[Arainach]

For nearly any subject of learning at a level above high school, multiple choice is a terrible way to assess knowledge.

Multiple choice can only tell if you reached a final answer (or guessed it). It cannot tell anything about how you reached that conclusion.

[userbinator]

However, it is a fast and simple method of assessment.

[Arainach]

Measuring what is easy to measure instead of what actually matters is a classic fallacy.

[userbinator]

It's a good first step, a pre-filter to more demanding questions.

[Arainach]

There's no such thing as "filtering" in academics. You don't get to kick out the students who didn't do well on the multiple choice and only proceed with the ones who scored highly.