Cognitive Assessment Final Study Quiz

1. Which of the following is not a reasonable query on the WISC?

Can you tell me a bit more about that?

Can you tell me another reason that...

What do you mean?

You're on the right track, keep going.

2. Which of the following does not match the index score to the correct subtests?

VCI: Similarities, Vocabulary, Information

PRI: Block Design, Matrix Reasoning, Comprehension

WMI: Digit Span, Letter-Number Sequencing

PSI: Symbol Search, Coding

3. Which of the following is the right order for SB5 administration?

Nonverbal Routing,Nonverbal tasks, Verbal Routing, Verbal tasks

Nonverbal Routing, Verbal Routing, Nonverbal tasks, Verbal tasks

Verbal Routing, Nonverbal Routing, Verbal tasks, Nonverbal tasks

Verbal Routing, Nonverbal Routing, Nonverbal tasks, Verbal tasks

4. Which of the following is not a reason to query on the WISC?

When the child provides an answer that correctly encompasses one part of a two part answer

When you think the child knows the right answer but they worded their initial answer poorly

When the testing book tells you to

5. In the following age-calculation, what would be the correct age?
Date of testing: 2009 / 10 / 25
Date of birth: 1998 / 4 / 27

11 years, 6 months, 28 days

11 years, 6 months, 29 days

11 years, 5 months, 28 days

11 years, 5 months, 29 days

6. What is the theoretical basis of the SB5?

The Cattell-Horn model of multifaceted intelligence

It's just the combined alpha + beta Army tests, with a standardization for children

Gardner's multiple intelligences

7. Which of the following is not a valid WISC discontinue rule?

0 scores on three consecutive questions

0 scores on both trials of an item

0 scores on four out of five consecutive questions

0 or 1 scores on four consecutive questions

8. Which of the following is correct about WISC subtest loading on 'g'?

Vocabulary is the highest, Cancellation is the lowest

Picture Concepts is the highest, Cancellation is the lowest

Vocabulary is the highest, Arithmetic is the lowest

Picture Concepts is the highest, Arithmetic is the lowest

9. If you were testing a student for gifted placement, it would be wise to use the ________________.

WISC

SB5

WJIII

10. Which of the following is true?

If something is statistically significant, it is also clinically significant, and vice versa.

If something is statistically significant, it is clinically significant.

If something is clinically significant, it is statistically significant.

If something is statistically significant, it is not clinically significant.

11. Which of the following would you suspect has the lowest inter-rater reliability?

Digit span

Matrix Reasoning

Vocabulary

Picture Concepts

12. Process scores exist to ______________.

Create hypotheses about performance on the WISC

Support existing hypotheses about performance on the WISC

13. The standard error on the WISC for the FSIQ is _________________.

Higher for younger kids than older kids.

Higher for older kids than younger kids.

Same for both younger and older kids.

14. What is a limitation of the SB5?

It's not very interesting, and heavily verbally loaded

It has difficulties assessing intelligence at the lowest and highest extremes

It has some factor analytic problems that prevent it from giving a particularly detailed profile

Too few shiny race cars

15. Which of the following is not a supplementary WISC subtest?

Cancellation

Information

Picture Completion

Arithmetic

Picture Concepts

16. Which of the following is true about internal consistency reliability?

It measures the consistency over time or situation

It's measurable using the split-half procedure

It's measurable via test-retest format

It's measurable using alternate forms

17. Which of the following would give support to the notion that the WISC has criterion-related validity?

WISC performance is highly correlated to academic success

WISC performance has a very high test-retest coefficient

Factor analysis shows clusters with appropriate subtests in their appropriate index scores

WISC performance has a very high split-half coefficient

18. If you were given a general referral to do an intelligence test and no other information, it would be wise to use the _____________.

WISC

SB5

WJIII

19. What is the theoretical basis of the WJIII?

The Cattell-Horn model of multifaceted intelligence

It's just the combined alpha + beta Army tests, with a standardization for children

Gardner's multiple intelligences

20. Base rates help us decide whether ____________.

Something is statistically significant

Something is diagnostically significant

Something is clinically significant

Something is comparatively significant

21. Which of the following is untrue about WISC score ranges?

FSIQ: 40-160

Subtest: 1-19

Index score: 40-160

22. Which of the following is true about the SB5?

23. If you had to give an intelligence test to an adult tomorrow, of the tests you've had experience with, it would be wise to use the ______________.

