PSYCH ASS DRILLS Flashcards
1) Which of the following situation would allow the use of equal
appearing interval as a scaling method?
a) Yohan, taking a test with many but easy items taken
with limited time.
b) Josh, taking an examination that would measure his
potential to be an aeronautics engineer.
c) Madeline, taking the test refers to her affect, behavior,
and cognition over an object.
d) You, taking this examination.
c) Madeline, taking the test refers to her affect, behavior,
and cognition over an object.
2) In your answer in number 1, what is best choice of an item
format as a replacement for equal appearing interval?
a) Any of the choices among Thurstone, Guttman,
semantic differential, or Likert scales.
b) Any of the choices among polytomous, dichotomous, or
forced-choice format.
c) Completion item format only such as essay.
d) An overused but most preferred item format which is
Likert.
d) An overused but most preferred item format which is
Likert.
3) In reference to item number 1, Yohan’s test is not expected
to
a) Be accomplished entirely by Yohan.
b) Be scored and have the same results even after some
time.
c) Have the same validation strategy as Josh’s examination
d) Have the same reliability estimate as Madeline’s test.
c) Have the same validation strategy as Josh’s examination
Consider the following information regarding Joey, a member of Psychological Association of the Philippines. He was administered of work engagement inventory to measure to have gauge of his immersion to his work, in which he is on supervisory level. His engagement will be correlated to his number of recruits within the year. This is to verify the
hypothesis whether work immersion is connected to one’s
performance. Among the data gathered, which is considered
the least scientific measure?
a) His professional affiliation
b) Joey being in the supervisory level
c) His number of recruits
d) Joey’s work engagement
a) His professional affiliation
5) In reference to number 4, which of the following information
might be inaccurate?
a) Researchers will use pearson product moment
correlation to test their hypothesis.
b) If Joey is the best recruiter, his performance will be the
best description of their group.
c) Joey and the rest of the participants’ work engagement
will be averaged into one score.
d) Joey being the on the supervisory level should be
removed as a participant in the study.
b) If Joey is the best recruiter, his performance will be the
best description of their group.
6) What is expected result of the hypothesis test of the
researcher in item number 4?
a) There is a direct relationship between the variables
correlated.
b) Supervisors are more immersed with their work than
their subordinates.
c) Work engaged participants recruit less.
d) There is skewed distribution in terms of salary among
recruiters.
a) There is a direct relationship between the variables
correlated.
7) In item number 4, which pair of variables should be
correlated to allow the use of biserial correlation?
a) His number of recruits and his position in the company.
b) His work engagement and his number of recruits.
c) His gender and his professional affiliation.
d) His professional affiliation and his work engagement.
d) His professional affiliation and his work engagement.
8) Also in item number 4, essentially, correlating the number of
recruits and the work engagement serves as ________ in
test development.
a) An estimate of reliability
b) Validation technique
c) Standardization of the test
d) Estimate of reliability, validity, and standardization.
b) Validation technique
9) Matthew, age 30 with an IQ of 89, took an examination and
got a low score. His performance is not far from everybody
else who took the examination. In fact, it is almost identical
to most of the test takers who are of different culture. What is
a possible valid inquiry of Matthew regarding the
examination?
a) Is this a reliable test?
b) Is it a valid test?
c) It is a standardized test?
d) What is the use of this test?
c) It is a standardized test?
10) Based on the previous item, what distribution can we
assume?
a) Positively skewed and platykurtic distribution
b) Negatively skewed distribution with a mesokurtic
tendency.
c) Neither positive nor negative skewed rather leptokurtic distribution
d) Positively skewed leptokurtic distribution.
c) Neither positive nor negative skewed rather leptokurtic distribution
11) Based on item 9, assume that the test is psychometrically sound, what is a possible explanation regarding Matthew’s score?
a) His performance is inferior over the rest of the test takers.
b) Flynn effect might have affected the result of the examination.
c) It is a criterion reference test that is being given as a baseline measure.
d) There is differential item functioning among the items that affect their performance.
c) It is a criterion reference test that is being given as a
baseline measure.
12) Which is true regarding the examination that Matthew has
taken?
a) There is a high value for p and low value for d.
b) Low in item discrimination index and high item difficulty index.
c) Low in item difficulty index, low in extreme group
method, and high in point biserial method.
d) Low in both p and d.
d) Low in both p and d.
