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

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PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
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bPRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS, b




AND ISSUES, 9TH EDITION,
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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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2006),growingnumbersoffour-yearcollegesarenotrelying on
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the SAT test partly because of
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a. budgetconstraints. i




b. diversity concerns. i




c. reliability issues. i




d. qualitycontrol. i




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a. pertainonly toovertbehavior.
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b. alwayshaverightorwrong answers.
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c. donotattempttomeasuretraits.
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d. measurecharacteristics of human behavior.
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ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: BasicConcepts
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3. Thespecificstimulusonatesttowhichapersonresponds
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overtly 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 begiven tooneperson at atime.
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d. involvesmorethanoneexaminerforasinglesubject.
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5. Agroup test ii




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. Previouslearningcanbestbedescribed as
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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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described as
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a. achievement.
b. aptitude.
c. intelligence.
d. ability.


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9. Achievement,aptitude,andintelligencecanbeencompassed
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by the term
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a. humanpotential. i




b. humantraits. i




c. humanpersonality.
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d. humanability. i




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10. Structuredpersonalitytests i i




a. requireyoutoproducesomething spontaneously.
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