Deck 3: The MMPI-2 and MMPI-A, Ben-Porath & Archer

Question 1

The MMPI-A can be administered to 12- and 13-year-old adolescents who meet all other test administration criteria.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which set of scales was developed first?

A) Higher-Order
B) Somatic/Cognitive
C) Internalizing
D) Restructured Clinical

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which was the first step in restructuring the Clinical Scales?

A) Defining and capturing demoralization
B) Identifying Clinical Scale core components
C) Deriving Seed Scales
D) Deriving final RC Scales

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following was identified as an objective for the development of the MMPI-2-RF?

A) Improve reliability
B) None of the above
C) Enhance construct validity
D) Improve face validity

Question 5

Which PSY-5 Scale is associated with impaired reality testing?

A) Aggressiveness
B) Psychoticism
C) Disconstraint
D) Negative Emotionality/Neuroticism

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT identified as a threat to protocol validity?

A) Robotic responding
B) Random responding
C) Fixed responding
D) Over-reporting

Question 7

Using the Flesch-Kincaid Index; what is the grade-equivalent reading level of the MMPI-2-RF?

A) 4.5
B) 6.5
C) 7.5
D) 8.5

Question 8

When was the MMPI-2-RF normative sample collected?

A) 1940s
B) 1960s
C) 1980s
D) 2000s

Question 9

Which kind of comparison group is available for the MMPI-2-RF?

A) Standard
B) Custom
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B

Question 10

Which of the following was used as a T-score transformation procedure for the MMPI-A content scales?

A) Linear T-score transformation
B) Uniform T-score transformation
C) Normalized T-score transformation
D) Curvilinear T-score transformation

Question 11

Which of the following is the most appropriate age group for the MMPI-A?

A) 14-18
B) 10-18.
C) 14-65
D) 12-20

Question 12

The original MMPI Clinical Scales were ________ the MMPI-2.

A) dropped from
B) substantially revised for
C) moderately revised for
D) left intact on

Question 13

What was the primary aim of the MMPI-2 Restandardization Project?

A) Restructure the Clinical Scales
B) Develop new Validity Scales
C) Collect non-gendered norms
D) Update the test norms

Question 14

Wiggins constructed a set of _______ scales for the original MMPI.

A) Validity
B) Clinical
C) Somatic
D) Content

Question 15

Scale K is not used as a correction factor for the MMPI-A Clinical Scales.

Question 16

Scale 4 (Pd) is the most frequent high point in MMPI-A profiles of adolescents.

Question 17

It is permissible to break the administration of the MMPI-A into several segments.

Question 18

The MMPI-A contains unique items and scales specifically related to adolescents.

Question 19

An 18-year-old could potentially be administered the MMPI-A, MMPI-2, or the MMPI-2-RF.

Question 20

When was the MMPI developed?

A) 1930s
B) 1950s
C) 1970s
D) 1990s

Question 21

Which of the following was NOT an original MMPI scale?

A) Hypochondriasis
B) Paranoia
C) Borderline Personality Disorder
D) Schizophrenia

Question 22

Which of the following was NOT among the eight original MMPI Clinical Scales?

A) Masculinity/Femininity
B) Social Introversion
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B

Question 23

Which of the following was a major limitation of the MMPI Clinical Scales?

A) Excessive false positives
B) Excessive false negatives
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B

Question 24

Why were the MMPI Clinical Scales assigned a numeric value?

A) To make it easier to remember them
B) To designate which ones were most valid
C) To designate which ones were most reliable
D) To facilitate code typing

Question 25

Which of the following is not on the validity scale on the MMPI-A?

A) VRIN
B) F
C) K
D) Fp