CPCE: Assessment and Testing, Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Approved.

CPCE: Assessment and Testing, Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Approved. Appraisal can be defined as a. the process of assessing or estimating attributes. b. testing which is always performed in a group setting. c. testing which is always performed on a single individual. d. a pencil and paper measurement of assessing attributes. - -a. the process of assessing or estimating attributes. A test can be defined as a systematic method of measuring a sample of behavior. Test format refers to the manner in which test items are presented. The format of an essay test is considered a(n) ________ format. a. subjective b. objective c. very precise d. concise - -a. subjective The National Counselor Exam (NCE) is a(n) ________ test because the scoring procedure is specific. a. subjective b. objective c. projective d. subtest - -b. objective A short answer test is a(n) ________ test. a. objective b. culture-free c. forced choice d. free choice - -d. free choice The NCE and the CPCE would be examples of a(n) ________ test. a. free choice b. forced choice c. projective d. intelligence - -b. forced choice The ________ index indicates the percentage of individuals who answered each item correctly. a. difficulty b. critical c. intelligence d. personal - -a. difficulty Short answer tests and projective measures utilize free response items. The NCE and the CPCE uses forced choice or so-called ________ items. a. vague b. subjective c. recognition d. numerical - -c. recognition A true/false test has ________ recognition items. a. similar b. free choice c. dichotomous d. no - -c. dichotomous A test format could be normative or ipsative. In the normative format a. each item depends on the item before it. b. each item depends on the item after it. c. the client must possess an IQ within the normal range. d. each item is independent of all other items. - -d. each item is independent of all other items. A client who takes a normative test a. cannot legitimately be compared to others who have taken the test. b. can legitimately be compared to others who have taken the test. c. could not have taken an IQ test. d. could not have taken a personality test. - -b. can legitimately be compared to others who have taken the test. In an ipsative measure the person taking the test must compare items to one another. The result is that a. an ipsative measure cannot be utilized for career guidance. b. you cannot legitimately compare two or more people who have taken an ipsative test. c. an ipsative measure is never a forced choice format. d. an ipsative measure is never reliable. - -b. you cannot legitimately compare two or more people who have taken an ipsative test. Tests are often classified as speed tests versus power tests. A timed typing test used to hire secretaries would be a. a power test. b. neither a speed test nor a power test. c. a speed test. d. a fine example of an ipsative measure. - -c. a speed test. A counseling test consists of 300 forced response items. The person taking the test can take as long as he or she wants to answer the questions. a. This is most likely a projective measure. b. This is most likely a speed test. c. This is most likely a power test. d. This is most likely an invalid measure. - -c. This is most likely a power test. An achievement test measures maximum performance or present level of skill. Tests of this nature are also called attainment tests, while a personality test or interest inventory measures a. typical performance. b. minimum performance. c. unconscious traits. d. self-esteem by always relying on a Q-Sort design. - -a. typical performance. In a spiral test a. the items get progressively easier. b. the difficulty of the items remains constant. c. the client must answer each question in a specified period of time. d. the items get progressively more difficult. - -d. the items get progressively more difficult. In a cyclical test a. the items get progressively easier. b. the difficulty of the items remains constant. c. you have several sections which are spiral in nature. d. the client must answer each question in a specified period of time. - -c. you have several sections which are spiral in nature. A test battery is considered a. a horizontal test. b. a vertical test. c. a valid test. d. a reliable test. - -a. a horizontal test. In a counseling research study, two groups of subjects took a test with the same name. However, when they talked with each other they discovered that the questions were different. The researcher assured both groups that they were given the same test. How is this possible? a. The researcher is not telling the truth. The groups could not possibly have taken the same test. b. The test was horizontal. c. The test was not a power test. d. The researcher gave parallel forms of the same test. - -d. The researcher gave parallel forms of the same test. The most critical factors in test selection are a. the length of the test and the number of people who took the test in the norming process. b. horizontal versus vertical. c. validity and reliability. d. spiral versus cyclical format. - -c. validity and reliability. Which is more important, validity