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 Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Test reliability refers to _____________________.

 Question 2
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A psychometrician was asked to help graduating senior high school students decided on what course
to take in college. What type of test/s should be administered?

 Question 3
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Which are not typically used in pre-employment screening?

 Question 4
1 out of 1 points
During an individual testing session, every time the test taker gives a particular answer, the
psychometrician s facial expression changes. What can you say about the action of the
psychometrician?

 Question 5
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During the pre-intake interview, a client tells a psychometrician that he is planning to kill his girlfriend,
and the psychometrician has reason to believe that the client will act on this plan. In this situation, the
psychometrician ____________

 Question 6
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Which is true in relation to the electronic transmission of psychological services, products, or
information?

 Question 7
1 out of 1 points
The validity of a test refers to ______________

 Question 8
1 out of 1 points
You are working in a testing center and was asked by the director to prepare the budget that will be
used to purchase new testing materials for the next fiscal year. Following the principles of
psychological assessment which of the following information found in the test catalogue should you
pay more attention to:

 Question 9
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Which is TRUE of measurement error? 

 Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is TRUE of the standard error of measurement? 

 Question 11
1 out of 1 points
You were asked by your director to determine if test scores from an aptitude test can predict the
future performance of high school students. Based on your computation, you were able to obtain an r
value of 1.35. Determine now your next course of action.

 Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Evaluate the statement: A licensed psychometrician in the Philippines can perform
biopsychosical assessment.

 Question 13
1 out of 1 points
You have been tasked to make a recommendation in terms of what type of test is to be
purchased by a certain university to serve as its admission exam. The objective of the university
is to accept applicants with exceptional course knowledge from their high school. What type of
test would you recommend?

 Question 14
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It is best illustrated when employees rate the company poor when it comes to providing safety
measures for work.

 Question 15
1 out of 1 points
The more homogeneous a test is, the ___________. 

 Question 16
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A test developer compares a student's performance on a newly developed math achievement test to
the same student's performance on a well-established math achievement test for the purpose of
exploring the ________ validity of the new test. 
 Question 17
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A psychometrician, under the supervision of a psychologist, conducted a neuropsychological
examination to determine if the patient has damaged his frontal lobe. Which of the following
statements are correct?

 Question 18
1 out of 1 points
A test containing 100 items is revised by deleting 20 items. It expected that the magnitude of the
reliability estimate for that test will _________.

 Question 19
1 out of 1 points
A DEPED district superintendent desires to purchase an achievement test that will be administered
annually to the students in that district for the purpose of monitoring progress. As the psychometrician
in-charge, your job is to select a test. Which is most advisable?

 Question 20
1 out of 1 points
Which assessment technique is the BEST example of a face validity? 

 Question 21
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Related to assessing intelligence at various stages of development, which statement is true?

 Question 22
1 out of 1 points
A coefficient of correlation is calculated between Melissa's score on a test of social withdrawal and a
clinician's rating of her on the variable of the said construct. This coefficient of correlation might also
be referred to as a/an

 Question 23
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Which of the following statements is NOT true about constructs? 

 Question 24
1 out of 1 points
A psychometrician preparing a psychological report is at a lost as to what he should focus on
because test result shows that there is more negative than positive results. What should be his
course of action?
 Question 25
1 out of 1 points
Using estimates of internal consistency, a test of _______ would likely yield the highest reliability
coefficients

 Question 26
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An investigation of a test's construct validity may yield evidence that the test

 Question 27
1 out of 1 points
Which is NOT a group administered test?

 Question 28
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A standard against which a test or test score is evaluated is known as ___________.

 Question 29
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Which term does NOT belong among the different kinds of assessment? 

 Question 30
1 out of 1 points
The items of a personality test are characterized as heterogeneous in nature. This tells us that the
test measures __________.

 Question 31
0 out of 1 points
Which estimate of reliability is most consistent with the domain sampling theory? 

 Question 32
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Alvin is a psychometrician assigned to assess the study habits and achievement levels of hearing
impaired students at a school in Pasay City. Based on his training, what should Alvin NOT do?

 Question 33
1 out of 1 points
A primary purpose for administering an aptitude test is _____________

 Question 34
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A primary use for group intelligence tests is __________

 Question 35
1 out of 1 points
Each of the three approaches to validity assessment in the trinitarian model should BEST be thought
of as ____________.

 Question 36
1 out of 1 points
A norm-referenced test yields which type of information? 

 Question 37
1 out of 1 points
Psychological tests in the industrial setting is often used to measure _____________.

 Question 38
1 out of 1 points
Which is true of the role of personality measures in industrial/organizational psychology?

