true or false
Two-answer quiz type
True or false describes a type of question or test format where statements must be judged as either correct or incorrect: The exam consisted of twenty true-or-false questions.
The phrase also functions as a challenge to verify a claim: True or false: bats are blind.
Sometimes used rhetorically to force a binary answer where nuance might apply.
- pop quizUnscheduled brief examination
- correctFree from error
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- yes-no questionQuery requiring binary response
- booleanTrue-or-false valued
truthy · deception · tautology · contradiction · factual · fact check · bivalence · right or wrong · dichotomy · veracity · fact or fiction · negation · valid · lie detector · truth serum · inaccuracy · either · black and white
- Either/Oryes or no, on or off, in or out, up or down, left or right
- examination questionsmultiple choice, essay question, fill in the blank, short answer, matching
- surveyspoll, polls, survey, surveys, questionnaire
- examsexam, test, quiz, final exam, midterm
- Quizzesquiz, pop quiz, quiz show, quiz night, quiz bowl
- yes/no questionsclosed questions, do you, is it, are you, would you
true or falseessay question
Query requiring written argument
essay · short answer · open-ended question · free response · fill in the blank
true or falseopen-ended
Lacking fixed boundaries
free-form · subjective · interpretive · argumentative · analytical
true, false, untrue, truthful, truths, untruth, truthfulness, truism, untruthful