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A. mental health professionals.
Chapter 01 Psychological Testing and Assessment B. psychiatric patients.
C. Linked-In users who responded to a survey.
D. All of these
1. The use of evaluative tools to draw
conclusions about psychological aspects of a 9. The value of the smartphone as a tool of
person as those aspects existed at some point in assessment is that it may yield
time in the past is called A. meaningful diagnostic insights.
A. retroactive assessment. B. highly personalized treatment protocols.
B. remote assessment. C. highly effective treatment protocols.
C. reactive assessment. D. All of these.
D. retrospective assessment.
10. According to your textbook, when interviewing an
2. The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions eyewitness to a serious crime, a police psychologist
about a subject who is not in physical proximity to might ask the interviewer to respond to a
the person or people conducting the evaluation question
is called A. with eyes closed.
A. separation evaluation. B. while looking at actual evidence in the case.
B. apathetic assessment. C. by dictating responses into a smartphone.
C. remote assessment. D. as if lying.
D. distal evaluation.
3. The word "ecological" in the term ecological
momentary assessment is a reference to
A. "in the moment" evaluation.
B. cognitive variables observed.
C. behavioral variables observed.
D. where the evaluation takes place.
4. Which is not a variant of the term assessment
discussed in the textbook?
A. remote assessment
B. retroactive assessment
C. ecological momentary assessment
D. retrospective assessment
5. As presented in the textbook, smartphones
may be re-tooled for purposes of
A. remote assessment.
B. ecological momentary assessment.
C. both remote assessment & ecological momentary
assessment.
D. None of these
6. According to the text, what makes a smartphone
"smart"?
A. It is smart because of its flexibility and adaptability.
B. It is smart because of its inference-making
capacity.
C. It is smart because it can detect changes in mood.
D. It is smart because it has a computational capacity.
7. Smartphones that are re-purposed as tools of
assessment contain safeguards to protect
A. the identity of the subject of the assessment.
B. the security of the voice data derived.
C. the privacy of the subject of the assessment.
D. the exact location from which data is being sent.
8. Accordingto the Close-Up in Chapter 1 of the
textbook, the use of smartphones as a tool of
assessment has been generally well received by
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11. Detailed information regarding how a is not one of those ways?
A. telephone
particular test was developed can typically be B. internet chat
C. text-messaging
found in D. Facebook
A. a review of the test published in a journal.
B. the current test catalogue distributed by the test's
publisher. 19. A committee makes a decision that is not as
C. the Standards for Educational and Psychological sound as the decision that would have been made
Tests.
D. the test manual. had the head of that committee acted alone. This
situation could BEST be characterized as one
12. Depending on factors such as intrinsic
influenced by
motivation and external incentives, the score A. "groupspeak."
feedback provided in computerized adaptive B. "central processing error."
C. "groupthink."
testing could D. "payback."
A. positively affect testtaker performance.
B. seriously bias the test user's findings.
20. The term psychometric soundness refers to the
C. be faulted on ethical grounds.
A. the general psychiatric health of an assessee.
D. None of these
B. mental status of an individual during assessment.
C. technical quality of a test or other tool of
13. According to your textbook, the demand for assessment.
D. competence of a defendant to stand trial.
psychologists with expertise in psychological
testing and assessment
A. has remained stable for many years.
B. increases in poor economic times.
C. far outweighs the supply.
D. All of these
14. Which phrase is best associated with anti-
testing public sentiment?
A. "Opt in"
B. "Opt out"
C. "Don't opt"
D. "Stop opt"
15. The Mental Measurements Yearbook is
currently updated about every
A. two years.
B. three years.
C. four years.
D. five years.
16. A list of unpublished tests is published as a
resource to the assessment community. This
list is available from
A. The Buros Institute.
B. Educational Testing Service.
C. The University of Nebraska Press.
D. The instructor of this course.
17. Ithas as its objective a targeted change in
the interviewee's thinking and behavior, and it
is called
A. portfolio assessment.
B. guided imagery.
C. motivational interviewing.
D. behavior quantification.
18. Your
textbook lists several means by which
motivational interviewing is conducted. Which
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Exam Study Guide – Practice
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, Psychological Testing and Assessment
A. mental health professionals.
Chapter 01 Psychological Testing and Assessment B. psychiatric patients.
