Mid-Term Prep

Which of the following is the best example of a criterion-referenced test?

True or False: In a normal distribution of scores, the mean, median, and mode are not equal

True or False: A test can be highly reliable but not valid

African-American students were more likely diagnosed with ADHD, learning disabilities, and cognitive delays then whites

According to the "Standards," which of the following is NOT associated with test diversity?

According to Classical Test Theory, test results consist of an individual's true ability plus

In a positively skewed distribution, most individuals who take the test receive high scores

The Rorschach, TAT, and the House-Tree-Person tests are examples of

The highest rate is for people who end their lives are

Which one of the following is NOT a type of measurement scale?

71% of counselors say they have clients who attempt to end their lives and 28% have succeeded

True or False: Intelligence tests have a standardized method for administering and scoring the instruments

Which law resulted in people with disabilities having the right to an education up until 21 years of age?

If a reliability coefficient is calculated to be .75, what does this mean?

Which of the following is a measure of central tendency?

The American Counseling Association's (ACA) Code of Ethics for testing does NOT include which of the following?

The mnemonic IS PATH WARM is used in suicide assessments. Which of the following is NOT a part of the mnemonic?

Which psychologist was the first to identify factors of intelligence that is innate to humans?

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Mental Status Exam?

Ethically, counselors need to consider the following when choosing instruments

A procedure for gathering client information to be used for clinical decision-making is

The following are all methods of acquiring validation evidence EXCEPT

Which is NOT an appropriate way to use an ordinal scale?

The first Mental Measurements Yearbook was published in

A bell shaped curve represents a normal distribution of scores

Discrepant cognitive scores among white and minority students are likely due to privilege and oppression

A type of assessment with relatively ambiguous stimulus where a person projects his/her personality into the responses

The Wechsler Scales, Stanford-Binet, and the Woodcock Johnson are types of

Eye contact is imperative when interviewing children

Debra P v Turlington and GI Forum v Texas resulted in the ruling that minimum competency exams were unfair to

True or False: The larger the standard deviation is, the less the scores deviated from the mean

The following are examples of standard scores EXCEPT

True or False: Frequency Polygons and Histograms are used to graph frequency of test scores

The following are examples of norm-referenced tests EXCEPT

In this country, suicide is the fifth leading cause of death

Which of the following is a type of instrument bias?

Types of reliability coefficients include

True or False: Another term for Intelligence Test is an Aptitude Test

Using open-ended questions, paraphrasing, considering culture, nonverbal behavior, and lack of jargon are all

This type of interview uses an established set of questions asked in the same manner for each client

Components of a psychological report include all of the following EXCEPT

True or False: There are universal standards for what constitutes a good norming group

True or False: If someone scores in the 25th percentile, he/she scored a 25% on the test

The standard error of measurement theorizes if someone takes the same test repeatedly, their scores will approach a

True or False: General ability tests and intelligence tests are the same

According to ACA code of ethics, which of the following is true?

Which law ensured that students diagnosed with disabilities had a right to education until age 21 years?

Assessing/conceptualizing the problem, selecting effective instruments, and evaluating the treatment outline are

True or False: Reliability is calculated based on the degree of consistency between two sets of test scores

Structured interviews are more reliable and possibly more valid than unstructred interviews

Which type of measurement scale includes an absolute zero?

The range, variance, and standard deviations are

Components of a proper intake include

What are the clients' rights before, during, and after assessments?

Achievement tests like the WRAT, Woodcock Johnson, and Wechsler Individual Achievement Tests measure

According to Poston & Hanson (2010), assessments in counseling lead to greater treatment outcomes than no assessments

In completing rating scales, which error involves focusing on positive or negative first impressions?

To calculate the variance of percentages between 2 data sets we use the

How are laws and ethics similar?

Why is assessment important to counselors?

Validity is not what a test has/does not have, but tells when it is ok to use a test and what to infer from results

In a bell shaped curve (normal distribution) 95% of scores fall +1/-1 standard deviations above/below the mean

Which of the following is INCORRECT in regard to correlation coefficients?

Generalizability Theory and Item Response Theory are alternatives to

Which of the following is NOT a resource for instrument selection?

What are the assumptions of reliability method of Test-Retest?

A counselor with a Master's Degree will be assessing her clients. What level of tests is she qualified to administer?

Which of the following is NOT a problem of criterion-referenced instruments?

True or False: Reliability measures systematic errors