QUESTIONS
Question 1
One scale at the deli counter of a local supermarket consistently measures everything that is placed on it exactly one ounce more than its actual weight. An assessment professional would describe this scale as what?
- valid
- reliable
- unreliable
- not properly normed
Question 2
A trait is typically viewed as “relative.” This means that inherent in its definition, a comparison is being made to whom?
- other people
- people who are totally lacking the trait
- chimpanzees and other primates
- all of these
Question 3
It is incorrect to conceive of error “creeping into” the measurement process because of what?
- Error is a well acknowledged part of the measurement process.
- To do so is to imply that error is negative when in reality it is positive.
- This implies that it appears slowly when in reality it is instantaneous.
- All of these
Question 4
An investigator researching behavior of corporate presidents employs college students enrolled in Introductory Psychology as research subjects. These students are BEST referred to as what type of sample?
- convenience
- a stratified
- a coincidental
- a random
Question 5
It’s a group of people whose performance on a particular test is analyzed for reference in evaluating the performance of future test takers. This group is called what?
- a normative sample
- a test validation group
- a stratified random sample
- a “back to the future” group
Question 6
“What’s a good test?” In part, a good test is one that has what?
- trained examiners who can administer with a minimum of difficulty
- actionable results that lead to usefulness
- benefits for individual test takers or society as a whole
- All of these
Question 7
In order for students to show competence in their major, they must obtain an 85% or more on a final exit examination. The number corresponding to a “Pass” on this final exit examination is an example of what type of score?
- raw score
- standard score
- percentile rate
- cut score
Question 8
An assumption in psychological testing and assessment is that psychological traits can be measured. For this to be true what must occur?
- The reference group used must be people who exhibit and do not exhibit the trait.
- The test must take into account changes in the trait that can occur over time.
- Test developers must clearly define the trait constructs the test purports to measure.
- All of these
Question 9
What is an assumption inherent in classical test theory (CTT)?
- Each test taker has a true score that would have been obtained if not for measurement error.
- Test takers can be ranked according to the level of the trait or ability that they exhibit in much the same way that rankings can be made by height.
- Measurement can be perfectly accurate if the measuring tool is well-constructed.
- All of these.
Question 10
In order to conduct research using human subjects, a university requires researchers to complete an online ethics course to obtain a certificate of approval to do research. These researchers must then correctly respond to all of the items of the test on that material in order to get the certification to do research. This test process could BEST be characterized as what?
- norm-referenced testing
- criterion-referenced testing
- culturally informed assessment
- authentic assessment
ANSWERS
Question 1
One scale at the deli counter of a local supermarket consistently measures everything that is placed on it exactly one ounce more than its actual weight. An assessment professional would describe this scale as what?
- valid
- reliable
- unreliable
- not properly normed
Correct Answer: reliable
Question 2
A trait is typically viewed as “relative.” This means that inherent in its definition, a comparison is being made to whom?
- other people
- people who are totally lacking the trait
- chimpanzees and other primates
- all of these
Correct Answer: …..
Question 3 …..
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