PSY631 - Final-MCQs-Shamma Sabir

PSY631 Past Papers 2016
Muhammad Touseef (miant935@gmail.com)
______________refers to the group of people whose performance data are used as a

reference for evaluating individual test scores.
Select correct option:
Normative sample
Purposive sample
Convenient sample
Individual sample
What is the mean of the stanine scale?
Three
Four
Five
Six
Raven’s Progressive Matrices (RPM) is an example of:
Group test
Individual test
Speed test
Both A and B
Domain referenced tests are also known as_____________.
Criterion reference test
Diagnostic reference Test
Summative Test
Survey test
_______________was a meteorologist, who is also considered to be the founder of
differential psychology.
Galton
Darwin
Cattell
Simon
A normal distribution is usually:
Asymmetrical
Bilateral
Smooth
Rectangular
Which of the following test can be most useful for testing basic skills like reading and
arithmetic at elementary levels?
Survey tests
Summative Tests
Diagnostic reference Tools
Domain-referenced tests
Which of the following schedule was developed by Gesell to see the approximate
developmental level that a child has achieved in months?
The Gesell Developmental Schedule
The Gesell Growing Schedule
The Gesell Progressive Schedule
The Gesell Age-related Schedule

Age norms are type of standardization that depicts the level of test performance for each
separate _____________ in a normative sample.
School grade
Age group
Mentally challenged group
Police grade
Derived scores of any test not only tell about the relative standing of the participants in the
test but also provide _______________.
Outcome measures
Atypical measures
Comparable measures
Intermediate measures
Question # 1 of 10 ( Start time: 08:21:23 PM ) Total Marks: 1
APA stands for______________________.
American philological association
American psychosomatic association
American psychological association
American psychosocial association
Gestures and actions which are exhibited by majority of people are called ______________.
Normal behaviour
Nonstandard behaviour
Scarce behaviour
Odd behaviour
Prior learning is an example of which of the following error factor of measurement?
Test related factors
Test administration process
Examinee related variables
True scores of test
SAT is an example of:
Achievement test
Intelligence test
Personality test
Aptitude test
As the size of sample increases, the chance of making error will:
Reduce
Increase
Moderate
Rise
Normal distribution curve is a _______________.
Hypothetical curve
Imaginary curve
Regular curve
Polar curve
To measure test-retest reliability, ______________ subjects and items are used.
Diverse
Different
Same
Many
Followings are the examples of group tests EXCEPT:
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
Multidimensional Aptitude Test
Cognitive Abilities Test
Scholastic Assessment Test
Writing an essay is a type of which of the following format?
Likert format
Category format
Response format
Checklists
Following are the possible factors that may cause error in measurement EXCEPT:
Test related factors
Test administration process
Examinee related variables
True scores of test
_______________is a measure of the difference between the proportion of high scorers and
low scorers for answering the item correctly.
The item discrimination index
Zero item difficulty index
Multiple item difficulty index
None item difficulty index
According to which of the index, nobody can attempt the items correctly in a given test?
Zero item difficulty index
Nil item difficulty index
Multiple item difficulty index
None item difficulty index
____________ refers to the proportion of people who are expected to succeed on a criterion
if they are chosen at random.
Base Rates
Hit Rates
Selected Rates
Fix Rates
The value of item difficulty index may range from:
Zero to 1
Zero to 1.5
Zero to 2
Zero to 2.5
When items are discriminating between the two groups then they should be ________in the
test.
Retained
Discarded
Improved
Deleted
In heterogeneous groups, the value of correlation will be _________________ as compared

to homogeneous groups.
Lower
Higher
Moderate
Best
Which of the following reflects that a test forecasts score on the basis of a criterion at some
future time?
Content validity evidence
Criterion- related evidence
Construct validity evidence
Predictive validity evidence
In writing multiple choice questions, test developer is used to include incorrect options in
answers; known as what?
Phrases
Distracters
Symbols
Options
A test score above which will be the selection level and below which people will be rejected
is called:
Cut- off score
True score
Standard score
Z-score
Verbal fluency is an example of:
Attitude
Verbatim
Construct
Content
Which of the following test is used for measuring brain damage and psychological deficit?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mental Imagery Test
Benton Visual Retention Test
Magnetic Resonance Tomography
Abstract and logical thought develops at:
Sensorimotor Stage
Preoperational Stage
Concrete Operational Stage
Formal Operational Stage
The Strong- Campbell Interest Inventory comprised of:
325 items
326 items
324 items
323 items
______ test is used parallel to GRE in Pakistan.
SAT
GAT
CAT
MMRI
__________ is a projective test which is used to evaluate an individual’s thought patterns,

observational capacity, and emotional responses with a help of abstract pictures.
COPE
TAT
MRI
MMPI
According to Piaget’s theory, thought is systematic and logical, but only with regard to
concrete objects. This concept is related to which of the following stage of cognitive
development?
Sensorimotor Stage
Preoperational Stage
Concrete Operational Stage
Formal Operational Stage
Which of the following intelligence test has two sets of norms; grade- wise and age- wise?
Kuhlmann-Anderson Test
Henmon-Nelson Test
Simon-Binet intelligence test
Stanford-Binet intelligence test