WISC

SB5

WJIII

24. Which of the following seating arrangements is accurate?

Sit across from child for WISC, SB5, and WJIII

Sit across from the child for WISC, SB5, and next to the child for WJIII

Sit across from the child for WISC, and next to the child for SB5 and WJIII

Sit next to the child for WISC, SB5, and WJIII

25. Which of the following is not a criteria necessary for good standardization?

Representative

Recent

Stable

Appropriate

26. Which of the following is not a reason to use a supplementary WISC subtest?

To get a more informed profile about the examinee

If one of the core subtests is spoiled

If the examinee exhibits unusually low frustration tolerance or unusually high distractedness during a subtest

If the examinee fails the qualifying items on a subtest

27. When would you not use the GIA instead of FSIQ on the WISC?

If the VCI and PRI are very far apart

If the WMI and VCI are very far apart

If the child has significant attention problems that would significantly skew their PSI score

If the GIA score is more than 8 points different from the FSIQ

28. An online "IQ" test that provides results 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 ________________.

Criterion-related validity

Content validity

Concurrent validity

Reliability validity

29. Which of the following is false about alpha coefficient values and their interpretative power?

>.70 means you can make group decisions

>.85 means you can use it for screening

>.90 means you can make individual decisions based on it

>.95 means you can make individual decisions based on the measure's subtests

30. Which of the following is false about standardization of tests?

WISC uses weighted sampling to achieve representation

SB5 uses weighted sampling to achieve representation

WJIII uses weighted sampling to achieve representation

WJIII has separate norms for people with college educations

31. Why is it important to write down verbatim responses for the Letter-Number Sequencing even when the answer is correct?

To make sure you don't enter answers in the wrong column

Because it's possible to analyze the content of all responses

Because otherwise the child will know when they get questions right/wrong

Because otherwise the examiner will get confused about whether the answer was right/wrong

32. Which of the following is not a SB5 factor?

Gc - crystallized knowledge

Glr - long-term retrieval

Gv - visual processing

Gf - fluid reasoning

Gsm - short term memory

33. Which of the following is not true about why certain factors were measured in SB5?

Gf and Gq were measured because they load highest on 'g'

Gc, Gq, and Gsm were measured because they predict school success the best

Gf, Gc, and Gq were measured because they are most associated with higher order thinking

Ga was added for historical reasons so it could be compared to prior tests

34. It can be argued that all validity measures are measuring _______________.

Content validity

Criterion validity

Construct validity

Cookie validity

35. If you were asked to do an intelligence test on a child with severe attention problems, it would be wise to use the _____________.

WISC

SB5

WJIII

36. What is the theoretical basis of the WISC?

The Cattell-Horn model of multifaceted intelligence

It's just the combined alpha + beta Army tests, with a standardization for children

Gardner's multiple intelligences

37. Which of the following is not a cluster/measured factor in the WJIII?

Gc - crystallized knowledge

Gsm - short term memory

Glr - long term retrieval

Gt - processing time/speed

Ga - auditory processing

38. Which of the following is true about using SB5 scores to draw conclusions?
SB5 is split into 5 index scores, each split into verbal and nonverbal, and _________.

All of them have been found to be valid and reliable, so you can draw conclusions based on 10 factors.

Only the index scores were found to be valid and reliable, so you can draw conclusions based on 5 factors.

Only the verbal/nonverbal split was found to be valid and reliable, so you can draw conclusions based on 2 factors.

39. Which of the following uses a weighted model of differential weights for each factor when calculating GIA/FSIQ?

WISC, but not SB5 or WJIII

SB5, but not WISC or WJIII

WJIII, but not WISC or SB5

SB5 and WJIII, but not WISC

40. Which of the following is false about stability reliability?

It measures the consistency over time or situation

It's measurable via test-retest format

It's measurable using alternate forms

It's measurable using a split-half procedure

41. What is a limitation of the WISC?

It's not very interesting, and heavily verbally loaded

It has difficulties assessing intelligence at the lowest and highest extremes

It has some factor analytic problems that prevent it from giving a particularly detailed profile

Too few shiny race cars

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42. What is a limitation of the WJIII?

It's not very interesting, and heavily verbally loaded

It has difficulties assessing intelligence at the lowest and highest extremes

It has some factor analytic problems that prevent it from giving a particularly detailed profile

Too few shiny race cars

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