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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Detach one (1) answer sheet from the bottom of your Examinee ID/Answer Sheet set.
2. Write the subject title on your box provided.
3. Shade Set Box “A” on your answer sheet if your test booklet is Set A, Set B if your test booklet is
Set B.
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the questions.
2. A television producer hires a director for a new show after viewing samples of the director’s
work on other television shows. Using the language of psychometrics, we could say that the
director was hired on the basis of:
a) A portfolio assessment
b) A behavioral assessment
c) An unstructured interview
d) A case study evaluation
3. According to the Code of Ethics, all of the following are rights of the testtakers, except:
a) The right not to have privacy invaded
b) The right to be informed of the test findings
c) The right to a nonstigmatizing diagnosis
d) The right to informed consent to testing
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c) Dividing the CA by the MA and multiplying the result by 100
d) Dividing the MA by the CA and multiplying the result by 100
5. Evidence of validity that is based on test content and response processes is particularly applied
to:
a) Interest_______________
b) Personally Tests
c) Educational Tests
d) Clinical Tests
6. In order to get the discriminant validity evidence, one would correlate the score of tests that
purport to assess _________construct
a) The same
b) Eliminate not the same
c) Different
d) Random
8. Which of the following scales of measurement is the only one that has a meaningful zero point?
a) Nominal
b) ratio
c) ordinal
d) interval
9. Paul and Tessa scored at the 60th and 65th percentiles, respectively, on a language skills test.
Mario and Jose scored at the 90 th and 95th percentiles, respectively on the same test. We can
conclude that the difference between Paul and Tessa in terms of their language skills is the same
as the difference between Mario and Jose. The preceding statement is
a) True
b) False
c) Neither true or false
d) Either true or false
10. On a test of general ability, a 5-year old child obtains a mental age score of 4 years and a 10-
year old child obtains a mental age score of 9 years. If one were to compute their age according
to the original ratio IQ formula, the result would be as follows:
a) Both children would obtain the same ratio IQ
b) The 5-year old child would obtain a higher ratio IQ
c) The 10-year old child would obtain a higher ratio IQ
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d) They all both have an average IQ
11. Interpret the IQ score of the 4-year old child. Please refer to item no. 10.
a) Normal
b) Above average
c) Below average
d) None of the above
12. All other things being equal, scores obtained from longer tests are ______ those obtained from
comparable tests that are shorter
a) Less reliable than
b) More reliable than
c) Just as reliable as
d) More unreliable as
13. Which of the following statements about the normal curve model is not true?
a) It is bilaterally symmetrical
b) Its limits extends to infinity
c) Its mean, median and mode coincide
d) Its multimodal
14. For testing and many other purposes, the quintessential or typical index or variability in a
distribution of scores is the
a) The sum of the squared deviation scores
b) The square root of the variance
c) The semi-interquartile range
d) Standard error of measurement
15. Which is the concern of a test developer if he is trying to establish construct validity
a) He is concerned with how well a test measures the constructs that it claims to measure.
b) He is focused on how well a test represents all aspects of the construct that it claims to
measure.
c) His object is to determine the extent to which the test is related to
specific criteria.
d) None of the options are correct.
16. Which of the following coefficient represents the strongest degree of correlation between
variables?
a) -.80
b) 0
c) +1.20
d) +.60
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a) Meaningless
b) Always better that a low score
c) Reliable when correlated with another variable
d) Valid when correlated with another variable
18. _________ constitutes the most widely used frame of reference for test score interpretation
a) Content domain
b) Work samples
c) Criteria
d) Norms
19. When transformed into the Wechsler-scale type of deviation IQs, a z score of -1.00 would
become a Wechsler IQ of
a) 85
b) 95
c) 105
d) 115
21. Carmen got a z-score of 2.60 in a science test; a z-score of 1.0 in grammar test and score of .50
in a math test. Evan on the other hand obtained the following scores, z-score of 2.00 in a science
test; a z-score of 1.00 in grammar test and z-score of 1.50 in grammar test and z-score of 0.85.
