COUN 6722 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● When gathering information using assessments, counselors:
Answer: gather samples of behavior and infer meanings from those
behaviors.
●● Surveys on counselor usage of assessment instruments (e.g.,
Ekstrom, Elmore, Schafer, Trotter, & Webster, 2004)indicate that:
Answer: the majority of counselors interpret, communicate, and utilize
assessment information in their practice of counseling.
●● Which of the following is NOT provided as a reason for counselors
to be knowledgeable about assessment?
Answer: Assessment is a distinct activity separate from the counseling
process.
●● Assessment is an integral component to counseling that encompasses
four broad steps. The first step is assessing the client problem(s). Which
one of the following is NOT part of the remaining three steps?
Group of answer choices
Answer: Utilizing as many assessment instruments as possible to
determine treatment progress
,●● Assessments cannot only be used to identify client problems, but to
also identify client:
Answer: strengths.
●● In considering the counseling process, assessment:
Answer: is an integral part of the entire process.
●● The _________________________ model has been suggested by
Finn (2007) as more efficient means to facilitate positive changes in
clients through the utilization of assessment instruments.
Group of answer choices
Answer: therapeutic assessment
●● An instrument that has fixed directions for the administration and
scoring of the instrument is said to be:
Answer: standardized.
●● An individually-administered instrument, as compared to a group-
administered instrument, has the advantage of:
Answer: allowing the administrator to observe nonverbal behaviors.
●● In categorizing instruments as either speed versus power, a power
test means the:
,Answer: items vary in difficulty, and more credit may be given for more
difficult items.
●● Nonverbal instruments have been developed primarily in an attempt
to:
Answer: control for the influences of language and culture.
●● If a test requires individuals to manipulate objects, then it would be
considered a(n):
Answer: performance test.
●● Cognitive testing is to affective testing, as __________ is to
__________.
Answer: intelligence; personality
●● Achievement test is to aptitude test, as __________ is to
__________.
Answer: acquired knowledge or proficiency; performance in the future
●● Projective techniques:
Answer: involve the individual responding to relatively ambiguous
stimuli.
●● The basic theory underlying projective measures is that:
, Answer: the examinee's responses are projections of the individual's
latent traits.
●● As compared to objective measures, subjective instruments require
the administrator to:
Answer: make professional judgments when scoring the assessment.
●● The person credited with launching the testing movement is:
Answer: Sir Francis Galton.
●● In constructing his test of cognitive ability, which of these functions
would not be considered important by Binet?
Answer: Perceptual speed
●● Which psychologist was the first to use the term mental test?
Answer: James McKeen Cattell
●● During the 1960s and 1970s, there was a lot of examination and
evaluation of the use of tests and assessment instruments. There was
significant scrutiny over:
Answer: ethnic bias, fairness, and accuracy.
●● The thrust of authentic assessment is to use:
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● When gathering information using assessments, counselors:
Answer: gather samples of behavior and infer meanings from those
behaviors.
●● Surveys on counselor usage of assessment instruments (e.g.,
Ekstrom, Elmore, Schafer, Trotter, & Webster, 2004)indicate that:
Answer: the majority of counselors interpret, communicate, and utilize
assessment information in their practice of counseling.
●● Which of the following is NOT provided as a reason for counselors
to be knowledgeable about assessment?
Answer: Assessment is a distinct activity separate from the counseling
process.
●● Assessment is an integral component to counseling that encompasses
four broad steps. The first step is assessing the client problem(s). Which
one of the following is NOT part of the remaining three steps?
Group of answer choices
Answer: Utilizing as many assessment instruments as possible to
determine treatment progress
,●● Assessments cannot only be used to identify client problems, but to
also identify client:
Answer: strengths.
●● In considering the counseling process, assessment:
Answer: is an integral part of the entire process.
●● The _________________________ model has been suggested by
Finn (2007) as more efficient means to facilitate positive changes in
clients through the utilization of assessment instruments.
Group of answer choices
Answer: therapeutic assessment
●● An instrument that has fixed directions for the administration and
scoring of the instrument is said to be:
Answer: standardized.
●● An individually-administered instrument, as compared to a group-
administered instrument, has the advantage of:
Answer: allowing the administrator to observe nonverbal behaviors.
●● In categorizing instruments as either speed versus power, a power
test means the:
,Answer: items vary in difficulty, and more credit may be given for more
difficult items.
●● Nonverbal instruments have been developed primarily in an attempt
to:
Answer: control for the influences of language and culture.
●● If a test requires individuals to manipulate objects, then it would be
considered a(n):
Answer: performance test.
●● Cognitive testing is to affective testing, as __________ is to
__________.
Answer: intelligence; personality
●● Achievement test is to aptitude test, as __________ is to
__________.
Answer: acquired knowledge or proficiency; performance in the future
●● Projective techniques:
Answer: involve the individual responding to relatively ambiguous
stimuli.
●● The basic theory underlying projective measures is that:
, Answer: the examinee's responses are projections of the individual's
latent traits.
●● As compared to objective measures, subjective instruments require
the administrator to:
Answer: make professional judgments when scoring the assessment.
●● The person credited with launching the testing movement is:
Answer: Sir Francis Galton.
●● In constructing his test of cognitive ability, which of these functions
would not be considered important by Binet?
Answer: Perceptual speed
●● Which psychologist was the first to use the term mental test?
Answer: James McKeen Cattell
●● During the 1960s and 1970s, there was a lot of examination and
evaluation of the use of tests and assessment instruments. There was
significant scrutiny over:
Answer: ethnic bias, fairness, and accuracy.
●● The thrust of authentic assessment is to use:
