Practice exam: Deception in the clinical setting
Questions with a line are very important!
Questions
1. Questions about tests
1a. What is the difference between SVT and PVT?
1b. What is the difference between an embedded and a standalone test?
1c. What are the benefits of an embedded test compared to a standalone test, and vice versa?
1d. When somebody shows low effort and low performance on a test, do we call this
malingering?
1e. What are the “Seven C’s” used in coherence analysis for evaluating the credibility of a
patient’s clinical presentation according to the Slick criteria?
2. Questions about what children need to lie effectively
2a. What kinds of skills or abilities do children need to lie?
2b. Which tests are available to assess these abilities?
2c. What are hot aspects and cold aspects?
3. Question about hypothesis
3a. What are the Taint Hypothesis and Beyond-Reasonable-Doubt Standard in detecting
deception?
4. Questions about differences in research groups
4a. What is the difference between a simulation, known-group, and prevalence design?
4b. What are the unique benefits and disadvantages of these designs?
5. Questions about recognizing if a child is lying
5a. Are parents accurate in determining if their child is lying?
5b. What methods can be used to determine if a child is lying?
6. Questions about sensitivity and specificity
6a. What is the difference between sensitivity and specificity?
6b. What gets lowered if you choose a low cutoff score—sensitivity or specificity, and what
does this entail?
6c. What does it mean if someone scores above the cutoff score?
6d. What is the floor effect?
6e. Specificity is typically around what percentage?
6f. Does the cutoff score change based on the person being tested?
, 7. Questions about the combination of PE and
malingering
7a. Which personality disorders involve frequent lying or exaggeration?
7b. Fill in the blanks: "______ is often time-related and environmentally opportunistic, while
______ is often chronic, with a history of prior ______ and insistence on aggressive pursuit of
treatment."
7c. If someone is relieved after being told they don’t have a specific (somatic) disorder but
later experiences anxiety again, what disorder might they have?
8. Advanced questions about tests
8a. What does TOMM stand for, is this test embedded or standalone and what does it
measure?
8b. What does the California Verbal Learning Test measure, is this test embedded or
standalone, PVT OR SVT.
8c. What does GET stand for, and what does it seem to measure? Is this test embedded or
standalone?
8d. What does COG measure? Is this test embedded or standalone?
8e. What kind of test is the Rey 15-Item Test, is this test embedded or standalone, what is the
cutoff score and what is its face validity?
8f. What is the digit span test, is this test embedded or standalone and what does it measure?
8g. What is forced-choice testing?
8h. What is the Sally-Anne task?
8i. What is being tested with Guilford’s cartoon task?
8j. What is being tested with Happé’s cartoon task?
8k. What is the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test?
8l. What does ASTM stand for, and what is its face validity? What principle does this test rely
on? What is the cut-off.
8m. What does DCT stand for, and what is its face validity? What makes this test special?
8n. What does RDS stand for, is this test embedded or standalone.
8o. What does SIMS stand for, and what does it measure, what is the cut-off?
8p. What does MMPI-2 stand for, and what does it measure?
8q. What does BSI-18 stand for, what does it measure.
8r. What does performance curve analysis mean?
8s. what is an autobiographical svt/forced two-choice memory test/knowledge test.
9. Questions about the three models that explain
malingering and the DSM
9a. What are the three explanatory models of malingering?
9b. Explain why people malinger according to each model.
9c. Explain substance abuse according to the explanatory model.
9d. Explain the underlying motivations for FDIA according to the three explanatory models of
malingering.
9e. What are the indicators of malingering according to the DSM-5? Name four.
9f. Can DSM-5 screening indicators be used to reliably diagnose malingering? Why or why
not?
Questions with a line are very important!
Questions
1. Questions about tests
1a. What is the difference between SVT and PVT?
1b. What is the difference between an embedded and a standalone test?
1c. What are the benefits of an embedded test compared to a standalone test, and vice versa?
1d. When somebody shows low effort and low performance on a test, do we call this
malingering?
1e. What are the “Seven C’s” used in coherence analysis for evaluating the credibility of a
patient’s clinical presentation according to the Slick criteria?
2. Questions about what children need to lie effectively
2a. What kinds of skills or abilities do children need to lie?
2b. Which tests are available to assess these abilities?
2c. What are hot aspects and cold aspects?
3. Question about hypothesis
3a. What are the Taint Hypothesis and Beyond-Reasonable-Doubt Standard in detecting
deception?
4. Questions about differences in research groups
4a. What is the difference between a simulation, known-group, and prevalence design?
4b. What are the unique benefits and disadvantages of these designs?
5. Questions about recognizing if a child is lying
5a. Are parents accurate in determining if their child is lying?
5b. What methods can be used to determine if a child is lying?
6. Questions about sensitivity and specificity
6a. What is the difference between sensitivity and specificity?
6b. What gets lowered if you choose a low cutoff score—sensitivity or specificity, and what
does this entail?
6c. What does it mean if someone scores above the cutoff score?
6d. What is the floor effect?
6e. Specificity is typically around what percentage?
6f. Does the cutoff score change based on the person being tested?
, 7. Questions about the combination of PE and
malingering
7a. Which personality disorders involve frequent lying or exaggeration?
7b. Fill in the blanks: "______ is often time-related and environmentally opportunistic, while
______ is often chronic, with a history of prior ______ and insistence on aggressive pursuit of
treatment."
7c. If someone is relieved after being told they don’t have a specific (somatic) disorder but
later experiences anxiety again, what disorder might they have?
8. Advanced questions about tests
8a. What does TOMM stand for, is this test embedded or standalone and what does it
measure?
8b. What does the California Verbal Learning Test measure, is this test embedded or
standalone, PVT OR SVT.
8c. What does GET stand for, and what does it seem to measure? Is this test embedded or
standalone?
8d. What does COG measure? Is this test embedded or standalone?
8e. What kind of test is the Rey 15-Item Test, is this test embedded or standalone, what is the
cutoff score and what is its face validity?
8f. What is the digit span test, is this test embedded or standalone and what does it measure?
8g. What is forced-choice testing?
8h. What is the Sally-Anne task?
8i. What is being tested with Guilford’s cartoon task?
8j. What is being tested with Happé’s cartoon task?
8k. What is the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test?
8l. What does ASTM stand for, and what is its face validity? What principle does this test rely
on? What is the cut-off.
8m. What does DCT stand for, and what is its face validity? What makes this test special?
8n. What does RDS stand for, is this test embedded or standalone.
8o. What does SIMS stand for, and what does it measure, what is the cut-off?
8p. What does MMPI-2 stand for, and what does it measure?
8q. What does BSI-18 stand for, what does it measure.
8r. What does performance curve analysis mean?
8s. what is an autobiographical svt/forced two-choice memory test/knowledge test.
9. Questions about the three models that explain
malingering and the DSM
9a. What are the three explanatory models of malingering?
9b. Explain why people malinger according to each model.
9c. Explain substance abuse according to the explanatory model.
9d. Explain the underlying motivations for FDIA according to the three explanatory models of
malingering.
9e. What are the indicators of malingering according to the DSM-5? Name four.
9f. Can DSM-5 screening indicators be used to reliably diagnose malingering? Why or why
not?
