08 Oct Do the test items adequately sample the range of areas that should be sampled?

Psychological Assessment

Question 1As used in your text, psychological assessment

 

may include the use of

 

  behavioral observation.

 

  testing.

 

  the case study.

 

  All of these

 

 Question 2A prospective test user may ask many questions about a test’s validity. Which of the following is NOT a validity-related question?

 

  Do the test items adequately sample the range of areas that should be sampled?

 

  What do high scores on this test really tell us about the targeted construct?

 

  What do low scores on this test really tell us about the targeted construct?

 

  As a tool of measurement, is this test consistent?

 

 Question 3As used by your textbook authors, the term psychological assessment

 

applies to

 

  clinical settings only.

 

  self-administered tests only.

 

  employment, clinical, and educational settings only.

 

  the use of tests and other tools of evaluation.

 

 Question 4An interpretive report of psychological testing contains information relevant not only to the test-taker’s test scores, but recommendations for changes in the dosage of the medication the test-taker is currently prescribed. This interpretive report is more specifically referred to as:

 

  a medication report.

 

  a descriptive report.

 

  an integrative report.

 

  an extended scoring report.

 

 Question 5In general, testtakers have the right

 

  to know why they are being tested.

 

  to know the results of the test they took.

 

  to know how the test data will be used.

 

  All of these

 

 Question 6Dynamic assessment

 

  is used to describe the unconscious mechanisms that affect consumer spending.

 

  can provide information about an assessee’s ability to profit from intervention.

 

  is no longer permitted if there is a third-party present during the consultation.

 

  can be used as an alternative to dream analysis with patients who report no dreams.

 

 Question 7When “putting a test to the test” and debating whether or not a particular instrument should be used for a particular objective, relevant questions to be asked include

 

  What is the objective in using this test?

 

  Who is this test designed for use with?

 

  How is what the test measures defined?

 

  All of these

 

 Question 8To ensure that a test developed for national use is indeed suitable for national use, test developers

 

  employ a culturally representative group of examiners.

 

  have a culturally representative panel of experts review test items.

 

  post sample items on the Web to gauge response of different groups.

 

  All of these

 

 Question 9Psychological testing

 

  is typically more lengthy than assessment.

 

  is a measuring device or procedure that may be one component of the process of assessment.

 

  is characteristically broader in scope than assessment.

 

  tends to be less accurate than assessment.

 

 Question 10Norm-referenced testing

 

and assessment is both a method of evaluation and a way of deriving meaning from tests scores. Individual test-taker scores are evaluated against

 

  the scores achieved by a matched group of test-takers on a comparable test.

 

  the scores of a comparison group of test-takers.

 

  scores from a demographically more diverse group of test-takers.

 

  the scores achieved by a guy named Norm.

 

 Question 11The term psychometric

 

soundness is typically a reference to a test’s reliability and

 

  utility.

 

  validity.

 

  norms.

 

  cost-effectiveness.

 

 Question 12As compared to one-on-one and face-to-face assessments, a disadvantage of CAPA is that it typically deprives the assessor of the opportunity to

 

  make certain that test forms are kept secure.

 

  observe the test-taker’s test-taking behavior.

 

  conduct a post-test interview with the test-taker

 

  tailor the test’s content to the responses.

 

 Question 13″What’s a good test?” In part, a good test is one that

 

  trained examiners can administer with a minimum of difficulty.

 

  is useful in the sense that it yields actionable results.

 

  will ultimately benefit individual testtakers or society as a whole

 

  All of these

 

 Question 14An intelligence test originally written in English is to be administered to a group of Japanese immigrants who do not speak English. In order to obtain an accurate measure of intelligence and attempt to eliminate any possible effects due to language, the test administrator should

 

  have a professional translator read the test to the group, simultaneously translating the items word-for-word.

 

  have a friend or family member of the group who is fluent in English and Japanese read the test to the group, simultaneously translating the items word-for-word.

 

  have a teacher fluent in Japanese and English conduct a brief tutorial in English prior to administering the test in English, with specific attention given to the meaning of the wording of key items and corresponding responses.

 

  None of these

 

 Question 15A score at the 20th percentile on a high school history test is

 

  the score at or below which 80% of the scores in the distribution fall.

 

  that point in a distribution at which 80% of the test questions were answered correctly.

 

  the score at or below which 20% of the scores in the distribution fall.

 

  grounds for termination from a varsity team in most high schools.

 

The answer can be found on page 132 in Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction to Tests and Measurement, 9/e.

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