As I teach an online course that is set by the University, my selection is limited to the University's design. In all the course there is a subjective assessment made up of essays on various topics each week which asscesses whether the student has understood the weekly content in such a way as to be able to analyze and explain them. There is also a discussion section which requires students to research, analyze and explain other topics each week. Both of these are subjective assessments. In other schools that I have taught I have used essays and exams with short answers for a subjective assessment. the exam short answers are set up as problem solving in which a problem has been submitted and the student must find the solution to it such as a crime scene is provided to the student and they must determine what laws have been violated. Exams also contain multiple choice questions for factual information in an objective assessment.