NATIONAL CERTIFIED COUNSELOR (NCC) EXAM
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Harry scores a 72 on the WAIS-IV IQ test. His score is within ____
compared to the mean.
a. Standard
b. 1 standard deviation
c. 2 standard deviations
d. 3 standard deviations - Correct Answer -C
Harry's score is within 2 standard deviations. The mean of the WAIS-IV is 100
and one standard deviation is 15 points. For Harry to be within one standard
deviation, his score would have to fall between 85 and 115. Two standard
deviations is between 70 and 130, which is where Harry's score falls.
The National Counselor Examination (NCE) would be considered what
type of test?
a. Career Assessment
b. Aptitude Test
c. Personality Test
d. Selected Response Test - Correct Answer -D
The National Counselor Examination (NCE) would be considered a "selected
response test." Tests using multiple-choice, true and false or matching items are
examples of selected response tests. The objective of a multiple-choice test is
for the test-taker to be able to select the best choice answer among four or five
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,other possible answers. The right answer is usually the best answer that is listed
among several other possible answers which are set up to be "distractors." The
purpose of this set up is to distinguish the person who has a good understanding
of the subject matter from the person who does not. Most standardized test for
state exams are achievement test. Achievement test are designed to test
knowledge and skill and are made up primarily of multiple choice type questions.
Your client says her employer is considering her for a promotion, and
that the employer wanted to see if she could handle the job, so she was
asked to take a chemistry test. Your client tells you that, while there is a
lot of chemistry involved in the prospective job, it also requires skill in
physics and management. Which of the following can be said of the
employer's chemistry test?
a. It has high content validity.
b. It has low content validity.
c. It measured projective qualities.
d. It was an interest inventory. - Correct Answer -B
Content validity is concerned with a tests ability to include or represent all of the
content of a particular construct. Since it appeared that this test did not assess
all the skills needed on the job, it is said to have low content validity.
A client is asked by a counselor to remember a list of four words. The
counselor then asks the client to count forward by 7's and repeat the list
of four words that she previously mentioned. What is being measured or
tested?
a. Mathematic ability
b. Executive functioning
c. Sequential processing
d. Emotional Intelligence - Correct Answer -C
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,Sequential processing is the mental ability to arrange stimuli in sequential or
serial order in which to process information. Cognitive instruments may test or
measure sequential processing ability.
The ASVAB measures _______.
a. achievement
b. ability
c. aptitude
d. adjustment - Correct Answer -C
The ASVAB stands for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, thus
measuring aptitude. ASVAB testing began in 1968 as a joint military effort to
standardize military entrance testing.
The degree to which a test measures what it claims to be measuring is
known as:
a. construct validity
b. criterion validity
c. reliability
d. predictive validity - Correct Answer -A
Construct validity is the extent to which a test measures what it claims to
measure. Criterion validity is based on specific variables and how one set of
variables predicts an outcome on another set. Predictive validity refers to the
degree to which any measure can predict future or independent past events.
Reliability refers to how consistent a test is at measuring an attribute.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a cyclical test?
a. WAIS-IV
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, b. SAT
c. WISC-III
d. Stanford Binet - Correct Answer -B
In a cyclical test, there are several sections that are spiral and the items become
progressively more difficult as you move through the tests. Nearly all intelligence
testing sections are spiral tests and the intelligence test themselves are cyclical.
The SAT is an aptitude test that contains sections of randomly organized
questions. The questions on the SAT do not increase in difficulty as you
progress through them.
The generally acceptable level for most psychological attributes is a
reliability coefficient of ____.
a. .50
b. .60
c. .70
d. .80 - Correct Answer -C
The generally acceptable level for most psychological attributes is a reliability
coefficient of .70. A reliability coefficient of .50 is incorrect just as often as it is
correct and .60 is not much better.
Which of the following is NOT a group test?
a. SAT
b. MCAT
c. Otis Lennon
d. WISC-V - Correct Answer -D. The WISC-V is not a group test. It is an
intelligence test that is administered individually. The Otis Lennon is an
academic measure; the SAT and MCAT are both easily administered in group
settings.
