Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the best answer to each question based on material presented in Psychological Testing and Assessment, 5th Edition by Ronald Cohen and Mark Swerdlik. These questions only sample material from the chapter; there is much more to know than sampled here.

1		Which does not belong?
			A)	Hertz.
			B)	Henry.
			C)	Irwin.
			D)	Byte.
2		The roots of contemporary psychological testing and assessment can be found in
			A)	early twentieth -century France.
			B)	early nineteenth- century Spain.
			C)	eleventh-century B.C.E. China.
			D)	mid-twentieth-century Las Vegas.
3		All of the following served as catalysts to the modern testing and assessment enterprise EXCEPT:
			A)	the rise to power of the Chan dynasty in China
			B)	the creation and use of the Binet test in France
			C)	the first world war
			D)	the second world war
4		Psychological testing and assessment was perhaps most popular in the United States during
			A)	the 1920s and 1930s.
			B)	the 1930s and 1940s.
			C)	the 1940s and 1950s.
			D)	the 1950s and 1960s.
5		Congressional hearings in response to public concern about psychological tests were conducted during the
			A)	1940s.
			B)	1950s.
			C)	1960s.
			D)	1970s.
6		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.
7		The term "alternate assessment" refers to
			A)	the alternation of verbal and performance tasks in administering a test.
			B)	the alternative of declining to be assessed on Constitutional grounds.
			C)	a special accommodation or alternative method of assessment
			D)	an evaluation of a stand-in for the person originally scheduled.
8		"A good test measures what it purports to measure and does so in a relatively consistent fashion." This statement is a reference to the
			A)	degree to which a tool of assessment is precise.
			B)	degree to which a tool of assessment is concise.
			C)	computer-administered version of a paper-and-pencil test.
			D)	technical or psychometric quality of a test.
9		"Format of a test" is a term that refers to
			A)	the form a test is in.
			B)	the arrangement or layout of test items.
			C)	whether a computerized test is IBM or Apple-compatible.
			D)	all of the above.
10		The term "portfolio assessment" encompasses
			A)	case study assessments.
			B)	work sample assessments.
			C)	behavioral assessments.
			D)	all of the above.
11		Case history data may include
			A)	doodlings.
			B)	family album.
			C)	medical records.
			D)	all of the above.
12		"Johnny is inappropriately out of his seat for 56 minutes per morning session." A statement like this is most likely to appear in a report using which tool of assessment?
			A)	behavioral observation
			B)	role play
			C)	interview
			D)	portfolio assessment
13		Which is NOT one of the 12 assumptions about testing and assessment listed in the text?
			A)	Psychological traits and states can be quantified and measured.
			B)	Test-related behavior predicts non-test-related behavior.
			C)	Sources of error can be eliminated from the assessment process.
			D)	Assessment can be conducted in a fair and unbiased manner.
14		Which is NOT typically a variable considered when evaluating the technical quality of a test?
			A)	personality
			B)	reliability
			C)	validity
			D)	normative data
15		The best source of an objective review of a test is
			A)	Tests in Print.
			B)	the Mental Measurements Yearbook.
			C)	the test publisher's catalogue description of the test.
			D)	APA's "Finding Information About Psychological Tests".