13) Josef is developing a test of strategic thinking, a fresh idea in the field of cognitive sciences. He is already done with the first three phases of test development stages. He was able
to gather all responses with 82% response rate. What technique can be both used as an estimate of reliability as
well as validity?
a) Factor analysis
b) Spearman brown formula
c) Cronbach alpha
d) Both cronbach and factor analysis
d) Both cronbach and factor analysis
14) In terms of validity, what strategy would you likely recommend to Josef in developing his measure?
a) Convergent evidence would suffice.
b) Both content and criterion validity.
c) Both convergent and discriminant validity.
d) Criterion and convergent validity.
c) Both convergent and discriminant validity.
What construct can be used as a discriminant evidence for Josef’s newly developed scale?
a) Executive functions, a thinking pattern of selecting and monitoring behavior.
b) Convergent thinking as conceptualized by Guilford
c) Comparison of the scores between managers and rank-and- file employees.
d) Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal is the best use.
b) Convergent thinking as conceptualized by Guilford
16) What do you suppose has not yet been accomplished by
Josef?
a) He is not yet done with the test writing and still evaluating each of the items.
b) Likely, he has not yet identified to whom, when, or where this test may be used.
c) He doesn’t know yet how to interpret the score obtained in this test.
d) He has not met with people to whom he can try the items and look for their pattern of responses.
e) Both b and d
a) He is not yet done with the test writing and still evaluating each of the items.
Dr. Marquez gave an examination on introduction to psychology to 43 students that yielded an average score of 54 (SD=5.6) over a total score of 100. Jon, scoring 62 (Q = 15) has been determined as the middle performer in the group. Jon’s peers laughed at him because all of them got a score of 67. Dr. Marquez yelled at Jon’s friends because, Jon being quite friendly, has the whole class being considered as his peer, making the class really loud. What
can we say regarding Dr. Marquez’ class?
a) The examination is quite easy for them.
b) Perhaps, there are few who got really low score.
c) Top performers in his class are not far from each other.
d) Both b and c.
e) A, b, and c.
d) Both b and c.
Dr. Marquez decided to use Jon’s performance as a passing score. How would you comment on this?
a) It is possible since his score divides performing and non- performing group.
b) It should not be the basis of cut off score.
c) His performance does not entirely mean minimum performance of a criterion group.
d) It should be the mean, not the Jon’s performance as a cutoff score.
e) Mean score has more variance than Jon’s performance.
c) His performance does not entirely mean minimum performance of a criterion group.
While being undecided, since Dr. Marquez’s examination has been used by the whole psychology department, he surveyed all other teachers as to what should be the passing score. He got the following answers; a couple of teacher said it should be the mean, his closest teacher said it should be
the mode, three said it should be the median, then there are teachers who said it should be 60 and 75. What should be the cutoff score?
a) 62 being Jon’s and the middle performance.
b) 62 being the average when Angoff method is used.
c) 62 being the median of the subject matter experts decision.
d) All other options above are wrong. None of them are accurate.
b) 62 being the average when Angoff method is used.
Jon’s examination is likely what type of test?
a) Achievement
b) Aptitude
c) Intelligence
d) Power test
a) Achievement
Eric is doing a research among children were rescued and grew up from radical government protesters. These protesters created their own army and indoctrinate children that the government is evil while their beliefs being absolute. He intends to look into the cognitive and affective profiles of
the target population. What ethical issue may be involved in his research focusing on the participant’s welfare?
a) His research may result to cognitive dissonance to the participants thus the research cannot promise non-maleficence.
b) His research should utilize a more standardized tests and protocols to ensure good quality data.
c) His research should touch on the doctrines that their group taught them to further integrate the child to the
community at large.
d) The primary responsibility of Eric is to ensure informed consent in his study.
a) His research may result to cognitive dissonance to the participants thus the research cannot promise non-maleficence.
Eric finished his data analysis and found the results interesting. Should Eric bring the results to his participants and consult to increase the accuracy of his results?
a) In most cases, we revisit the participants with the aim of avoiding misinterpretation of results.
b) Yes. This is a necessary step in qualitative researches.
c) No. It is not appropriate in the case of child participants since they can find no clear understanding of their case.
d) Yes. It is just ethical to do so as part of participant’s autonomy over the information they provided.
c) No. It is not appropriate in the case of child participants since they can find no clear understanding of their case.
Eric’s research has been published. Other groups of people wanted to access the interview transcripts in order to
reanalyze them. According to ethical codes we can never
share these information
a) In all cases
b) Even if there is no written agreement for its use.
c) Even if there is no clear policy of protecting confidentiality among the participants.
d) If the cost of transfer of information is handled by the requesting party.
d) If the cost of transfer of information is handled by the requesting party.
