CECE- Assessment and Testing UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
_______ did research and concluded that intelligence was normally distributed like height or
weight and that it was primarily genetic.
a. Spearman
b. Guilford
c. Williamson
d. Galton - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Galton
________ would be an informal method of appraisal.
a. IQ testing
b. Standardized personality testing
c. GRE scores
d. A checklist - CORRECT ANSWER - d. A checklist
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - c. .80
A client who takes a normative test
a. cannot legitimately be compared to other who have taken the test
b. can be 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - b. can be legitimately
be compared to others who have taken the test
A colleague of yours invents a new projective test. Seventeen counselors rated the same client
using the measure and came up with nearly identical assessments. This would indicate
a. high validity
b. high reliability
c. excellent norming studies
d. culture fairness - CORRECT ANSWER - b. high reliability
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - c. This is most likely a
power test
A counselor can utilize psychological tests to help secure a ________ diagnosis if third-party
payments are necessary.
a. CPT
b. DSM or ICD
c. percentile
d. standard error - CORRECT ANSWER - b. DSM or ICD
A counselor created an achievement test with a reliability coefficient of .82. The test is shortened
since many clients felt it was too long. The counselor shortened the test but logically assumed
that the reliability coefficient would now
a. be approximately .88
b. remain at .82
, c. be at least 10 points higher or lower
d. be lower than .82 - CORRECT ANSWER - d. be lower than .82
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - b. was testing
reliability via the split-half correlation method
A counselor is told by his supervisor to measure the internal consistency reliability (i.e.,
homogeneity) of a test but not to divide the test in halves. The counselor would need to utilize
a. the split-half method
b. the test-retest method
c. the Kuder-Richardson coefficients of equivalence
d. cross-validation - CORRECT ANSWER - c. the Kuder-Richardson coefficients of
equivalence
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 looked for information which is not available
d. is magnifying an unimportant issue - CORRECT ANSWER - a. is interested in
reliability
A counselor who fears the client has an organic, neurological, or motoric difficulty would most
likely use the
a. Bender Gestalt II
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
_______ did research and concluded that intelligence was normally distributed like height or
weight and that it was primarily genetic.
a. Spearman
b. Guilford
c. Williamson
d. Galton - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Galton
________ would be an informal method of appraisal.
a. IQ testing
b. Standardized personality testing
c. GRE scores
d. A checklist - CORRECT ANSWER - d. A checklist
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - c. .80
A client who takes a normative test
a. cannot legitimately be compared to other who have taken the test
b. can be 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - b. can be legitimately
be compared to others who have taken the test
A colleague of yours invents a new projective test. Seventeen counselors rated the same client
using the measure and came up with nearly identical assessments. This would indicate
a. high validity
b. high reliability
c. excellent norming studies
d. culture fairness - CORRECT ANSWER - b. high reliability
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - c. This is most likely a
power test
A counselor can utilize psychological tests to help secure a ________ diagnosis if third-party
payments are necessary.
a. CPT
b. DSM or ICD
c. percentile
d. standard error - CORRECT ANSWER - b. DSM or ICD
A counselor created an achievement test with a reliability coefficient of .82. The test is shortened
since many clients felt it was too long. The counselor shortened the test but logically assumed
that the reliability coefficient would now
a. be approximately .88
b. remain at .82
, c. be at least 10 points higher or lower
d. be lower than .82 - CORRECT ANSWER - d. be lower than .82
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - b. was testing
reliability via the split-half correlation method
A counselor is told by his supervisor to measure the internal consistency reliability (i.e.,
homogeneity) of a test but not to divide the test in halves. The counselor would need to utilize
a. the split-half method
b. the test-retest method
c. the Kuder-Richardson coefficients of equivalence
d. cross-validation - CORRECT ANSWER - c. the Kuder-Richardson coefficients of
equivalence
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 looked for information which is not available
d. is magnifying an unimportant issue - CORRECT ANSWER - a. is interested in
reliability
A counselor who fears the client has an organic, neurological, or motoric difficulty would most
likely use the
a. Bender Gestalt II