Cynthia got a z-score of 2.0 in a science test, a z-score of 1.50 in grammar test and a z-score of
2.50. What is Carmen’s corresponding CEEB score in Math?
a) 350
b) 550
c) 500
d) 250
22. Refer to the facts in no.21. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) As regards the three subjects taken by Carmen, she performed best in science.
b) with regard to Math, Cynthia performed better than Carmen
c) Evan did better than Cynthia in grammar
d) Evan is just an average student
23. Still refer on the facts in no. 21. Who had a superior performance in science
a) Carmen
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b) Cynthia
c) Evan
d) all of them
25. Which of the following derived scores has M=5.5 and s=1
a) z score
b) T score
c) Sten
d) Stanine
26. The following can be used to establish a test re-test reliability, except:
a) scores of each test of parallel forms administered in two different
occasions
b) scores of the same test administered in two different days
c) scores obtained in the same test administered on same day
d) scores in the first half of the test and on the second half of the test for different days
27. The following reliability has content sampling as a source of error, except:
a) split- half
b) test re-test
c) parallel, immediate
d) equivalent, delayed
28. The following statistical techniques may be employed for establishing internal consistency
except?
a) Chronbach’s alpha
b) KR20
c) Spearman-Brown
d) ANOVA
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a) a series of studies of the instrument.
b) a validity coefficient that is near 0.
c) careful review of the instrument by experts.
d) data-based predictions that prove to be correct.
31. Which of the following statements accurately portrays the relationship of reliability to validity?
a) Inferences must be valid before the scores can be reliable.
b) Scores must be reliable before inferences can be valid.
c) The more valid the inferences is, the higher the reliability of the score must be.
d) Score reliability is not related to inference validity.
32. A measure of variability in data indicating the distance from the lowest to highest score in the
set
a) mode
b) range
c) semi-interquartile range
d) standard deviation
33. A test developer wants to correlate score obtained in a self-esteem inventory he has
constructed with his two kinds of respondents; students active in extra-curricular activities and
students who are not. The test developer is probably establishing
a) Norms
b) validity
c) reliability
d) all of the above
34. If Pearson’s correlation coefficient is zero, the value of two variables are not related.
a) True
b) False
c) neither true or false
d) either true or false
35. If each item of a dichotomous scale is to be correlated with the total score of the same test the
appropriate statistical technique to use the establishing internal consistency of a 10 item test
would be
a) rxy
b) rpb
c) rho
d) phi
36. Which of the following statements is correct
a) a phi coefficient is used to establish the relationship between the score in the polytomous
scale and a dichotomous scale
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b) a phi coefficient is used to establish the relationship between the those who answered
true. In every item and the total score in the 10 item quiz
37. Which of the following statements about measurement using continuous scales is true:
a) Always involves error
b) is always ordinal in nature
c) is always normally distributed
d) All of the above
38. A Pearson r correlation coefficient describes the ______ and the ______ of a linear relationship
between two interval scale or ratio scale variables.
a) level; amount
b) similarity; importance
c) direction; strength
d) variability; significance
39. In a study examining the relationship between participant’s age and number of friends, a
Pearson r= -.62 was computed. Which of the following best describes this finding?
a) As age increases, the number of friends increases
b) As age increases, the number of friends decreases
c) As age decreases, the number of friends decreases
d) As age increases, the number of friends stays the same
40. A correlation between college entrance exam grades and scholastic achievement was found to
be a 1.08. You would tell the university that:
a) The students in this school are underachieving.
b) They should hire a new statistician.
c) The is a poor predictor of success
d) Students who do best in this exam will make the worst students.
42. A researcher obtained the following regression equation from a sample of data: y^=5+2x. Using
this equation and an x value of 3, her prediction of the corresponding y value is:
a) 30
b) 11
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c) 8
d) 6
44. If the shape of the distribution of scores obtained from a test is significantly skewed, it means
that the test is probably____ for the test takers
a) Too easy
b) Too hard
c) Either too easy or too hard
d) Just right
46. Dr. L reviewed a measurement scale designed to measure extroversion and said that it
appeared to measure extroversion. The measure has ______ validity.
a) face
b) internal
c) convergent
d) predictive
47. _________validity is demonstrated when a measure is NOT related to variables with which it
should not be related.
a) Convergent
b) Concurrent
c) Differentation
d) Discriminant
49. One way to assess the stability of measures ______ computing a Pearson_______.
a) coefficient criterion
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b) linear coefficient
c) correlation coefficient
d) coefficient of determination
50. A group of students took the cognitive development test on Monday and then took the same
test again the following week. Most likely researchers were assessing the reliablility of the
meaure.
a) test-retest
b) split-half
c) odd-even
d) inter-item
52. My measure allows me to successfully predict future behavioral outcomes. My measure has:
a) Criterion Validity
b) Face Validity
c) alternate reliability
d) coefficient of stability
53. In its plural form, “norms” is a term used in psychometrics to refer to the test
performance data of
a) People tested at a different time than another group of test takers.
b) Test takers who constitute a control group in an experiment
c) Distributing norms to members of target populations
d) Putting a carpenter’s personal signature on a work product
55. Credit for devising the first successful psychological testing the modern era is usually given to
a)Francis Galton
b) Alfred Binet
c)Wilhelm Wundt
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d)James McKeen Cattell
56. The concept of ceiling and basal age are most clearly related to the issue of
a) Test validity
b) Test difficulty
c) The type of standard scores used in a test
d) The type of items used in a test
57. With regard to the samples used to established within-group norms, the single most important
requirement that they should be
a) Gathered locally by the institution or organization that will use them
b) Very large, numbering in thousands
c) Representative of the group for which they will be used
d) Convenient to obtain in the process of standardization.
