CPCE EXAM: Appraisal| Questions
correctly Answered | Latest Update
2024
In an ipsative measure the person taking the test must compare items to one another. The result is that
a. an ipsative measure cannot be utilized for career guid- ance.
b. you cannot legitimately compare two or more people who have taken an ipsative test.
c. an ipsative measure is never valid.
d. an ipsative measure is never reliable. - ✔✔b. you cannot legitimately compare two or more
people who have taken an ipsative test.
Tests are often classified as speed tests versus power tests. A timed typing test used to hire
secretaries would be
a. a power test.
b. neither a speed test nor a power test.
c. a speed test.
d. a fine example of an ipsative measure. - ✔✔c. a speed test.
A counseling test consists of 300 forced response items. The per- son taking the test can take as long as
he or she wants to answer the questions.
a. This is most likely a projective measure.
b. This is most likely a speed test.
c. This is most likely a power test.
d. This is most likely an invalid measure. - ✔✔c. This is most likely a power test.
,An achievement test measures maximum performance while a personality test or interest inventory
measures
a. typical performance.
b. minimum performance.
c. unconscious traits.
d. self-esteem by always relying on a Q-Sort design. - ✔✔a. typical performance.
In a spiral test
a. the items get progressively easier.
b. the difficulty of the items remains constant.
c. the client must answer each question in a specified period
of time.
d. the items get progressively more difficult. - ✔✔d. the items get progressively more difficult.
In a cyclical test
a. the items get progressively easier.
b. the difficulty of the items remains constant.
c. you have several sections which are spiral in nature.
d. the client must answer each question in a specified period
of time. - ✔✔c. you have several sections which are spiral in nature.
A test battery is considered
a. a horizontal test.
b. a vertical test.
c. a valid test.
d. a reliable test. - ✔✔a. a horizontal test.
, In a counseling 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 research- er
assured both groups that they were given the same test. How is this possible?
a. The researcher is not telling the truth. The groups could not possibly have taken the same test.
b. The test was horizontal.
c. The test was not a power test.
d. The researcher gave parallel forms of the same test. - ✔✔d. The researcher gave parallel forms of
the same test.
The most critical factors in test selection are
a. the length of the test and the number of people who took the test in the norming process.
b. horizontal versus vertical.
c. validity and reliability.
d. spiral versus cyclical format. - ✔✔c. validity and reliability.
Which is more important, validity or reliability?
a. Reliability.
b. They are equally important.
c. Validity.
d. It depends on the test in question. - ✔✔c. Validity.
In the field of testing, validity refers to
a. whether the test really measures what it purports to measure.
b. whether the same test gives consistent measurement.
c. the degree of cultural bias in a test.
d. the fact that numerous tests measure the same traits. - ✔✔a. whether the test really
measures what it purports to measure.
A counselor peruses a testing catalog in search of a test which will repeatedly give consistent results.
The counselor
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