COUN 6360 Week 5 Competency Quiz; Reliability and Validity

1. Question: A neuropsychological assessment is most likely to be used in which of the following situations? 2. Question: Match the law or act with the most appropriate description. 3. Question: If a child is in grade 4.3 and receives a grade equivalent of 7.2 on an achievement test, he or she is achieving at the 7.2 grade level. 4. Question: Environmental assessments have a distinct advantage in that they: 5. Question: The Exner scoring system for the Rorschach relies on all of the following EXCEPT: 6. Question: Which of the following is true about the ASVAB? 7. Question: Informal assessment techniques are not particularly practical because one has to painstakingly take time to create them. 8. Question: The process of thinking about music in one's mind without it actually being there is called: 9. Question: In addition to ethical codes, other standards in testing exist. Which of the following is NOT a well-known standard? 10. Question: The Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II): 11. Question: Which of the following is NOT true relative to the practicality of informal assessment techniques? 12. Question: Which of the following is NOT a problem with tests of educational ability? 13. Question: Although the Conners 3 is observer- or self-rated, it maintains reasonably high reliabilities. 14. Question: Which early scientist believed that individuals who had a quicker reaction time and stronger grip strength were superior intellectually? 15. Question: About two million people each year are administered the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), making it the most widely-used personality assessment for normal functioning. 16. Question: The diagnosis of "unspecified" should be used when a client's symptoms meet clinical significance but does not meet strict diagnostic criteria. 17. Question: In the mental status exam, concepts such as circumstantial, flight of ideas, logical and organized, loose associations, tangential, and poverty refer to the client's: 18. Question: On all normally distributed curves, the mean, median, and mode are the same. 19. Question: The combination of an interest inventory with a multiple aptitude test allows one to examine two important attributes in the career choice process. 20. Question: The area between +1 and −1 standard deviations on a normal curve would include approximately 84 percent of the population. 21. Question: Which of the following is suggested when writing reports? 22. Question: Forensic evaluations often include interviewing, assessment, knowledge of ethical and legal issues, and writing forensic reports. 23. Question: Which association certifies counselors and social workers as forensic health evaluators? 24. Question: Concurrent validity is to criterion-related validity as discriminant validity is to construct validity. 25. Question: Although open-ended and essay type questions tend to offer a broader assessment of one's ability, the tradeoff is often in lower reliability estimates.