Assessment for Counselors

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Quiz sobre Assessment for Counselors, criado por Stephanie Walker em 16-02-2017.
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Questão 1

Questão
A test that intends to measure how many items a test-taker can complete within a certain amount of time is a:
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  • speed test
  • power test
  • cognitive ability test
  • achievement test

Questão 2

Questão
A method of assessing a test-taker's performance on a normal day is a/an:
Responda
  • direct behavioral assessment
  • environmental assessment
  • maximum performance measurement
  • typical performance measurement

Questão 3

Questão
Which scaling method classifies data into non-ordered, mutually exclusive categories, such as marital status?
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  • ordinal
  • interval
  • nominal
  • ratio

Questão 4

Questão
What type of sampling procedure involves individuals being chosen entirely by chance, therefore making it so that each member of the population has an equal chance of being included in the sample?
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  • Cluster sample
  • Simple random sample
  • Stratified sample
  • Normative sample

Questão 5

Questão
If every test-taker got a certain test item incorrect, what would the item difficulty index be?
Responda
  • 0
  • 1
  • -1

Questão 6

Questão
What method allows the test author(s) to compare test performances from one group to the next?
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  • Criterion-referencing
  • Cross-validation
  • Norm-referencing
  • Item discrimination

Questão 7

Questão
The systematic collection and analysis of data is known as:
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  • assessment
  • a measure
  • a test
  • standardization

Questão 8

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The four purposes of assessment are screening, diagnosis, [blank_start]treatment planning[blank_end], and progress evaluation.
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  • treatment planning

Questão 9

Questão
A test that compares a person's test score to a predetermined standard or level of performance is a/an:
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  • norm-referenced test
  • objective test
  • subjective test
  • criterion-referenced test

Questão 10

Questão
The main types of cognitive ability tests are intelligence, [blank_start]aptitude[blank_end], and achievement tests.
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  • aptitude
  • affective
  • verbal

Questão 11

Questão
An assessment that requires the test-taker to manipulate materials or to select visual stimuli with minimal or no use of language is a:
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  • non-verbal test
  • maximum performance measurement
  • direct behavioral assessment
  • performance assessment

Questão 12

Questão
Which scaling method has ordered response categories and equal distance between score points, but no absolute zero point?
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  • Ordinal
  • Ratio
  • Nominal
  • Interval

Questão 13

Questão
Which scaling level has the highest level of specificity?
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  • Ratio
  • Interval
  • Ordinal
  • Nominal

Questão 14

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An assessment must include historical and [blank_start]collateral[blank_end] data, biopsychosocial information, an interview, and [blank_start]behavioral observations[blank_end].
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  • behavioral observations
  • collateral

Questão 15

Questão
A standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories or scores, then compared to norms, is a/an:
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  • measure
  • test
  • assessment
  • standardization

Questão 16

Questão
Essays, constructed responses, and open-ended questions are examples of a/an:
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  • subjective test
  • objective test
  • norm-referenced test
  • criterion-referenced test

Questão 17

Questão
A test that predicts a person's capacity to perform some skill or task in the future is a/an:
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  • verbal test
  • intelligence test
  • achievement test
  • aptitude test

Questão 18

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A type of behavioral assessment in which instruments, such as rating scales or checklists, are given to people in a good position to observe the client's typical behavior is a/an:
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  • typical performance measurement
  • direct behavioral assessment
  • anecdotal observation
  • indirect observation

Questão 19

Questão
In ordinal data, there is equality in spacing among items.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 20

Questão
Which scaling method has an absolute zero point?
Responda
  • Nominal
  • Ordinal
  • Interval
  • Ratio

Questão 21

Questão
What type of sampling procedure involves dividing the entire population into different subgroups, then randomly selecting the final subjects proportionally from the different subgroups?
Responda
  • Simple random sample
  • Stratified sample
  • Cluster sample
  • Representative sample

Questão 22

Questão
Which levels of measurement rely on the parameter/normal curve?
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  • Nominal and ordinal
  • Nominal and ratio
  • Interval and ratio
  • Ordinal and interval

Questão 23

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When constructing items, the test author(s) should avoid the ceiling effect because it prevents them from measuring low performers.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 24

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A negatively discriminating item is one that is:
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  • failing to indicate a relationship between correct response and test performance
  • answered correctly more often by those who perform poorly on the test
  • answered correctly more often by those who perform well on the test

