EPPP Practice test UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Taylor-Russell tables will indicate that a new selection test is most likely to be helpful in
choosing job applicants who will be satisfactory employees when:
a) the proportion of current employees who are considered satisfactory is less than 25%
b) there are only a few job openings and many applicants for the job
c) the majority of applicants have job skills in the moderate (average) range
d) the test has adequate "differential validity" - CORRECT ANSWER - b) there are only a
few job openings and many applicants for the job
when using the analysis of variance, calculation of the F-ration involves:
a) comparing group means directly to each other
b) comparing each group mean to a total mean
c) comparing true (experimental) variability to error variability
d) comparing between-group variability to within-group variability - CORRECT
ANSWER - d) comparing between-group variability to within-group variability
Aaron Beck's interactions with therapy clients is best described as:
a) confrontative
b) consensual
c) covert
d) collaborative - CORRECT ANSWER - d) collaborative
When conducting group therapy, you should remind group members:
a) that they are legally bound to maintain confidentiality
b) that, since they are not legally bound to maintain confidentiality, they should not expect other
members to do so
c) that, as members of a therapy group, they are ethically required to maintain confidentiality
,d) of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of statements made during group sessions
- CORRECT ANSWER - d) of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of
statements made during group sessions
A husband consistently says loving things to his wife when she talks about sports but ignores her
whenever she complains about her job. The husband's behavior is most similar to which of the
following techniques?
a) overcorrection
b) chaining
c) Premack Principle
d) differential reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER - d) differential reinforcement
A new client of yours, who is homosexual, tells you that he overheard his previous therapist
make derogatory remarks about his sexual orientation to a co-worker. Your best course of action
would be to:
a) discuss his options of filing a complain against the psychologist with the Ethics Committee
b) file a complaint against the psychologist with the Ethics Committee yourself
c) call the psychologist and tell him that your client overheard his remarks
d) provide the client with support and remind him that there are many prejudiced people in the
world - CORRECT ANSWER - a) discuss his options of filing a complain against the
psychologist with the Ethics Committee
A college student receives a high score on the realistic scale of Holland's Self-Directed Search
but a low score on all other scales. This is an example of which of the following?
a) congruence
b) vocational identity
c) differentiation
d) individuation - CORRECT ANSWER - c) differentiation
Recent research suggests that higher rates of Schizophrenia among African-Americans is most
likely attributable to:
,a) heredity
b) family dynamics
c) socioeconomic factors
d) misdiagnosis of hallucinations and delusions - CORRECT ANSWER - d) misdiagnosis
of hallucinations and delusions
The unavailability of preventive health services in minority communities, a lack of quality health
care in close proximity to these communities, and the delivery of substandard health care
services to members of these communities is best attributes to which of the following?
a) subtle racism
b) institutional racism
c) personally mediated reacism
d) internalized racism - CORRECT ANSWER - b) institutional racism
Zajonc's confluence model predicts that children's intellectual growth can be either enhanced or
hindered by their immediate family circumstances. Specifically, Zajonc considers
_____________ to be a critical factor in intellectual development.
a) birth order
b) parental marital status
c) parenting style
d) culture - CORRECT ANSWER - a) birth order
As described in the DSM-5, the characteristic symptoms of Substance Use Disorder can be
categorized in terms of which of the following?
a) impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and pharmacological criteria
b) functional impairment, denial of consequences, impaired control, and pharmacological criteria
c) impaired control, tolerance, withdrawal, and functional impairment
d) functional impairment, tolerance and withdrawal, risky use, and marked distress - CORRECT
ANSWER - a) impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and pharmacological criteria
, An employer interested in increasing the creativity of workers would be best advised to do all of
the following except:
a) provide supportive supervision
b) let workers know that their work will be critically evaluated
c) hire employees who score high on a measure of openness to experience
d) increase the physical distance between workers in the workplace - CORRECT
ANSWER - b) let workers know that their work will be critically evaluated
Dr. Passe is hired by a company to evaluate an employee for promotion into a high-level
position. The company manager tells Dr. Passe that the employee was evaluated six years ago
prior to his last promotion, and the company wants Dr. Passe to make a recommendation based
on those results without an additional evaluation. Dr. Passe is concerned that some of the
information from the evaluation is no longer relevant. He should:
a) comply with the manager's request since it is up to her (the manager) to decide what is
relevant
b) comply with the manager's request but warn her of any potential limitations of her
recommendation
c) comply with the manager's request only if the employee agrees to the conditions
d) discuss with the manager the possibility that the data are obsolete and that new data should be
collected - CORRECT ANSWER - d) discuss with the manager the possibility that the data
are obsolete and that new data should be collected
Tactile sensation and visuospatial functions are mediated primarily by the:
a) frontal lobe
b) occipital lobe
c) parietal lobe
d) temporal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - c) parietal lobe
In females with _________, part or all of one X chromosome is missing.
