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1.2.2 Questionnaire Type 2: Questionnaire to assess

knowledge level

The second type of questionnaire is designed to

assess the knowledge level of an individual respondent. An

example of this type of questionnaire is best illustrated by

an examination paper which contains a set of questions to

assess the knowledge level of a specific study respondent

population on a specific subject. All the questions in this

type of questionnaire are directly related to facts about a

particular subject matter. Usually, all the questions are

worded by using an interrogative approach such as “what”,

“when”, “who”, “why” and “how”. The questionnaire will

then have a specific formula to compute an overall score

which reflects an assessment of the knowledge level of an

individual. Unlike the first type of questionnaire, the

answers provided by the respondents are usually not for

record-keeping purposes but merely for assessing the