) Calculate distances

D) Argue the point

Which type of question is a sample of Evaluation?

A) Do you agree with the actions?

B) Why was it better than?

C) What sources can you use to support your opinion?

D) All of the above 

What ways could you change the plot of the story? Is this question…

A) Synthesis

B) Comprehension

C) Knowledge

D) Application

Defend the actions of the main character. What level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is this?

A) Evaluation

B) Comprehension

C) Analysis

None of the above