NCE Assessment & Testing Practice
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Power tests
a. use time to prevent perfect scores
b. are concerned with normal performance
c. assess how quickly the test taker can
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NCE Assessment & Testing Practice
Questions & Answers, latest update.
Verified.
Power tests
a. use time to prevent perfect scores
b. are concerned with normal performance
c. assess how quickly the test taker can understand the question and choose the right answer
d. prevent perfect scores by including difficult test items - ✔✔-d. prevent perfect scores by including
difficult test items
The ___ is NOT an example of a subjective test.
a. Rorschach inkblot test
b. sentence completion test
c. Mental Status Exam (MSE)
d. MBTI - ✔✔-d. MBTI
Which of the following is NOT true concerning construct validity?
a. It's empirically established by examining the relationship b/t data collected from the instrument and a
specific criterion.
b. It's important to establish when an instrument measures an abstract construct.
c. It's defined as the extent to which an instrument measures a theoretical construct.
d. It can be determined through experimental design or factor analysis. - ✔✔-a. It's empirically
established by examining the relationship b/t data collected from the instrument and a specific criterion.
If an individual's mean score after multiple test administrations is 84 and the SEM is 5, what can be said
about the distribution of his observed scores?
a. 95% of the time his observed scores will fall b/t 89-79
b. 68% of the time his observed scores will fall b/t 89-79
c. 68% of the time his observed scores will fall b/t 91-74
d. there isn't enough info provided to make a determination - ✔✔-b. 68% of the time his observed
scores will fall b/t 89-79
SEM = Standard Error of Measurement
= Standard Deviation (SD) of an individual's repeated test scores when administered the same test
multiple times
- computed using SD and instrument's reliability coefficient
- the larger the SEM, the lower the reliability of the test
- 68% of all scores fall w/in +/- 1 SEM from the mean; 95% of all scores fall w/in +/- 2 SEM; 99.7% of
scores fall w/in +/- 3 SEM
The developer of a challenging test computes each item's difficulty. He finds that the majority of his test
items have an item difficulty score ranging from .90 to .95. What can be said about the test?
a. He needs to make his test items more difficult.
b. He needs to make his test items easier.
c. The test questions aren't consistent.
d. He doesn't need to make any corrections to the individual items. - ✔✔-a. He needs to make his test
items more difficult.
Average item difficulty b/t .90-.95 = average item being answered correctly by 90-95% of test takers
- item difficulty calculated by dividing number of test takers answering correctly by total number of test
takers > calculation expressed as decimal point call p value ranging from 0-1.0
- test developers generally want average item difficulty to have average p value of .50 > since 50% of
test takers would miss item, that p value yields most variation in test score distribution
What percentage of a normally distributed population's scores fall b/t +/- 3 standard deviations?
a. 95%
b. 99%
c. 68%
d. 2% - ✔✔-b. 99%
empirical 68-95-99.7 normal curve rule = 68% of all scores fall w/in +/- 1 SD from the mean; 95% of all
scores fall w/in +/- 2 SD; 99.7% of scores fall w/in +/- 3 SD
if a student scored a 45 on an exam with a mean of 35 and a standard deviation of 5, what would be the
student's z-score?
a. +2
b. -1
c. 0
d. +1.5 - ✔✔-a. +2
___ is NOT a diagnostic achievement test.
a. Key Math Diagnostic Test
b. Test of Adult Basic Education
c. Wide Range Achievement Test
d. Metropolitan Achievement Test - ✔✔-d. Metropolitan Achievement Test
common diagnostic achievement tests
- Key Math Diagnostic Test (Key Math 3) = assesses math-related learning disabilities
- Test of Basic Adult Education (TABE) = assesses basic skills adults need to participate fully in society
- Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT4) = measures basic reading, spelling, and mathematical skills
needed for effective learning and thinking
Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT8) = survey achievement battery that assesses students'
knowledge over broad range of subjects
Which one of the following assessments describes the personality traits of nonpathological, welladjusted individuals?
a. California Psychological Inventory
b. Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory
c. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
d. none of the above - ✔✔-a. California Psychological Inventory
California Psychological Inventory, Form 434 (CPI 434) = describes basic personality traits of
nonpathological, well adjusted individuals
Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory = assesses for DSM-5 personality disorders in adults
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) = identifies adult psychopathology and assist in
dx mental disorders
A(n) ___ behavioral rating scale is administered to identify the problematic behavior, and a(n) ___
behavioral rating scale is subsequently administered to provide detailed information about the
problematic behavior.
a. broad-band; narrow-band
b. unstructured; structured
c. narrow-band; broad-band
d. narrative; event - ✔✔-a. broad-band; narrow-band
Considering only applicant SAT scores for an academic scholarship perpetuates ___ bias.
a. ecological
b. response
c. examiner
d. test - ✔✔-a. ecological
This 19th century pioneer is credited with recognizing that intellectual disability (at the time referred to
as mental retardation) was related to developmental deficiencies rather than mental illness.
a. Edouard Seguin
b. Charles Spearman
c. Jean Esquirol
d. Arthur Otis - ✔✔-c. Jean Esquirol
Seguin = developed the form board, which improved motor skills of individuals w/ intellectual disabilities
Spearman = developed statistical test of factor analysis w/ L.L. Thurston
Otis = devised first scientifically reliable measure for testing intelligence of individuals in groups
According to ACA and NBCC ethical guidelines related to testing and assessment, professional
counselors
a. are obligated to inform clients of the intended purpose of assessment results only when the results
will be released to a third party
b. don't need client consent to release test results when the results don't include any identifying client
info
c. should only use assessment instruments in which they're expert
d. don't need to consider the multicultural limitations of the selected instrument when assessing a
Caucasian male client - ✔✔-b. don't need client consent to release test results when the results don't
include any identifying client info
The Joint Committee on Testing Practices published
a. Rights and Responsibilities of Test-Takers
b. Test User Qualifications
c. Fair Code of Testing Practice in Educations
d. all of the above - ✔✔-d. all of the above
Validity can be reported as a(n)
a. regression equation
b. internal consistency coefficient
c. fraction
d. standard error of measurement - ✔✔-a. regression equation
When using split-half reliability, a test developer must use the ___ to ensure that test length doesn't
affect the accuracy of the reliability estimate.
a. Kuder-Richardson formula (KR-20)
b. Spearman-Brown prophecy formula
c. Cronbach's coefficient alpha
d. standard error of measurement - ✔✔-b. Spearman-Brown prophecy formula
= used to measure internal consistency by correlating one half of a test against another
KR-20 = used to measure inter-item consistency (compare individual test item responses with one
another and the total test score) when test items are dichotomous (right or wrong)
Cronbach's coefficient alpha = used to measure inter-item consistency when test items result in multipoint responses (Likert-type rating scales, etc.)
Which of the following is a measurement occurring on a ratio scale?
a. 32 degrees Fahrenheit
b. 135lb
c. score from an inventory measuring career a
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