 Question 39
1 out of 1 points
A psychometrician has been administering a specific mental ability test for the past 10 years and at
times scores the test in the absence of an answer key because over the years he has already
memorized the answers. Evaluate the practice of the psychometrician.

 Question 40
1 out of 1 points
In classical test theory, an observed score on an ability test is presumed to represent the test taker's
______________.

 Question 41
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All evidences are used to evaluate the validity of a test EXCEPT the evaluation of the ___________.

 Question 42
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It is used to translate observer s perception into numbers.

 Question 43
1 out of 1 points
The higher an item-validity index, the greater the __________ validity. 
 Question 44
1 out of 1 points
Based on the records of the human resources department, Jonas is consistently tardy and has
accumulated an excessive number of absences. The head of the HRD decided to give Jonas the
Edward Preference Schedule Scale. What maybe the objective of the HRD head?

 Question 45
0 out of 1 points
Which is TRUE of the latent-trait model of measurement? 

 Question 46
0 out of 1 points
A funding agency wants to know if the youth of Barangay 653 of Manila City will benefit from
additional training and instruction. As the psychometrician of the funding agency, what type of test
would you administer?

 Question 47
1 out of 1 points
A licensed psychometrician was ordered by a judge to reveal test information (scores and
interpretation) related to an individual under the court s jurisdiction as evidence in an ongoing case or
hearing. The psychometrician refused and cites the confidentiality clause in the code of ethics.
Evaluate the action of the psychometrician.

 Question 48
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Psychoeducational test batteries are designed to measure ____________

 Question 49
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is the most important reason why translating a test into another
language is not recommended?

 Question 50
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A law firm hires a licensed psychometrician to help in their high profile annulment case. A senior
lawyer asked the newly hired psychometrician to administer a human figure drawing test which she
intends to use as evidence in her next hearing. The psychometrician hurriedly scheduled the test
administration and set aside all her other tasks to accomplish the assignment of the senior lawyer.
Evaluate the action of the psychometrician.

 Question 51
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An interpretive report of psychological testing contains information relevant not only to the test-taker's
test scores, but recommendations for changes in the dosage of the medication the test-taker is
currently prescribed. This interpretive report is more specifically referred to as a/an _____ report.

 Question 52
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Coefficient alpha is an expression of the mean of ____________.

 Question 53
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If new predictors explain something about a predicted score which cannot be readily explained by
existing predictors, the new predictor might be praised for its _____________.

 Question 54
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A test of infant development contains three scales: (1) Cognitive Ability, (2) Motor Development, and
(3) Behavior Rating. Because these three scales are designed to measure different characteristics
(heterogeneous), it would be NOT appropriate to combine the three scales in calculating which type
of reliability estimate?

 Question 55
1 out of 1 points
Which is NOT a possible source of random error variance? 

 Question 56
1 out of 1 points
A Scatter plot showing the relationship between two variables is graphed upward and sloping to
the right. This is indicative of what kind of relationship?

 Question 57
0 out of 1 points
If the only criterion of a good test is reliability and the test is a personality test that is multifaceted,
which of the following is a good test?

 Question 58
1 out of 1 points
Which type of reliability estimate would be appropriate only when evaluating the reliability of a test
that measures a trait that is presumed to be relatively stable time? 

 Question 59
1 out of 1 points
A test entails behavioral observation and rating of front desk clerks to determine whether or not they
greet guests with a smile. Which type of error is this test most susceptible to? 
 Question 60
1 out of 1 points
An applicant for a job in the Philippine Postal Service scores in the bottom 5% of all applicants on a
test that measures the ability to sort mail. This is an example of _______ testing.

 Question 61
0 out of 1 points
Determine the most important responsibility of a psychometrician.

 Question 62
1 out of 1 points
Lawshe's method for gauging agreement among raters is used to derive a measure of what kind of
validity evidence?

 Question 63
1 out of 1 points
An item-characteristic curve includes all of the following EXCEPT ______________.

 Question 64
1 out of 1 points
What is the primary objective of assessing children s intelligence?

 Question 65
1 out of 1 points
In calculating the content validity ratio, panelists are asked to determine if the ______________.

 Question 66
0 out of 1 points
A police officer administered a breathalyzer test to a suspected drunk driver but did not put on his
glasses to read the meter. As a result, he mistakenly recorded the blood alcohol level. This is the kind
of mistake that is BEST with which type of reliability estimates? 

 Question 67
1 out of 1 points
This type of item format generates ipsative scores.

 Question 68
1 out of 1 points
Which is TRUE about different types of reliability coefficients?
 Question 69
0 out of 1 points
A psychometrician working in a clinic was tasked to administer psychological tests in order to
diagnose a patient with a possible disorder. The psychometrician followed the standard test battery of
the clinic and after the scoring and interpretation of the tests, he wrote the psychological report
detailing his diagnosis of the patient. Evaluate the action of the psychometrician.

