Ministry of Education

Test Blueprint for National Exit Examination to be held in

2015 E.C

Band: 5

Program: - Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Information

Systems

Prepared by:
1. Ararso Kemal (Lecturer at Arsi University)
2. Lalisa Shafe (Lecturer at Mattu University)

February, 2023
Ministry of Education
Bishoftu, Ethiopia

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction......................................................................................................................................2

2. Objective of test blueprint................................................................................................................3

3. Steps to develop test blueprint.........................................................................................................3

4. Considerable issues in test blueprint preparation............................................................................3

5. What is required to prepare the blueprint?.......................................................................................4

6. Test Blueprint Template Contents...................................................................................................4

7. Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7

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1. Introduction

The Ministry of Education of Ethiopia has announced the implementation of exit exam
for all undergraduate program students (public and private), beginning with the
2022/2023 academic year, in order to improve the quality of graduates produced by
higher learning institutions. The exit exam aimed at checking whether students have
acquired the required knowledge, skills and attitudes or not. To implement this, it
requires determining competency areas for a specific program, which is already
completed. Based on the competency areas prepared, it needs to plan the construction of
tests.

Planning of a test is a first and vital step in the construction of an achievement test. An
achievement test demands very systematic and careful planning, as a fact that good
planning is a symbol of success. Tests are the tools that provide scores that measure level
of student learning and study program learning outcomes. In order to achieve the valid
and reliable measurement of student learning and program learning outcomes, the
development of valid and reliable test is the mandatory. Test should be able to measure
student performance in all dimensions of knowledge, skill and attitude. The carefully
planned test construction contributes to improve the overall quality of the test in terms of
test content validity, difficulty level, discrimination power and test reliability. Test
preparation is not an easy task; it requires a careful planning and guideline to make the
task simple. Test construction needs the preparation of test blue print. Test blueprint is
defined as a complete plan that explains how to develop a test. The term refers to a map
or specification of assessment to ensure that all aspects of the curriculum and educational
domains are covered by the assessment programs over a specified period of time. It helps
curriculum developers/test constructors to match various competencies with the course
content and the appropriate modality of assessment.

Generally, test blueprint will help to ensure tests: 1) Appropriately assess the achievement
of instructional objectives of the course; 2) Appropriately reflect key course goals,
objectives and the material learned or covered during the instruction period; and 3)
Include the appropriate item formats along with the knowledge and skills being assessed.

Keeping this in mind, the team has prepared this test blueprint document in order to help
the test developers or content specialists in their process of valid and reliable test

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 construction. The major points considered in the process of preparing this test blue print
guideline were the core competencies that have been already identified for the themes of
courses, the course contents, course credit hours, and the learning outcomes with their
corresponding levels of achievement by learning domains. In line with these, the number
of test items that should adequately assess the performance of students in all the content
topics will be determined through discussion with the content specialists who construct
the blueprint and test for their corresponding study program.

Therefore, the main purpose blueprint is to give direction on how to develop test for
content specialists so that they can prepare a test for MIS program.
2. Objective of test blueprint
Test blueprint is generally opted to assist the preparation of a test that is representative,
broadly sampled, and consisting of complete knowledge domain expected of the
Ethiopian higher education students on completion of MIS program. The specific
objectives of this test blueprint are to:
 Facilitate the construction of a representative and balanced test items for the
selected courses in accordance with the competencies identified.
 Guide test developers or writers to write or set appropriate test items.

