CECE Practice Questions (Assessment and Testing)
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An aptitude test is to ________ as an achievement test is to
________.
a. what has been learned; potential
b. potential; what has been learned
c. profit from learning; potential
d. a measurement of current skills; potential
b. potential; what has been learned
You are uncertain whether a test is intended for the population
served by your not-for-profit agency. The best method of
researching this dilemma would be to
a. contact a local APA clinical psychology graduate program.
b. e-mail the person who created the test.
c. read the test manual included with the test.
d. give the test to six or more clients at random.
c. read the test manual included with the test.
Clients should know that
a. validity is more important than reliability.
b. projective tests favor psychodynamic theory.
c. face validity is not that important.
d. a test is merely a single source of data and not infallible.
d. a test is merely a single source of data and not infallible.
One major testing trend is
a. computer-assisted testing and computer interpretations.
,b. more paper and pencil measures.
c. to give school children more standardized tests.
d. to train pastoral counselors to do projective testing.
a. computer-assisted testing and computer interpretations.
One future trend which seems contradictory is that some experts
are pushing for
a. a greater reliance on tests while others want to rely on them
less.
b. social workers to do most of the testing.
c. psychiatrists to do most of the testing.
d. counselors to ban all computer-assisted tests.
a. a greater reliance on tests while others want to rely on them
less.
Most counselors would agree that
a. more preschool IQ testing is necessary.
b. teachers need to give more personality tests.
c. more public education is needed in the area of testing.
d. the testing mystique has been beneficial to the general public
c. more public education is needed in the area of testing.
________ would be an informal method of appraisal.
a. IQ testing
b. Standardized personality testing
c. GRE scores
d. A checklist
d. A checklist
Both the Rorschach and the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
are projective tests. The Rorschach uses 10 inkblot cards while
, the TAT uses
a. a dozen inkblot cards.
b. verbal and performance IQ scales.
c. pictures.
d. incomplete sentences.
c. pictures.
Test bias primarily results from
a. a test being normed solely on white middle-class clients.
b. the use of projective measures.
c. using whites to score the test.
d. using IQ rather than personality tests.
a. a test being normed solely on white middle-class clients.
A counselor who fears the client has an organic, neurological, or
motoric difficulty would most likely use the
a. Bender Gestalt II.
b. Rorschach.
c. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2.
d. Thematic Apperception Test.
a. Bender Gestalt II.
An interest inventory would be least valid when used with
a. a first-year college student majoring in philosophy.
b. a third-year college student majoring in physics.
c. an eighth-grade male with an IQ of 136.
d. a 46-year-old white male construction worker.
c. an eighth-grade male with an IQ of 136.
One major criticism of interest inventories is that
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An aptitude test is to ________ as an achievement test is to
________.
a. what has been learned; potential
b. potential; what has been learned
c. profit from learning; potential
d. a measurement of current skills; potential
b. potential; what has been learned
You are uncertain whether a test is intended for the population
served by your not-for-profit agency. The best method of
researching this dilemma would be to
a. contact a local APA clinical psychology graduate program.
b. e-mail the person who created the test.
c. read the test manual included with the test.
d. give the test to six or more clients at random.
c. read the test manual included with the test.
Clients should know that
a. validity is more important than reliability.
b. projective tests favor psychodynamic theory.
c. face validity is not that important.
d. a test is merely a single source of data and not infallible.
d. a test is merely a single source of data and not infallible.
One major testing trend is
a. computer-assisted testing and computer interpretations.
,b. more paper and pencil measures.
c. to give school children more standardized tests.
d. to train pastoral counselors to do projective testing.
a. computer-assisted testing and computer interpretations.
One future trend which seems contradictory is that some experts
are pushing for
a. a greater reliance on tests while others want to rely on them
less.
b. social workers to do most of the testing.
c. psychiatrists to do most of the testing.
d. counselors to ban all computer-assisted tests.
a. a greater reliance on tests while others want to rely on them
less.
Most counselors would agree that
a. more preschool IQ testing is necessary.
b. teachers need to give more personality tests.
c. more public education is needed in the area of testing.
d. the testing mystique has been beneficial to the general public
c. more public education is needed in the area of testing.
________ would be an informal method of appraisal.
a. IQ testing
b. Standardized personality testing
c. GRE scores
d. A checklist
d. A checklist
Both the Rorschach and the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
are projective tests. The Rorschach uses 10 inkblot cards while
, the TAT uses
a. a dozen inkblot cards.
b. verbal and performance IQ scales.
c. pictures.
d. incomplete sentences.
c. pictures.
Test bias primarily results from
a. a test being normed solely on white middle-class clients.
b. the use of projective measures.
c. using whites to score the test.
d. using IQ rather than personality tests.
a. a test being normed solely on white middle-class clients.
A counselor who fears the client has an organic, neurological, or
motoric difficulty would most likely use the
a. Bender Gestalt II.
b. Rorschach.
c. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2.
d. Thematic Apperception Test.
a. Bender Gestalt II.
An interest inventory would be least valid when used with
a. a first-year college student majoring in philosophy.
b. a third-year college student majoring in physics.
c. an eighth-grade male with an IQ of 136.
d. a 46-year-old white male construction worker.
c. an eighth-grade male with an IQ of 136.
One major criticism of interest inventories is that
