Assessment Midterm Practice

1.

1 point

Which of the below options has the correct Core (C) and Supplemental (S) Subtest for PRI listed?

(C) Block Design, Matrix Reasoning, Visual Puzzles; (S) Picture Completion, Figure Weights

(C) Digit Span, Symbol Search, Cancellation; (S) Picture Completion, Comprehension

(C) Picture Completion, Figure Weights; (S) Block Design, Matrix Reasoning, Visual Puzzles

(C) Block Design, Letter Number Sequencing, Digit Span; (S) Arithmetic, Coding

2.

1 point

Which of the following subtest is NOT in the WRAT 4?

Math Computation

Sentence Comprehension

Spelling

Word Reading

Vocabulary

3.

1 point

PSI contains the following Core (C) and Supplemental (S) subtests:

(C) Symbol Search

(S) Cancellation

(C) Coding

(S) Figure Weights

(C) Arithmetic

4.

1 point

What is Affect?

Pervasive and sustained emotions that color one's perception

Objective experience of emotion; how that emotion is expressed

I do not know

All of the above

5.

1 point

During the 1960's, David Wechsler's tests were more popular than the Stanford-Binet because they were better able to diagnose learning disabilities, and they used standardized scores rather than mental age quotient used by Terman.

True

False

6.

1 point

Validity is defined as the degree to which a test measures what it was designated to measure.

True

False

7.

1 point

What is the Mean for the Scaled Scores on the WAIS - IV subtests?

100

10

3

15

8.

1 point

WMI contains the following Core (C) and Supplemental (S) subtests:

(C) Digit Span

(S) Cancellation

(C) Arithmetic

(S) Letter Number Sequencing

(C) Coding

9.

1 point

How many Tiers are in the WAIS - III?

5

4

6

3

10.

1 point

What is the Mean of the Standard Scores for the WAIS - IV?

100

10

15

3

11.

1 point

The VCI consists of which Core Subtests?

Letter Number Sequence

Vocabulary

Information

Matrix Reasoning

Similarities

12.

1 point

Reliability is defined as being the consistency of the measure.

True

False

13.

1 point

Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory did NOT include...

Crystallized Intelligence

Linguistic Intelligence

Naturalist Intelligence

Musical Intelligence

Fluid Intelligence

Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence

14.

1 point

Which Subtests are timed?

Cancellation

Figure Weights

Arithmetic

Coding

Block Design

Vocabulary

Letter Number Sequencing

Information

Picture Completion

15.

1 point

Which of the following is NOT a step in Psychiatric Assessment?

Evaluating the patient’s mental status

Collecting the auxiliary data

Initiating formal therapy

Obtaining a history

Making a prognosis

Summarizing the principal findings

Determining a treatment plan

Providing a biopsychosocial formulation

Rendering a diagnosis

16.

1 point

Please check all PROS listed below of intelligence testing.

Culturally biased against ethnic minorities

Premorbid and current functioning

Novel responses are penalized on IQ tests

Measures effectiveness

Creates a happy client

Provide better services

17.

1 point

Criterion-related validity measures the relationship between test scores and some type of criterion/outcome.

True

False

18.

1 point

What is the Biopsychosocial Model?

Uncoupled approach examining how only biology causes psychopathology

Model used to determining a client's IQ

A model of how socioeconomic status impacts biology, without regard to psychology

Integrated approach to human behavior and disease

19.

1 point

Which Subtests are timed?

Letter Number Sequencing

Arithmetic

Figure Weights

Cancellation

Block Design

Picture Completion

Coding

Vocabulary

Information

20.

1 point

What is the Standard Deviation for the Standard Scores on the WAIS - IV?

3

15

100

10

21.

1 point

Please check all CONS listed below of intelligence testing.

Samples only select number of conditions

Labels people

Often associated with person’s worth

Provide better services

Measures effectiveness

22.

1 point

Internal Consistency Reliability is when 2 supposedly equivalent versions of the same test are administered to the same group of examinees.

True

False

23.

1 point

A test cannot be valid unless it is reliable.

True

False

24.

1 point

Inter-Rater Reliability is the degree of agreement among raters; 2 or more individuals independently rate examinees behaviors/ responses; same questions asked in the same way.

