Question 1

A classroom teacher gives her students a final exam that is the bases for 50% of their final grades in the course.This is an example of which type of evaluation?

Accepted Answer

A) Projective evaluation 
B) Summative evaluation 
C) Formative evaluation 
D) Feedback evaluation

Question 2

______is an activity that involves judging or appraising the value or worth of something.

Accepted Answer

A) Assessment 
B) Evaluation 
C) Measurement 
D) Testing

Question 3

A student scored better than 85% of his or her peers.This is an example of which approach to score interpretation?

Accepted Answer

A) Construct-referenced 
B) Criterion-referenced 
C) Norm-referenced 
D) Standard-referenced

Question 4

Which of the following would be an example of a subjective test?

Accepted Answer

A) Exam consisting of essay questions 
B) Exam consisting of T/F questions 
C) Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale 
D) Tests & Measurements Exam

Question 5

Which test below is considered a maximum performance test?

Accepted Answer

A) Achievement test 
B) Depression test 
C) Personality test 
D) Interests test

Question 6

Who was the German mathematician that first recognized measurement error?

Accepted Answer

A) Carl Gauss 
B) Sigmond Freud 
C) James Cattell 
D) Clark Wissler

Question 7

Which of the following involves situations where people are assigned to different tracks,ordered in some way?

Accepted Answer

A) Categorization 
B) Classification 
C) Placement 
D) Selection

Question 8

_________ is any systematic procedure for collecting information that can be used to make inferences about the characteristics of people.

Accepted Answer

A) Appraisal 
B) Assessment 
C) Evaluation 
D) Measurement

Question 9

Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which test scores are free from measurement error?

Accepted Answer

A) Reliability 
B) Validity 
C) Accuracy 
D) Consistency

Question 10

Who is thought to have spread the testing movement in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Clark Wissler 
B) E.L.Thorndike 
C) James McKeen Cattell 
D) Sir Francis Galton

Question 11

At the classroom level,________ must be able to interpret assessment results accurately and use them appropriately.

Accepted Answer

A) counselors 
B) diagnosticians 
C) school psychologists 
D) teachers

Question 12

Validity refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) the accuracy of the interpretation of test scores. 
B) the stability or consistency of test scores. 
C) the method in which norms for the tests were developed. 
D) whether the test is a good measure of a construct.

Question 13

Johnny is shown a picture of two kids playing in the park and asked to describe what he believes each child is thinking.What type of test is this?

Accepted Answer

A) Objective personality test 
B) Typical response test 
C) Maximum performance test 
D) Projective personality test

Question 14

The Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT)is a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) pure speed test. 
B) maximum performance test. 
C) typical response test. 
D) projective test.

Question 15

__________ is defined as a systematic procedure for collecting information that can be used to make inferences about the characteristics of people or objects.

Accepted Answer

A) Evaluation 
B) Measurement 
C) Assessment 
D) Testing

Question 16

A typical response test would be used to measure which of the following constructs?

Accepted Answer

A) Achievement 
B) Aptitude 
C) Attitudes 
D) Intelligence

Question 17

Since all psychological tests contain a fixed number of items,they:

Accepted Answer

A) should be viewed as samples of behavior. 
B) by definition,are reliable. 
C) cannot be used to predict behavior. 
D) by definition,are valid.

Question 18

In reference to projective tests,what is the "projective hypothesis"?

Accepted Answer

A) Examinees' responses to ambiguous stimuli reflect their genuine unconscious desires,motives,and drives without interference from the ego or conscious mind. 
B) Examinees' responses to specific stimuli reflect their genuine conscious desires,motives,and drives. 
C) Examinees' responses to specific stimuli reflect their genuine unconscious desires,motives,and drives without interference from the ego or conscious mind. 
D) Examinees' responses to ambiguous stimuli reflect their genuine conscious desires,motives,and drives.

Exam 1: Introduction to Psychological Testing: Why We Do It and What It Is