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Strategy and Human Resource Management: Strategy, HR Architecture and the Employment Relationship
3rd Edition by Peter Boxall & John Purcell
Chapter 1-15 Answers are at the End of Last Chapter
Chapter 01 Psychological Testing and Assessment
1. The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about psychological aspects of a person as those aspects
existed at some point in time in the past is called
A. retroactive assessment.
B. remote assessment.
C. reactive assessment.
D. retrospective assessment.
2. The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about a subject who is not in physical proximity to the person
or people conducting the evaluation is called
A. separation evaluation.
B. apathetic assessment.
C. remote assessment.
D. distal evaluation.
concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Group discussions and practicing sample case. It
law, human rights law, or intellectual property law.2.2. Structure of Law ExamsLa
3. The word "ecological" in the term ecological momentary assessment is a reference to
A. "in the moment" evaluation.
B. cognitive variables observed.
C. behavioral variables observed.
D. where the evaluation takes place.
4. Which is not a variant of the term assessment discussed in the textbook?
A. remote assessment
B. retroactive assessment
C. ecological momentary assessment
D. retrospective assessment
5. As presented in the textbook, smartphones may be re-tooled for purposes of
A. remote assessment.
B. ecological momentary assessment.
C. both remote assessment & ecological momentary assessment.
D. None of these
6. According to the text, what makes a smartphone "smart"?
A. It is smart because of its flexibility and adaptability.
B. It is smart because of its inference-making capacity.
C. It is smart because it can detect changes in mood.
D. It is smart because it has a computational capacity.
7. Smartphones that are re-purposed as tools of assessment contain safeguards to protect
A. the identity of the subject of the assessment.
B. the security of the voice data derived.
C. the privacy of the subject of the assessment.
D. the exact location from which data is being sent.
8. According to the Close-Up in Chapter 1 of the textbook, the use of smartphones as a tool of assessment has been
generally well received by
A. mental health professionals.
B. psychiatric patients.
C. Linked-In users who responded to a survey.
D. All of these
9. The value of the smartphone as a tool of assessment is that it may yield
A. meaningful diagnostic insights.
B. highly personalized treatment protocols.
C. highly effective treatment protocols.
D. All of these.
10. According to your textbook, when interviewing an eyewitness to a serious crime, a police psychologist might
ask the interviewer to respond to a question
A. with eyes closed.
,B. while looking at actual evidence in the case.
C. by dictating responses into a smartphone.
D. as if lying.
11. Detailed information regarding how a particular test was developed can typically be found in
A. a review of the test published in a journal.
B. the current test catalogue distributed by the test's publisher.
C. the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests.
D. the test manual.
12. Depending on factors such as intrinsic motivation and external incentives, the score feedback provided
in computerized adaptive testing could
A. positively affect testtaker performance.
B. seriously bias the test user's findings.
C. be faulted on ethical grounds.
D. None of these
concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Group discussions and practicing sample case
Exams2.1. Overview of Law EducationLaw education provides students with the knowledge of
legal principles, case law, legal fra
13. According to your textbook, the demand for psychologists with expertise in psychological testing and
assessment
A. has remained stable for many years.
B. increases in poor economic times.
C. far outweighs the supply.
D. All of these
14. Which phrase is best associated with anti-testing public sentiment?
A. "Opt in"
B. "Opt out"
C. "Don't opt"
D. "Stop opt"
15. The Mental Measurements Yearbook is currently updated about every
A. two years.
B. three years.
C. four years.
D. five years.
16. A list of unpublished tests is published as a resource to the assessment community. This list is
available from
A. The Buros Institute.
B. Educational Testing Service.
C. The University of Nebraska Press.
D. The instructor of this course.
17. It has as its objective a targeted change in the interviewee's thinking and behavior, and it is called
A. portfolio assessment.
B. guided imagery.
C. motivational interviewing.
D. behavior quantification.
18. Your textbook lists several means by which motivational interviewing is conducted. Which is not one
of those ways?
A. telephone
B. internet chat
C. text-messaging
D. Facebook
19. A committee makes a decision that isnot as sound as the decision that would have been made had the head
of that committee acted alone. This situation could BEST be characterized as one influenced by
A. "groupspeak."
B. "central processing error."
C. "groupthink."
D. "payback."
20. The term psychometric soundness refers to the
A. the general psychiatric health of an assessee.
B. mental status of an individual during assessment.
C. technical quality of a test or other tool of assessment.
D. competence of a defendant to stand trial.
,21. What tool of assessment is MOST useful in learning about the reaction of simulated juries to various
presentations of evidence?