58. Which of the following statements about test anxiety and test performance is correct?
a) The relationship between test anxiety and test performance is direct.
b) The relationship between test anxiety and test performance is indirect.
c) The relationship between test anxiety and test performance is non-linear
d) The relationship between test anxiety and test performance is non-directional.
59. The standardization sample is composed of 1200 college student; 600 are male and 600 are
females. Approximately how many will get a score above a CEED of 500?
a) 600
b) 300
c) 300 males and 300 females
d) 250 males and 350 males
61. Which of the following characteristics of the bell shaped curve tells that the lines do not touch
the baseline
a) It is symmetrical
b) It is asymptotic
c) It is asymmetrically asymptotic
d) It is bilaterally asymptotic
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c) Lewis Terman
d) Alfred Binet
65. In the following age-calculation, what would be the correct age given the following information:
Date of testing: 2009 / 10 / 25
Date of birth: 1998/ 4 / 27
Date the test were scored and interpreted: 2009/11/25
Date of submission of psychological report: 2009/11/26
a) 11 years, 6 months, 28 days
b) 11 years, 6 months, 29 days
c) 11 years, 5 months, 28 days
d) 11 years, 5 months, 29 days
68. Equal to the square root of the averaged squared deviation about the mean, this statistics is
called
a) The range
b) The standard deviation
c) The average deviation
d) The semi-interquartile
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69. With regards to the “do’s” and “don’ts” of cultural sensitivity in assessment and test use, which
of the following list of “do’s” is actually a “ do not” ?
a) Assume that a test that has been translated into another language is automatically
equivalent in every way to the original
b) Strive to incorporate assessment methods that complement the worldview and lifestyle
of assesses who come from specific cultural and linguistic population
c) Consideration of cultural hypothesis as possible explanation for findings
d) Be aware of the cultural assumptions on which a test is based.
71. Which of the following assumptions about psychological assessment is most controversial?
a) Psychological traits and states can be quantified
b) Test-related behavior predict non-test-related behaviors
c) Testing and assessment can be conducted in a fair and unbiased manner
d) Various sources of error are part of the assessment process
73. Test construction, test administration, and test scorning and interpretation are
a) Sources of error variance
b) The sole responsibility of a test publisher
c) Facets according to the true score theory
d) Variables affected by inflation of range
74. A key difference between the terms “ psychological testing” and “ psychological assessment” is
that “psychological testing” refers to a process that
a) Involves more problem-solving than psychological assessment
b) Is more technician-like than psychological assessment
c) Was first described by Maloney and Ward in the mid-1970s.
d) Is much broader in scope than psychological assessment.
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c) Tends to yield a score differences among test takers that are based on performance
speed.
d) Tends to yield spuriously inflated estimates of alternate forms of reliability
76. The theoretical basis for the Edwards Personal preference schedule is
a) The socio-cultural perspective proposed by Horney
b) The needs system proposed by Murray
c) The factor analytic approach by Cattell
d) The psychodynamic approach by Freud
77. A person’s accumulation of stored information, called _____ intelligence, generally ______ with
age.
a) Fluid; decreases
b) Fluid; increases
c) Crystallized; increase
d) Crystallized; decrease
78. A test that was developed for a particular use with a particular population is said to be
a) Valid
b) Reliable
c) Standardized
d) Sensitive
79. A test developer designed a test that will indicate which applicants are likely to perform on the
job. Those who were selected obtained with high scores in their performance appraisal six
months after are hiring, the test has
a) Low reliability
b) Low content validity
c) Not been standardized
d) Low predictive validity
80. Anna has superb social skills, manages conflicts well, and has empathy for her friends and co-
workers. Which of the following is true about Anna?
