PSY 431- 10 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
The scientific method applies to developing surveys as well as to developing and validating ______.
A. test blueprints
B. psychological tests
C. test plans
D. strategies for test taking - CORRECT ANSWER - psychological tests
What is the target audience?
A. the group who participated in developing a test
B. the group of individuals who will take the test
C. those test takers who participated in the first validation study for the test
D. those test users who ask for a new test to be developed - CORRECT ANSWER - the group of
individuals who will take the test
The first step in test development is to define the ______.
A. test developer, test user, and test publisher
B. subject of the test, the need for the test, and the market for the test
C. testing universe, the target audience, and purpose of the test
D. process for piloting the test - CORRECT ANSWER - testing universe, the target audience, and
purpose of the test
A test's purpose includes not only what the test will measure but also ______.
A. the test's reliability and validity
B. the type of setting in which the test will be used
C. the theory the test relies on
D. how the test users will use the test scores - CORRECT ANSWER - how the test users will use
the test scores
, An academic achievement test where the test taker who achieves the highest score will receive a
scholarship is an example of which approach to test interpretation?
A. normative
B. criterion-related
C. construct
D. predictive - CORRECT ANSWER - normative
When an individual must achieve a certain score to qualify for membership in a group, which one of the
following approaches to test interpretation is being used?
A. normative
B. criterion
C. content
D. predictive - CORRECT ANSWER - criterion
Which one of the following characteristics of a test is included in the test plan?
A. the planned date of publication
B. the content of each question on the test
C. an operational definition of the construct
D. a plan for validation - CORRECT ANSWER - an operational definition of the construct
In organizational setting, on what do test developers often base their test plan?
A. the need to hire employees
B. a job theory
C. the number of test takers
D. a job analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - a job analysis
In educational settings, test developers base their test plan on ______.
A. a part of the course curriculum
and CORRECT Answers
The scientific method applies to developing surveys as well as to developing and validating ______.
A. test blueprints
B. psychological tests
C. test plans
D. strategies for test taking - CORRECT ANSWER - psychological tests
What is the target audience?
A. the group who participated in developing a test
B. the group of individuals who will take the test
C. those test takers who participated in the first validation study for the test
D. those test users who ask for a new test to be developed - CORRECT ANSWER - the group of
individuals who will take the test
The first step in test development is to define the ______.
A. test developer, test user, and test publisher
B. subject of the test, the need for the test, and the market for the test
C. testing universe, the target audience, and purpose of the test
D. process for piloting the test - CORRECT ANSWER - testing universe, the target audience, and
purpose of the test
A test's purpose includes not only what the test will measure but also ______.
A. the test's reliability and validity
B. the type of setting in which the test will be used
C. the theory the test relies on
D. how the test users will use the test scores - CORRECT ANSWER - how the test users will use
the test scores
, An academic achievement test where the test taker who achieves the highest score will receive a
scholarship is an example of which approach to test interpretation?
A. normative
B. criterion-related
C. construct
D. predictive - CORRECT ANSWER - normative
When an individual must achieve a certain score to qualify for membership in a group, which one of the
following approaches to test interpretation is being used?
A. normative
B. criterion
C. content
D. predictive - CORRECT ANSWER - criterion
Which one of the following characteristics of a test is included in the test plan?
A. the planned date of publication
B. the content of each question on the test
C. an operational definition of the construct
D. a plan for validation - CORRECT ANSWER - an operational definition of the construct
In organizational setting, on what do test developers often base their test plan?
A. the need to hire employees
B. a job theory
C. the number of test takers
D. a job analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - a job analysis
In educational settings, test developers base their test plan on ______.
A. a part of the course curriculum
