DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
PSY 405 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAMINATION
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST 2026-2027 UPDATE
1. What psychometric property indicates the degree to which a test consistently
measures a psychological construct across time and items?
A) Validity
B) Reliability
C) Standardization
D) Utility
Rationale: Reliability assesses measurement consistency and precision, reflecting the degree to which test
scores are free from random measurement errors.
2. Which reliability coefficient evaluates score consistency when the exact same
assessment instrument is administered to identical subjects on two separate occasions?
A) Test-Retest Reliability
B) Alternate-Forms Reliability
C) Internal Consistency Reliability
D) Inter-Rater Reliability
Rationale: Test-retest reliability measures score stability over time by correlating results obtained from
administering the same test twice.
3. What type of test validity evaluates how comprehensively an assessment instrument
samples the full domain of a target construct?
A) Criterion Validity
B) Content Validity
C) Construct Validity
D) Face Validity
Rationale: Content validity ensures test items systematically represent all facets and dimensions of the intended
psychological construct.
4. Which validity type assesses how effectively a test score predicts performance on a
future outcome measure, such as GPA or job success?
A) Concurrent Validity
B) Predictive Validity
, C) Discriminant Validity
D) Content Validity
Rationale: Predictive validity evaluates the statistical correlation between an assessment score and a future
criterion measured later.
5. What objective psychological assessment instrument uses empirical criterion keying
and includes validity scales such as L, F, and K?
A) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
B) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
C) Rorschach Inkblot Test
D) Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)
Rationale: The MMPI uses empirical criterion keying and embedded validity scales to detect response biases like
lying or defensiveness.
6. In classical test theory, an observed test score (X) is composed of which two additive
components?
A) True Score (T) and Error Score (E)
B) Standard Score (Z) and Variance (V)
C) Raw Score (R) and Standard Deviation (SD)
D) Mean Score (M) and Confidence Interval (CI)
Rationale: Classical Test Theory defines every observed score (X) as the sum of a theoretical true score (T) and
random error (E).
7. What standard score system transforms raw scores into a distribution with a mean of
50 and a standard deviation of 10?
A) Z-Score
B) T-Score
C) Stanine Score
D) Deviation IQ Score
Rationale: T-scores standardize distributions to a fixed mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10, eliminating
negative values.
8. On modern standardized intelligence tests like the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
(WAIS-IV), the mean and standard deviation are set to:
A) Mean = 100, SD = 15
B) Mean = 50, SD = 10
C) Mean = 0, SD = 1
D) Mean = 500, SD = 100
Rationale: Standard deviation IQ scales set the normative population mean to 100 and the standard deviation to
PSY 405 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAMINATION
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST 2026-2027 UPDATE
1. What psychometric property indicates the degree to which a test consistently
measures a psychological construct across time and items?
A) Validity
B) Reliability
C) Standardization
D) Utility
Rationale: Reliability assesses measurement consistency and precision, reflecting the degree to which test
scores are free from random measurement errors.
2. Which reliability coefficient evaluates score consistency when the exact same
assessment instrument is administered to identical subjects on two separate occasions?
A) Test-Retest Reliability
B) Alternate-Forms Reliability
C) Internal Consistency Reliability
D) Inter-Rater Reliability
Rationale: Test-retest reliability measures score stability over time by correlating results obtained from
administering the same test twice.
3. What type of test validity evaluates how comprehensively an assessment instrument
samples the full domain of a target construct?
A) Criterion Validity
B) Content Validity
C) Construct Validity
D) Face Validity
Rationale: Content validity ensures test items systematically represent all facets and dimensions of the intended
psychological construct.
4. Which validity type assesses how effectively a test score predicts performance on a
future outcome measure, such as GPA or job success?
A) Concurrent Validity
B) Predictive Validity
, C) Discriminant Validity
D) Content Validity
Rationale: Predictive validity evaluates the statistical correlation between an assessment score and a future
criterion measured later.
5. What objective psychological assessment instrument uses empirical criterion keying
and includes validity scales such as L, F, and K?
A) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
B) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
C) Rorschach Inkblot Test
D) Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)
Rationale: The MMPI uses empirical criterion keying and embedded validity scales to detect response biases like
lying or defensiveness.
6. In classical test theory, an observed test score (X) is composed of which two additive
components?
A) True Score (T) and Error Score (E)
B) Standard Score (Z) and Variance (V)
C) Raw Score (R) and Standard Deviation (SD)
D) Mean Score (M) and Confidence Interval (CI)
Rationale: Classical Test Theory defines every observed score (X) as the sum of a theoretical true score (T) and
random error (E).
7. What standard score system transforms raw scores into a distribution with a mean of
50 and a standard deviation of 10?
A) Z-Score
B) T-Score
C) Stanine Score
D) Deviation IQ Score
Rationale: T-scores standardize distributions to a fixed mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10, eliminating
negative values.
8. On modern standardized intelligence tests like the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
(WAIS-IV), the mean and standard deviation are set to:
A) Mean = 100, SD = 15
B) Mean = 50, SD = 10
C) Mean = 0, SD = 1
D) Mean = 500, SD = 100
Rationale: Standard deviation IQ scales set the normative population mean to 100 and the standard deviation to