A. true/false tests
B. stress interview
C. portfolio evaluation
D. behavioral observation
22. A group-on-one interview during which the interviewee is purposely made uncomfortable is called a
A. naturalistic interview.
B. role-play interview.
C. stress interview.
D. panel interview.
23. A case history is also referred to as
A. a case study.
B. a role-play record.
C. a biographical account.
D. None of these
concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Group discussions and practicing sample case
Exams2.1. Overview of Law EducationLaw education provides students with the knowledge of
legal principles, case law, legal fra
Historically, the biggest boost to the new assessment enterprise in the United States arose from the need to identify
E. school children who were underachieving in Paris, Texas.
F. competent recruits for the military during World War I.
G. entrepreneurial talent for the Industrial Revolution.
H. apprentice workers in the building and construction industry.
24. As used in your text, psychological assessment may include the use of
A. behavioral observation.
B. testing.
C. the case study.
D. All of these
25. Psychological tests share commonalities. For example, they all
A. include an analysis of a naturally occurring behavior.
B. include an analysis of a sample of behavior.
C. include paper-and-pencil and oral responses.
D. All of these
26. Psychological tests may differ with respect to
A. content.
B. format.
C. administration.
D. All of these
27. A psychological test almost always involves an analysis of
A. attitude and values.
B. motivation and interests.
C. a sample of behavior.
D. All of these
28. Psychological testing
A. is typically more lengthy than assessment.
B. may be one component of the process of assessment.
C. is characteristically broader in scope than assessment.
D. tends to be less accurate than assessment.
29. As used by your textbook authors, the term psychological assessment applies to
A. clinical settings only.
B. self-administered tests only.
C. employment, clinical, and educational settings only.
D. the use of tests and other tools of evaluation.
30. As used in your text, test can refer to:
A. a paper-and-pencil examination.
B. a task.
C. an interview with a client.
D. All of these
31. When it comes to the difference between the terms psychological testing and psychological assessment,
A. ultimately, there is no difference between them.
B. the difference is clear and needs to be acknowledged.
, C. some ambiguity with regard to the difference persists.
D. "psychological testing" subsumes "psychological assessment."
32. A key difference between psychological testing and psychological assessment has to do with
A. the number of hours it takes to proctor a test session.
B. the role of the test user in interpreting the results.
C. whether or not the evaluation includes an oral test.
D. the utility of the test in a cost versus benefit analysis.
33. Testing is to assessment as is to
.
A. blood test; physical exam
B. blood test; X-ray
C. mechanic; automobile
D. selection; placement
34. As used with reference to psychological tests, the term format refers to
A. the arrangement of test items.
B. whether a test can be administered by computer.
C. the procedures used to obtain data.
D. All of these
35. A test is described as "paper-and-pencil." To a psychometrician, this is a reference to
A. the tools needed for the evaluation.
B. a blueprint for the assessment procedure.
C. the format of the test.
D. the test's item content.
36. Applying research on cut scores to how Olympic athletes may feel about their accomplishments at the
conclusion of an Olympic event, it may be assumed that
A. silver medalists are happier than gold medalists.
B. bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists.
C. bronze medalists are happier than gold medalists.
D. fifth-place finishers are the happiest of all.
concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Group discussions and practicing sample case
Exams2.1. Overview of Law EducationLaw education provides students with the knowledge of
legal principles, case law, legal fra
37. Dynamic assessment
A. is used to describe the unconscious mechanisms that affect consumer spending.
B. can provide information about an assessee's ability to profit from intervention.
C. requires the presence of a third-party witness during the evaluation.
D. can be used as an alternative to dream analysis with patients who report no dreams.
38. The term psychometrics
A. was derived from the Latin for "to confuse and befuddle."
B. is used to refer collectively to test catalogues, manuals, and reports.
C. may be defined as the science of psychological measurement.
D. All of these
39. Psychometrics may BEST be defined as
A. the science of test development.
B. the science of psychological measurement.
C. the study and use of correlational techniques.
D. the study of psychic phenomena.
40. The United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) used an approach to personnel evaluation that
today would be characterized as
A. psychological testing.
B. a collaborative psychological endeavor.
C. dynamic psychological assessment.
D. an assessment center.
41. According to the American Psychological Association (APA) as cited in your textbook, about how many
tests are developed each year?
