,Chapter 1 Test Questions
1. Who is thought to have spread the testing movement in the United States?
a. Clark Wissler
b. E.L. Thorndike
c. James McKeen Cattell X
d. Sir Francis Galton
2. Who is credited with the creation of the first formal personality test?
a. Alfred Binet
b. David Wechsler
c. Hermann Rorschach
d. Robert Woodworth X
3. ______is an activity that involves judging or appraising the value or worth of
something.
a. Assessment
b. Evaluation X
c. Measurement
d. Testing
4. Which of the following would be an example of a subjective test?
a. Exam consisting of essay questions X
b. Exam consisting of T/F questions
c. Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
d. Tests & Measurements Exam
5. Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which test scores are free
from measurement error?
a. Reliability X
b. Validity
c. Accuracy
d. Consistency
6. A typical response test would be used to measure which of the following
constructs?
a. Achievement
b. Aptitude
c. Attitudes X
d. Intelligence
7. A student scored better than 85% of his or her peers. This is an example of
which approach to score interpretation?
a. Construct-referenced
b. Criterion-referenced
c. Norm-referenced X
d. Standard-referenced
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8. Which of the following uses a criterion-referenced approach to score
interpretation?
a. Driver’s license exam X
b. Intelligence test
c. MMPI-2
9. Which of the following assumptions of psychological assessment is correct?
a. Assessment procedures are essentially error free
b. One source of information is enough for the assessment process
c. Psychological constructs can be measured X
d. There is only one way to measure a construct
10. Which of the following involves situations where people are assigned to
different tracks, ordered in some way?
a. Categorization
b. Classification
c. Placement X
d. Selection
11. How many tests did the American Psychological Association (APA) estimate
are developed every year?
a. 20
b. 200
c. 2000
d. 20000 X
12. Psychological assessment is:
a. broader in scope than testing. X
b. one component of testing.
c. a less detailed and technical process than testing.
d. less precise and accurate than testing.
13. Testing is to assessment as _____________ is to ________________.
a. blood test; medical exam X
b. placement; classification
c. X ray; MRI
d. intern; doctor
14. Validity refers to:
a. the accuracy of the interpretation of test scores. X
b. the stability or consistency of test scores.
c. the method in which norms for the tests were developed.
d. whether the test is a good measure of a construct.
15. Reliability refers to:
a. the stability or consistency of test scores. X
b. the method in which the test was developed.
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c. the specialization of the test.
16. Amy completes a 100 item questionnaire that asks her to respond “Yes” or “No”
to statements about her typical ways of thinking and behaving. What type of test
is this?
a. Aptitude Test
b. Objective Personality Test X
c. Power Test
d. Speed Test
17. __________ is defined as a systematic procedure for collecting information that
can be used to make inferences about the characteristics of people or objects.
a. Evaluation
b. Measurement
c. Assessment X
d. Testing
18. Which is of the following is NOT a right of a test taker according to the Joint
Committee on Testing Practices?
a. The right to review their test questions X
b. The right to receive test administration by trained individuals
c. The right to receive information regarding their test results
d. The right to confidentiality of their results
19. A psychological or educational professional who has specialized in the area of
testing, measurement, and assessment is referred to as a/an __________.
a. academician
b. diagnostician
c. psychologist
d. psychometrician X
20. Since all psychological tests contain a fixed number of items, they:
a. should be viewed as samples of behavior. X
b. by definition, are reliable.
c. cannot be used to predict behavior.
d. by definition, are valid.
21. _______ typically contain test items that are all about the same level of
difficulty.
a. Objective tests
b. Speed tests X
c. Power tests
d. Projective tests
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