Anna possesses a high degree of
a) Societal intelligence
b) Social intelligence
c) Practical intelligence
d) Emotional intelligence
81. The _____ classifies people according to Carl Jung’s personality types
a) Myer’s Briggs Type Indicator
b) MMPI
c) Locus of Control Scale
d) TAT
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82. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is a(an)
a) A projective technique
b) Empirically derived and objective personality test
c) Personality test developed mainly to assess job applicants
d) Personality test used primarily to assess locus of control
84. When 35 out of 40 tests takers answered item no.7 correctly said statement is describing
a) Item difficulty
b) Item discrimination
c) Validity of the item
d) Reliability of the item
85. If 30 % of the upper item and lower 27% of the item no.7 in __________ examination were
answered correctly said statement is describing
a) Item difficulty
b) Item discrimination
c) Validity of the item
d) Reliability of the item
87. The personality test Maria is taking involves her describing random patterns of dots. What type
of test is she taking?
a) An empirically derived test
b) MBTI
c) MMPI
d) A projective test
88. Which of the following psychological tests make use of a theory of personality in its construction
and development?
a) Edwards Personal Preference Schedule
b) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
c) 16 Personality Factor Test
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d) Gullford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey
89. A psychologist developed an instrument that will determine successful marriages. Using the said
instrument she found that 85% of those who scored a T score 70 remained married for about 20
years and above and 75% of those who score below 30 got annulled or separated in bed and
board. The psychologist conclude that the test has high
a) Reliability
b) Validity
c) Normative data
d) Standardization
90. Which of the following self-report inventories include items for measuring mental ability?
a) MMPI-1
b) MMPI-2
c) 16 PF Test
d) NEO-PI-R
93. A senior instructor at the Air Force Academy insists that his “personnel test” for officer
candidate school need only consists of one question: “ Did you ever fly a model airplane that
you built yourself?” if this one item test was actually used to select proper candidates, we could
assume that the test
a) Invalid due to the informal nature
b) Based on formal factor analytic procedures
c) Based on informal empirical criterion
d) None of the above
94. If you regularly buckle your seatbelt, the exam are good that you would score
a) High on measure of sharpening
b) Low on measure of cognitive style
c) High on measure of internal control
d) Low on measure of situational competence
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95. More likely, the first developer please refer to item no. 102 is busy establishing
a) Cognitive validity
b) Concurrent validity
c) Construct validity
d) Content validity
96. The test developer please refer to item no. 102 is influenced by the theory of
a) Rotter
b) Rogers
c) Beck
d) Bandura
99. An online “IQ” test that provides result based on the performance on a single task, such as Block
Design, is said to be a poor intelligence test even if it correlates well to school success because it
is said to have low _________.
a) Criterion-related validity
b) Content validity
c) Concurrent validity
d) Reliable
101. What type of intervention was used by the psychologist in the example below:
PSYCHOLOGIST: Athena, please tell me a little bit of yourself.
ATHENA: Well, I graduated from the Greatest University where I obtained a BS degree in
Psychology and at the moment I want to top the Psychometrician Board Exams so I can solve the
problems of the world.
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PSYCHOLOGIST: Oh that’s great Athena. Can you identify a worldwide problem that you can
solve when you top the Psychometrician Board Exam.
a) Directive, unstructured
b) Directive, structured
c) Non- directive, structured
d) Non-directive, unstructured
102. The area of the normal distribution for a T distribution encompasses approximately _____ of
the curve
a) 50%
b) 68 %
c) 95 %
d) 99 %
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c) Society changes to render the tests norms obsolete
d) All of the above
110. To ensure that the materials required for a psychological test session are in the test kit and
the test materials are intact can result in-
a) a waste of time for the psychologist and client
b) a shorter testing time
c) Higher testing fees
d) The need to use more tests
Research have noted that a decline in cognitive functioning as people age (Bartus,1990)
However, the results from other research suggest that the antioxidants in food such as berries
may reduce and even reverse age related declines (Joseph,et.al). To examine the phenomenon,
suppose that a researcher obtains a sample of n=16 adults who are between the ages of 65 and
75. The researcher used a standardized test to measure cognitive functioning for each
individual. The participants then begin a-month program in which they receive daily doses of
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blueberry supplement. At the end of the two-month period, the researcher measures the
cognitive performance for each participant.
113. To determine if the blue berry supplement reduced cognitive decline which of the following
should the researcher do?
a) Correlate cognitive function before and after the two-month period taking the blueberry
supplement
b) Correlate the cognitive function of the control and experimental group following the
two month period
c) Compare the cognitive function of the participants before and after the two-month
period of taking blueberry supplement
d) Compare the cognitive function of the control and experimental group following the two
month period
115. Which of the following threats to interval validity is more likely to be encountered by the
researcher
a) History
b) Instrumentality
c) Regression toward the average
d) Both a and b
118. Systematic error in a test exerts what kind of effect on test scores?
a) Random
b) Consistent
c) Unknowable
d) Inconsistent
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119. Another way if talking about the reliability of a test for a particular purpose is to talk about its
a) Dependability
b) Validity
c) Utility
d) Discriminability
120. Which of the following procedures does not yield an estimate of the reliability of a test?
a) Correlating the total of all even-numbered items with the total of all odd-numbered
items
b) Correlating the total of items in the first half of the test with the total of items in the
second half of the test
c) Correlating each item with the total score on the test
d) Finding the average of the correlation of each item with every other item.