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NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM| NBCC NCC EXAM
PREP WITH COMPLETE 200 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!)
Harry scores a 72 on the WAIS-IV IQ test. His score is within ____
compared to the mean.
a. Standard
b. 1 standard deviation
c. 2 standard deviations
d. 3 standard deviations - Correct Answer -C
Harry's score is within 2 standard deviations. The mean of the WAIS-IV is 100
and one standard deviation is 15 points. For Harry to be within one standard
deviation, his score would have to fall between 85 and 115. Two standard
deviations is between 70 and 130, which is where Harry's score falls.
The National Counselor Examination (NCE) would be considered what
type of test?
a. Career Assessment
b. Aptitude Test
c. Personality Test
d. Selected Response Test - Correct Answer -D
The National Counselor Examination (NCE) would be considered a "selected
response test." Tests using multiple-choice, true and false or matching items are
examples of selected response tests. The objective of a multiple-choice test is
for the test-taker to be able to select the best choice answer among four or five
pg. 1
,other possible answers. The right answer is usually the best answer that is listed
among several other possible answers which are set up to be "distractors." The
purpose of this set up is to distinguish the person who has a good understanding
of the subject matter from the person who does not. Most standardized test for
state exams are achievement test. Achievement test are designed to test
knowledge and skill and are made up primarily of multiple choice type questions.
Your client says her employer is considering her for a promotion, and
that the employer wanted to see if she could handle the job, so she was
asked to take a chemistry test. Your client tells you that, while there is a
lot of chemistry involved in the prospective job, it also requires skill in
physics and management. Which of the following can be said of the
employer's chemistry test?
a. It has high content validity.
b. It has low content validity.
c. It measured projective qualities.
d. It was an interest inventory. - Correct Answer -B
Content validity is concerned with a tests ability to include or represent all of the
content of a particular construct. Since it appeared that this test did not assess
all the skills needed on the job, it is said to have low content validity.
A client is asked by a counselor to remember a list of four words. The
counselor then asks the client to count forward by 7's and repeat the list
of four words that she previously mentioned. What is being measured or
tested?
a. Mathematic ability
b. Executive functioning
c. Sequential processing
d. Emotional Intelligence - Correct Answer -C
pg. 2
,Sequential processing is the mental ability to arrange stimuli in sequential or
serial order in which to process information. Cognitive instruments may test or
measure sequential processing ability.
The ASVAB measures _______.
a. achievement
b. ability
c. aptitude
d. adjustment - Correct Answer -C
The ASVAB stands for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, thus
measuring aptitude. ASVAB testing began in 1968 as a joint military effort to
standardize military entrance testing.
The degree to which a test measures what it claims to be measuring is
known as:
a. construct validity
b. criterion validity
c. reliability
d. predictive validity - Correct Answer -A
Construct validity is the extent to which a test measures what it claims to
measure. Criterion validity is based on specific variables and how one set of
variables predicts an outcome on another set. Predictive validity refers to the
degree to which any measure can predict future or independent past events.
Reliability refers to how consistent a test is at measuring an attribute.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a cyclical test?
a. WAIS-IV
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, b. SAT
c. WISC-III
d. Stanford Binet - Correct Answer -B
In a cyclical test, there are several sections that are spiral and the items become
progressively more difficult as you move through the tests. Nearly all intelligence
testing sections are spiral tests and the intelligence test themselves are cyclical.
The SAT is an aptitude test that contains sections of randomly organized
questions. The questions on the SAT do not increase in difficulty as you
progress through them.
The generally acceptable level for most psychological attributes is a
reliability coefficient of ____.
a. .50
b. .60
c. .70
d. .80 - Correct Answer -C
The generally acceptable level for most psychological attributes is a reliability
coefficient of .70. A reliability coefficient of .50 is incorrect just as often as it is
correct and .60 is not much better.
Which of the following is NOT a group test?
a. SAT
b. MCAT
c. Otis Lennon
d. WISC-V - Correct Answer -D. The WISC-V is not a group test. It is an
intelligence test that is administered individually. The Otis Lennon is an
academic measure; the SAT and MCAT are both easily administered in group
settings.
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