PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
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SACCUZZO
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Chapter1—Introduction
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. According to a study (Espenshade & Chung, 2010; Jaschik,
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i2006),growingnumbersoffour-yearcollegesarenotrelying on
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ithe SAT test partly because of
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a. budgetconstraints. i
b. diversity concerns. i
c. reliabilityissues. i
d. qualitycontrol. i
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a. pertainonly toovertbehavior.
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b. alwayshaverightorwronganswers.
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c. donotattempttomeasuretraits.
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d. measurecharacteristics ofhuman behavior.
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3. Thespecificstimulusonatesttowhichapersonresponds
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iovertly is called a(n)
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a. overtevent. i
b. answer.
c. item.
d. scale.
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4. Anindividualtest
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a. involvesasingleexaminerfortwoormoresubjects.
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b. involvesonlytestsofhumanability.
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c. canonly begiventoonepersonat atime.
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d. involvesmorethanoneexaminerforasinglesubject.
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5. Agroup test i
a. canbegiventomultiplepeopleby oneexaminer.
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b. canonly begiventothreepeopleatatime.
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c. involvesagroupofexaminersforasinglesubject.
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d. involvesonlytestsofhumanability.
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6. Previouslearningcanbestbedescribedas
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a. achievement.
b. aptitude.
c. intelligence.
d. ability.
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7. Thepotentialforlearningaspecificskillcanbestbedescribed
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as
a. achievement.
b. aptitude.
c. intelligence.
d. ability.
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8. One'sgeneralpotential,independentofpriorlearning,canbest be
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idescribed as i
a. achievement.
b. aptitude.
c. intelligence.
d. ability.
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9. Achievement,aptitude,andintelligencecanbeencompassed
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iby the term
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a. humanpotential.
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b. humantraits. i
c. humanpersonality.
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d. humanability.i
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10. Structuredpersonalitytests i i
a. requireyoutoproducesomethingspontaneously.
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