RGO Review for Psychology
BATAAN * CAMANAVA * PAMPANGA * QUEZON CITY * TARLAC
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
JEHNNYLIE BERINGUEL, RPm
1. Which of the following type of scales is the strongest Then the scores were correlated using
in terms of statistics? Spearman rho.
a. Nominal c. Interval d. A test of intelligence was administered to the
b. Ordinal d. Ratio sample. After a couple of weeks, the same
2. The term “form interpretation test” was coined by test was administered to the same sample.
a. Henry Murray c. Hermann Rorschach Then the scores were correlated using
b. Alexander Murray d. John Buck Spearman rho.
3. Among all the subjects in BLEPP, students found 7. The following are reliability coefficients of different
Industrial Psychology to be the easiest. With this in tests. Which of the following is the most reliable?
mind, we can expect the scores to be a. .75 c. 1.02
a. Positively skewed c. Bell-curve b. .35 d. .68
b. Negatively skewed d. Symmetrical 8. How do you prove content validity?
distribution a. Administer your test followed by a
4. He is the first to utilize surveys as a measure of data standardized test of the same construct,
collection. then correlate the scores obtained. You then
a. John Buck c. Sir Francis Galton judge the strength of the validity by the
b. Florence Goodenough d. Alfred Binet strength of the correlation.
5. Imagine that the “past you” took a 100-item college b. You let a number of experts examine your
admission test and got a result of 98 percentile. Since items to see if it was able to adequately tap
the “past you” does not have enough knowledge in on the construct that you are trying to
psychometrics, he/she travelled in time to find the measure.
“present you” to clarify the score. How will you explain c. You take the scores of your participants on
this score to you past self? your newly made integrity test then you
a. Your score is high because you only got 2 check it against their occupational and police
items wrong. records.
b. Your score is average because percentiles d. You run factor analysis on your test to see if
have a mean of 100 and a standard it measures the construct it was meant to
deviation of 15. Therefore your score is 1 measure.
standard deviation unit below the mean. 9. This refers to the reservoir or well which items will or
c. Your score is high because your score is will not be drawn for the final version of the test.
higher than 98% of all the test takers. a. Item pool c. Item reservoir
d. Your score is average because the test was b. Item well d. Item bank
easy, some of your classmates even got a 10. Which of the following tests is an intelligence test that
perfect score. can also be used for the evaluation of learning
6. Which of the following describes how to establish disabilities?
test-retest reliability? a. Apgar test
a. A test of depression was administered to the b. Woodcock-Johnson III
sample. After a couple of weeks, the same c. Bayley Scale
test was administered to the same sample. d. Kaufman Assessment Battery
Then the scores were correlated using 11. Mark and Arvin are scheduled to get their height and
Pearson r. weight in the clinic. They said it was unnecessary
b. A test of intelligence was administered to the because they just took their measurements the day
sample. After a couple of weeks, the same before. To their surprise, Mark’s weight went from
test was administered to the same sample. 55kg to 58kg, and Arvin’s weight moved from 60kg to
Then the scores were correlated using 61kg, while bother of them maintained their height.
Pearson r. This could imply that
c. A test of depression was administered to the a. The weighing scale has systematic error
sample. After a couple of weeks the same b. The weighing scale has random error
test was administered to the same sample.
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, c. Mark ate more than Arvin did the night 19. The following are true about Face validity except
before ______.
d. None of the above a. It appeals more on the motivation of the test
12. How do you establish Alternate Forms reliability? taker rather than to the characteristic of the
a. You administer the form A of your test itself.
personality inventory to your sample. After b. It affects children more than it does adults.
they are finished, you administer the form B. c. It is the weakest among the validity
b. You administer the form A to your sample, evidence.
wait a couple of weeks, and then administer d. It is about whether the test appears to
the form B to the same sample. measure what it is supposed to measure.
c. All of the above 20. How will you establish criterion-related validity?
d. None of the above a. Administer your test followed by a
13. You developed a test of creativity, but upon item- standardized test of a construct that, based
analysis, you discovered that your test fell short of on literature, should be related to your own
your target reliability coefficient. What is the most construct, then correlate the scores
practical way to resolve this? obtained. You then judge the strength of the
a. Change the statistical tool to a more validity by the strength of the correlation.
appropriate one for the target variable to b. You let a number of experts examine your
measure items to see if it was able to adequately tap
b. Conduct proper item analysis to determine on the construct that you are trying to
which item should be retained, in this way measure.
