TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS, AND ISSUES, 9TH EDITION, ROBERT M. KAPLAN, DENNIS P. SACCUZZO UPDATED 2025!!!

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Chapter1—Introduction
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. According to a study (Espenshade & Chung, 2010; Jaschik,
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i2006),growingnumbersoffour-yearcollegesarenotrelying on
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ithe SAT test partly because of
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a. budgetconstraints. i




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c. reliabilityissues. i




d. qualitycontrol. i




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a. pertainonly toovertbehavior.
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b. alwayshaverightorwronganswers.
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c. donotattempttomeasuretraits.
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d. measurecharacteristics ofhuman behavior.
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3. Thespecificstimulusonatesttowhichapersonresponds
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iovertly is called a(n)
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a. overtevent. i




b. answer.
c. item.
d. scale.




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4. Anindividualtest
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a. involvesasingleexaminerfortwoormoresubjects.
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b. involvesonlytestsofhumanability.
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c. canonly begiventoonepersonat atime.
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d. involvesmorethanoneexaminerforasinglesubject.
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5. Agroup test i




a. canbegiventomultiplepeopleby oneexaminer.
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b. canonly begiventothreepeopleatatime.
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c. involvesagroupofexaminersforasinglesubject.
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d. involvesonlytestsofhumanability.
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6. Previouslearningcanbestbedescribedas
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a. achievement.
b. aptitude.
c. intelligence.
d. ability.


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7. Thepotentialforlearningaspecificskillcanbestbedescribed
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as
a. achievement.
b. aptitude.

c. intelligence.
d. ability.


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8. One'sgeneralpotential,independentofpriorlearning,canbest be
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a. achievement.
b. aptitude.
c. intelligence.
d. ability.


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9. Achievement,aptitude,andintelligencecanbeencompassed
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iby the term
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a. humanpotential.
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b. humantraits. i




c. humanpersonality.
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d. humanability.i




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10. Structuredpersonalitytests i i




a. requireyoutoproducesomethingspontaneously.
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