Related Mcqs:

1. Professor Ehsan gave his class a twenty-question test covering two weeks of class material. Fifteens were on the structures of the brain, although he only spent ten minutes talking about the brain. Professor Ehsan’s test did not appear to have adequate_______validity.

   A. criterion
   B. predictive
   C. alternate form
   D. content

2. Serat has developed a new test. He gives the test to 1,000 people. Six weeks later he gives the test to the same 1,000 people. Serat is assessing the______of his test.

   A. split-half reliability
   B. test-retest reliability
   C. alternate form reliability
   D. criterion validity

3. Aaamir, age 55, plays basketball with much younger adults and is concerned that his teammates might consider his age to be a detriment to their game outcome. His concern actually undermines his athletic performance. This best illustrates the impact of:

   A. the Flynn effect.
   B. divergent thinking.
   C. savant syndrome.
   D. stereotype threat.

4. Dr. Ahmad administerd his new intelligence test to a group of subjects and then compared each subject’s score on the old-numbereds. He found a large positive correlation between the odd and even scores, indicating the test has:

   A. predictive validity.
   B. split-half reliability.
   C. criterion validity.
   D. construct validity.

5. Roshan, a 10th grader, took a test that measured his potential for college success. Jill, another 10th grader, took a test on the math chapter that had just been covered in class, Roshan most likely took an______test and Jill most likely took an______test.

   A. aptitude; aptitude
   B. achievement; aptitude
   C. aptitude; achievement
   D. achievement; achievement

6. A college administrator is trying to assess whether an admissions test accurately predicts how well applicants will perform at his school. The administrator is most obviously concerned that the test is:

   A. standardized
   B. normally distributed
   C. reliable
   D. valid

7. Twenty-five-year-old Aaliya is mentally handicapped that can neither read nor write. However, after hearing lengthy, unfamilar, and complex musical selections just once, she can reproduce them precisely on the piano. It is likely that Aaliya is:

   A. demonstrating a high level of emotionol intelligence.
   B. gifted with a superior level of Sperman’s g factor.
   C. someone with savant syndrome
   D. above average is her capacity for divergent thinking.

8. When interpreting the results from the final exam, Professor Hisham noticed that the students who had test from A scored significantly higher than those who had test from B. Professor Hisham concluded that the final exam was low on:

   A. alternate-from reliability
   B. split-half reliability.
   C. content validity.
   D. criterion reliability.

9. If a test has good test-retest reliability:

   A. there is a strong correlation between items on the test.
   B. it accurately measures what it says it measures.
   C. it can be used to predict future performance.
   D. they test yields similar scores if taken at two different times.

10. A psychologist administers an intelligence test to 100 fourth graders. One month later the psychologist returns and re-administers the test. The psychologist is probably interested in

    A. the validity of the test.
    B. an operational definition of “intelligence.”
    C. the creation of a “culture fair” test.
    D. the reliability of the test.