Identify the valuable source of quick data collection for research projects.
Individual tests
Speed tests
Aptitude tests
Group tests
____________refers to the lowest level or point where two consecutive items of

approximately equal difficulty are passed.
Basal age
Mental age
Chronological age
Basic age
Bayley Scales of Infant Development is used to measure:
Infants’ cognitive and motor functions
Infants’ cognitive and social functions
Infants’ cognitive and spatial functions
Infants’ cognitive and neural functions
Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale (BNAS) is used to measure:
Newborns’competence
Adolescents’competence
Adults’competence
Orders’competence
Raven Progressive Matrices (RPM) is a non-verbal multiple choice measures of:

Crystal intelligence
General intelligence
Fluid intelligence
Formal intelligence
Which of the following concept describes that some properties of an object/mass matter
remain unchanged or invariant while some others have been changed?
Egocentric
Object permanence
Conservation
Symbolism
Social Cognitive Approach to Personality emphasizes the reciprocity between:
Individuals and their environment
Individuals and their family
Individuals and their schooling
Individuals and their thinking
Bayley Scales of Infant Development is meant for children within age range of _________.
2-30 months
2-10 months
2-40 months
2-20 months
The__________ section of GRE includes measurement of reasoning, antonyms, analogies

and paragraph comprehension.

Verbal
Non-verbal
Analytical
Quantitative
Irrational Beliefs Test contains how many items?
100 items
101 items
155 items
115 items
In cognitive- behavioral assessment,determining of critical behaviors which are in excess or

deficit is the __________ step of above mentioned particluar tool.
First
Second
Third
Fourth
_________ is a statistical method in which relationships between a large numbers of

variables is summarized into fewer patterns.
Content analysis
Regression analysis
Factor analysis
Correlational analysis
Graduate Record Examination is an example of:
Speed test
Class test
Personality test
Aptitude Test
Cognitive and behaviour strategies for coping with stress are known as:
Problem- focused strategies
Emotion- focused strategies
Avoidant- focused strategies
Support- focused strategies
MMPI has been developed by Hathaway and:
Kaplan
Gough
Cattell
McKinley
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire was developed by:
Cattell
Gough
Pearson
Kaplan
Item difficulty index is represented by the symbol p and it varies between 0.0 and
_________.
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
The outcome in which the person who is predicted to fail (rejected) and who actually would
have failed and he or she had been accepted is referred to as ___________.
True positive
True negative
False positive
False negative
How many alternatives for each item are offered in the Likert format?
Three
Four
Five
Six
Which of the following type of validity is established by showing that the behaviors sampled
by the test are a representative sample of the attribute being measured?
Content
Construct
Predictive
Concurrent
In which of the following format, ten alternatives are usually offered?
Dichotomous format
Polychotomous format
Likert format
Category format
Which of the following option does NOT provide Information on psychological test?
Reference books
Publisher’s catalogue
Journals
Newspapers
In multiple choice items, what do we call an incorrect alternative?
Reflector
Distracter
Diverter
Simulator
Which one of the following tests can be utilized to assess the capability for a relatively
specific task or type of skill?
Personality tests
Achievement tests
Intelligence tests
Aptitude tests
In 1975, ________ has proposed a content validity ratio as a measure of the extent to which
expert judges agree on content validity.
Thorndike
James
Wundt
Lawshe
Scales of independent behavior-revised (SIB-R) consists of 259 behaviors items organized

into _________ subscales.

