This practice test contains 60 original multiple-choice questions on the Apply and Analyze levels: their characteristic verbs, example tasks, how to classify questions by level, the distinction between applying and analysing, and scenario-based level identification. Each question has one correct answer. Click Show Answer to check your answer and read a short explanation.
The Apply Level
Q1. Apply is best defined as:
- (A) Recalling a fact from memory
- (B) Judging a work against criteria
- (C) Carrying out or using a procedure in a given situation
- (D) Producing an original work
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Answer: C – Apply means using learned procedures, whether executing a familiar task or implementing a method in a new case.
Q2. Which verb is most characteristic of Apply?
- (A) Recall
- (B) Summarise
- (C) Implement
- (D) Critique
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Answer: C – Implementing a procedure in a situation is a core Apply verb.
Q3. Which of these verbs belongs most clearly to Apply?
- (A) Define
- (B) Explain
- (C) Execute
- (D) Generate
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Answer: C – Executing a known procedure is Apply.
Q4. Which verb best signals the Apply level?
- (A) List
- (B) Interpret
- (C) Design
- (D) Use
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Answer: D – Using a rule, formula or method in a problem is Apply.
Q5. A teacher writing an Apply objective would most likely use which verb?
- (A) Name
- (B) Classify
- (C) Judge
- (D) Solve
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Answer: D – Solving a problem with a learned method is Apply.
Q6. A task that asks learners to use a formula to calculate area is mainly:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Understand
- (C) Create
- (D) Apply
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Answer: D – Using a formula in a calculation goes beyond recall and understanding; it is application.
Q7. A task that asks learners to follow a set of instructions to build a circuit is mainly:
- (A) Apply
- (B) Remember
- (C) Analyze
- (D) Evaluate
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Answer: A – Following instructions to carry out a procedure is Apply.
Q8. A task that asks learners to demonstrate how to use a microscope is mainly:
- (A) Understand
- (B) Analyze
- (C) Apply
- (D) Create
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Answer: C – Demonstrating a procedure in practice is Apply.
Q9. Which question is at the Apply level?
- (A) What is the rule for plural nouns?
- (B) Explain what a plural noun means.
- (C) Write a poem using plural nouns in a new way.
- (D) Use the rule for plural nouns to write the plurals of these words.
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Answer: D – Using a rule on new words is Apply, while stating or explaining the rule is lower.
Q10. Which of these questions is at the Apply level?
- (A) State the meaning of total cost.
- (B) Calculate the total cost of three items at the given prices.
- (C) Give an example of total cost.
- (D) Judge which shop offers better value.
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Answer: B – Calculating with given prices uses a procedure in a situation, so it is Apply.
Q11. Apply tasks are different from Understand tasks because Apply tasks require learners to:
- (A) Repeat the exact words of a definition
- (B) Give a personal opinion only
- (C) Invent a completely new theory
- (D) Use knowledge in a situation, not only grasp its meaning
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Answer: D – Understand is about meaning, while Apply is about carrying out a procedure or using knowledge.
Q12. In Apply, the situation is usually:
- (A) Exactly the same as the textbook example, word for word
- (B) New or unfamiliar in some way, even if the procedure is known
- (C) Completely unrelated to the lesson
- (D) One the learner has never studied at all
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Answer: B – Application typically transfers a known procedure to a fresh case.
Q13. A learner who can state a rule but cannot use it on new examples has shown:
- (A) Remember or Understand, but not yet Apply
- (B) Apply fully
- (C) Analyze fully
- (D) Create fully
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Answer: A – Stating or explaining a rule is lower than using it, so Apply has not yet been shown.
Q14. Which classroom activity best practises Apply?
- (A) Copying definitions from the board
- (B) Solving new problems with a method just taught
- (C) Listening to a story without questions
- (D) Memorising a list of dates
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Answer: B – Solving new problems with a taught method is direct practice of Apply.
Q15. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be an Apply verb?