C. Linked-In users who responded to a survey.
D. All of these
1. The use of evaluative tools to draw
conclusions about psychological aspects of a 9. The value of the smartphone as a tool of
person as those aspects existed at some point in assessment is that it may yield
time in the past is called A. meaningful diagnostic insights.
A. retroactive assessment. B. highly personalized treatment protocols.
B. remote assessment. C. highly effective treatment protocols.
C. reactive assessment. D. All of these.
D. retrospective assessment.
10. According to your textbook, when interviewing an
2. The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions eyewitness to a serious crime, a police psychologist
about a subject who is not in physical proximity to might ask the interviewer to respond to a
the person or people conducting the evaluation question
is called A. with eyes closed.
A. separation evaluation. B. while looking at actual evidence in the case.
B. apathetic assessment. C. by dictating responses into a smartphone.
C. remote assessment. D. as if lying.
D. distal evaluation.
3. The word "ecological" in the term ecological
momentary assessment is a reference to
A. "in the moment" evaluation.
B. cognitive variables observed.
C. behavioral variables observed.
D. where the evaluation takes place.
4. Which is not a variant of the term assessment
discussed in the textbook?
A. remote assessment
B. retroactive assessment
C. ecological momentary assessment
D. retrospective assessment
5. As presented in the textbook, smartphones
may be re-tooled for purposes of
A. remote assessment.
B. ecological momentary assessment.
C. both remote assessment & ecological momentary
assessment.
D. None of these
6. According to the text, what makes a smartphone
"smart"?
A. It is smart because of its flexibility and adaptability.
B. It is smart because of its inference-making
capacity.
C. It is smart because it can detect changes in mood.
D. It is smart because it has a computational capacity.
7. Smartphones that are re-purposed as tools of
assessment contain safeguards to protect
A. the identity of the subject of the assessment.
B. the security of the voice data derived.
C. the privacy of the subject of the assessment.
D. the exact location from which data is being sent.
8. Accordingto the Close-Up in Chapter 1 of the
textbook, the use of smartphones as a tool of
assessment has been generally well received by
1
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11. Detailed information regarding how a is not one of those ways?
A. telephone
particular test was developed can typically be B. internet chat
C. text-messaging
found in D. Facebook
A. a review of the test published in a journal.
B. the current test catalogue distributed by the test's
publisher. 19. A committee makes a decision that is not as
C. the Standards for Educational and Psychological sound as the decision that would have been made
Tests.
D. the test manual. had the head of that committee acted alone. This
situation could BEST be characterized as one
12. Depending on factors such as intrinsic
influenced by
motivation and external incentives, the score A. "groupspeak."
feedback provided in computerized adaptive B. "central processing error."
C. "groupthink."
testing could D. "payback."
A. positively affect testtaker performance.
B. seriously bias the test user's findings.
20. The term psychometric soundness refers to the
C. be faulted on ethical grounds.
A. the general psychiatric health of an assessee.
D. None of these
B. mental status of an individual during assessment.
C. technical quality of a test or other tool of
13. According to your textbook, the demand for assessment.
D. competence of a defendant to stand trial.
psychologists with expertise in psychological
testing and assessment
A. has remained stable for many years.
B. increases in poor economic times.
C. far outweighs the supply.
D. All of these
14. Which phrase is best associated with anti-
testing public sentiment?
A. "Opt in"
B. "Opt out"
C. "Don't opt"
D. "Stop opt"
15. The Mental Measurements Yearbook is
currently updated about every
A. two years.
B. three years.
C. four years.
D. five years.
16. A list of unpublished tests is published as a
resource to the assessment community. This
list is available from
A. The Buros Institute.
B. Educational Testing Service.
C. The University of Nebraska Press.
D. The instructor of this course.
17. Ithas as its objective a targeted change in
the interviewee's thinking and behavior, and it
is called
A. portfolio assessment.
B. guided imagery.
C. motivational interviewing.
D. behavior quantification.
18. Your
textbook lists several means by which
motivational interviewing is conducted. Which
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