True

False

25.

1 point

Which word below would NOT be used as a descriptor of Affect?

Appropriateness

Range

Liability

Lability

Intensity

26.

1 point

Sir Francis Galton is considered the Father of Testing because he was the first to translate human behavior into numbers.

True

False

27.

1 point

Which word below does NOT describe a Mood?

Intensity

Anxious

Alexithymic

Irritable

Euthymic

28.

1 point

What are some examples of Neutral Queries?

Tell me more.

You are really working hard.

Please try your best.

Great job.

What do you mean by that?

29.

1 point

What/which Supplemental Subtests is/are in the VCI?

Comprehension

Picture Completion

Vocabulary

Cancellation

30.

1 point

Wilhelm Wundt was known as a proponent for sterilization.

True - Wundt's goal was to enhance education, and he was a co-creator of the Binet-Simon in 1905

False - Wundt created the first psychological lab (1879), and is considered the Father of experimental psychology

31.

1 point

Which test(s) was/were used to select officers for the WWI army in 1917?

Army Alpha

Army Beta

Army Omega

Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale

Both Army Alpha & Beta

Both Army Alpha and the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale

32.

1 point

Alternate Form Reliability is reliability within a test; split-half reliability is an example.

True

False

33.

1 point

PRI stands for...

Perceptual Reasoning Index

Picture Reasoning Index

Perception Reality Index

34.

1 point

Alfred Binet created the Binet-Simon in 1945.

True

False

35.

1 point

Test-Retest Reliability measures consistency over time; index of stability.

True

False

36.

1 point

Which of the following is NOT a strategy for building rapport?

Praising good test performance

Making frequent eye contact

Appearing relaxed, interested and sympathetic

Reflecting emotion to show empathy

Assessing your own feelings

Smiling and nodding

37.

1 point

The TMT-A measures attention, visual scanning and sequencing, motor skills, processing speed, and the TMT-B measures executive functioning (set shifting, mental/cognitive flexibility) in addition to what TMT-A measures.

True

False

38.

1 point

What does VCI stand for?

Verbal Cancellation Index

Verbal Comprehension Index

Verbal Concealment Index

Verbal Conditional Index

39.

1 point

Face validity is the extent to which the test reflects a specific domain of content.

True

False

40.

1 point

Content Validity is the degree to which the test measures what it appears to measure; not always desirable.

True

False

41.

1 point

Which of the below is NOT a collection of appropriate interviewing techniques?

Positive Reinforcement, Summation, & Interpretation

Open-ended vs. Closed-Ended Questions, Self-Revelation/Self-Disclosure, & Advice

Facilitation, Silence, & Confrontation

Explanation, Clarification, & Admiration

42.

1 point

How many subtests are in the WRAT 4?

4

3

6

5

43.

1 point

What were the 5 primary goals for the WAIS - IV update, from the WAIS - III?

Provided useful reflections of culture and biological differences

Expanded clinical utility

More dependent on physiological structures that support intellectual behavior

Increased developmental appropriateness

Improved psychometric properties

Updated structural foundations

Enhance user-friendliness

44.

1 point

Which of the following is NOT a component to the Mental Status Exam?

Validity

Appearance

Mood/Affect

Thought

Sensorium

Intellectual Functioning

45.

1 point

Cattell & Horn’s Theory of Intelligence includes...

Logical-mathematical Intelligence

Existential Intelligence

Fluid Intelligence

Intrapersonal Intelligence

Crystallized Intelligence

46.

1 point

Construct validity is the extent to which a particular measure relates
to other measures consistent with theoretically derived hypotheses concerning the concepts that are being measured; Does it measure the psychological concept it intends to measure?

True

False

47.

1 point

Lewis Terman created the Stanford-Binet (1916) and was an opponent for sterilization.

True - Terman also worked on Mental Age

False - Terman was a proponent for sterilization

48.

1 point

What is the Standard Deviation for the Scaled Scores on the WAIS - IV subtests?

10

3

15

5

49.

1 point

What is Mood?

Pervasive and sustained emotions that color one's perception

Objective experience of emotion; how that emotion is expressed

I do not know

All of the above

50.

1 point

A test can be reliable without being valid.

True

False