RCTX 3254 EXAM 1 2026/2027 | COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM
REVIEW
What is the process of an assessment - correct answer ✔✔gathering information about an
individual in order that the most appropriate services may be provided to diminish or eliminate
the individual problems w/ his/her leisure
what is the characteristics of assessment - correct answer ✔✔process of interpreting
measurements for the purpose of making decisions about placement, program planing and
performance objectives
Why is assessment is important to client - correct answer ✔✔-treatment placement decisions
-gain client info (baseline, progress, discharge)
-communication w/ client caregivers
why is assessment is important to program - correct answer ✔✔-administrative requirements
(reimbursement, regulations)
what are the 5 basic principles of assessment - correct answer ✔✔-systematic process
-logical connection
-yielding dependable and consistent results
-placement
-provide baseline info.
current problems with assessment - correct answer ✔✔research into functional meaning of
assessment scores
What are the domains of assessment - correct answer ✔✔physical, social, cognitive, affective,
administrative
, identify several sources of information on clients - correct answer ✔✔cultural barriers
what are the levels of measurement - correct answer ✔✔nominal, functional, attitudinal,
leisure
nomial - correct answer ✔✔-gender, marital status, religious preference, insurance
-usually first data collected on intake interview
functional - correct answer ✔✔-client skills, knowledge and internal resources
- learning, general tasks, mobility, domestic life
attidudinal - correct answer ✔✔-thinking, feeling, or acting
- attitude towards disability
- gathered formally and informally
leisure - correct answer ✔✔-history of free time activity
-activity surveys
standardized assessment - correct answer ✔✔-often commercially avaible
-psychometrically sound
-estabilished procedures
-less dependent on skills of person administering assessment
non-standardized assessment - correct answer ✔✔-often agency-specific instruments
-often less reliable
REVIEW
What is the process of an assessment - correct answer ✔✔gathering information about an
individual in order that the most appropriate services may be provided to diminish or eliminate
the individual problems w/ his/her leisure
what is the characteristics of assessment - correct answer ✔✔process of interpreting
measurements for the purpose of making decisions about placement, program planing and
performance objectives
Why is assessment is important to client - correct answer ✔✔-treatment placement decisions
-gain client info (baseline, progress, discharge)
-communication w/ client caregivers
why is assessment is important to program - correct answer ✔✔-administrative requirements
(reimbursement, regulations)
what are the 5 basic principles of assessment - correct answer ✔✔-systematic process
-logical connection
-yielding dependable and consistent results
-placement
-provide baseline info.
current problems with assessment - correct answer ✔✔research into functional meaning of
assessment scores
What are the domains of assessment - correct answer ✔✔physical, social, cognitive, affective,
administrative
, identify several sources of information on clients - correct answer ✔✔cultural barriers
what are the levels of measurement - correct answer ✔✔nominal, functional, attitudinal,
leisure
nomial - correct answer ✔✔-gender, marital status, religious preference, insurance
-usually first data collected on intake interview
functional - correct answer ✔✔-client skills, knowledge and internal resources
- learning, general tasks, mobility, domestic life
attidudinal - correct answer ✔✔-thinking, feeling, or acting
- attitude towards disability
- gathered formally and informally
leisure - correct answer ✔✔-history of free time activity
-activity surveys
standardized assessment - correct answer ✔✔-often commercially avaible
-psychometrically sound
-estabilished procedures
-less dependent on skills of person administering assessment
non-standardized assessment - correct answer ✔✔-often agency-specific instruments
-often less reliable
