The relationship of examinees’ individual characteristics and perceived acceptability of smart device-based testing to test scores on the practice test of the Korea Emergency Medicine Technician Licensing Examination

The SBT KEMTLE practice test and questionnaire were administered to 569 candidate students (examinees) at the same sitting on September 12, 2015 in Daejon, Korea. A smart device (a 10-inch tablet PC) was distributed to each examinee, and they marked their responses on the screen of the device. The test items consisted of 50 multimedia items and 80 text items. They were given 120 minutes to complete the examination. All items contained 5 options with 1 best answer. All 569 examinees who were present took the examination; and 560 students responded to the questionnaire on the acceptability of SBT after the examination. The original questionnaires consisted of 8 items regarding individual characteristics, as well as 2 satisfaction, 13 convenience, and 16 preference items (Supplements 1, 2), but based on the results of exploratory factor analysis, 9 convenience and 9 preference items were selected for this study. Items were scored on a 5-point Likert scales (1, strongly disagree; 2, disagree; 3, neutral; 4, agree; 5, strongly disagree).