Question 1

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments.
-Autobiographies

Accepted Answer

A) Observation 
B) Rating scales 
C) Classification methods 
D) Environmental assessment 
E) Records and personal documents
F)Performance-based assessment

Question 2

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments.
-Situational test

Accepted Answer

A) Observation 
B) Rating scales 
C) Classification methods 
D) Environmental assessment 
E) Records and personal documents
F)Performance-based assessment

Question 3

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments.
-Feeling word checklist

Accepted Answer

A) Observation 
B) Rating scales 
C) Classification methods 
D) Environmental assessment 
E) Records and personal documents
F)Performance-based assessment

Question 4

Match the name of the rating scale with the examples below.
-Rate how much you enjoyed this class:

Accepted Answer

A) Semantic differential 
B) Rank order 
C) Likert-type (graphic scale) 
D) Numerical

Question 5

Which of the following are you NOT likely to find on a genogram?

Accepted Answer

A)  Family history of illnesses and mental disorders 
B)  Age or dates of birth and death 
C)  Substance use 
D)  Relationships and cultural issues 
E)  You are likely to find all of these.

Question 6

Rating scales are subjective and the evaluation or assessment is based on the rater's "inner judgment" and can be filled with biases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Match the term with the description given.
-By doing these, the client provides the professional with an ongoing, personal, "inside perspective" of his or her life and assists the helper in understanding the client's inner world.

Accepted Answer

A) Biographical inventories 
B) Cumulative records 
C) Anecdotal information 
D) Autobiographies 
E) Journals and diaries
F)Genograms
G)Environmental assessments
H)Portfolio

Question 8

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments.
-Cumulative records

Accepted Answer

A) Observation 
B) Rating scales 
C) Classification methods 
D) Environmental assessment 
E) Records and personal documents
F)Performance-based assessment

Question 9

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments.
-Biographical inventories

Accepted Answer

A) Observation 
B) Rating scales 
C) Classification methods 
D) Environmental assessment 
E) Records and personal documents
F)Performance-based assessment

Question 10

Due to the subjectivity of rating scales, the halo effect is probably minimal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The halo effect is:

Accepted Answer

A)  when observational methods and ratings scales will likely not be an effective tool to use due to the vague nature of the attribute being observed. 
B)  when the overall impression of an individual clouds the rating of that person in one select area. 
C)  when the individual doing the rating identifies with the person being rated and thus rates the individual inaccurately. 
D)  when an individual is being too nice in his or her ratings of another.

Exam 12: Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessments, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments. -Autobiographies

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments. -Situational test

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments. -Feeling word checklist

Match the name of the rating scale with the examples below. -Rate how much you enjoyed this class:

Which of the following are you NOT likely to find on a genogram?

Rating scales are subjective and the evaluation or assessment is based on the rater's "inner judgment" and can be filled with biases.

Match the term with the description given. -By doing these, the client provides the professional with an ongoing, personal, "inside perspective" of his or her life and assists the helper in understanding the client's inner world.

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments. -Cumulative records

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments. -Biographical inventories

Due to the subjectivity of rating scales, the halo effect is probably minimal.

The halo effect is: