Assessment and Evaluation Test 1
Questions All Answered And Passed.
a. Kuder Preference Record - Answer 33. Which of the following assessments is not considered a
projective test?
a. Kuder Preference Record
b. Rorschach Inkblot Test
c. House-Tree-Person
d. Thematic Apperception Test
Achievement tests - Answer An assessment in which the person has "achieved" knowledge,
information, or skills through instruction, training, or experience. Achievement tests measure acquired
knowledge and do not make any predictions about the future.
Affective instrument - Answer An instrument that assesses interest, attitudes, values, motives,
temperaments, and the noncognitive aspects of personality.
Appraisal - Answer another term for assessment
Aptitude test - Answer A test that provides a prediction about the individual's future performance or
ability to learn based on his or her performance on the test. Aptitude tests often predict either future
academic or vocational/career performance.
Assessment - Answer A procedure for gathering client information that is used to facilitate clinical
decisions, provide clients rather than proxies or estimators of actual learning.
General ability test - Answer another term for intelligence test
Instrument - Answer An Assessment tool that typically is not related to grading. In this book,
instruments include tests, scales, checklists, and inventories.
,Intelligence tests - Answer Instruments that are designed to measure the mental capabilities of an
individual. These assessments are also referred to as general ability tests.
Nonstandardized tests - Answer These tests do not permit the comparison of individual scores with a
norm group because test administrators are allowed to vary and/or adapt the procedures for test
administration, scoring, and interpretation.
Objective tests - Answer Include questions that have a correct answer (e.g., multiple-choice, true/false,
matching). These tests provide consistency in administration and scoring to ensure freedom from the
examiner's own belief or biases. Some objective tests might be standardized, while others are
nonstandardized (depending on the development of the test and the establishment of norming groups
for score comparisons).
Performance tests - Answer Tests that require the manipulation of objects with minimal verbal
influences.
Power tests - Answer These tests measure how well the test-taker can perform given items of varying
difficulty regardless of the time or speed of responding. This limits perfect scores by including difficult
test items that few individuals can answer correctly.
Projective techniques - Answer A type of personality assessment that provides the client with a
relatively ambiguous stimulus, thus encouraging a nonstructured response. The assumption underlying
these techniques is that the individual will project his or her personality into the response. The
interpretation of projective techniques is subjective and requires extensive training in the technique.
Psychological test - Answer an objective and standardized measure of a sample behavior
Score - Answer A number or letter that is the product of a client taking an assessment. A score cannot
be interpreted without additional information about the assessment.
Speed tests - Answer These tests typically have easy questions that most everyone can answer
correctly, but include too many items to answer in the allotted time. Speed tests assess how quickly the
test-taker can understand the question and choose the correct response.
, Standardized tests - Answer tests designed to ensure the conditions for administration, test content,
scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent. They use predetermined administration
instructions and scoring methods. Because standardized tests undergo a rigorous empirical validation
process, they have a greater degree of score reliability and validity. Therefore, scores from standardized
tests may be compared to a norm group.
Structured personality instruments - Answer Formalized assessments in which clients respond to a
fixed set of questions or items.
Subjective tests - Answer these tests are sensitive to rater and examinee beliefs. They employ open-
ended questions, which may have more than one correct response or more than one way of expressing a
correct response (e.g., open-ended, short-answer or essay questions).
Test - Answer An individual instrument in which the focus is on evaluation.
Testing - Answer a process of giving client tests and/or instruments
Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the 1972, 1978, and 1991 amendments. - Answer Assessments used to
determine employability must relate strictly to the duties outlined in the job description and cannot
discriminate based on race, color, religion, pregnancy, gender, or national origin.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). - Answer Ensures the confidentiality of
student test records by restricting access to scores. At the same time, this law affirms the rights of both
student and parent to view student records.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA). - Answer Confirms the right of
students, believed to have a disability, to receive testing at the expense of the public school system. The
act further mandates that students with disabilities receive an IEP that specifies the accommodations a
student will receive to optimize learning.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) of 1996. - Answer Secures the privacy of
client records by requiring agencies to obtain client consent before releasing records to others. HIPPA
also grants clients access to their records.
