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Quiz :Where were civil Service examinations held and how far do they date
back? - √Answer :In China, dating back to 4,200 years ago.
Quiz :Which countries then modeled the civil service examinations in the 19th
century? - √Answer :Britian, Germany & France.
Quiz :How do Aristotle & Plato contribute to psychometric testing? - √Answer
:They were the first to write about individual differences in ability and
temperament.
Quiz :The scientific testing of individual differences in ability and personality
began when, and were stimulated most by which figure? - √Answer :They
began in the 19th century, stimulated by Charles Darwin's theory of the
'survival of the fittest'.
Quiz :What was Darwin's cousin called and what technique did he develop? -
√Answer :Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) which tested 17,00 individuals on
various factors or traits and developed the technique of 'co-relations'.
,Quiz :What is Job/Task Analysis used for? - √Answer :To determine the
essential components of a job so that test situations that predict employee
performance can be undertaken.
Quiz :What technique may be used in Job/Task Analysis? - √Answer :The
'Critical incident technique' is sometimes used for Job/Task Analysis.
Quiz :What is taken into consideration when planning an intelligence test? -
√Answer :Items measuring "intelligence" (selected according to theory or by
reference to tasks highly intelligent people perform) and chronological age is
taken into account.
Quiz :What may Personaily inventories and scales be based on? -
√Answer :Personailty theories, common sense or statistical procedures.
(Recent test combine a mixture of approaches).
Quiz :What are the classification of cognitive objectives used when planning
test items? - √Answer :Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis,
Synthesis & Evaluation.
Quiz :Test items can be of 2 types, what may they be? - √Answer :Selected-
Response or Constructed-Response.
Quiz :Examples of Selected-Response (close ended) may be...? -
√Answer :True or False, Matching, Multiple-Choice or a Likert Format.
Quiz :Give Examples of Constructed-Response test items. - √Answer :Short
Answer, Essays or the Story-telling Technique/Narrative (e.g: used in the
Rorschach inkblot test)
Quiz :What may be some criticisms of True-False items in a test? - √Answer :It
encourages rote learning, may be ambiguous, not easy to measure complex
constructs & the guesswork would be 50% correct. ('Matching Items'; include
multiple responses but suffer similar criticisms).
Quiz :Some advantages of Multiple-choice items. - √Answer :May measure
both simple and complex learning objectives, answers require discriminating
ability rather than rote learning & scores are less affected by guessing (requires
a selection of distractors - wrong options - is crucial).
, Quiz :Some advantages & disadvantages of Essay test items may be... ? -
√Answer :They measure the ability to organize, relate and communicate and
encourages students to learn in a holistically and meaningfully way. However,
it may not determine full range of criteria needed, susceptible to bluffing with
verbally skilled students and scoring is time consuming and may not be
objective unless a 'scoring key' is used.
Quiz :When are 'Stroytelling techniques' used most in? And what are it's main
drawbacks? - √Answer :Used mainly in personality testing. It's main setbacks
are that they are difficult to score objectively and that the interpretations of
the pictures/abstract images may be heavily based on the tester's knowledge
and experience.
Quiz :In assembling and reproducing tests, why is double-checking items as a
set so important? - √Answer :To make sure that;
There are enough items for the desired interpretations,
Ensure difficulty level is appropriate,
& that items are Non-Overlapping (so they don't give clues).
Quiz :Why must test items be a set (i.e: items of 1 type be put together) ? -
√Answer :To be clearer and have more efficiency.
Quiz :What are some procedures in arranging test items appropriately? -
√Answer :Put lowest-level items and easiest learning outcomes first (for
motivational reasons) & place extended-response essays and performance-
based tasks separately.
Quiz :What do 'prepare directions' usually include? - √Answer :Time-
allocation, how to respond, how and where to record answers, how guessing
will be treated & how extended essays will be evaluated.
Quiz :How are oral tests (e.g: presentations) usually assessed? And what it the
usual time duration of oral tests? - √Answer :How well one can structure and
communicate information.Usually quite short about 5-15 minutes and
candidates may be invited to use PowerPoint or similar software and must be
prepared for questions or feedback from the audience.
, Quiz :Give examples of different types of Interviews used in oral testing? -
√Answer :They may be; One to One, Panel, Sequential or Telephone/Skype
Interviews.
Quiz :In what settings are 'Performance Tests' usually used? -
√Answer :Educational Psychology or Occupational Psychology.
Quiz :What was the first performance test called in 1917 ? And sequentially,
what was the other publication in 1925 called? - √Answer :1917: The Pintner-
Paterson Scale of Performance Tests &
1925: The Arthur Point Scale of performance tests was published.
Quiz :What are performance tests aimed at assessing? - √Answer :What the
individuals know and can do, with an emphasis on the "doing" part.
Quiz :Do you think performance tests should have a high degree of realism in
them? - √Answer :Yes, because is assessed in reading, students should be
already proficient in reading & in Maths students should already know how to
use a protractor, calculator and ruler for example. This is why it is crucial they
use direct methods of assessments.
Quiz :What is the guiding principle when it comes to test administration? -
√Answer :To provide conditions that give everyone a fair and equal chance.
Quiz :Give examples of some physical conditions that may affect/effect test
administration. - √Answer :Light, Noise/Sound pollution, Outside distrators,
Ventilation..etc
Quiz :What are some psychological conditions that test administrators take
into account? - √Answer :Avoiding inducing more test anxiety, trying to
reduce test anxiety & not administering tests when other events will distract
those sitting for the test.
Quiz :What are some of the examiner's responsibilities during test
administration? - √Answer :Follow test directions, establish a rapport & being
prepared for special problems that may arise.
Quiz :The fact that no matter how well constructed a test is, it is worthless
unless administered and scored properly lead to....? - √Answer :Published
standards for the construction, evaluation, administration and scoring of tests.
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