- (A) Implement
- (B) Execute
- (C) Carry out
- (D) Appraise
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Answer: D – Appraise involves judgement, which belongs to Evaluate, not to carrying out a procedure.
The Analyze Level
Q16. Analyze is best defined as:
- (A) Recalling facts in order
- (B) Breaking material into its parts and determining how the parts relate to one another and to an overall structure
- (C) Using a formula to get an answer
- (D) Producing a new product
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Answer: B – Analyze means taking material apart and examining relationships and organisation.
Q17. Which verb is most characteristic of Analyze?
- (A) Recall
- (B) Differentiate
- (C) Implement
- (D) Produce
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Answer: B – Differentiating parts and features is a core Analyze verb.
Q18. Which of these verbs belongs most clearly to Analyze?
- (A) List
- (B) Compare in terms of structure and relationships
- (C) Execute
- (D) Invent
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Answer: B – Comparing structure and relationships, not just surface features, is Analyze.
Q19. Which verb best signals the Analyze level?
- (A) Deconstruct
- (B) Memorise
- (C) Demonstrate
- (D) Generate
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Answer: A – Deconstructing an argument or a text into its parts is Analyze.
Q20. A teacher writing an Analyze objective would most likely use which verb?
- (A) State
- (B) Solve
- (C) Create
- (D) Examine the relationship between parts
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Answer: D – Examining how parts relate is the heart of Analyze.
Q21. A task that asks learners to identify the causes of a historical event is mainly:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Understand
- (C) Apply
- (D) Analyze
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Answer: D – Identifying causes means breaking an event into contributing factors and relationships.
Q22. A task that asks learners to find the unstated assumption in an argument is mainly:
- (A) Analyze
- (B) Remember
- (C) Understand
- (D) Apply
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Answer: A – Finding an assumption requires examining the structure of an argument, which is Analyze.
Q23. A task that asks learners to outline how the parts of a story fit together is mainly:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Apply
- (C) Create
- (D) Analyze
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Answer: D – Outlining structure and relationships is Analyze, not merely retelling.
Q24. Which question is at the Analyze level?
- (A) What is the title of the passage?
- (B) Summarise the passage in two sentences.
- (C) Write a new ending for the passage.
- (D) How does the writer build the argument step by step?
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Answer: D – Tracing how an argument is built examines its structure, so it is Analyze.
Q25. Which of these questions is at the Analyze level?
- (A) State one fact from the debate.
- (B) Explain what the debate is about.
- (C) What evidence supports each side of this debate, and how strong is the link?
- (D) Use the debate rules in a mock debate.
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Answer: C – Examining evidence and its links to claims is Analyze.
Q26. Analyze tasks are different from Understand tasks because Analyze tasks require learners to:
- (A) Take material apart and examine its organisation
- (B) Grasp the general meaning only
- (C) Repeat material word for word
- (D) Produce a new work
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Answer: A – Understand grasps meaning as a whole, while Analyze inspects parts and relationships.
Q27. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be an Analyze verb?
- (A) Distinguish
- (B) Organise into parts
- (C) Construct
- (D) Attribute
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Answer: C – Construct means to build something new, which belongs to Create, not Analyze.
Q28. A learner who can summarise a passage but cannot say how its ideas connect has shown:
- (A) Analyze fully
- (B) Apply fully
- (C) Understand, but not yet Analyze
- (D) Evaluate fully
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Answer: C – Summarising shows grasp of meaning, while tracing connections between ideas is Analyze.
Q29. A learner is asked: ‘Use the rule for forming the past tense to rewrite these five sentences in the past.’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Apply
- (B) Understand
- (C) Analyze
- (D) Evaluate
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Answer: A – Applying a learned rule to new sentences is Apply, not merely understanding the rule.
Q30. A learner is asked: ‘Explain what a map scale means.’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Apply
- (B) Understand
- (C) Analyze
- (D) Create
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Answer: B – Explaining meaning is Understand, while using the scale is Apply.
