How does CAT adapt within an RC question?

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How does CAT adapt within an RC question?

by adilka » Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:39 am
Now here's what I was wondering for a while.
Nature of a CAT (computer adaptive test) is that the difficulty of each question depends on whether the previous one was answered correctly.
My question is since 3-4 RC questions are based on one given passage (which is of a certain difficulty level already), does the test also adapt within these 3-4 questions based on how you answer each previous one. Or alternatively once the difficulty of the passage is determined, questions relating to that passage are also pre-determined and not adaptive?
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