 Question 70
1 out of 1 points
Comparing SAT scores earned in high school with the first semester college GPA of that same
student is a process related to establishing the ________ validity of the SAT. 

 Question 71
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If there is a conflict between the law and code of ethics, which is the correct form of action.

 Question 72
1 out of 1 points
Which is NOT an objective test?

 Question 73
1 out of 1 points
As a psychometrician, which of the following test will you choose?

 Question 74
0 out of 1 points
Which is a disadvantage of group intelligence tests?

 Question 75
1 out of 1 points
A significant, positive relationship exists between scores on a new test of intelligence and scores on
the fourth edition of the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale. These data may be viewed as supportive of
which type of validity evidence for the new test? 

 Question 76
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Which type of reliability is directly affected by the heterogeneity of a test? 

 Question 77
1 out of 1 points
All indices of reliability provide an index that is a characteristic of a particular ____________.
 Question 78
1 out of 1 points
What type of validity evidence BEST sheds light on how a shorter and less expensive test compares
with a longer and more expensive one?

 Question 79
1 out of 1 points
The CEO of a company is concerned with the demonstrated ability of the employees being hired by
the HRD and wanted to see and evaluate the different psychological tests used during pre-
employment testing. What is the most appropriate action to take?

 Question 80
1 out of 1 points
A psychometrician informs the Dean that he is 100 percent certain that all freshmen who failed the
Mathematics subtest of the entrance exam will also fail their Basic Mathematics course during their
freshmen year because the universities entrance exam has high predictive validity. What can you say
about the statement of the psychometrician?

 Question 81
1 out of 1 points
A test designed to provide information about whether or not an aviator has mastered the ability to fly
solo is an example of a test that is _________.

 Question 82
1 out of 1 points
An instructor announced that an examination will cover the topics of reliability and validity. Mathew
boasts that he will read and study only the material on reliability. As it turns out, all of the test
questions are only on the topic of reliability. The MOST reasonable conclusion a student of
assessment could draw from this is that the examination lacked _______ validity.

 Question 83
1 out of 1 points
A source of error variance may take the form of __________.

 Question 84
1 out of 1 points
If the standard deviations of two tests are identical but the reliability is lower for Test A as compared
to Test B, then the standard error of measurement will be ________ for Test A as compared with
Test B. 

 Question 85
1 out of 1 points
Which is NOT a benefit of portfolio assessment in the workplace?
 Question 86
1 out of 1 points
A psychometrician needs to administer an intelligence test to a 3 year old. She would most likely
use ______ as her assessment tool.

 Question 87
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The principal of a school berated a psychometrician for failing to secure informed consent forms from
high school students when he administered a personality test that is part of the school s testing
program. Evaluate the action of the psychometrician.

 Question 88
1 out of 1 points
Academicians may argue about what achievement tests actually measure, but it seems reasonable to
conclude that most such tests were designed to measure _________

 Question 89
1 out of 1 points
A psychometrician wants to measure the intelligence of infants, he would most likely assess their
___________

 Question 90
1 out of 1 points
A statistically insignificant correlation between scores on a new test of depression and a well-
established measure of satisfaction with life may be construed as which type of validity evidence with
regard to the test of depression? 

 Question 91
1 out of 1 points
A psychometrician is NOT allowed to handle which test?

 Question 92
1 out of 1 points
If a time limit is long enough to allow test-takers to attempt all items, and if some items are so difficult
that no test-taker is able to obtain a perfect score, then the test is referred to as a ________ test. 

 Question 93
1 out of 1 points
A psychometrician wrote a psychological report that has no recommendations. Evaluate the
action of the psychometrician.

 Question 94
1 out of 1 points
These scores are used when a test measures several attributes but is not applicable when using
criterion-referenced tests.

 Question 95
1 out of 1 points
A psychometrician in an international school administered scales on study habits, interests and
attitudes on high school students. The psychometrician is most interested in the ______ of the
students.

 Question 96
1 out of 1 points
Which best characterizes short forms of intelligence tests?

 Question 97
1 out of 1 points
You are a psychometrician in a company and is currently assessing its employees as part of the
promotion process. The promotion process is following a strict time table and during one of the
scheduled assessment an employee got sick while taking the test. What is the correct course of
action?

 Question 98
1 out of 1 points
What is a difference between achievement and aptitude tests?

 Question 99
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following represents the best example of an alternative assessment?

 Question 100
0 out of 1 points
Andrew, a licensed psychometrician, administers a 50 item power test to a group of employees and
told the employees that they have 20 minutes to finish the test. Evaluate the action of Andrew.