Deck 14: Ability Testing: Group Tests

Question 1

The General Test and Subject Tests are parts of the

A) Scholastic Assessment Tests
B) American College Testing Program
C) Graduate Testing Service
D) Graduate Record Examination

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Attempting to measure several distinct abilities, rather than a more general ability, is a feature of the

A) SAT II subject tests
B) Graduate Record Examination subject test
C) Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
D) American College Testing Program

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The use of alternatives to multiple-choice questions on achievement tests will most likely

A) contribute to the expense and difficulty of testing
B) lead to decreased levels of reliability
C) lead to increased levels of reliability
D) both a and b

Answer 3

D

Question 4

An individual who scores 600 on the Verbal test of the Scholastic Assessment Test I (SAT I) and 425 on the Mathematical test of the SAT I is

A) more proficient in verbal ability than in mathematical ability
B) better than average on the verbal test when compared to the norm group
C) more suited for an English curriculum in college
D) deficient in mental ability because of the difference in the two scores

Question 5

The subtest of the Cognitive Abilities Test in which children must identify the picture which does not belong in a specific series of pictures is called the

A) Oral Vocabulary Test
B) Relational Concept subtest
C) Figure Classification subtest
D) Quantitative Concepts subtest

Question 6

That the Cognitive Abilities Tests have shown high correlations with other aptitude and achievement tests provides evidence of

A) concurrent validity
B) test-retest reliability
C) construct validity
D) predictive validity

Question 7

A new score scale for the SAT was adopted in 1995 based on a more recent normative sample because

A) the test content was seriously outdated
B) changes in the population made the old norms less relevant
C) it was no longer financially feasible to reference the 1941 norms
D) of the need to make the test easier for modern test takers

Question 8

The "cognitive revolution" in psychology has impacted ability testing by

A) increasing the focus of test content to cover the three components of "mental ability"
B) developing tests to measure multiple types of intelligence
C) increasing use of ability tests to identify individuals most likely to quickly acquire knowledge and understanding of the task
D) none of the above

Question 9

The correlation between the Multidimensional Aptitude Battery and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale is

A) extremely low
B) considered moderate
C) fairly high
D) the two tests have not been correlated with each other

Question 10

The Cognitive Abilities Test has shown reliability levels

A) between .85 and .95
B) in excess of 1.00
C) between .75 and .85
D) between .65 and .75

Question 11

Evaluations of the adequacy of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery as a measure of multiple abilities have been

A) highly favorable
B) generally positive
C) not very favorable
D) inadequately done

Question 12

The test best regarded as a machine-scorable analog of the Revised Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-R) is the

A) Multidimensional Aptitude Battery (MAB)
B) Scholastic Assessment Tests (SAT)
C) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Machine (WAIS-M)
D) Objective Aptitude Battery (OAB)

Question 13

The test(s) used to help make decisions for admissions and placement for prospective college students is(are) the

A) Stanford Achievement Tests
B) Graduate Record Examination
C) College Admissions Test
D) Scholastic Assessment Tests

Question 14

The Scholastic Assessment Tests and the Graduate Record Examination are

A) accurate predictors of academic success
B) highly reliable
C) extensively researched
D) all of the above

Question 15

The main advantage of a test like the SAT is that

A) it makes it easier to compare people from different schools or backgrounds
B) it is the only basis for making valid decisions about academic admissions
C) combining SAT scores with high school transcript information doubles the validity of admissions decisions
D) all of the above

Question 16

The main advantage(s) of group testing is (are)

A) standardization
B) less complex examiner's role
C) efficiency
D) all of the above

Question 17

The General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB)

A) includes both verbal and performance tasks
B) is somewhat laborious and complex to administer
C) is not valid for many jobs in which it is used
D) both a and b

Question 18

Levels A-H of the Cognitive Abilities Test is designed for children

A) of preschool age
B) in first grade
C) in second and third grades
D) in third to twelfth grades

Question 19

A useful and popular alternative to the Scholastic Assessment Tests is the

A) Graduate Record Examination
B) College Admission Test
C) American College Testing Program
D) Wechsler Scale for College Admissions