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Furr, Psychometrics, 4e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
Chapter 1: Psychometrics and the Importance of Psychological Measurement
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Who might be accepted (or not) based on tests of knowledge and achievement?
a. graduate students
b. clinical psychologists
c. human resources director
d. university admissions officer
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Summarize the importance of psychological testing.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Why Psychological Testing Matters to You
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Who of the following is least likely to face acceptance (or not) based on personality
tests?
a. graduate students
b. clinical psychologists
c. human resources director
d. university admissions officer
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Summarize the importance of psychological testing.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Why Psychological Testing Matters to You
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Who of the following is least likely to be passed over based on others’ ratings of their
psychological characteristics, such as attitude?
a. graduate students
b. clinical psychologists
c. human resources director
d. university admissions officer
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Summarize the importance of psychological testing.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Why Psychological Testing Matters to You
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Which of the following is not one of the key foundations that psychometrics has been
built upon?
a. the practice of psychological testing
b. measurement
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Furr, Psychometrics, 4e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
c. psychological characteristics
d. the development of statistical concepts
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-1: Summarize the importance of psychological testing.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Why Psychological Testing Matters to You
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. The definition "theoretical psychological characteristics, attributes, processes, or
states that cannot be directly observed” matches which term?
a. participant reactivity
b. hypothetical constructs
c. operational definition
d. psychometrics
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-2: Differentiate between observable behavior and unobservable
psychological attributes.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Observable Behavior and Unobservable Psychological Attributes
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. "Procedures used to measure theoretical psychological characteristics, attributes,
processes, or states that cannot be directly observed” matches which term?
a. participant reactivity
b. hypothetical constructs
c. operational definition
d. psychometrics
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-2: Differentiate between observable behavior and unobservable
psychological attributes.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Observable Behavior and Unobservable Psychological Attributes
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Which of the following is not one of the components of Cronbach’s definition of a
test?
a. the purpose of the tests is to compare the behaviors of two or more people
b. the test must be time-limited, with the goal of seeing respondent accuracy
c. tests involve behavioral samples of some kind
d. the behavioral samples must be collected in some systematic way
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define what a psychological test is and some of the key
differences and examples of psychological tests.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Is a Psychological Test?
Difficulty Level: Medium
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Furr, Psychometrics, 4e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
8. In what way is a quiz a “systematic” procedure?
a. The people who take the “test” are different from each other.
b. All people take the “test” in a clear and standardized way.
c. The “test scorer” will use different procedures/guidelines/criteria to score every test
(to the best of his ability, at least)
d. Everyone will take it in a different location at (presumably) a different time.
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define what a psychological test is and some of the key
differences and examples of psychological tests.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: What Is a Psychological Test?
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Which of the following is a definition of "criterion-referenced tests"?
a. tests used to understand how a respondent compares with other respondents (e.g.,
who has higher or lower levels of the construct being measured)
b. time-limited tests, with the goal of seeing how many questions a respondent can
answer correctly in a specific amount of time
c. tests with cutoff scores, used to sort people into groups (e.g., pass vs no pass)
d. tests that are not time-limited, with the expectation that respondents will answer all
questions
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define what a psychological test is and some of the key
differences and examples of psychological tests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Types of Tests
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Which of the following is a definition of "norm-referenced tests"?
a. tests used to understand how a respondent compares with other respondents (e.g.,
who has higher or lower levels of the construct being measured)
b. time-limited tests, with the goal of seeing how many questions a respondent can
answer correctly in a specific amount of time
c. tests with cutoff scores, used to sort people into groups (e.g., pass vs no pass)
d. tests that are not time-limited, with the expectation that respondents will answer all
questions
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define what a psychological test is and some of the key
differences and examples of psychological tests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Types of Tests
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Which of the following is a definition of "speeded tests"?
Furr, Psychometrics, 4e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
Chapter 1: Psychometrics and the Importance of Psychological Measurement
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Who might be accepted (or not) based on tests of knowledge and achievement?
a. graduate students
b. clinical psychologists
c. human resources director
d. university admissions officer
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Summarize the importance of psychological testing.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Why Psychological Testing Matters to You
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Who of the following is least likely to face acceptance (or not) based on personality
tests?
a. graduate students
b. clinical psychologists
c. human resources director
d. university admissions officer
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Summarize the importance of psychological testing.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Why Psychological Testing Matters to You
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Who of the following is least likely to be passed over based on others’ ratings of their
psychological characteristics, such as attitude?
a. graduate students
b. clinical psychologists
c. human resources director
d. university admissions officer
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Summarize the importance of psychological testing.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Why Psychological Testing Matters to You
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Which of the following is not one of the key foundations that psychometrics has been
built upon?
a. the practice of psychological testing
b. measurement
, Instructor Resource
Furr, Psychometrics, 4e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
c. psychological characteristics
d. the development of statistical concepts
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-1: Summarize the importance of psychological testing.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Why Psychological Testing Matters to You
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. The definition "theoretical psychological characteristics, attributes, processes, or
states that cannot be directly observed” matches which term?
a. participant reactivity
b. hypothetical constructs
c. operational definition
d. psychometrics
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-2: Differentiate between observable behavior and unobservable
psychological attributes.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Observable Behavior and Unobservable Psychological Attributes
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. "Procedures used to measure theoretical psychological characteristics, attributes,
processes, or states that cannot be directly observed” matches which term?
a. participant reactivity
b. hypothetical constructs
c. operational definition
d. psychometrics
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-2: Differentiate between observable behavior and unobservable
psychological attributes.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Observable Behavior and Unobservable Psychological Attributes
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Which of the following is not one of the components of Cronbach’s definition of a
test?
a. the purpose of the tests is to compare the behaviors of two or more people
b. the test must be time-limited, with the goal of seeing respondent accuracy
c. tests involve behavioral samples of some kind
d. the behavioral samples must be collected in some systematic way
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define what a psychological test is and some of the key
differences and examples of psychological tests.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Is a Psychological Test?
Difficulty Level: Medium
, Instructor Resource
Furr, Psychometrics, 4e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
8. In what way is a quiz a “systematic” procedure?
a. The people who take the “test” are different from each other.
b. All people take the “test” in a clear and standardized way.
c. The “test scorer” will use different procedures/guidelines/criteria to score every test
(to the best of his ability, at least)
d. Everyone will take it in a different location at (presumably) a different time.
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define what a psychological test is and some of the key
differences and examples of psychological tests.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: What Is a Psychological Test?
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Which of the following is a definition of "criterion-referenced tests"?
a. tests used to understand how a respondent compares with other respondents (e.g.,
who has higher or lower levels of the construct being measured)
b. time-limited tests, with the goal of seeing how many questions a respondent can
answer correctly in a specific amount of time
c. tests with cutoff scores, used to sort people into groups (e.g., pass vs no pass)
d. tests that are not time-limited, with the expectation that respondents will answer all
questions
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define what a psychological test is and some of the key
differences and examples of psychological tests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Types of Tests
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Which of the following is a definition of "norm-referenced tests"?
a. tests used to understand how a respondent compares with other respondents (e.g.,
who has higher or lower levels of the construct being measured)
b. time-limited tests, with the goal of seeing how many questions a respondent can
answer correctly in a specific amount of time
c. tests with cutoff scores, used to sort people into groups (e.g., pass vs no pass)
d. tests that are not time-limited, with the expectation that respondents will answer all
questions
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-3: Define what a psychological test is and some of the key
differences and examples of psychological tests.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Types of Tests
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Which of the following is a definition of "speeded tests"?
