Praxis Study Companion School
Psychologist 5403 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What does data-based decision making mean? -
correct answer ✅Using data to inform educational decisions
What are the steps of the problem identification process? -
correct answer ✅-Information gathering (RIOT-record review,
interview, observations, and testing)
-appropriate use of background info (student records, medical
records and reports, reviews of previous interventions,
developmental history)
-use and interpretation of screening measures and methods
What are some of the theories of intelligence? -
correct answer ✅-Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC): hierarchy of cognitive
skills of broad and narrow abilities
-Luria's neuropsychological model: analyze how info is processed
through simultaneous and sequential pathways in brain
What are intellectual/cognitive functioning assessments used and
interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅Evaluate a student's cognitive abilities, identify
strengths and weaknesses in different processing areas
,Praxis Study Companion School
Psychologist 5403 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
--> tailor support to individual needs
What are measures of educational achievement used and
interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅Evaluate student's current knowledge and skill
level in academic areas, identify strengths and weaknesses
--> inform instructional decisions to meet student needs
What are diagnostic/processing measures (memory, executive
functioning, phonemic awareness) used and interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅To assess how quickly and efficiently a student
can process information, takes in, and works with information to
complete tasks
--> crucial to understanding learning abilities
What are measures of affective/social/emotional functioning and
behavior used and interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅Assess students' abilities to manage their
emotions, interact with peers, and navigate social situations from
their perspective, teacher, and parent.
--> insight into overall well being and areas needing support
,Praxis Study Companion School
Psychologist 5403 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What are functional behavior assessments used and interpreted
for? -
correct answer ✅Identify the function of a behavior, and what
environmental factor may follow the behavior that reinforces it
What are performance-based assessments (work samples,
portfolios) used and interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅Evaluating students learning through their
demonstration of knowledge and skills in active tasks
--> deeper understanding of their learning process
What are curriculum-based assessment/measures used and
interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅Identify how students are progressing in basic
academic areas (reading, math, writing, spelling) as compared to
same-age peers, to identify students needing extra support
What is an ecological assessment used for? -
correct answer ✅Comprehensive process of student performance
collected through observation across different settings (classroom,
family, community)
, Praxis Study Companion School
Psychologist 5403 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the purpose of ongoing data collection? -
correct answer ✅To systematically assess the quality and
effectiveness of academic, mental health, and system-level services
(intervention design and implementation, progress monitoring,
treatment fidelity/integrity, learning outcomes)
What are 2 examples of problem-solving frameworks? -
correct answer ✅Multitiered System of Supports (MTSS)
Response to Intervention (RTI)
How are test scores and norms typically presented? -
correct answer ✅Grade-level and age-referenced to their same-
age peers
What are strengths and limitations of self-report tests? -
correct answer ✅Strength: inexpensive, efficient, flexible to view
behaviors not observable,
Limitation: bias to be more favorable in reports, may forget details,
unclear questions/directions
Psychologist 5403 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What does data-based decision making mean? -
correct answer ✅Using data to inform educational decisions
What are the steps of the problem identification process? -
correct answer ✅-Information gathering (RIOT-record review,
interview, observations, and testing)
-appropriate use of background info (student records, medical
records and reports, reviews of previous interventions,
developmental history)
-use and interpretation of screening measures and methods
What are some of the theories of intelligence? -
correct answer ✅-Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC): hierarchy of cognitive
skills of broad and narrow abilities
-Luria's neuropsychological model: analyze how info is processed
through simultaneous and sequential pathways in brain
What are intellectual/cognitive functioning assessments used and
interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅Evaluate a student's cognitive abilities, identify
strengths and weaknesses in different processing areas
,Praxis Study Companion School
Psychologist 5403 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
--> tailor support to individual needs
What are measures of educational achievement used and
interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅Evaluate student's current knowledge and skill
level in academic areas, identify strengths and weaknesses
--> inform instructional decisions to meet student needs
What are diagnostic/processing measures (memory, executive
functioning, phonemic awareness) used and interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅To assess how quickly and efficiently a student
can process information, takes in, and works with information to
complete tasks
--> crucial to understanding learning abilities
What are measures of affective/social/emotional functioning and
behavior used and interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅Assess students' abilities to manage their
emotions, interact with peers, and navigate social situations from
their perspective, teacher, and parent.
--> insight into overall well being and areas needing support
,Praxis Study Companion School
Psychologist 5403 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What are functional behavior assessments used and interpreted
for? -
correct answer ✅Identify the function of a behavior, and what
environmental factor may follow the behavior that reinforces it
What are performance-based assessments (work samples,
portfolios) used and interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅Evaluating students learning through their
demonstration of knowledge and skills in active tasks
--> deeper understanding of their learning process
What are curriculum-based assessment/measures used and
interpreted for? -
correct answer ✅Identify how students are progressing in basic
academic areas (reading, math, writing, spelling) as compared to
same-age peers, to identify students needing extra support
What is an ecological assessment used for? -
correct answer ✅Comprehensive process of student performance
collected through observation across different settings (classroom,
family, community)
, Praxis Study Companion School
Psychologist 5403 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the purpose of ongoing data collection? -
correct answer ✅To systematically assess the quality and
effectiveness of academic, mental health, and system-level services
(intervention design and implementation, progress monitoring,
treatment fidelity/integrity, learning outcomes)
What are 2 examples of problem-solving frameworks? -
correct answer ✅Multitiered System of Supports (MTSS)
Response to Intervention (RTI)
How are test scores and norms typically presented? -
correct answer ✅Grade-level and age-referenced to their same-
age peers
What are strengths and limitations of self-report tests? -
correct answer ✅Strength: inexpensive, efficient, flexible to view
behaviors not observable,
Limitation: bias to be more favorable in reports, may forget details,
unclear questions/directions
