Assessment Chapter 11
Which of the following is an advantage of many alternative individual ability tests over the
Wechsler and Binet scales?
a. verbal test administration only
b. stronger standardization samples
c. more influenced by scholastic achievement
d. better at assessing people with sensory deficits - ANS-better at assessing people with
sensory deficits
Which scale of intelligence in infants and young children employs a developmental quotient
(DQ) that is evaluated by assessing the presence or absence of behavior associated with
maturation?
a. Bayley Scales of Infant Development-Third Edition (BSID-III)
b. Gessell Developmental Schedules (GDS)
c. Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale (CIIS)
d. Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale (BNAS) - ANS-Gessell Developmental Schedules
(GDS)
Which scale is a measure of ability in children that has been employed in studies of early
intervention of at-risk children, the effects of mothers' smoking and exposure to lead on
children's abilities, and cognitive abilities among Mexican American children?
a. Wide Range Achievement Test-4 (WRAT-4)
b. Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (KABC-II)
c. McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA)
d. Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised (LIPS-R) - ANS-McCarthy Scales of
Children's Abilities (MSCA)
The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA-3) is based on the notion that learning
problems can occur as a result of problems in any one of three stages of information
processing, including _____.
a. encoding, storage, and retrieval
b. sensation, perception, and action
c. stimulus, response, and modification
d. input, information analysis, and response - ANS-input, information analysis, and response
Which test provides both an ability/intelligence score and a corresponding achievement score?
a. Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (KABC-II)
b. Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised Third Edition (LIPS-III)
c. McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA)
d. Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) - ANS-Kaufman Assessment Battery for
Children-Second Edition (KABC-II)
Which of the following is an advantage of many alternative individual ability tests over the
Wechsler and Binet scales?
a. verbal test administration only
b. stronger standardization samples
c. more influenced by scholastic achievement
d. better at assessing people with sensory deficits - ANS-better at assessing people with
sensory deficits
Which scale of intelligence in infants and young children employs a developmental quotient
(DQ) that is evaluated by assessing the presence or absence of behavior associated with
maturation?
a. Bayley Scales of Infant Development-Third Edition (BSID-III)
b. Gessell Developmental Schedules (GDS)
c. Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale (CIIS)
d. Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale (BNAS) - ANS-Gessell Developmental Schedules
(GDS)
Which scale is a measure of ability in children that has been employed in studies of early
intervention of at-risk children, the effects of mothers' smoking and exposure to lead on
children's abilities, and cognitive abilities among Mexican American children?
a. Wide Range Achievement Test-4 (WRAT-4)
b. Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (KABC-II)
c. McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA)
d. Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised (LIPS-R) - ANS-McCarthy Scales of
Children's Abilities (MSCA)
The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA-3) is based on the notion that learning
problems can occur as a result of problems in any one of three stages of information
processing, including _____.
a. encoding, storage, and retrieval
b. sensation, perception, and action
c. stimulus, response, and modification
d. input, information analysis, and response - ANS-input, information analysis, and response
Which test provides both an ability/intelligence score and a corresponding achievement score?
a. Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (KABC-II)
b. Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised Third Edition (LIPS-III)
c. McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA)
d. Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) - ANS-Kaufman Assessment Battery for
Children-Second Edition (KABC-II)