121. In a two-choice decision problem ( the person belongs to the criterion group or they do not), a
fair negative decision would be that
a) The individual belongs to the criterion of group when they do not
b) The individual does not belong to the criterion group when they do
c) The individual belongs to neither group
d) The individual belongs to the criterion group when they do
123. Multiple choice tests provide more than two options for each question to overcome the
problem of
a) Faking
b) Carelessness
c) Defensiveness
d) Guesting
125. The clinical interview is a useful psychological assessment technique for psychologists who
work in a mental health setting because
a) A lot of information about the client can be collected very quickly
b) It is more accurate than other psychological assessment techniques
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c) It is more valid than psychological assessment techniques
d) In enables psychologists to exit information that is not readily available from the client’s
record or file
126. Although it is used to include exams for different groups in item appropriation we need to
bear in mind the
a) Increasing number of groups decreases the overall sample size required
b) Increasing the number of groups increases the overall sample size required
c) Increasing the number of groups increases the overall standard deviation
d) Increasing the number of groups decreases the overall standard deviation
127. The term ‘social desirability’ when used with respect to construction of a personality test
refers to the fact that
a) People differ in their tendency to create a favorable impression of themselves when
answering test items
b) People differ in how strongly they are drawn to the company of others
c) People differ in how attractive they find social activities
d) People differ in terms of their tendency to agree rather than disagree with personality
statements
129. Which of the following areas are usually covered in a Mental Status Examination?
a) Appearance, orientation, affect, thought content and process, insights
b) Appearance, orientation, tendency to lie, thought content and process, insight
c) CT scan, appearance, orientation, affect, insight
d) Orientation, affect, thought content and process, insight, CT scan
131. A test of scholastic aptitude is administrative as the beginning of first semester and the
academic performance of the sample is examined at the end of the first year of university (i.e
two semester later). A failure to find a high-to-perfect correlation between test scores and
academic performance
a) Indicates the test lacks predictive validity
b) Indicates the test lacks concurrent validity
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c) Is highly unlikely
d) May indicate a lack of test validity but may also reflect intervening effects unrelated to
scholastic aptitude
134. ______________
136. The test developer also wants to find the Tagalized version measures the same as the original
in testing this statement pertains to
a) Reliability
b) Validity
c) Norms
d) Stability
137. To correlate the score in the original and the scores in the Tagalized versus the statistical
technique will be used?
a) KR20
b) alpha
c) rxy
d) rpn
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138. What is the standard item sample in the above given situation?
a) 1000 Caucasians
b) 1500 Filipinos
c) 800 Filipino boys
d) 700 Filipino girls
143. If a mental ability is to be given to Filipino adults living in a highly urbanized city and asks a
question as part of information subscale: “Who is the 6 th President of America?” the said item is
can be best describes as:
a) Valid
b) Internally consistent
c) Culture free
d) Reliable
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145. Which of the following is not a Level C test?
a) MMPI-2
b) Bender Test
c) Wechsler Scales
d) Rorschach Inkblot Test
146. In psychological testing and measurement, who is the user a test/psychological test?
a) Examiner
b) Examinee
c) Test constructor
d) Test developer
147. If a supervisor evaluates the performance of his subordinates by following the rule of
distribution such that there must be 8% of them who should obtain an average performance;
13% who should obtain above average; 13% below average; 2% superior and 2% poor
performance. Which of the following is true about the supervisor way of rating?
a) Supervisor is summing a Horn effect
b) Supervisor is very strict
c) Supervisor is in the norm referenced testing
d) Supervisor is committing the central tendency error
148. If the court issues a subpoena to a psychologist to attach the protocols to the psychological
report, the psychologist should
a) Tell the court that he cannot do so as said data are confidential
b) Tell the court in writing that he will release after he has secured consent from the client
c) He will readily obey the court as part
d) He will obey the court with mental reservation
149. Which assessment technique will be the most appropriate basis for selection of a film
director?
a) Observation
b) Work samples
c) Psychological test
d) Interview
150. Who demands for the following ethical standards like informed consent, confidentiality,
competence
a) Researcher
b) Examinee
c) Examiner
d) Professional organization
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