EDUC 606 COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (COMPLETE ANSWERS -100% VERIFIED) LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

EDUC 606 COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (COMPLETE ANSWERS -100% VERIFIED) LIBERTY UNIVERSITYEDUC 606 COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM • Question 1 4 out of 4 points Which of the following fall(s) at a z-score of 0.0 in a normal distribution? • Question 2 4 out of 4 points Use the following set of data from a criterion-referenced test; which item appears best for a criterion-referenced test? • Question 3 4 out of 4 points Which of the following item types is least subject to guessing? • Question 4 4 out of 4 points This type of test has uniform administration and scoring procedures: • Question 5 4 out of 4 points The index which estimates the extent to which a score obtained on a test approximates the individual’s true score on the test is the: • Question 6 4 out of 4 points The first step in developing a performance test is: • Question 7 4 out of 4 points Rubrics may best be considered to be: • Question 8 4 out of 4 points All other things being equal, which of the following marking practices results in the most reliable grades? • Question 9 4 out of 4 points A teacher has a new foreign student and wishes to obtain an estimate of the student’s math skills. What kind of test should be used? • Question 10 4 out of 4 points Among the most important traits to include when developing a scoring mechanism for the entire portfolio are: • Question 11 4 out of 4 points Robert, a ninth-grader, has just been told, “The reason you’re having so much trouble with division is that you have never mastered compound multiplication. The Math Basic Skills Tests have indicated this quite clearly. We are going to provide you with instruction in multiplication immediately.” Robert’s teacher made what kind of decision relative to his skill level? • Question 12 4 out of 4 points If the instructions for administering and scoring a standardized achievement test are NOT followed rigidly when it is administered to pupils: • Question 13 4 out of 4 points Each mark in a course should be assigned and interpreted as: • Question 14 4 out of 4 points The use of “none of these” as an option in a multiple-choice item is only appropriate when: • Question 15 4 out of 4 points According to the authors, which objective item formats are most suitable for use in interpretive exercises? • Question 16 4 out of 4 points The factor that most seriously limits the value of grades for certification is that grades: • Question 17 4 out of 4 points Another name for a histogram is: • Question 18 4 out of 4 points In an extended essay, your detailed scoring criteria should at least assign weights to organization, process and: • Question 19 4 out of 4 points Assume that a set of 90 normally distributed test scores has a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 10. A T-score of 0 would be equivalent to a raw score of: • Question 20 4 out of 4 points What percent of students in a distribution falls between the first and third quartiles? • Question 21 4 out of 4 points The score that is duplicated (repeated) the largest number of times in a set of scores is the: • Question 22 4 out of 4 points If a thermometer measured the temperature in an oven as 400oF five days in a row when the temperature was actually 397oF, this measuring instrument would be considered quite: • Question 23 4 out of 4 points “High-stakes” testing refers to the use of standardized test results alone or in combination with other measures to make educational decisions that: • Question 24 4 out of 4 points The essential difference between the knowledge level and the comprehension level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is that at the knowledge level one is asked to • Question 25 4 out of 4 points This form of validity is most important for achievement tests such as those constructed by teachers: • Question 26 4 out of 4 points Test misuse and abuse are most likely to occur whenever: • Question 27 4 out of 4 points Given the following item analysis data, with the correct answer marked with an asterisk, what is the discrimination index of this item? • Question 28 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is a recommendation to help prepare students for a test? • Question 29 4 out of 4 points Teachers are most frequently involved in what kind of decision? • Question 30 4 out of 4 points Under NCLB, “adequate yearly progress” for a school is measured by the success of which group? • Question 31 4 out of 4 points With the passage of IDEIA in 2004, what Specific Learning Disability (SLD) determination method must states use? • Question 32 4 out of 4 points The distance between -.50 and +.50 in z-score units represents how many stanines? • Question 33 4 out of 4 points The purpose for interpreting a test score as a band of scores, rather than a specific value, is to: • Question 34 4 out of 4 points The dimensions that a scale measures should: • Question 35 4 out of 4 points This type of test does NOT expect all students to complete all items: • Question 36 4 out of 4 points The major distinction between testing and assessment is that assessment is a process that is: • Question 37 4 out of 4 points Which of the following item formats is easiest to construct? • Question 38 4 out of 4 points Five students received scores of 10, 12, 14, 16, and 28. The mean of these scores is: • Question 39 4 out of 4 points The impact of high-stakes testing extends beyond education, influencing: • Question 40 4 out of 4 points According to the text, which of the folloing is NOTone of the components of a well-written behavioral objective? • Question 41 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is a suggestion to more objectively score essay items? • Question 42 4 out of 4 points A chemistry teacher wants to determine if his students have learned the names of and corresponding symbols for six basic elements. The appropriate test item format to use would be: • Question 43 4 out of 4 points When a relationship between two variables is curvilinear, a linear correlation coefficient computed for each data will be: • Question 44 4 out of 4 points What should be the function of intelligence tests in grading or marking practices? • Question 45 4 out of 4 points An individual reported a correlation of 1.25 between form A and form B of an intelligence test. From this coefficient one would conclude that: • Question 46 4 out of 4 points Given the following item analysis data, with the correct answer marked with an asterisc, which, if any, of the distractors should be replaced? • Question 47 4 out of 4 points This involves the administration of two different tests at two different times. • Question 48 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is one of the functions of a test blueprint? • Question 49 4 out of 4 points A research worker gave a scholastic aptitude test to a sample of eighth graders. Then he correlated the aptitude test scores with the chronological ages of the subjects. He found a correlation of - .42. How should this result be interpreted? • Question 50 4 out of 4 points A pupil’s science achievement score is one standard deviation below the national norm. Which of the following most accurately describes her performance?