3. Objective of the MIS Program

The goal of the MIS undergraduate program is to produce innovative
graduates capable of applying the power of Information technology to
solve business and community problems in the field of Management
Information Systems. Specific objectives of our IS degree programs are to:
 Educating and training students to meet the necessary man power in information
system and management
 Provide students with the analytical and practical frameworks and
methodologies necessary to analyze, design, implement, and
manage complex information systems in contemporary
organizational structures;
 Enable students to develop competencies in applying systems
analysis and design strategies and techniques in realistic
marketplace environments; and

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  Motivating students to become innovator who ca respond positively
to the challenges and opportunities presented by new ideas and
technology

4. Expected profile of graduates

Competencies and learning outcomes
In terms of Knowledge In terms of Skill In terms of Attitude
 Elaborate the underlying principles of Internet and  Develop web-based systems • To have good personal
Web-Technology confidence on
 Administer online systems
 Clarify programming principles and logic application and system
 Develop applications using development To have
 Explain the underlying principles of
programming languages the sense of co-
computer networks and network resources
 Design and configure operation in system
 Acquire an understanding of network security
computer networks development.
and its changing character
 Develop database systems • Coordinate and
 Realize how network security is conceptualized
 Administer database systems facilitate system
and carried out
projects in a
 Understand the underlying principles of database  Represent knowledge and professional manner
and database management systems implement inference techniques to To have interpersonal
 Explain the data and file structures for provide solutions partially group skills in
information retrieval observable environments using software development
 Describe different types and characteristics propositional and first • To have interpersonal
of intelligent agents
 Able to prepare data and apply data communication
 Understand the principles and theories of analytics and visualization methods • To have information
Management Information Systems (MIS) and its to achieve a learning goal. systems ethics
impact on organizations.  Develop project proposal and project • To have
 Describe IT’s strategic importance in business and plan responsibilities, and
the essential elements of strategic plan  Apply software development process characteristics of the
development principles, and practices and crate a IS professional
 Define strategies for the effective utilization high-quality software
of IS/IT in organizations.  Analyze user requirements
 Understand contemporary managerial issues using uml of oo techniques.
in effectively choosing,  Design systems using uml diagrams
 Explain models and issues of
organizational transformation and  Apply cryptography security
convergence. technique, systems and network
 Understand the concepts, experiences and security applications.
practices of managing IT related projects  Deploying, and utilizing it in
 Explain how an organizational process often spans business to gain competitive
different functional areas advantage
 Understand how enterprise systems  Demonstrate basic computational and
integrate functional areas into one enterprise design problems using IS
development with appropriate
wide information system.
methodologies, software tools and
 Explain the system development process, from innovative methods for improving
planning though analysis and design to processes and organizational change
implementation and maintenance.  Develop the programming code
implementation that realizes the
 Explain the need for object-oriented system architecture and design
systems analysis and design  Demonstrate the use of big data tools

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 Understand the object technology and modeling
principles.
 Identify and investigate threats to information on real world case studies
systems security
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5. Themes and courses from the core competency identified

Share Domains No of
Credit ECT In % (Cognitive: Items
Themes Course name
hours S Affective:
Psychomotor)
1. Database Systems 6 10 13.33 5:2:7 14
2. Information Storage and 6.67 5:1:1 7
Data and Information 3 5
Retrieval
Management 6.67
3. Business Intelligence and Data 6:0:2 8
3 5
Analytics
4. Fundamentals of Computer 6.67 6:0:1 7
3 5
Programming Programming
5. Object Oriented Programming 3 5 6.67 4:0:3 7
Information Systems 13.33 8:1:3 12
6. System Analysis and Design 6 10
Development
7. Website development and 13.33 8:0:4 12
Web-Technology 6 10
management
8. Data Communication and 6.67 5:0:2 7
Computer network and 3 5
Computer Networks
information security 6.67
9. Information Security 3 5 4:1:2 7
10. Information Systems Project 6.67 5:0:2 7
3 5
Management
Business/Organizational 6.67
11. Information Systems 5:0:1 6
Competency 3 5
management and strategy
12. Enterprise Systems 3 5 6.67 4:0:2 6
45 70 100 100 100

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 Learning outcomes and test weight

Courses under the

Share of contents
Share
of Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Cr
Themes

themes
theme Competencies/ 1 2 3 4 5 6 T 1 2 3 4 5 T 1 2 3 4 5 T
. Learning Outcome
and General Objectives
H.
course
s