12
13
14
15
Some individuals prefer structured roles such as bank teller or computer operator. Which of
the following personality-environment type is being discussed here?
Artistic
Social
Enterprising
Conventional
Which of the following research is used to determine the success or likely future success of a
product or service?
Human factors research
Organizational research
Marketing research
Social research
At which stage of cognitive development, children typically develop conservation and

demonstrate limited capacities of logical reasoning?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
Which of the following definition defines a concept in terms of the way it is measured?
theoritical definition
Factual definition
Conceptual definition
Operational definition
There is less opportunity to establish a rapport, obtain concentration and maintain the interest
of the examinees in _____________.
Individual test
Stanford-Binet intelligence test
The Wechsler scaled
Group test
If a test length increases, then how will it affect the reliability of the test?
It is affected but insignificantly
It will increase
It is not affected either way
It will decline
One of the fundamental purposes for evaluating capacity in an educational context is to

determine students’ strengths and weaknesses, the areas where they are doing well and those
where they are doing poorly. Assessment for this purpose is called:
Summative evaluation
Formative evaluation
Total evaluation
Comprehensive evaluation
Several problems whose answers must be drawn from a single list of possible answers are
offered in _____________.
True false items

Matching items
Short questions
Essay type questions
In which of the following test performance is evaluated not in relation to the set of tasks
peruse but in relation to the performance of some more general reference group?
Criterion referenced test
Mean referenced test
Norm referenced test
Standard referenced test
The nine subtests of the multilevel CogAt are grouped into three batteries, which of the
following battery is NOT among them?
Verbal battery
Nonverbal battery
Qualitative battery
Quantitative battery
Which of the following is an advantage of individual tests?
Can provide wealth of information about a subject beyond test score
Scoring is typically more objective
Are cost efficient
Require less examiner’s skill and training
Which of the following method of estimating reliability involves a) administering a test to a

group of individuals, (b) splitting the test in half, and (c) correlating scores on one half of the
test with scores on the other half?
Test-retest methods
Alternate forms methods
Split-half methods
Internal consistency methods
If a 33 years old man’s performance on a task is equivalent to 11 years of boy. What will be
his mental age? Explain it with reference to developmental norms. (3)
Your task is to develop three items basing upon “completion item format” using the construct
of life satisfaction. (1+1+1)
Alia claims that Beck depression scale mainly involves concurrent validity and does not rely
on predictive validity. How can you justify her statement? (3)
Suppose you want to get your best friend rated by your class fellows using Q- sort format.
What five statements will you write to be used by the subjects? (5)
A mathematical ability test is validated on a sample comprising people of mixed abilities and
background and later on it is administered to a group of accountants. How can this situation
be threatening for validity of that test? (5)
what is the difference between psychological testing and psychological assessment? 3
when reliability is very necessary? 3
Item response theory is becoming very popular now a days, what are its distinguishing
advantages? 5
what are grade norms? tell briefly 5
PSYCHOLOGICALTESTING AND MEASUREMENT PSY 631
Ali is supposed to get full marks in each type of test of his class? What type of bias it is?
Do you agree with Galton point of view that it would be “quite practicable to produce a
highly gifted race of men by judicious marriages during several consecutive generations?”
why or why not?
Write about Thematic Apperception Test
Difference between social and moral intelligence?
Difference between structured interview and case history interview

Benefits of objective based question test
What type of assessment should be used to assess the reason behind a crime for a prisoner?
Develop a likert format scale for “happiness”

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PSY631 Past Papers 2016

Muhammad Touseef (miant935@gmail.com)

______________refers to the group of people whose performance data are used as a

Select correct option:

What is the mean of the stanine scale?

Select correct option:

Raven’s Progressive Matrices (RPM) is an example of:

Select correct option:

Domain referenced tests are also known as_____________.

Select correct option:

Criterion reference test

Diagnostic reference Test

Select correct option:

A normal distribution is usually:

Select correct option:

Select correct option:

Diagnostic reference Tools

Select correct option:

The Gesell Developmental Schedule

The Gesell Growing Schedule

The Gesell Progressive Schedule

The Gesell Age-related Schedule

Select correct option:

Mentally challenged group

Select correct option:

Question # 1 of 10 ( Start time: 08:21:23 PM ) Total Marks: 1

APA stands for______________________.

Select correct option:

American philological association

American psychosomatic association

American psychological association

American psychosocial association

Select correct option:

Prior learning is an example of which of the following error factor of measurement?

Select correct option:

Test related factors

Test administration process

Examinee related variables

True scores of test

SAT is an example of:

Select correct option:

As the size of sample increases, the chance of making error will:

Select correct option:

Normal distribution curve is a _______________.

Select correct option:

Select correct option:

Followings are the examples of group tests EXCEPT:

Select correct option:

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Multidimensional Aptitude Test

Cognitive Abilities Test

Scholastic Assessment Test

Writing an essay is a type of which of the following format?

Select correct option:

Select correct option:

Test related factors

Test administration process

Examinee related variables

True scores of test

The item discrimination index

Zero item difficulty index

Multiple item difficulty index

None item difficulty index