NCE Exam: Appraisal Questions With
Correct And Revised Answers
A test battery - answer✔✔also known as a horizontal test
(which measures various factors during the
same testing procedure);
Used because several measures are used to produce results that can be more accurate than those
from a single source.
Appraisal - answer✔✔The process of assessing or estimating attributes
(Can include surveys, observations, or clinical interviews)
Test - answer✔✔An instrument which measures a
given sample of behavior
(Also defined as a systematic method of
measuring a sample of behavior.)
An essay test is what kind of format? - answer✔✔Subjective
(Relies on the scorer's opinion)
The National Counselor Exam (NCE) is a _____ test because the scoring procedure is specific. -
answer✔✔Objective
(NCE is also a 'forced choice' or 'recognition items' test)
Free choice test - answer✔✔The short answer test format
(short answer format = free response format)
Forced choice - answer✔✔sometimes known as 'recognition items'
(i.e., MMPI-2)
Difficulty index - answer✔✔indicates the % of individuals who answered each item correctly.
A true/false test has _____ recognition items. - answer✔✔dichotomous
Normative format testing - answer✔✔each item is independent of all other items
Ipsative format testing - answer✔✔compares traits within the same individual and allows the
person being tested to compare items.
(Does not compare a person to other persons who took the test.)
A client who takes a normative test - answer✔✔can legitimately be compared to others who
have taken the test.
Normative interpretation - answer✔✔when an individual's score is evaluated by comparing it to
others who took the same test.
Ipsative measures - answer✔✔do not reveal absolute strengths in a person as the person is
measured in response to their own standard of behavior.
Speed test - answer✔✔Intended to be fairly easy but purposely set up so that no one finishes
(i.e., typing test)
Timed test - answer✔✔Technically a speed test but more difficult and with a higher % of
individuals completing it. (i.e., NCE exam)
Maximum performance - answer✔✔What a speed test measures
Typical performance - answer✔✔What a personality or interest inventory measures
Interest inventories are popular with career counselors because such tests measure an individuals
_____ and _______. - answer✔✔Likes and Dislikes
Spiral test - answer✔✔the items get progressively moire difficult
(memory: climbing spiral stairs gets more difficult)
Cyclical test - answer✔✔contains several sections which are spiral in nature
(get progressively more difficult)
Parallel form of test - answer✔✔two versions of the same test that are interchangeable
(also known as 'equivalent form')
Validity and reliability are - answer✔✔the most critical factors in test selection.
Validity - answer✔✔checks whether the test measure what it says it measures
(Considered the #1 factor in test construction.
Reliability - answer✔✔checks how consistent a test measures an attribute
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