the items of the test would yield high c. You take the scores of your participants on
accuracy. your newly made integrity test then you
c. Find a test that measures the same check it against their occupational and police
dimension, correlate them, and then based records.
on the results, edit the items. d. You run factor analysis on your test to see if
d. Increase the number of items it measures the construct it was meant to
14. Which of the following is an example of external measure.
consistency? 21. Which of the following can be a criterion in a criterion-
a. Interrater reliability related validity evidence?
b. Alternate Forms reliability a. License c. Diagnosis
c. Split-half reliability b. Another test d. All of the above
d. None of the above 22. Pulgoso just made a test of resiliency. To account for
15. If you are given a test with dichotomous items, what its validity, he correlated his test with another test of
method will you use to calculate reliability? resiliency. What validity evidence can he yield?
a. Split half method c. KR-20 a. Content validity c. Construct validity
b. KR-21 d. Cronbach’s alpha b. Face validity d. Criterion-related validity
16. Marimar took a test on Psychological Assessment 23. Objective tests are paired with projective tests
and was curious about his true score. However, his because the latter provides the former with ______
true score could only be obtained by subtracting the validity.
error from his raw score. This assumption is similar to a. Concurrent c. Incremental
that of what theory? b. Predictive d. None of the above
a. Item Response Theory 24. Which of the following comes first in test
b. Domain Sampling Model development?
c. Classical Test Score Theory a. Test tryout c. Writing items
d. Theory of Constant Reduction b. Scoring items d. Scaling
17. When talking about psychometric soundness, you are 25. All the following are true about reliability except
referring to a. It is the proportion of the total variance
a. Reliability attributed to the true variance.
b. Validity b. It is the degree of dependability of a tool or
c. Reliability and Validity measure.
d. Reliability, Validity, and Utility c. It does not limit the validity of a test.
18. Variables, like male or female, and dead or alive, that d. It is possible for a test to be reliable but not
has no categories in between each extremes are valid.
called _______ 26. What type of data does rating scales yield?
a. Artificial dichotomy c. Continuous variable a. Nominal c. Interval
b. True dichotomy d. Discrete variable b. Ordinal
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BATAAN * CAMANAVA * PAMPANGA * QUEZON CITY * TARLAC
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
JEHNNYLIE BERINGUEL, RPm
1. Which of the following type of scales is the strongest Then the scores were correlated using
in terms of statistics? Spearman rho.
a. Nominal c. Interval d. A test of intelligence was administered to the
b. Ordinal d. Ratio sample. After a couple of weeks, the same
2. The term “form interpretation test” was coined by test was administered to the same sample.
a. Henry Murray c. Hermann Rorschach Then the scores were correlated using
b. Alexander Murray d. John Buck Spearman rho.
3. Among all the subjects in BLEPP, students found 7. The following are reliability coefficients of different
Industrial Psychology to be the easiest. With this in tests. Which of the following is the most reliable?
mind, we can expect the scores to be a. .75 c. 1.02
a. Positively skewed c. Bell-curve b. .35 d. .68
b. Negatively skewed d. Symmetrical 8. How do you prove content validity?
distribution a. Administer your test followed by a
4. He is the first to utilize surveys as a measure of data standardized test of the same construct,
collection. then correlate the scores obtained. You then
a. John Buck c. Sir Francis Galton judge the strength of the validity by the
b. Florence Goodenough d. Alfred Binet strength of the correlation.
5. Imagine that the “past you” took a 100-item college b. You let a number of experts examine your
admission test and got a result of 98 percentile. Since items to see if it was able to adequately tap
the “past you” does not have enough knowledge in on the construct that you are trying to
psychometrics, he/she travelled in time to find the measure.