Classifying Apply and Analyze Tasks
Q31. A learner is asked: ‘Compare the map scales used on two different maps and say why they differ.’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Analyze
- (B) Remember
- (C) Understand
- (D) Apply
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Answer: A – Comparing scales and explaining why they differ examines relationships, so it is Analyze.
Q32. A learner is asked: ‘State the formula for the area of a rectangle.’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Apply
- (B) Analyze
- (C) Remember
- (D) Evaluate
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Answer: C – Stating a taught formula is recall.
Q33. A learner is asked: ‘Find the area of this rectangle using the formula.’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Understand
- (C) Analyze
- (D) Apply
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Answer: D – Using the formula on given measurements is Apply.
Q34. A learner is asked: ‘Why does the formula for area multiply length by breadth?’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Apply
- (B) Understand or Analyze, depending on depth, but not Apply
- (C) Remember
- (D) Create
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Answer: B – Explaining the reasoning behind a formula is understanding or analysis of its structure, not its use.
Q35. A learner is asked: ‘Sort these statements into facts and opinions.’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Analyze
- (B) Remember
- (C) Understand
- (D) Apply
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Answer: A – Sorting by the nature of statements requires differentiating categories, which is Analyze.
Q36. A learner is asked: ‘Give an example of a fact and an example of an opinion.’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Apply
- (B) Understand
- (C) Analyze
- (D) Create
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Answer: B – Giving fresh examples of concepts shows understanding of them.
Q37. A learner is asked: ‘Solve this equation using the method taught yesterday.’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Analyze
- (B) Apply
- (C) Evaluate
- (D) Create
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Answer: B – Solving with a taught method is Apply.
Q38. A learner is asked: ‘What mistake was made in this solution, and where does it occur?’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Analyze
- (C) Understand
- (D) Apply
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Answer: B – Finding an error requires examining the steps and their relationships, which is Analyze.
Q39. A learner is asked: ‘Carry out the experiment following the given steps.’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Analyze
- (B) Evaluate
- (C) Apply
- (D) Create
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Answer: C – Carrying out given steps is executing a procedure, so it is Apply.
Q40. A learner is asked: ‘Why did the experiment give different results in the two groups?’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Apply
- (C) Create
- (D) Analyze
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Answer: D – Explaining differences between groups requires examining variables and relationships.
Q41. A learner is asked: ‘Use the new words in sentences of your own.’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Understand
- (C) Apply
- (D) Analyze
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Answer: C – Using new words in fresh sentences applies learned vocabulary in a situation.
Q42. A learner is asked: ‘Which words in this paragraph show the writer’s bias?’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Analyze
- (C) Understand
- (D) Apply
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Answer: B – Identifying bias requires examining language and its effect, which is Analyze.
Q43. A learner is asked: ‘What patterns can you see in these results?’ This task is mainly:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Understand
- (C) Analyze
- (D) Apply
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Answer: C – Finding patterns in data means examining relationships among results, which is Analyze.
Q44. A scenario: A teacher gives students a solved problem with one wrong step and asks them to locate the error. The main level is:
- (A) Analyze
- (B) Remember
- (C) Apply
- (D) Create
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Answer: A – Locating an error requires inspecting steps and relationships, so it is Analyze.
Q45. A scenario: A teacher gives students a new word problem and the formula, and asks for the answer. The main level is:
- (A) Apply
- (B) Analyze
- (C) Evaluate
- (D) Create
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Answer: A – Using a given formula on a new problem is Apply.
Apply Versus Analyze: Scenarios and Distinctions
Q46. A scenario: Students read two newspaper reports on the same event and list how the reports differ. The main level is:
- (A) Analyze
- (B) Remember
- (C) Understand
- (D) Apply
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Answer: A – Listing differences between reports requires differentiating content and viewpoint, which is Analyze.
