1. What is the primary purpose of psychological testing?
a) To diagnose mental disorders
b) To understand an individualās behavior, personality, and capabilities
c) To prescribe medication
d) To provide therapy
Answer: b) To understand an individualās behavior, personality, and capabilities
2. Which type of psychological test assesses cognitive abilities and intelligence?
a) Personality test
b) Neuropsychological test
c) Intelligence test
d) Projective test
Answer: c) Intelligence test
3. What is the term for the consistency of a test’s results over time?
a) Validity
b) Reliability
c) Sensitivity
d) Specificity
Answer: b) Reliability
4. Which type of validity refers to how well a test measures what it is intended to measure?
a) Construct validity
b) Content validity
c) Criterion-related validity
d) External validity
Answer: a) Construct validity
5. What does the term “standardization” refer to in psychological testing?
a) The process of creating norms for a test
b) The consistency of test administration and scoring
c) The accuracy of a test in predicting outcomes
d) The process of interpreting test results
Answer: b) The consistency of test administration and scoring
6. Which type of test assesses an individual’s unconscious thoughts and feelings through ambiguous stimuli?
a) Objective test
b) Projective test
c) Neuropsychological test
d) Behavioral test
Answer: b) Projective test
7. What is the primary goal of a personality inventory?
a) To measure intellectual functioning
b) To evaluate an individual’s emotional state
c) To assess personality traits and characteristics
d) To diagnose mental disorders
Answer: c) To assess personality traits and characteristics
8. Which type of test is designed to measure specific behaviors or skills in real-world situations?
a) Achievement test
b) Aptitude test
c) Neuropsychological test
d) Projective test
Answer: a) Achievement test
9. What is the term for a test’s ability to accurately predict future performance or behavior?
a) Reliability
b) Construct validity
c) Predictive validity
d) Content validity
Answer: c) Predictive validity
10. Which statistical measure indicates the degree to which a test score deviates from the mean score?
a) Standard deviation
b) Variance
c) Range
d) Median
Answer: a) Standard deviation
11. What is the purpose of norm-referenced testing?
a) To compare an individual’s score to a specific criterion
b) To compare an individual’s score to scores of others
c) To assess performance in real-world tasks
d) To measure changes over time
Answer: b) To compare an individual’s score to scores of others
12. Which type of psychological test is used to evaluate brain function and cognitive performance?
a) Intelligence test
b) Neuropsychological test
c) Personality test
d) Projective test
Answer: b) Neuropsychological test
13. What is the primary function of a diagnostic test in psychological assessment?
a) To measure general cognitive abilities
b) To identify the presence of psychological disorders
c) To assess personality traits
d) To evaluate academic achievement
Answer: b) To identify the presence of psychological disorders
14. Which term refers to the accuracy of a test in measuring the construct it is intended to measure?
a) Validity
b) Reliability
c) Sensitivity
d) Specificity
Answer: a) Validity
15. What is the primary difference between objective and projective tests?
a) Objective tests are structured and have specific scoring criteria, while projective tests are open-ended and interpretive
b) Objective tests measure intelligence, while projective tests measure personality
c) Projective tests are more reliable than objective tests
d) Objective tests are used for diagnosis, while projective tests are used for therapy
Answer: a) Objective tests are structured and have specific scoring criteria, while projective tests are open-ended and interpretive
16. Which type of test measures an individualās potential to learn new skills or perform in a specific area?
a) Achievement test
b) Aptitude test
c) Intelligence test
d) Personality test
Answer: b) Aptitude test
17. What is the term for a test that is used to measure changes in an individual’s abilities or behavior over time?
a) Cross-sectional test
b) Longitudinal test
c) Diagnostic test
d) Norm-referenced test
Answer: b) Longitudinal test
18. Which type of validity assesses whether a test covers the entire range of the construct it is supposed to measure?
a) Construct validity
b) Content validity
c) Criterion-related validity
d) External validity
Answer: b) Content validity
19. What is the term for a score that is significantly higher or lower than most other scores in a distribution?
a) Outlier
b) Norm
c) Median
d) Standard score
Answer: a) Outlier
20. Which measure represents the most frequently occurring score in a dataset?
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Standard deviation
Answer: c) Mode
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