PSYCH 4600 - Exam 1

PSYC 4600 – Psychological Tests and Measures Exam 1 – Practice Test (Ch. 1-4) Spring 2017 – Dr. Matherne For Exam 1: All students will need a Green or Blue Scantron and #2 pencils. All students must turn in their exam copy and Scantron at the end of the exam period. All electronic devices (phones, headphones, etc.) must be put away during the exam. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: 1. Which is one of the crucial assumptions we make in the field of testing? Traits are quite unstable. There are relatively few traits. There are a nearly infinite number of traits. Traits are reasonably stable. 2. What technical term do we use to refer to the stability of test performance? A. validity B. norms C. development D. reliability 3. Binet’s early work on measuring intelligence was undertaken in connection with the needs of ________. A. Paris’ public schools B. the steel industry C. the French government D. local asylums 4. Emphasizing a careful link between diagnosis and treatment is one of the demands of ___. educational accountability test reliability managed care D. judicial activism 5. Which best describes what the textbook refers to as “special purpose collections?” They are sources of information about tests within a narrow range of ___. publication dates target age ranges topics languages 6. One of the sources of information about tests is “books about single tests.” What is the major disadvantage of this source of information? The books are too expensive Such books are available for only a few tests The books tend to be in foreign languages Such books are not revised often enough 7. Which of the following generally would NOT be included in a specimen set? technical manual test booklet answer sheets publisher’s catalog 8. Which of the following would be the best source to use in order to find the current price of a particular test? professional journal publisher's catalog electronic index D. test review 9. Ranking of football teams or tennis players implies use of what kind of scale? nominal ordinal interval ratio 10. The mean of a set of z-scores is ___. 100 0 1 dependent on the shape of the distribution 11. Shaun’s MA is 8 years and his CA is 10 years. What is his ratio IQ? 80 20 120 45 12. Criterion-referenced interpretation of test performance depends on having ___. multiple-choice items at least some free-response items a well-defined content domain an ill-defined content domain 13. Which of these correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship? r = +.007 r = +.60 r = -.79 r = -.199 14. The summation of all unsystematic influences on a person’s test score is called the _______ score. observed true error actual 15. The most common way of dividing items in order to determine split-half reliability is to form two groups consisting of the _____ and _____ items. odd…even first half…last half easy…hard correct…incorrect 16. Which of these levels of reliability would be considered “moderate?” .50 .65 .80 .95 ANSWERS: 1. D 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. B 10. B 11. B 12. C 13. C 14. C 15. A 16. C