The Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II):

The Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II):
 
  a. is useful in identifying and assessing the severity of symptoms of depression.
  b. is a rather lengthy test that takes about 45 minutes to take.
  c. is a test that can be used as the sole criterion for making a diagnosis of depression.
  d. uses a standard deviation of 10 and mean of 75 in assessing scores.
  e. All of these are characteristics of the BDI-II.

Q. 2

Which of the following is true about the MMPI-II and the PAI?
 
  a. The MMPI-II is quicker to administer than the PAI.
  b. They both cover clinical disorders (formerly Axis I) only.
  c. Only the MMPI-II has validity scales.
  d. The PAI may be more effective than the MMPI-II.
  e. None of these is true.

Q. 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) was designed for?
 
  a. Aid in making a clinical diagnosis
  b. Assist in identifying normal human behavior
  c. Screening for psychopathology
  d. Assist in treatment planning
  e. All of these

Q. 4

The special Corrections Report available with the MCMI-II does which of the following?
 
  a. Describes the examinee's tendency to spin the truth about self
  b. Shows probable need for mental health services, anger management services, escape risk from prison, and suicidal tendencies
  c. Provides a correction factor based on the examinee's defensiveness
  d. Provides the standard error of measurement on the test, and thus shows the range of the true score of an individual
  e. None of these

Q. 5

Which of the following is NOT a major scale of the Millon?
 
  a. The Clinical Personality Pattern Scales
  b. The Neuroticism Scales
  c. The Severe Personality Pathology Scales
  d. The Clinical Syndrome Scales
  e. The Severe Clinical Syndrome Scales

Q. 6

Which of the following is NOT true about the Millon-III (the MCMI-III)?
 
  a. It is the second most used objective personality test.
  b. It is designed to assess personality disorders (formerly Axis II of DSM-IV) and psychopathology. c. There is an adolescent version.
  d. It generally takes longer to administer as compared to the MMPI-II.

Q. 7

Which is true about the Basic Scales of the MMPI-II?
 
  a. They give an indication of the amount of defensiveness, faking good, and faking bad on the test.
  b. They offer a mechanism for understanding the etiology of a client's personality
  c. They are useful in diagnosis and treatment planning.
  d. Individual subtest scores are generally more important than patterns of scores when making decisions about clients.
  e. All of these are true.