Questão 25

Questão
With regard to informed consent and assessment, the three conditions that must be met for the client are [blank_start]capacity[blank_end], [blank_start]comprehension[blank_end], and voluntary-ness.
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  • comprehension
  • capacity

Questão 26

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An advantage of this type of test is that it allows comparability of scores and interpretations across different test-takers:
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  • standardized test
  • non-standardized test
  • subjective test

Questão 27

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A test that measures knowledge a person has acquired through instruction or training up to a certain point in his or her academic career is an:
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  • intelligence test
  • aptitude test
  • achievement test
  • affective test

Questão 28

Questão
A type of behavioral observation in which the counselor is physically present in the same environment as the client and collects data on the frequency, duration, and/or magnitude of one or more target behaviors is a/an:
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  • performance assessment
  • formative evaluation
  • anecdotal observation
  • direct behavioral assessment

Questão 29

Questão
A requirement for a norm-referenced test is that its makeup must approximate a normal curve.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 30

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Interval and ratio data are also known as:
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  • categorical data
  • continuous data

Questão 31

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This type of scale consists of gathering statements, having experts rank them from 1-11, doing calculations, and creating the scale:
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  • expert ranking scale
  • equal-appearing interval (Thurstone)
  • Likert scale
  • Guttman scale

Questão 32

Questão
If every test-taker got a certain test item correct, what would the item difficulty index be?
Responda
  • 0
  • 1
  • -1

Questão 33

Questão
A positively discriminating item is one that is:
Responda
  • answered correctly more often by those who perform poorly on the test
  • answered correctly more often by those who perform well on the test
  • failing to indicate a relationship between correct response and test performance

Questão 34

Questão
This measure of central tendency is sensitive to extreme scores:
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  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode

Questão 35

Questão
Ethan scored one standard deviation above the mean. This means he performed better than what percentage of the class?
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  • 84%
  • 34.13%
  • 15.75%
  • 2.14%

Questão 36

Questão
A test result can stand alone, and can indicate something about a client.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 37

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A good way to prevent confirmation bias, which is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypothesis, is to:
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  • keep to one hypothesis; just being mindful of confirmation bias is preventative
  • have multiple hypotheses

Questão 38

Questão
A test that intends to measure the skill or abilities possessed by a test-taker without the pressure of time limits is a/an:
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  • power test
  • performance assessment
  • achievement test
  • cognitive ability test

Questão 39

Questão
Kelly enlisted the help of a school counselor to see how her classroom could be altered to better accommodate a particular student's needs. Which kind of assessment would the counselor likely use?
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  • Direct behavioral assessment
  • Indirect observation
  • Anecdotal observation
  • Environmental assessment

Questão 40

Questão
Speed tests include items of widely varying difficulty.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 41

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The number of incorrect items an examiner must obtain before test administration can be halted is known as the:
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  • ceiling series
  • basal series
  • ceiling effect
  • floor effect

Questão 42

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If the mean, median, and mode are the same, then the distribution is:
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  • positively skewed
  • negatively skewed
  • normal

Questão 43

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This measure of central tendency is the exact midpoint of a distribution:
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  • mode
  • mean
  • median

Questão 44

Questão
This type of bias in assessment involves test material being more familiar to one group than another:
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  • Content
  • Internal structure
  • Predictive

Questão 45

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A test that is administered during treatment or instruction, with the intention of informing the author of its effectiveness, is known as a formative evaluation.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 46

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In this approach to test development, two disparate groups are taken - one that displays a trait or behavior and one that does not - and administered questions; whichever items most differentiate between the two groups are kept.
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  • Rational scale construction
  • Expert-ranking scale
  • Empirical keying
  • Thurstone scale

Questão 47

Questão
If 3/5 of the top scorers answer an item correctly, and 3/5 of the low scorers answer the same item correctly, the item would be:
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  • positively discriminating
  • negatively discriminating
  • nondiscriminating

Questão 48

Questão
A test's starting point is typically linked to a test-taker's:
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  • sex
  • age
  • race
  • grade

Questão 49

Questão
This type of bias involves issues with reliability (i.e., scores may be reliable for one group but not reliable for another):
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  • Content
  • Predictive
  • Internal structure bias
  • Confirmation

Questão 50

Questão
This measure of central tendency is the most frequently occurring score:
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  • Mean
  • Mode
  • Median

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