NCE WKU -- Testing & Assessment

Question 1

Which measure would yield the highest level of reliability? (Pg.377, q.#623)

Accepted Answer

a very accurate postage scale

Question 2

A test battery is considered (pg.374, q.#617)

Accepted Answer

a horizontal test

Question 3

An aptitude test is to ______ as an achievement test is to _______. (Pg.398, q.#666)

Accepted Answer

potential; what has been learned

Question 4

In a projective test the client is shown (pg.396, q.#662)

Accepted Answer

neutral stimuli

Question 5

The MMPI-2 is a(n) (pg.395, q.#660)

Accepted Answer

standardized personality test

Question 6

The NCE and CPCE uses forced choice, or so-called ______ items. (Pg.369, q.#605)

Accepted Answer

recognition

Question 7

The word psychometric means (pg. 396, q.#661)

Accepted Answer

any form of mental testing

Question 8

The first intelligence test was created around 1905 by (pg.387, q.#645)

Accepted Answer

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

Question 9

A test format could be normative or ipsative. In the normative format (pg.371, q.#609)

Accepted Answer

each item is independent of all other items

Question 10

A new IQ test that yields results nearly identical to other standardized measures is said to have (p.379, q.#627)

Accepted Answer

good concurrent validity

Question 11

One major criticism of interest inventories is that (pg.400, q.#671)

Accepted Answer

they emphasize professional positions and minimize blue-collar jobs

Question 12

The best IQ test for a 22 year old adult male would be the (pg. 390, q.#652)

Accepted Answer

WAIS-IV

Question 13

A reliable test is ______ valid and a valid test is _____ reliable. (Pg.380, q.#629)

Accepted Answer

not always, always

Question 14

Your client, who is in an outpatient hospital program, is keeping a journal of irrational thoughts. This is (p406, q686)

Accepted Answer

an informal assessment technique

Question 15

The most critical factors in test selection are (pg.375, q.#619)

Accepted Answer

validity and reliability

Question 16

The black vs. white IQ controversy was sparked mainly by a 1969 article written by (pg.394, q.#659)

Accepted Answer

Arthur Jensen

Question 17

An achievement test has a reliability coefficient of .82. The too-long test was shortened ... (pg.404, q.#681)

Accepted Answer

The reliability coefficientwill be lower than .82

Question 18

The WAIS-IV is given to 100,000 people in the U.S. who are picked at random. A counselor would expect that (p408, q693)

Accepted Answer

approximately 68% would score between 85 and 115

Question 19

Today, the Stanford-Binet is used from age 2 to adults. The original IQ formula has been replaced by (p.389, q.#650)

Accepted Answer

SAS

Question 20

Achievement tests measure maximum performance / skill. Personality or interest inventories measure (p.373, q.#614)

Accepted Answer

typical performance

Question 21

Which is more important: validity or reliability? (Pg.375, q.#620)

Accepted Answer

Validity.

Question 22

An excellent psychological or counseling test would have a reliability coefficient of (Pg.383, q.#636)

Accepted Answer

.90

Question 23

A short answer test is a(n) _________ test. (Pg.369, q.#604)

Accepted Answer

free choice

Question 24

In most instances, who would be the best qualified to give the Rorschach Inkblot Test? (Pg.406, q.#685)

Accepted Answer

a clinical psychologist

Question 25

To measure internal consistency reliability without dividing the test in halves, a counselor needs to use (p.386, q#644)

Accepted Answer

the Kuder-Richardson coefficients of equivalence

NCE WKU -- Testing & Assessment

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