Expain different
Understand the models of database 1 1
underlying principles characteristics of
of database and relational data
database management model 1 1

Database Systems
systems Argue the needs of
RDBMS over other 1 1 2
Data and Information Management

13.3
Develop database 6 Query the
3
systems Relational Data 1 1
Design relational
databases 1 1
Administer database Programming
26.67 systems database using
functions and
triggers 1 1
Understand
Components and
Information Storage and

Explain the data and

processes of
file structures for
information
information retrieval
retrieval
3 6.67 systems 1
Compare and appriciate
Evaluate Quality of IR Algorism 1
Information Indexing 1
IR Model 1

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 Retrieval
IR Evaluation
1 1 1
Apply the principles
of computational
thinking to learning
Able to prepare data data science 1
and apply data
Express a business
analytics and

Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (DSS)

problem as a data
visualization methods
problem 1
to achieve a learning
Perform exploratory
goal.
data analysis from
inception to the
value proposition 1 1
Explain the core
principles behind
3 6.67
analytics tasks such
as classification,
clustering,
optimization,
Demonstrate the
recommendation 1
use of big data
tools on real world Articulate the
case studies nature and potential
of Big Data
1
Demonstrate the
use of big data tools
on real world case
studies 1 1

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Total
Apply data
Fundamentals of

transformations
Programming

using arithmetic,
Clarify programming assignment, and
13.33 3 6.67
principles and logic transpositional
operators. 1 1
Express algorithmic 1 1
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 problem-solving
using sequence,
selection, and
repetition
structures.
Modularize the
algorithmic and

Computer Programming
operating
capabilities of a
program using
functions,
subroutines or
Develop applications similar
using programming organizing
languages structures. 1 1
Select and utilize
appropriate linear
data structures to
maintain and
manage sets of
related data in non
volatile memory. 1
Apply fundamental
Apply fundamental elements of objects
elements of object and classes 1
Object Oriented Programming

oriented design Utilize intra-entity

concepts and principles communication and
messaging 1 1
Design for
inheritance and
3 6.67
dependency
Develop the
management 1 1
programming code
Develop the
implementation that
programming code
realizes the system
implementation that
architecture and design
realizes the system
architecture and
design 1 1
total 6
8
 Explain what
Explain the system
systems are and
development process,
how they are
from planning though
developed 1
analysis and design to
Demonstrate the
implementation and
SDLC phases and
maintenance.
activities 1
Identify SDLC
Models (Agile,
Explain the need for Waterfall, V-shaped,

System Analysis and Design

object-oriented systems iterative, spiral) 1
Systems Development

analysis and design

Work effectively in a
team environment 1 1
13.3 Describe the role
13.33 6
Understand the object 3 and responsibilities
technology and of the participants
modeling principles. in
SDLC 1
Design for
encapsulation,Abstr
Analyze user action, inheritance
requirements using uml and dependency
of oo techniques. management 1 1
Utilize design
patterns 1 1
Design systems Utilize 0bjects and
using uml classes for entity
diagrams modeling 1 1
Demonstrate an
Website development and

Elaborate the operational

underlying principles understanding of
Web Technology

of Internet and Web- the protocols

Technology 13.3 that enable the
13.33 6 Internet 1 1
3
Demonstrate skills
Develop web-based in client-side (Front-
systems end) application
development 1 1 1 1
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 technologies
Including HTML.
CSS,
JavaScript, and
JavaScript libraries
Analyze and explain
the different design

management
layouts and pros
and cons of each 1 1
Demonstrate skills
in server-side (back-
Administer online
end) application
systems
development
technologies using
a back-end
programming
language (i.e.
Python etc.) 1 1 1 1
Tota
6
l
Identify and briefly
describe network
Data Communication and Computer Networks

topologies and different

Explain the underlying
Network and Information Security

network types, including

princiles of computer
the uses and limitations
networks and network
of each. 1
resources
discuss several types of
both guided and wireless
communications 1
13.33 3 6.67
Identify several network
hardware devices and
define their functions. 1 1
Explain the
Design and configure principles of layered
computer networks network
architectures 1
Explain network
protocols and their 1 1
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 configuration
Explain the purpose
Acquire an
of cryptography and
understanding of
how it can be used
network security and
in data
its changing character
communications 1
Realize how network Describe the
security is concepts of
conceptualized authentication,
authorization,
access control, data