a) Mullerian syndrome
b) Fragile X syndrome
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Taylor-Russell tables will indicate that a new selection test is most likely to be helpful in
choosing job applicants who will be satisfactory employees when:
a) the proportion of current employees who are considered satisfactory is less than 25%
b) there are only a few job openings and many applicants for the job
c) the majority of applicants have job skills in the moderate (average) range
d) the test has adequate "differential validity" - CORRECT ANSWER - b) there are only a
few job openings and many applicants for the job
when using the analysis of variance, calculation of the F-ration involves:
a) comparing group means directly to each other
b) comparing each group mean to a total mean
c) comparing true (experimental) variability to error variability
d) comparing between-group variability to within-group variability - CORRECT
ANSWER - d) comparing between-group variability to within-group variability
Aaron Beck's interactions with therapy clients is best described as:
a) confrontative
b) consensual
c) covert
d) collaborative - CORRECT ANSWER - d) collaborative
When conducting group therapy, you should remind group members:
a) that they are legally bound to maintain confidentiality
b) that, since they are not legally bound to maintain confidentiality, they should not expect other
members to do so
c) that, as members of a therapy group, they are ethically required to maintain confidentiality
,d) of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of statements made during group sessions
- CORRECT ANSWER - d) of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of
statements made during group sessions
A husband consistently says loving things to his wife when she talks about sports but ignores her
whenever she complains about her job. The husband's behavior is most similar to which of the
following techniques?
a) overcorrection
b) chaining
c) Premack Principle
d) differential reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER - d) differential reinforcement
A new client of yours, who is homosexual, tells you that he overheard his previous therapist
make derogatory remarks about his sexual orientation to a co-worker. Your best course of action
would be to:
a) discuss his options of filing a complain against the psychologist with the Ethics Committee
b) file a complaint against the psychologist with the Ethics Committee yourself
c) call the psychologist and tell him that your client overheard his remarks
d) provide the client with support and remind him that there are many prejudiced people in the
world - CORRECT ANSWER - a) discuss his options of filing a complain against the
psychologist with the Ethics Committee
A college student receives a high score on the realistic scale of Holland's Self-Directed Search
but a low score on all other scales. This is an example of which of the following?
a) congruence
b) vocational identity
c) differentiation
d) individuation - CORRECT ANSWER - c) differentiation
Recent research suggests that higher rates of Schizophrenia among African-Americans is most
likely attributable to:
,a) heredity
b) family dynamics
c) socioeconomic factors
d) misdiagnosis of hallucinations and delusions - CORRECT ANSWER - d) misdiagnosis
of hallucinations and delusions
The unavailability of preventive health services in minority communities, a lack of quality health
care in close proximity to these communities, and the delivery of substandard health care
services to members of these communities is best attributes to which of the following?
a) subtle racism
b) institutional racism
c) personally mediated reacism
d) internalized racism - CORRECT ANSWER - b) institutional racism
Zajonc's confluence model predicts that children's intellectual growth can be either enhanced or
hindered by their immediate family circumstances. Specifically, Zajonc considers
_____________ to be a critical factor in intellectual development.
a) birth order
b) parental marital status
c) parenting style
d) culture - CORRECT ANSWER - a) birth order
As described in the DSM-5, the characteristic symptoms of Substance Use Disorder can be
categorized in terms of which of the following?
a) impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and pharmacological criteria
b) functional impairment, denial of consequences, impaired control, and pharmacological criteria
c) impaired control, tolerance, withdrawal, and functional impairment
d) functional impairment, tolerance and withdrawal, risky use, and marked distress - CORRECT
ANSWER - a) impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and pharmacological criteria
, An employer interested in increasing the creativity of workers would be best advised to do all of
the following except:
a) provide supportive supervision
b) let workers know that their work will be critically evaluated
c) hire employees who score high on a measure of openness to experience
d) increase the physical distance between workers in the workplace - CORRECT
ANSWER - b) let workers know that their work will be critically evaluated
Dr. Passe is hired by a company to evaluate an employee for promotion into a high-level
position. The company manager tells Dr. Passe that the employee was evaluated six years ago
prior to his last promotion, and the company wants Dr. Passe to make a recommendation based
on those results without an additional evaluation. Dr. Passe is concerned that some of the
information from the evaluation is no longer relevant. He should:
a) comply with the manager's request since it is up to her (the manager) to decide what is
relevant
b) comply with the manager's request but warn her of any potential limitations of her
recommendation
c) comply with the manager's request only if the employee agrees to the conditions
d) discuss with the manager the possibility that the data are obsolete and that new data should be
collected - CORRECT ANSWER - d) discuss with the manager the possibility that the data
are obsolete and that new data should be collected
Tactile sensation and visuospatial functions are mediated primarily by the:
a) frontal lobe
b) occipital lobe
c) parietal lobe
d) temporal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - c) parietal lobe
In females with _________, part or all of one X chromosome is missing.
a) Mullerian syndrome
b) Fragile X syndrome