“present you” to clarify the score. How will you explain c. You take the scores of your participants on
this score to you past self? your newly made integrity test then you
a. Your score is high because you only got 2 check it against their occupational and police
items wrong. records.
b. Your score is average because percentiles d. You run factor analysis on your test to see if
have a mean of 100 and a standard it measures the construct it was meant to
deviation of 15. Therefore your score is 1 measure.
standard deviation unit below the mean. 9. This refers to the reservoir or well which items will or
c. Your score is high because your score is will not be drawn for the final version of the test.
higher than 98% of all the test takers. a. Item pool c. Item reservoir
d. Your score is average because the test was b. Item well d. Item bank
easy, some of your classmates even got a 10. Which of the following tests is an intelligence test that
perfect score. can also be used for the evaluation of learning
6. Which of the following describes how to establish disabilities?
test-retest reliability? a. Apgar test
a. A test of depression was administered to the b. Woodcock-Johnson III
sample. After a couple of weeks, the same c. Bayley Scale
test was administered to the same sample. d. Kaufman Assessment Battery
Then the scores were correlated using 11. Mark and Arvin are scheduled to get their height and
Pearson r. weight in the clinic. They said it was unnecessary
b. A test of intelligence was administered to the because they just took their measurements the day
sample. After a couple of weeks, the same before. To their surprise, Mark’s weight went from
test was administered to the same sample. 55kg to 58kg, and Arvin’s weight moved from 60kg to
Then the scores were correlated using 61kg, while bother of them maintained their height.
Pearson r. This could imply that
c. A test of depression was administered to the a. The weighing scale has systematic error
sample. After a couple of weeks the same b. The weighing scale has random error
test was administered to the same sample.
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, c. Mark ate more than Arvin did the night 19. The following are true about Face validity except
before ______.
d. None of the above a. It appeals more on the motivation of the test
12. How do you establish Alternate Forms reliability? taker rather than to the characteristic of the
a. You administer the form A of your test itself.
personality inventory to your sample. After b. It affects children more than it does adults.
they are finished, you administer the form B. c. It is the weakest among the validity
b. You administer the form A to your sample, evidence.
wait a couple of weeks, and then administer d. It is about whether the test appears to
the form B to the same sample. measure what it is supposed to measure.
c. All of the above 20. How will you establish criterion-related validity?
d. None of the above a. Administer your test followed by a
13. You developed a test of creativity, but upon item- standardized test of a construct that, based
analysis, you discovered that your test fell short of on literature, should be related to your own
your target reliability coefficient. What is the most construct, then correlate the scores
practical way to resolve this? obtained. You then judge the strength of the
a. Change the statistical tool to a more validity by the strength of the correlation.
appropriate one for the target variable to b. You let a number of experts examine your
measure items to see if it was able to adequately tap
b. Conduct proper item analysis to determine on the construct that you are trying to
which item should be retained, in this way measure.
the items of the test would yield high c. You take the scores of your participants on
accuracy. your newly made integrity test then you
c. Find a test that measures the same check it against their occupational and police
dimension, correlate them, and then based records.
on the results, edit the items. d. You run factor analysis on your test to see if
d. Increase the number of items it measures the construct it was meant to
14. Which of the following is an example of external measure.
consistency? 21. Which of the following can be a criterion in a criterion-
a. Interrater reliability related validity evidence?
b. Alternate Forms reliability a. License c. Diagnosis
c. Split-half reliability b. Another test d. All of the above
d. None of the above 22. Pulgoso just made a test of resiliency. To account for
15. If you are given a test with dichotomous items, what its validity, he correlated his test with another test of
method will you use to calculate reliability? resiliency. What validity evidence can he yield?
a. Split half method c. KR-20 a. Content validity c. Construct validity
b. KR-21 d. Cronbach’s alpha b. Face validity d. Criterion-related validity
16. Marimar took a test on Psychological Assessment 23. Objective tests are paired with projective tests
and was curious about his true score. However, his because the latter provides the former with ______
true score could only be obtained by subtracting the validity.
error from his raw score. This assumption is similar to a. Concurrent c. Incremental
that of what theory? b. Predictive d. None of the above
a. Item Response Theory 24. Which of the following comes first in test
b. Domain Sampling Model development?
c. Classical Test Score Theory a. Test tryout c. Writing items
d. Theory of Constant Reduction b. Scoring items d. Scaling
17. When talking about psychometric soundness, you are 25. All the following are true about reliability except
referring to a. It is the proportion of the total variance
a. Reliability attributed to the true variance.
b. Validity b. It is the degree of dependability of a tool or
c. Reliability and Validity measure.
d. Reliability, Validity, and Utility c. It does not limit the validity of a test.
18. Variables, like male or female, and dead or alive, that d. It is possible for a test to be reliable but not
has no categories in between each extremes are valid.
called _______ 26. What type of data does rating scales yield?
a. Artificial dichotomy c. Continuous variable a. Nominal c. Interval
b. True dichotomy d. Discrete variable b. Ordinal
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