Sample Exam Questions by Lecture and by Chapter in Cohen & Swerdlik

(11, 12, 13, 16)

Lecture on personality testing in general

1. In contrast to the homogeneous scoring key, the criterion scoring key is relatively to the person taking the test.

a. obvious

b. opaque

c. detrimental

d. innocuous

2. An example of a test developed based on a specific theory of personality is

a. the Mooney Problem Checklist

b. the MMPI

c. the McAllister

d. the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule

Lecture on the MMPI

3. Probably the most widely used personality test in the U.S. is:

c. the 16 PF

d. the JPI

4. The items used in the MMPI were selected from a pool of items so that:

a. items discriminated among normals and patients

b. items formed distinct factors by factor analysis

c. items maximized internal consistency reliability

Lecture on Projectives

5. To better enable test takers to project their personality into the test stimuli, the stimuli are intentionally

a. ambiguous

b. verbal

c. pictorial

d. numerical

6. Formal Thematic Apperception Test scoring most often does not emphasize the "need" of:

a. achievement

b. affiliation

c. power

d. determination

Lecture on the Beck

7. What test is likely to prove useful in determining the severity of depression in a clinical sample?

a. the Beck

b. the CPI

c. the MMPI

d. the TAT

Lecture on Tests & Measures in I/O

8. According to lecture, an example of biodata would be

a. shoe size

b. age in years

c. favorite flavor of ice cream

d. parents' health

9. Items for nursing such as "define QID, pre-op, and OOB" would best fit what kind of test?

a. biodata

b. measures of knowledge

c. personality

d. work simulations

Lecture on the Strong

10. Someone who likes to work with their hands and drive powerful machines would most likely be classified by Holland's typology as:

a. Investigative

b. Realistic

c. Conventional

d. Masculine

Lecture on Assessment Centers

11. The assessment center was used first in the U.S. to select

a. army officers

b. navy officers

c. spies

d. managers

12. In the in-basket technique, the test taker is to play the role of:

a. a special assistant to a manager.

b. a manager.

c. a specialist from Human Resources.

d. a zombie from Night of the Living Dead.

Chapter 11. Personality Assessment

13. The lower test-retest reliability coefficients found to exist for state anxiety when compare with higher test-retest reliability coefficients off trait anxiety support which premise?

a. Exhibition of anxiety is very situation specific.

b. Reliability coefficients are more useful for some tests than others.

c. States are more enduring then traits.

d. Traits are more enduring than states.

14. Which test includes a lie scale?

b. Harris-Goodenough.

a. MMPI-2

c. 16PF.

d. TAT.

15. Attempts by examinees to create a particular view of themselves through their responses to test items is referred to as:

a. faking good

b. faking bad

c. impression management

d. self-deception

14. The MMPI-A is

d. an alternate form of the MMPI

b. a new version of the MMPI for adolescents

c. a version of the MMPI for identifying aggressive people

a. a version of the MMPI with national norms

Questions on the 16 PF, Q-sort, etc.

Chapter 12: Personality Assessment Methods

15. Projective tests are _______ methods of personality assessment

a. direct

b. indirect

c. reliable

d. valid

16. The stimulus cards of the Rorschach are

a. all achromatic

a. all black, white and red

c. all multicolored.

d. a combination of achromatic, multicolored and black, white and red.

17. A major assumption inherent in the TAT is that examinees

a. are incapable of fooling the examiner

b. are unaware of the significance of their responses

c. did not watch The X-Files the night before being examined.

d. possess certain states that are revealed the moment they respond

18. What has research shown to be a major source of variance in the quality of drawing in figure-drawing tests?

Questions on clinical vs. actuarial approaches, rating scales, situational performance measures, behavioral assessment, etc.

Chapter 13: Clinical and Counseling Assessment

19. An assessor determines that John is incompetent to stand trial. This means that John

20. One dimension of personality purported to be measured by the Millon test is

a. hyperactivity

b. pattern of coping

d. social skills

c. thought disorder

21. The definition of child abuse

a. was developed by the federal government.

b. varies from state to state.

c. requires the direct observation of abusive behavior by the parent.

d. does not include sexual offenses against the child.

22. Making diagnostic criteria specific and listing specific areas to be addressed in an interview are ways of increasing the _______reliability of the conclusions drawn from an interview.

a. test-retest

b. inter-rater

c. alternate-form

d. internal-consistency

Chapter 16: Assessment, Careers, and Business

23. The term that implies "acceptance" or "rejection" in regard to personnel issues is:

a. classification.

b. placement.

c. screening.

d. selection.

24. Criterion validity for the GATB tends to be low, probably because of

a. low test-retest reliability of the GATB

b. low reliability of supervisory ratings

c. a limitation of the Taylor-Russell tables

d. scoring that is based in part on the race of the test-taker

25. Who developed a commonly used set of interest inventories?

a. Briggs

b. Jung

c. Myers

d. Strong

26. A false negative drug test means

a. a drug user goes undetected

b. a substance other than a drug is identified as a drug by the test

c. one drug is wrongly identified as another drug

d. an over-the-counter drug is identified as an illegal drug

Also questions on performance tests, applications, portfolio assessment, personality measures, organizational culture, motivation, attitude, etc.