A. 1,000
B. 15,000
C. 20,000
D. 95,000
42. What name is BEST associated with therapeutic assessment?
Strategy and Human Resource Management: Strategy, HR Architecture and the Employment Relationship
3rd Edition by Peter Boxall & John Purcell
Chapter 1-15 Answers are at the End of Last Chapter
Chapter 01 Psychological Testing and Assessment
1. The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about psychological aspects of a person as those aspects
existed at some point in time in the past is called
A. retroactive assessment.
B. remote assessment.
C. reactive assessment.
D. retrospective assessment.
2. The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about a subject who is not in physical proximity to the person
or people conducting the evaluation is called
A. separation evaluation.
B. apathetic assessment.
C. remote assessment.
D. distal evaluation.
concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Group discussions and practicing sample case. It
law, human rights law, or intellectual property law.2.2. Structure of Law ExamsLa
3. The word "ecological" in the term ecological momentary assessment is a reference to
A. "in the moment" evaluation.
B. cognitive variables observed.
C. behavioral variables observed.
D. where the evaluation takes place.
4. Which is not a variant of the term assessment discussed in the textbook?
A. remote assessment
B. retroactive assessment
C. ecological momentary assessment
D. retrospective assessment
5. As presented in the textbook, smartphones may be re-tooled for purposes of
A. remote assessment.
B. ecological momentary assessment.
C. both remote assessment & ecological momentary assessment.
D. None of these
6. According to the text, what makes a smartphone "smart"?
A. It is smart because of its flexibility and adaptability.
B. It is smart because of its inference-making capacity.
C. It is smart because it can detect changes in mood.
D. It is smart because it has a computational capacity.
7. Smartphones that are re-purposed as tools of assessment contain safeguards to protect
A. the identity of the subject of the assessment.
B. the security of the voice data derived.
C. the privacy of the subject of the assessment.
D. the exact location from which data is being sent.
8. According to the Close-Up in Chapter 1 of the textbook, the use of smartphones as a tool of assessment has been
generally well received by
A. mental health professionals.
B. psychiatric patients.
C. Linked-In users who responded to a survey.
D. All of these
9. The value of the smartphone as a tool of assessment is that it may yield
A. meaningful diagnostic insights.
B. highly personalized treatment protocols.
C. highly effective treatment protocols.
D. All of these.
10. According to your textbook, when interviewing an eyewitness to a serious crime, a police psychologist might
ask the interviewer to respond to a question
A. with eyes closed.
,B. while looking at actual evidence in the case.
C. by dictating responses into a smartphone.
D. as if lying.
11. Detailed information regarding how a particular test was developed can typically be found in
A. a review of the test published in a journal.
B. the current test catalogue distributed by the test's publisher.
C. the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests.
D. the test manual.
12. Depending on factors such as intrinsic motivation and external incentives, the score feedback provided
in computerized adaptive testing could
A. positively affect testtaker performance.
B. seriously bias the test user's findings.
C. be faulted on ethical grounds.
D. None of these
concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Group discussions and practicing sample case
Exams2.1. Overview of Law EducationLaw education provides students with the knowledge of
legal principles, case law, legal fra
13. According to your textbook, the demand for psychologists with expertise in psychological testing and
assessment
A. has remained stable for many years.
B. increases in poor economic times.
C. far outweighs the supply.
D. All of these
14. Which phrase is best associated with anti-testing public sentiment?
A. "Opt in"
B. "Opt out"
C. "Don't opt"
D. "Stop opt"
15. The Mental Measurements Yearbook is currently updated about every
A. two years.
B. three years.
C. four years.
D. five years.
16. A list of unpublished tests is published as a resource to the assessment community. This list is
available from
A. The Buros Institute.
B. Educational Testing Service.
C. The University of Nebraska Press.
D. The instructor of this course.
17. It has as its objective a targeted change in the interviewee's thinking and behavior, and it is called
A. portfolio assessment.
B. guided imagery.
C. motivational interviewing.
D. behavior quantification.
18. Your textbook lists several means by which motivational interviewing is conducted. Which is not one
of those ways?
A. telephone
B. internet chat
C. text-messaging
D. Facebook
19. A committee makes a decision that isnot as sound as the decision that would have been made had the head
of that committee acted alone. This situation could BEST be characterized as one influenced by
A. "groupspeak."
B. "central processing error."
C. "groupthink."
D. "payback."
20. The term psychometric soundness refers to the
A. the general psychiatric health of an assessee.
B. mental status of an individual during assessment.
C. technical quality of a test or other tool of assessment.
D. competence of a defendant to stand trial.
,21. What tool of assessment is MOST useful in learning about the reaction of simulated juries to various
presentations of evidence?