Information Security
integrity and how it
helps to enhance
data security 1 1
3 6.67
Identify and investigate Be aware of social
threats to information media privacy and
systems security security 1
Identify and Analyze
common security
threats 1
Apply cryptography Illustrate how
security technique, cyberattacks, how
systems and network to avoid them and
security applications. how to
counteract their
malicious
consequences 1 1
Tota
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l and carried out
20.00 Understand the 3 6.67
Information Systems Project

Explain basic
Business/Organizational

concepts, experiences
project
and practices of
management
managing IT related
concepts and terms
projects 1
Develop project Demonstrate 1
proposal and project teamwork,
plan interpersonal group
skills, and team
software
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 development
Apply software
Use scope
development process
management tools,
principles, and
techniques, and
practices and crate a
processes
high-quality software 1
Develop estimates
and time tracking
using appropriate
tools, techniques,
and processes 1

Management
Develop estimates
and cost tracking
using appropriate
tools, techniques,
and processes 1 1
Demonstrate basic
computational and
Competency

design problems using

Predict and manage
IS development
project risk through
methodologies,
the use of tools,
software tools and
techniques, and
innovative methods for
processes
improving processes
and organizational
change 1
Understand the 3 6.67
Information Systems management and

principles and theories Understand the principles

of Management and theories of
Information Systems Management Information
(MIS) and its impact Systems (MIS) and its
on organizations. impact on organizations. 1
Describe IT’s strategic Describe IT’s strategic
importance in business importance in business
and the essential and the essential
elements of strategic elements of strategic plan
plan development development 1
Define strategies for Define strategies for the 1
the effective utilization effective utilization of

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of IS/IT in
IS/IT in organizations.
organizations.
Explain models and Explain models and
issues of organizational issues of organizational
transformation and transformation and
convergence. convergence. 1
Explain how an Explain how an
organizational process organizational process

strategy
often spans different often spans different
functional areas functional areas 1
Understand
Understand
contemporary
contemporary managerial
managerial issues in
issues in effectively
effectively choosing,
choosing, Deploying, and
Deploying, and
utilizing it in business to
utilizing it in business
gain competitive
to gain competitive
advantage
advantage 1
Understand how
discuss concepts at
enterprise systems
the frontier of
integrate functional
industrial practice
areas into one
and emerging
enterprise wide
standards;
information system. 1
Develop busines
processes using the
Enterprise Systems

Workflow
foundation 1 1
3 6.67 Understand the
fundamentals of
enterprise systems
and issues
associated with
their
implementation. 1
Evaluate the costs
and benefits of
implementing an
enterprise system 1 1

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 Total 9
Grnad Total 45 65 5 30

Key: In the cells/boxes there are numbers that indicate the number of items that correspond to the levels of domains.

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6. Conclusion

Exit examination can have a vital role in producing knowledgeable, skillful and attitudinally matured
graduates. It also helps in improving academic programs quality and effectiveness. Furthermore, it can
create the platform for cooperation among academic programs at different universities to work jointly to
improve the programs quality.

In view of this, this document is produced to assist the setting of the exit examinations for all programs,
which is being delivered by Ministry of Education. To meet the graduation profile, competency and
learning outcome, exit exam competency selection and identifying core course was done for 2015 EC
graduating students. As a result, preparing test blueprint is necessary to prepare fairly distributed items
based on the above criteria.

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