Comp exam practice test Appraisal Flashcards
One of the first scales to differentiate between children who could or could not function in a regular classroom was
- Simon
- Binet
- Thorndike
- Otis
Binet
The Council for the accreditation of counseling and related educational programs (CACREP) expects counselors to have studied in assessment and evaluation in all of the following areas EXCEPT
- theoretical and historical bases for assessment techniques
- ethical considerations in the appraisal
- developing tests for use with specific populations
- reliability, including methods for establishing stability, internal, and equivalent reliability
developing tests for use with specific populations
The Test User Qualifications Working Group advocates comprehensive assessment. This involves
- administering a structured psychological history
- getting information from the psychosocial history to integrate with test scores as part of the interpretation
- giving the individual an intelligence test to identify the range of his abilities
- giving the individual a complete battery of cognitive, personality, and aptitude tests
getting information from the psychosocial history to integrate with test scores as part of interpretation
What question would Fitzherbert use to identify retarded children?
- What are the 4 seasons of the year?
- Count to 20
- Repeat 5 digits backward
- How old are you?
How old are you?
What test was developed during World War I to screen emotionally disturbed recruits?
- Woodworth Personal Data Sheet
- Jung word association test
- Bell adjustment inventory
- Rorschach Inkblot test
Woodworth Personal Data Sheet
What was the finding of Bakke v. California?
- Universities were allowed to admit anyone they wanted to
- Open admission was allowed in State universities
- The court decided that the practice had no adverse impact
- The quota system for minority groups in professional schools was struck down
The quota system for minority groups in professional schools was struck down
What Public Law is PL 101-336?
-Education of the handicapped
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Family education rights and privacy Act
- Perkins Vocational and Technical Act
Americans with Disabilities Act
What role does testing have in business and industry today?
- The court system has had little impact on testing
- The controversy over testing has led to fairer tests & testing practices for minority groups
- The role of testing is rapidly changing with new technologies available
- There is less testing in the industry than 10 years ago
The controversy over testing has led to fairer tests & testing practices for minority groups
What law extends the right to free & appropriate education to all children age 3 and above?
- PL 98-524
- PL84-142
- PL99-457
- PL101-336
PL99-457
Which professional group has identified 10 standards for evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention?
- MCME
- ACA
- APA
- CPR
APA
The most widely used statistic in the testing of variability is
- the regression coefficient
- the standard deviation
- the mean
- the range
the standard deviation
A bar graph used to portray the distribution of test data is called
- a frequency distribution
- a cumulative frequency graph
- a frequency polygon
- a histogram
a histogram
What type of statistical procedure would be a good way to summarize the scores on a test in 10-20 intervals?
- frequency distribution
- histogram
- frequency polygon
- pie chart
frequency distribution
The coach assigns the rank of 1 to the fastest runner, 2 to the next fastest, etc. What type of scale is being used here?
- ratio
- nominal
- interval
- ordinal
ordinal
The process by which a large number of test scores are reduced to a smaller number in order to determine to construct validity is called
- factor analysis
- regression analysis
- discriminate analysis
- analysis of variance
factor analysis