Q47. A scenario: Students practise the same type of calculation with ten new numbers. The main level is:
- (A) Analyze
- (B) Evaluate
- (C) Apply
- (D) Create
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Answer: C – Repeated practice of a procedure on new numbers is Apply, not analysis of structure.
Q48. A scenario: Students are asked to break a speech into its introduction, arguments and conclusion. The main level is:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Apply
- (C) Evaluate
- (D) Analyze
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Answer: D – Breaking a whole into structural parts is Analyze.
Q49. The key distinction between Apply and Analyze is that:
- (A) Apply is always harder than Analyze
- (B) Analyze never uses knowledge
- (C) Apply and Analyze are identical
- (D) Apply uses a procedure, while Analyze breaks material apart to examine relationships
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Answer: D – Apply is about doing with knowledge, while Analyze is about taking knowledge apart.
Q50. A teacher who wants to move learners from Apply to Analyze should ask them to:
- (A) Examine why a method works, or how parts of a problem relate
- (B) Solve more problems of the same type
- (C) Memorise more formulas
- (D) Copy more examples
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Answer: A – Examining why a method works and how parts relate moves beyond using the method.
Q51. A learner who solves problems correctly but cannot explain why the method works has shown:
- (A) Analyze without Apply
- (B) Apply without full Analyze
- (C) Create without Remember
- (D) Evaluate without Understand
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Answer: B – Correct use shows Apply, while explaining why requires examining structure, which is Analyze.
Q52. Which pair correctly matches task to level?
- (A) Apply: use a method; Analyze: find the structure
- (B) Apply: find the structure; Analyze: use a method
- (C) Apply: judge a method; Analyze: invent a method
- (D) Apply: recall a method; Analyze: repeat a method
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Answer: A – Using a method is Apply, while finding structure is Analyze.
Q53. A question that asks learners to distinguish between two similar concepts is mainly:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Analyze
- (C) Apply
- (D) Create
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Answer: B – Distinguishing requires differentiating features and relationships, which is Analyze.
Q54. A question that asks learners to apply a concept to a daily-life situation is mainly:
- (A) Apply
- (B) Analyze
- (C) Evaluate
- (D) Create
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Answer: A – Using a concept in a real situation is Apply.
Q55. A question that asks learners to identify the main idea and the supporting ideas in a text is mainly:
- (A) Analyze
- (B) Remember
- (C) Understand
- (D) Apply
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Answer: A – Separating main and supporting ideas examines the organisation of a text, which is Analyze.
Q56. Which of the following lists the revised levels in the correct order from lower to higher?
- (A) Evaluate, Analyze, Understand, Remember
- (B) Create, Evaluate, Apply, Remember
- (C) Apply, Remember, Understand, Analyze
- (D) Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze
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Answer: D – The revised order runs Remember, then Understand, then Apply, then Analyze, with Evaluate and Create above Analyze.
Q57. Which of the following tasks is at a LOWER level than Analyze?
- (A) Finding the hidden assumption in a claim
- (B) Distinguishing causes from effects
- (C) Using a procedure to solve a new problem
- (D) Outlining the structure of an argument
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Answer: C – Using a procedure is Apply, which sits below Analyze.
Q58. A teacher designs a lesson in which students first solve problems, then examine the steps and assumptions behind their solutions. The lesson moves from:
- (A) Remember to Create
- (B) Evaluate to Remember
- (C) Apply to Analyze
- (D) Create to Understand
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Answer: C – Solving is Apply, while examining steps and assumptions is Analyze.
Q59. If a question can be answered by directly following taught steps, it is most likely:
- (A) Analyze
- (B) Evaluate
- (C) Apply
- (D) Create
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Answer: C – Directly following steps to reach an answer is the mark of Apply.
Q60. If a question can only be answered by first breaking the material into parts, it is most likely:
- (A) Remember
- (B) Analyze
- (C) Understand
- (D) Apply
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Answer: B – Needing to break material apart before answering points to Analyze.
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