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1. The vertical axis on an item-characteristic curve lists the A. values of the score on the test ranging from 0 to 100. B. values of the characteristic of the items on a scale of 1 to 10. C. heteroscedasity of the item curve in values ranging from 0 to infinity. D. probability of correct response in values ranging from 0 to 1. 2. An item bank is A. a computerized system whereby test items "pay dividends" only when used. B. the optimum combination of reliability and validity in an item. C. a set of items from which a test can be constructed. D. a statistical "IRA" for data relating to high and low scorers on a test. 3. Item branching refers to A. administering certain test items on a test depending on the testtakers' responses to previous test items. B. the creation of alternate and parallel forms of tests based on a group of testtakers' responses to the original test. C. statistical efforts to ensure that items translated into foreign languages are of the same difficulty. D. re-using items in an original test that were originally developed for use in a parallel test. 4. Item analysis is conducted to evaluate A. item reliability. B. item validity. C. item difficulty. D. All of these 5. The idea for a new test may come from A. social need. B. review of the available literature. C. common sense appeal. D. All of these PSY3010 ASSESSMENT OF BEHAVIOUR 6. Guttman scales A. are typically used with nominal categories. B. typically are constructed so that agreement with one statement may predict agreement with another statement. C. typically are constructed so that agreement with one statement should not be correlated with agreement with any other statement. D. were originally developed by a Peace Corps task force. 7. Sorting techniques can be employed to develop A. nominal scales. B. ordinal scales. C. interval scales. D. All of these 8. Test items that contain alternatives with five points ranging from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree" are characterized as using this approach to scaling: A. Guttman scaling. B. Likert scaling. C. Nielson scaling. D. Opinion scaling. 9. Ideally, the first draft of a test should include at least how many items as compared with the final version of the test? A. about twice the number of the final version B. about half the number of the final version C. about three times the number of the final version D. roughly the same number as the final version 10. The elements of a multiple-choice item include A. a stem. B. a distractor. C. a foil. D. All of these 11. Which is an example of the selected-response item format? A. a multiple-choice item B. a fill-in-the-blank item C. Both a multiple-choice item and a fill-in-the-blank item D. None of these

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