A. true/false tests
B. stress interview
C. portfolio evaluation
D. behavioral observation
22. A group-on-one interview during which the interviewee is purposely made uncomfortable is called a
A. naturalistic interview.
B. role-play interview.
C. stress interview.
D. panel interview.
23. A case history is also referred to as
A. a case study.
B. a role-play record.
C. a biographical account.
D. None of these
concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Group discussions and practicing sample case
Exams2.1. Overview of Law EducationLaw education provides students with the knowledge of
legal principles, case law, legal fra
Historically, the biggest boost to the new assessment enterprise in the United States arose from the need to identify
E. school children who were underachieving in Paris, Texas.
F. competent recruits for the military during World War I.
G. entrepreneurial talent for the Industrial Revolution.
H. apprentice workers in the building and construction industry.
24. As used in your text, psychological assessment may include the use of
A. behavioral observation.
B. testing.
C. the case study.
D. All of these
25. Psychological tests share commonalities. For example, they all
A. include an analysis of a naturally occurring behavior.
B. include an analysis of a sample of behavior.
C. include paper-and-pencil and oral responses.
D. All of these
26. Psychological tests may differ with respect to
A. content.
B. format.
C. administration.
D. All of these
27. A psychological test almost always involves an analysis of
A. attitude and values.
B. motivation and interests.
C. a sample of behavior.
D. All of these
28. Psychological testing
A. is typically more lengthy than assessment.
B. may be one component of the process of assessment.
C. is characteristically broader in scope than assessment.
D. tends to be less accurate than assessment.
29. As used by your textbook authors, the term psychological assessment applies to
A. clinical settings only.
B. self-administered tests only.
C. employment, clinical, and educational settings only.
D. the use of tests and other tools of evaluation.
30. As used in your text, test can refer to:
A. a paper-and-pencil examination.
B. a task.
C. an interview with a client.
D. All of these
31. When it comes to the difference between the terms psychological testing and psychological assessment,
A. ultimately, there is no difference between them.
B. the difference is clear and needs to be acknowledged.
, C. some ambiguity with regard to the difference persists.
D. "psychological testing" subsumes "psychological assessment."
32. A key difference between psychological testing and psychological assessment has to do with
A. the number of hours it takes to proctor a test session.
B. the role of the test user in interpreting the results.
C. whether or not the evaluation includes an oral test.
D. the utility of the test in a cost versus benefit analysis.
33. Testing is to assessment as is to
.
A. blood test; physical exam
B. blood test; X-ray
C. mechanic; automobile
D. selection; placement
34. As used with reference to psychological tests, the term format refers to
A. the arrangement of test items.
B. whether a test can be administered by computer.
C. the procedures used to obtain data.
D. All of these
35. A test is described as "paper-and-pencil." To a psychometrician, this is a reference to
A. the tools needed for the evaluation.
B. a blueprint for the assessment procedure.
C. the format of the test.
D. the test's item content.
36. Applying research on cut scores to how Olympic athletes may feel about their accomplishments at the
conclusion of an Olympic event, it may be assumed that
A. silver medalists are happier than gold medalists.
B. bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists.
C. bronze medalists are happier than gold medalists.
D. fifth-place finishers are the happiest of all.
concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Group discussions and practicing sample case
Exams2.1. Overview of Law EducationLaw education provides students with the knowledge of
legal principles, case law, legal fra
37. Dynamic assessment
A. is used to describe the unconscious mechanisms that affect consumer spending.
B. can provide information about an assessee's ability to profit from intervention.
C. requires the presence of a third-party witness during the evaluation.
D. can be used as an alternative to dream analysis with patients who report no dreams.
38. The term psychometrics
A. was derived from the Latin for "to confuse and befuddle."
B. is used to refer collectively to test catalogues, manuals, and reports.
C. may be defined as the science of psychological measurement.
D. All of these
39. Psychometrics may BEST be defined as
A. the science of test development.
B. the science of psychological measurement.
C. the study and use of correlational techniques.
D. the study of psychic phenomena.
40. The United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) used an approach to personnel evaluation that
today would be characterized as
A. psychological testing.
B. a collaborative psychological endeavor.
C. dynamic psychological assessment.
D. an assessment center.
41. According to the American Psychological Association (APA) as cited in your textbook, about how many
tests are developed each year?
A. 1,000
B. 15,000
C. 20,000
D. 95,000
42. What name is BEST associated with therapeutic assessment?