or reliability? a. Reliability. b. They are equally important. c. Validity. d. It depends on the test in question. - -c. Validity. In the field of testing, validity refers to a. whether the test really measures what it purports to measure. b. whether the same test gives consistent measurement. c. the degree of cultural bias in a test. d. the fact that numerous tests measure the same traits. - -a. whether the test really measures what it purports to measure. A counselor peruses a testing catalog in search of a test which will repeatedly give consistent results. The counselor a. is interested in reliability. b. is interested in validity. c. is looking for information which is not available. d. is magnifying an unimportant issue. - -a. is interested in reliability. Which measure would yield the highest level of reliability? a. A TAT, projective test popular with psychodynamic helpers. b. The WAIS-IV, a popular IQ test. c. The MMPI-2, a popular personality test. d. A very accurate postage scale. - -d. A very accurate postage scale. Construct validity refers to the extent that a test measures an abstract trait or psychological notion. An example would be a. height. b. weight. c. ego strength. d. the ability to name all men who have served as U.S. presidents. - -c. ego strength. (Any trait you cannot "directly" measure or observe can be considered a construct) Face validity refers to the extent that a test a. looks or appears to measure the intended attribute. b. measures a theoretical construct. c. appears to be constructed in an artistic fashion. d. can be compared to job performance. - -a. looks or appears to measure the intended attribute. A job test which predicted future performance on a job very well would a. have high criterion/predictive validity. b. have excellent face validity. c. have excellent construct validity. d. not have incremental validity or synthetic validity. - -a. have high criterion/predictive validity. A new IQ test which yielded results nearly identical to other standardized measures would be said to have a. good concurrent validity. b. good face validity. c. superb internal consistency. d. all of the above. - -a. good concurrent validity. When a counselor tells a client that the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) will predict her ability to handle graduate work, the counselor is referring to a. good concurrent validity. b. construct validity. c. face validity. d. predictive validity. - -d. predictive validity. A reliable test is ________ valid. a. always b. 90% c. not always d. 80% - -c. not always A valid test is ________ reliable. a. not always b. always c. never d. 80% - -b. always One method of testing reliability is to give the same test to the same group of people two times and then correlate the scores. This is called a. test-retest reliability. b. equivalent forms reliability. c. alternate forms reliability. d. the split-half method. - -a. test-retest reliability. One method of testing reliability is to give the same population alternate forms of the identical test. Each form will have the same psychometric/statistical properties as the original instrument. This is known as a. test-retest reliability. b. equivalent or alternate forms reliability. c. the split-half method. d. internal consistency. - -b. equivalent or alternate forms reliability. A counselor doing research decided to split a standardized test in half by using the even items as one test and the odd items as a second test and then correlating them. The counselor a. used an invalid procedure to test reliability. b. was testing reliability via the split-half correlation method. c. was testing reliability via the equivalent forms method. d. was testing reliability via the inter-rater method. - -b. was testing reliability via the split-half correlation method. Which method of reliability testing would be useful with an essay test but not with a test of algebra problems? a. Test-retest. b. Alternate forms. c. Split-half. d. Inter-rater/inter-observer. - -d. Inter-rater/inter-observer. A reliability coefficient of 1.00 indicates a. a lot of variance in the test. b. a score with a high level of error. c. a perfect score which has no error. d. a typical correlation on most psychological and counseling tests. - -c. a perfect score which has no error. An excellent psychological or counseling test would have a reliability coefficient of a. 50. b. .90. c. 1.00. d. -.90. - -b. .90. A researcher working with a personality test discovers that the test has a reliability coefficient of .70 which is somewhat typical. This indicates that a. 70% of the score is accurate while 30% is inaccurate. b. 30% of the people who are tested will receive accurate scores. c. 70% of the people who are tested will receive accurate scores. d. 30% of the score is accurate while 70% is inaccurate. - -a. 70% of the score is accurate while 30% is inaccurate. A career counselor is using a test for job selection purposes. An acceptable reliability coefficient would be ________ or higher. a. .20 b. .55 c. .80 d. .70 - -c. .80 The same test is given to the same group of people using the test-retest reliability method. The correlation between the first and second administration is .70. The true v