PYC4807
Psychological
Assessment
2023
MCQ Assessment 2
Answers & Explanations
Available at Stuvia.com
@UpskillStudyNotesSA
, Includes Assessment 2 (MCQs) of the year
2023 for the PYC4807 module.
Explanations included for all questions.
Can not guarantee a 100% overlap in your
assignment questions and the questions in
this document.
NB: Use with your own discretion - the
intended purpose of this document is to be
used as practice and better your
understanding and not used to complete
assessments.
, PYC4807 – Assessment 2 2023 MCQ
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers with Explanations
A cognitive test is translated from English to Afrikaans. The forward-translation design is
followed, and a group of bilingual experts will compare the source and the target versions
of the measure. Thereafter the source version of the test will be administered to source
language monolinguals and the target version to target-language monolinguals to
determine the equivalence of these versions.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of the forward-translation design?
1. Experts may rely on insightful guesses to infer equivalence of meaning.
2. Bilingual judges are equally familiar with the source and target language/culture.
3. Test-takers and bilingual judges think about the items in the same way.
4. Evaluation of equivalence is done in the source language.
The bilingual individuals used to compare the source and the target language versions of the
test are experts in the domain being assessed. They may therefore infer that the source and the
target language versions of items in the test have the same meaning by making an insightful
guess of what the intended meaning is. Note that the evaluation of equivalence is not done only
in the source language. The correct answer is: Experts may rely on insightful guesses to infer
equivalence of meaning.
The Mathematical Proficiency Test (MPT11) is used to determine if a learner who
completed the Grade 11 Mathematics curriculum has attained a level of proficiency that
would enable the learner to complete the Grade 12 curriculum. The content domain of the
MPT11 was therefore defined by means of …
1. a job analysis
2. an analysis of learning outcomes
3. a theoretical review
4. contrasting groups
In section 6.2.1.3 of the prescribed book a theoretical review or theory-based approach is
described as “a thorough literature study of the main theoretical viewpoints regarding the
construct that is to be measured”. An analysis of learning outcomes or the criterion-referenced
approach is suitable in educational contexts where “learning outcomes in specific learning
areas, subjects or programmes form the basis of the constructs to be tapped” and in an
organisational context the operational definition is based on “a job analysis that identifies the
competencies … needed to perform a job successfully…”.The method of contrasting groups
also called an empirical approach or criterionkeying is described as follows: “If the measure
needs to discriminate between different groups of individuals … context-sensitive information
will have to be gathered about the aspects of the construct on which these groups usually
differ”. In this scenario learning outcomes were used to define the content domain. The correct
answer is: an analysis of learning outcomes
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Psychological
Assessment
2023
MCQ Assessment 2
Answers & Explanations
Available at Stuvia.com
@UpskillStudyNotesSA
, Includes Assessment 2 (MCQs) of the year
2023 for the PYC4807 module.
Explanations included for all questions.
Can not guarantee a 100% overlap in your
assignment questions and the questions in
this document.
NB: Use with your own discretion - the
intended purpose of this document is to be
used as practice and better your
understanding and not used to complete
assessments.
, PYC4807 – Assessment 2 2023 MCQ
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers with Explanations
A cognitive test is translated from English to Afrikaans. The forward-translation design is
followed, and a group of bilingual experts will compare the source and the target versions
of the measure. Thereafter the source version of the test will be administered to source
language monolinguals and the target version to target-language monolinguals to
determine the equivalence of these versions.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of the forward-translation design?
1. Experts may rely on insightful guesses to infer equivalence of meaning.
2. Bilingual judges are equally familiar with the source and target language/culture.
3. Test-takers and bilingual judges think about the items in the same way.
4. Evaluation of equivalence is done in the source language.
The bilingual individuals used to compare the source and the target language versions of the
test are experts in the domain being assessed. They may therefore infer that the source and the
target language versions of items in the test have the same meaning by making an insightful
guess of what the intended meaning is. Note that the evaluation of equivalence is not done only
in the source language. The correct answer is: Experts may rely on insightful guesses to infer
equivalence of meaning.
The Mathematical Proficiency Test (MPT11) is used to determine if a learner who
completed the Grade 11 Mathematics curriculum has attained a level of proficiency that
would enable the learner to complete the Grade 12 curriculum. The content domain of the
MPT11 was therefore defined by means of …
1. a job analysis
2. an analysis of learning outcomes
3. a theoretical review
4. contrasting groups
In section 6.2.1.3 of the prescribed book a theoretical review or theory-based approach is
described as “a thorough literature study of the main theoretical viewpoints regarding the
construct that is to be measured”. An analysis of learning outcomes or the criterion-referenced
approach is suitable in educational contexts where “learning outcomes in specific learning
areas, subjects or programmes form the basis of the constructs to be tapped” and in an
organisational context the operational definition is based on “a job analysis that identifies the
competencies … needed to perform a job successfully…”.The method of contrasting groups
also called an empirical approach or criterionkeying is described as follows: “If the measure
needs to discriminate between different groups of individuals … context-sensitive information
will have to be gathered about the aspects of the construct on which these groups usually
differ”. In this scenario learning outcomes were used to define the content domain. The correct
answer is: an analysis of learning outcomes
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