PSY3041- Quiz 2

16 Questions | By Crant1 | Updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Attempts: 1095

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Have you been studying? It’s time to find out if it was enough, as we delve into this exam on psychology – which looks at the science of behaviour and mind in this multifaceted discipline. How many can you get right?

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Q1. You are interested in developing a test for social adjustment in a college fraternity or sorority. You begin by interviewing persons who had graduated from college after having been a member of a fraternity or sorority for at least 2 years. Which stage of test development BEST describes the stage you are in?
- A.
  
  A. the test-tryout stage
- B.
  
  B. the pilot work stage
- C.
  
  C. the test construction stage
- D.
  
  D. none of these
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Q2. A test item written in a multiple choice format has three elements. Which of these following is NOT on of those elements?
- A.
  
  A. foil
- B.
  
  B. stem
- C.
  
  C. leaf
- D.
  
  D. correct option
3.

Q3. As part of the test development process, a test revision may entail
- A.
  
  A. re-wording, deletion, or development of new items
- B.
  
  B. development of a new edition of a test
- C.
  
  C. reprinting of a test
- D.
  
  D. both a and b
4.

Q4. Ideally, psychological or educational tests are revised
- A.
  
  A. every decade
- B.
  
  B. when the test is no longer useful
- C.
  
  C. as a function of annual test sales
- D.
  
  D. none of these
5.

Q5. An item bank is
- A.
  
  A. a test item not currently in use
- B.
  
  B. the optimum combination of reliability and validity in an item
- C.
  
  C. a set of items from which a test can be constructed
- D.
  
  D. a statistical “Keogh plan” for data relating to high and low scores on a test
6.

Q6. Ideally, the first draft of a test should include at least how many items as compared with the final version of the test?
- A.
  
  A. about twice the number of the final version
- B.
  
  B. about half the number of the final version
- C.
  
  C. about three times the number of the final version
- D.
  
  D. roughly the same number as the final version
7.

Q7. In creating a test designed to measure personality constructs, the test developer’s first step would BEST be to
- A.
  
  A. determine which item would lead to socially desirable responses
- B.
  
  B. create a large pool of potential items
- C.
  
  C. define the construct or constructs being measured
- D.
  
  D. select a representative sample of test takers for test tryout
8.

Q8. A close friend, who is now a beauty school dropout is hear to complain: “I spent all night studying “Shampoo” for the final examination and there was not a single question on that subject!” As a budding expert in testing an assessment you hear that complaint as:
- A.
  
  A. “I have a problem with that test’s content validity!”
- B.
  
  B. “There was excessive error variance in the test administration procedures!”
- C.
  
  C. “The instructor should have paid more attention to the test’s construct validity!”
- D.
  
  D. “Now I am going to have to reconsider a career as a tanning technician!”
9.

Q9. With regard to the test revision process, it typically
- A.
  
  A. takes about a year to complete
- B.
  
  B. includes all of the steps the initial test development includes
- C.
  
  C. is much less expensive than the original development of a test
- D.
  
  D. all of these
10.

Q10. Factor analysis can help the test developer
- A.
  
  A. to eliminate or revise items that do not load on the predicted factor
- B.
  
  B. to identify whether the test items appear to be measuring the same construct
- C.
  
  C. both a and b
- D.
  
  D. none of these
11.

Q11. So-called ‘smiley face’ scales may be used with
- A.
  
  A. young children
- B.
  
  B. adolescents who have limited language skills
- C.
  
  C. adults who have limited language skills
- D.
  
  D. all of these
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Q12. Pilot work refers to the
- A.
  
  A. job of someone whose responsibility it is to fly an airplane, jet, or space vehicle
- B.
  
  B. preliminary research entailed in finalizing the form of a test
- C.
  
  C. efforts of the lead researcher on a test development team
- D.
  
  D. preliminary research conducted prior to the stage of test construction
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Q13. As with the use of other rating scales, the use of Likert scales typically yields _________ -level data
- A.
  
  A. nominal
- B.
  
  B. ordinal
- C.
  
  C. interval
- D.
  
  D. ratio
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Q14. The idea for a new test may come from
- A.
  
  A. social need
- B.
  
  B. review of the available literature
- C.
  
  C. common sense appeal
- D.
  
  D. all of these
15.

Q15. To increase the precision of a test, test developers may have
- A.
  
  A. increase the number of items
- B.
  
  B. increase the number of response options
- C.
  
  C. both A and B
- D.
  
  D. none of these
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Q16. Test items that contain alternatives with five points ranging from ‘strongly agree’ to ‘strongly disagree’ are characterized as using the approach to scaling
- A.
  
  A. Guttman scaling
- B.
  
  B. Likert scaling
- C.
  
  C. Nielson scaling
- D.
  
  D. Opinion scaling