Can Eric’s research data still be republished?
a) No. The use of data in publication expires within the
context of the first research.
b) No. All data published should be original and fresh.
c) Yes. As long as there is proper acknowledgement provided.
d) Yes. The ethical codes state that the participant should
be informed of such republication.
c) Yes. As long as there is proper acknowledgement provided.
You, a male therapist, are seeing Ms. Guzman, a BPD sufferer, for quite some time already. You have known that
the patient has been living with her live-in partner for past two years. She claims that her partner is very close to her
family has been waiting for their decision for marriage. In fact, you have interviewed some of the relatives and even her partner. One night, she messaged you to see her in a hotel room because his partner is continuously molesting her for 3 days already. What should you do?
a) Tell the police of the event and send the detail that you know.
b) Be cautious of the event that it may part of her symptoms of BPD.
c) Tell the relatives about the detail.
d) Join the police officer in going to the room suggested.
b) Be cautious of the event that it may part of her symptoms of BPD.
Suppose unwanted event happened that Ms. Guzman actually killed her partner during the time she was being molested. Since you are the clinician, the defense lawyer requested you to be expert witness. What would you do?
a) Accept. It is a better pay than meeting with Ms. Guzman.
b) Accept. It is you ethical and legal responsibility.
c) Refuse. It will only create a multiple relationship if being
a therapist and court psychologist is carried on.
d) It will always depend on the choice of the client. However, discuss possible implications of the invite to the current therapeutic relationship.
d) It will always depend on the choice of the client. However, discuss possible implications of the invite to the current therapeutic relationship.
Suppose you became a court witness of the case. The prosecutor lawyer directly asked you, “Will her condition prevent her from killing?” How would you respond to this question?
a) Give a description of what the disorder and justify your answer based on facts.
b) Give an answer that would not put Ms. Guzman into a condition that would make her disorder worse.
c) Defend the patient. Discuss only that it is done because of the abuse.
d) Refuse to answer the question since it is misleading.
a) Give a description of what the disorder and justify your answer based on facts.
Ms. Guzman is being identified as to whether she suffers from psychological disorder who committed a crime. Do you think Ms. Guzman, being considered as suspect of the death of her partner should be re-evaluated again?
a) No. Your assessment of her case is enough.
b) No. it is unnecessary to her case.
c) Yes. If you did not maintain your initial relationship with the client.
d) Yes. If your evaluation serves on the purpose of the therapy sessions alone.
d) Yes. If your evaluation serves on the purpose of the therapy sessions alone.
Mrs. Galvez brought her daughter, age 17, for assessment of intellectual disability. You have found that her daughter indeed suffers from ADHD that made the daughter difficult to
focus on the items in the test and made her appear to be suffering from ID. You have substantiated your result using
interviews even observation. After you have relayed the evaluation results to the mother, Mrs. Galvez explained that your assessment is wrong. What should you do?
a) Refer the client to another clinician.
b) Give the parent a copy of the protocol that would prove such.
c) Defend how you have arrived to such conclusion.
d) Contact another clinician that would support your claim
d) Contact another clinician that would support your claim
You also have noticed that Ms. Galvez’s daughter is acting more manly than womanly. Eventually, during the interview, she claimed that she has started to have feelings of sexual attraction over her girlfriends. What should you do?
a) Tell the parents that her daughter is a lesbian. Parents have the right over information extracted from their children.
b) Tell the daughter that she is a lesbian. It would be ethical to help patients uncover about themselves.
c) Make no assumptions since this is beyond the referral question. Let the daughter explore her interests.
d) Gather more information regarding this matter. It is necessary to add more information before one becomes more conclusive.
c) Make no assumptions since this is beyond the referral question. Let the daughter explore her interests.
Suppose you have given WAIS-IV. What is expected to be low in her case?
a) WISC is more appropriate for Ms. Galvez’s daughter.
b) Perceptual speed.
c) Working memory.
d) Verbal comprehension.
c) Working memory.
Who do you think is a possible test administrator of test
suggested in the previous item?
a) Johan who is a psychometrician with intensive
experience and training in the scale.
b) Kevin who is both a psychometrician and psychologist but lacking in experience in the scale.
c) Howard who is a psychologist who obtained training in individual intelligence testing in his master’s degree.
d) Jericho, a Canadian licensed psychologist, trained and
educated in his homeland.
c) Howard who is a psychologist who obtained training in individual intelligence testing in his master’s degree.
