On the discussion board right to true$/$false questions about the item writing guidelines one that appears to the item writing rules found in this module and one that does not. Item writing guidelines for binary choice items number one phrase items so that a superficial analysis by the student suggest the wrong answer number two rarely use negative statements and never use double negatives number three include only one concept in each statement number four having an approximately equal number of items representing the two categories being tested number five keep item similar for both categories being tested