Quiz 1: Assessment Intro

Statement A: The objective of testing is to answer a referral question.
Statement B: The goal of assessment is to measure a specific psychological construct.

• Statement A is True.

• Statement B is True.

• Both statements A and B are True.

• Both statements A and B are False.

Two tests purporting to measure personality may

• differ in terms of demands on the test taker. 
             

• contain entirely different kinds of items.

• All of the answers are correct.

• be based on entirely different definitions of "personality."

The term psychometric soundness refers to the

• technical quality of a test or other tool of assessment.          
           

• mental status of an individual during assessment.

• competence of a defendant to stand trial.

• general psychiatric health of an assessee.

Which of the following is TRUE of behavioral observation as a tool of assessment?

• It can yield qualitative as well as quantitative data.  
       

• All of the answers are correct.

• It is accomplished through live or video observation.

• It is typically time intensive.

Which of the following types of assessments most likely refers to the real-time evaluation of specific problems and related cognitive and behavioral variables at the exact time and place that they occur?

• ecological momentary assessment     
          

• prospective cohort assessment

• retrospective assessment

• remote assessment

A student taking a course entitled "Ancient History" is administered a history test. Years later, data from this test is reviewed by assessment professionals who are preparing a case study on the test taker. In that case study, the "Ancient History" test would be BEST referred to as

• “ancient history.”       
                

• “a school achievement test.”

• “a school aptitude test."

• “a school ability test.”

A  psychological autopsy typically includes which of the following?

• a review of archival records  
        
  
  

• All of the answers are correct.

• an interview with the coroner

• a postmortem interview with the assessee

The term which refers to the key characteristics of psychological tests which states that psychological assessment/test must produce the same result no matter when it’s taken.

Refers to the use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about psychological aspects of a person as they existed at some point in time prior to the assessment.

Refers to an interactive approach to psychological assessment that usually follows a model of evaluation, intervention of some sort, and evaluation.