Question 1: In the following statements, who among the test administrators did the right thing in administering psychological test?Choices:Dr. Erik, who used WAIS-IV to check if a child has depressionMs. Kaua, Masters graduate and a Level B test user, who administered 16PF testNone of the above Question 2: Which of the following statements about the normal curve model is not true?Choices:It is multimodalIts mean, median, and mode coincideIts limits extend to infinity Question 3: "Individuals supply their own structure to unstructured stimuli." Stated succinctly, this statement expresses __________.Choices:The projective hypothesisThe foundation of personality assessmentAll of the above Question 7: If the shape of the distribution of scores obtained from a test is significantly skewed, it means that the test is probably _____ for the test takers in question.Choices:Just rightToo hardEither too easy or too hard Question 8: In order to gather discriminant validity evidence, one would correlate the scores of tests that purport to assess _____ constructs.Choices: ParallelSimilar, but not hte sameDifferent Question 10: A new IQ test which yielded results nearly identical to other standardized measures would be said to have __________.Choices: Good face validityGood concurrent validitySuperb internal consistency Question 14: A behavioral observation checklist requires the observer to note whether the person being observed smiles. A key source of error variance resulting from this requirement is __________.Choices:Scoring varianceItem sampling varianceContent variance Question 22: Pilot work is typically necessary in test development to __________Choices:Make certain all nonverbal symbols are understoodTransform ratio level data into interval level dataEvaluate the utility of including specific items Question 23: From the standpoint of criterion-related validation procedures, which of the following types of decisions is the most complex?Choices: EliminationClassificationSelection Question 25: In everyday practice, responsibility for appropriate test administration, scoring, and interpretation lies with __________.Choices:Test usersTest publishersTest takers Question 27: The following terms are synonymous with kurtosis except _________.Choices:FlatnessPeakednessNone of the above Question 29: Norming and standardization is in what process of test development?Choices:Test conceptualizationTest constructionTest revision Question 33: In a psychological research study two groups of subjects took a test with the same name. However, when they talked with each other they discovered that the questions were different. The researcher assured both groups that they were given the same test. How is this possible?Choices:The researcher gave parallel forms of the same testThe test was a speed testThe test was not a power test Question 37: Which of the following is not one of the advantages of selected-response over constructed-response items? Selected-response items __________.Choices:Make more efficient use of testing timeAre less prone to scoring errorsAre easier to prepare Question 38: In clinical practice, a TAT examiner administers _________.Choices: 20 cardsAs many as he or she cares to administerAt least 3 cards Question 43: When a test has one single factor, it is called __________.Choices:MultifactorialUnidimensionalMultidimensional Question 45: It is most appropriate to use the Spearman-Brown formula to estimate what form of reliability?Choices:Test retest reliabilitySplit-half reliabilityPast-present reliability Question 47: Most checklists and rating scales __________.Choices:Served as screening toolsWere originally designed for military useAre difficult to use Question 51: Being a licensed psychometrician and a graduate of masters in Psychology in the country, what tests you are expected to administerChoices:MMPI-216PFBender-Gestalt Visual Motor Test Question 53: Which type of intelligence is thought to be relatively culture-free in nature?Choices: Fluid intelligenceInterpersonal intelligenceFamily intelligence Question 58: Which of the following is NOT included in the process of Exploratory Factor Analysis?Choices:Factor Structure is explicitly hypothesizedExtracting factorsAnalyzing the eigenvalue

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Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

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ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

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Question 1: In the following statements, who among the test administrators did the right thing in administering psychological test?

Choices:

Dr. Erik, who used WAIS-IV to check if a child has depression
Ms. Kaua, Masters graduate and a Level B test user, who administered 16PF test
None of the above

Question 2: Which of the following statements about the normal curve model is not true?

Choices:

It is multimodal
Its mean, median, and mode coincide
Its limits extend to infinity

Question 3: "Individuals supply their own structure to unstructured stimuli." Stated succinctly, this statement expresses __________.

Choices:

The projective hypothesis
The foundation of personality assessment
All of the above

Question 7: If the shape of the distribution of scores obtained from a test is significantly skewed, it means that the test is probably _____ for the test takers in question.

Choices:

Just right
Too hard
Either too easy or too hard

Question 8: In order to gather discriminant validity evidence, one would correlate the scores of tests that purport to assess _____ constructs.

Choices:

Parallel
Similar, but not hte same
Different

Question 10: A new IQ test which yielded results nearly identical to other standardized measures would be said to have __________.

Choices:

Good face validity
Good concurrent validity
Superb internal consistency

Question 14: A behavioral observation checklist requires the observer to note whether the person being observed smiles. A key source of error variance resulting from this requirement is __________.

Choices:

Scoring variance
Item sampling variance
Content variance

Question 22: Pilot work is typically necessary in test development to __________

Choices:

Make certain all nonverbal symbols are understood
Transform ratio level data into interval level data
Evaluate the utility of including specific items

Question 23: From the standpoint of criterion-related validation procedures, which of the following types of decisions is the most complex?

Choices:

Elimination
Classification
Selection

Question 25: In everyday practice, responsibility for appropriate test administration, scoring, and interpretation lies with __________.

Choices:

Test users
Test publishers
Test takers

Question 27: The following terms are synonymous with kurtosis except _________.

Choices:

Flatness
Peakedness
None of the above

Question 29: Norming and standardization is in what process of test development?

Choices:

Test conceptualization
Test construction
Test revision

Question 33: In a psychological research study two groups of subjects took a test with the same name. However, when they talked with each other they discovered that the questions were different. The researcher assured both groups that they were given the same test. How is this possible?

Choices:

The researcher gave parallel forms of the same test
The test was a speed test
The test was not a power test

Question 37: Which of the following is not one of the advantages of selected-response over constructed-response items? Selected-response items __________.

Choices: