McGill PSYC 406 Psychological Tests Midterm Exam (Units 1-7)
- Questions with Correct Answers (Verified Update)
50 questions
1. Francis Galton is best known in the history of testing for:
A. Creating the first IQ ratio
B. Studying individual differences and pioneering correlation-based measurement
C. Developing the Rorschach
D. Writing the MMPI
Correct Answer: B. Studying individual differences and pioneering correlation-based
measurement
Rationale: Galton measured sensory and physical traits and developed early statistical methods.
2. Lewis Terman's 1916 revision of Binet's test introduced in North America the concept of:
A. The deviation IQ
B. The ratio IQ
C. The T-score
D. Empirical criterion keying
Correct Answer: B. The ratio IQ
Rationale: IQ = mental age / chronological age x 100.
3. David Wechsler's major contribution to intelligence testing was:
A. The first inkblot test
B. The deviation IQ and separate verbal and performance scores for adults
C. Group testing for the army
D. Item response theory
Correct Answer: B. The deviation IQ and separate verbal and performance scores for adults
Rationale: The Wechsler-Bellevue (1939) compared adults with same-age peers.
4. Which test is an example of a typical-performance measure?
A. A math achievement test
B. An IQ test
C. A typing speed test
D. A personality inventory
Correct Answer: D. A personality inventory
Rationale: Typical performance concerns how people usually behave, not their best performance.
5. Before testing, a psychologist explains the purpose, how results will be used and the limits of
confidentiality. This fulfills:
A. Informed consent
B. Test security
C. Standardization
D. Norm referencing
Correct Answer: A. Informed consent
Rationale: Consent must be informed and voluntary.
, 6. Using a test normed only on English-speaking adults to diagnose a recent immigrant who
speaks little English is a problem mainly of:
A. Inappropriate norms and potential unfair interpretation
B. Test-retest reliability
C. Item difficulty
D. Spearman-Brown correction
Correct Answer: A. Inappropriate norms and potential unfair interpretation
Rationale: Scores may reflect language rather than the construct.
7. Which document jointly published by AERA, APA and NCME sets professional standards for
test development and use?
A. Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
B. DSM-5-TR
C. ICD-11
D. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Correct Answer: A. Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
Rationale: The 2014 Standards are the main professional reference.
8. Ranking runners as 1st, 2nd and 3rd uses which scale?
A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
C. Interval
D. Ratio
Correct Answer: B. Ordinal
Rationale: Ordinal scales show order but not equal distances.
9. Temperature in degrees Celsius is an example of which scale?
A. Ratio
B. Interval
C. Ordinal
D. Nominal
Correct Answer: B. Interval
Rationale: Equal intervals but zero does not mean absence of temperature.
10. Which measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme scores?
A. Median
B. Mode
C. All are equally affected
D. Mean
Correct Answer: D. Mean
Rationale: The mean uses every value, so outliers pull it.
11. An easy quiz on which most students score near the top produces a:
A. Positively skewed distribution
B. Normal distribution
C. Negatively skewed distribution
D. Rectangular distribution
Correct Answer: C. Negatively skewed distribution
Rationale: The tail extends toward the low scores on the left.
- Questions with Correct Answers (Verified Update)
50 questions
1. Francis Galton is best known in the history of testing for:
A. Creating the first IQ ratio
B. Studying individual differences and pioneering correlation-based measurement
C. Developing the Rorschach
D. Writing the MMPI
Correct Answer: B. Studying individual differences and pioneering correlation-based
measurement
Rationale: Galton measured sensory and physical traits and developed early statistical methods.
2. Lewis Terman's 1916 revision of Binet's test introduced in North America the concept of:
A. The deviation IQ
B. The ratio IQ
C. The T-score
D. Empirical criterion keying
Correct Answer: B. The ratio IQ
Rationale: IQ = mental age / chronological age x 100.
3. David Wechsler's major contribution to intelligence testing was:
A. The first inkblot test
B. The deviation IQ and separate verbal and performance scores for adults
C. Group testing for the army
D. Item response theory
Correct Answer: B. The deviation IQ and separate verbal and performance scores for adults
Rationale: The Wechsler-Bellevue (1939) compared adults with same-age peers.
4. Which test is an example of a typical-performance measure?
A. A math achievement test
B. An IQ test
C. A typing speed test
D. A personality inventory
Correct Answer: D. A personality inventory
Rationale: Typical performance concerns how people usually behave, not their best performance.
5. Before testing, a psychologist explains the purpose, how results will be used and the limits of
confidentiality. This fulfills:
A. Informed consent
B. Test security
C. Standardization
D. Norm referencing
Correct Answer: A. Informed consent
Rationale: Consent must be informed and voluntary.
, 6. Using a test normed only on English-speaking adults to diagnose a recent immigrant who
speaks little English is a problem mainly of:
A. Inappropriate norms and potential unfair interpretation
B. Test-retest reliability
C. Item difficulty
D. Spearman-Brown correction
Correct Answer: A. Inappropriate norms and potential unfair interpretation
Rationale: Scores may reflect language rather than the construct.
7. Which document jointly published by AERA, APA and NCME sets professional standards for
test development and use?
A. Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
B. DSM-5-TR
C. ICD-11
D. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Correct Answer: A. Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
Rationale: The 2014 Standards are the main professional reference.
8. Ranking runners as 1st, 2nd and 3rd uses which scale?
A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
C. Interval
D. Ratio
Correct Answer: B. Ordinal
Rationale: Ordinal scales show order but not equal distances.
9. Temperature in degrees Celsius is an example of which scale?
A. Ratio
B. Interval
C. Ordinal
D. Nominal
Correct Answer: B. Interval
Rationale: Equal intervals but zero does not mean absence of temperature.
10. Which measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme scores?
A. Median
B. Mode
C. All are equally affected
D. Mean
Correct Answer: D. Mean
Rationale: The mean uses every value, so outliers pull it.
11. An easy quiz on which most students score near the top produces a:
A. Positively skewed distribution
B. Normal distribution
C. Negatively skewed distribution
D. Rectangular distribution
Correct Answer: C. Negatively skewed distribution
Rationale: The tail extends toward the low scores on the left.
