This is not at all what I said, I said the assumptions about your field about certain items are going to be a lot more nuanced at the graduate level than at the undergrad. Right or wrong, undergrad is taught in broad strokes…oh this is ALWAYS the case. This NEVER happens. And if you are a good instructor, you tell the students that for the sake of the class, this is the answer but that they may encounter instances that are being investigated and studied that may eventually disprove this notion…but for the sake of the class and testing (especially if you are forced to use a commercial testing bank…where you might be able to remove questions, but no add them…this is more on the computerized testing side) you should focus on the broad strokes.
Again, when I teach, I tell students to write down WHY they think something is right or wrong…and if they have a problem with their grade, I go back to this sheet and adjust (though I can adjust down if they game the system too!)
That said, grad students get multiple choice in almost every class. Grad school isn’t like it was in the '70s where you take a class, you get ABSOLUTELY NO FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT and then you spend a week doing nothing but writing in class, proving you understood what the professor that demanded no discussion nor conversation about subjects that are by every measure advanced topics. Unless you go to law school…they still do this shit. These days, you need feedback…multiple choice is a good way of giving it to the student. Of course, you still give long answer because you need to know critical thinking is going on – and every one of my professors at my grad school made it clear that getting anything less than a B on a long form writing exam meant that you most likely were not going to pass the class and the MC portion would get marked down to the lower score too.
