PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT – 29/50

1. Randy, a psychologist, administered 16 personality factor questionnaire and Zung Self-

Rating Depression Scale (SDS) to his client who present with signs of being distressed. Randy,
in his psychological report, wrote that the client obtained a Sten score of 8 in factor Q4 of 16PF
and obtained a score of 69 in the Zung test. In this sense, Randy is using what level of clinical
interpretation of tests?

a. concrete level
b. mechanical level
c. individualized level
d. non-mechanical level

2. This refers to a test that has been abbreviated in length, typically to reduce the time needed
for the test administration, scoring, and interpretation.

a. Alternate form
b. Short form
c. Revised form
d. Factor-Analyzed form

3. As a psychometrician, one of the test that you gave to an applicant was 16PF. During the
course of interpreting his scores, you wanted to know whether he answered in a socially
desirable way. Where should you look at, and what Sten Score/Percentile should you be seeing?

a. Factor Q4 if it is Sten 2
b. Factor B if it is Sten 8
c. Impression Management Scale if it is Sten 3
d. Impression Management Scale if it is 95th percentile

4. The optimal level of item difficulty for multiple choice questions with 4 options is:

a. .625
b. .60
c. .715
d. .50

5. Which of the following is not one of the types of test equivalence?

a. linguistic equivalence
b. conceptual equivalence
c. metric equivalence
d. clinical equivalence

6. Which among the following situations reflect the complementary function of a test?
a. Gary, a psychologist, used Raven’s Progressive Matrices and 16PF to assess a student who is struggling
in academics. This is to see whether the concern is purely cognitive, or included personality concerns as
well. - ADDITIVE
b. Mary, in her assessment of her client who presents with symptoms of depression, used MMPI and
Rorschach Inkblot Test to strengthen her impression that the client has Major Depressive Disorder -
CONFIRMATORY
c. Alex, along the course of assessing her client saw that her scores in MMPI and Rorschach Inkblot Test
do not agree which each other in relation to Alex’s impression that the client has depression.
d. Brandon, a psychologist believes that every referral reason has to focus on only one dimension.
Although he gives battery of tests that measures different domains, in his case of his client who struggles
academically, he is convinced that the score on Raven’s Progressive Matrices would be the most helpful
one.

7. Psychological assessment results may be influenced by several factors. Which among the
following statements reflects examiner issues?

a. Competence in testing and assessment is automatically conferred to somebody who had an

MA/MS/PhD degree in psychology.
b. Some respondents may feel more comfortable being examined by an older person than a younger one.
c. Other people opt to be examined by somebody who belongs to the same cultural background as them.
d. Self-administered measures and standardized interviews should be written in a universal language like
English or Chinese.

8. Which of the following is true about alternate forms reliability?

a. alternate-form reliability based on simultaneous administrations and is obtained when the two forms of
the test are administered on the same occasion.
b. alternate form with delayed administration is obtained when the two forms of the test are administered
one after another at the same time. – delayed administration is not at the same time
c. Alternate forms based on simultaneous administration is primarily sensitive to time and item-sampling
errors
d. Alternate forms based on delayed administration is sensitive to measurement error due to item-
sampling. – incorrect; error in time sampling

9. This refers to the variability in amount and type of information derived from interviews with
clients.

a. criterion variance – hindi pare-pareho kung paano niyo naintindihan ang word na “anxiety
b. information variance
c. content variance
d. psychiatric variance

10. F scales, L scales, and inconsistency scales are collectively called as:

a. validity scales
b. dissimulation scales
c. checking scales
d. both a and b

11. Which is true about interrater reliability?

a. Many authors prefer standard percent of agreement over Cohen’s kappa when analyzing categorical
data as percent of agreement is a more robust measure of agreement as it takes into consideration the
degree of agreement expected by chance
b. Interrater agreement is evaluated by calculating the percentage of times that two individuals assign the
same scores to the performances of examinees.
c. To estimate interrater reliability the test is administered multiple times and two individuals
independently score each test
d. All of the above.

12. The following are guidelines in the use of deception, except:

a. Deception should not be used unless necessary

b. Deception should not be used in any assessment setting
c. Deception should not be used if it causes emotional distress.
d. Debriefing should be conducted when deception was used.

Deception – if we want to elicit natural responses

- hindi gagamitin if magca-cause ng emotional distress

- need debriefing right after the deception

13. Moira, a 25-year old young professional, had a very devastating childhood. She witnessed
how her father would beat her mother, and sometimes, her, too. Growing up, Moira had a very
unstable home environment. Just recently, Moira was diagnosed as having major depressive
disorder following her break-up with her long-time boyfriend. She has no social support, and had
to deal with the situation on her own. If you are the psychologist of Moira conducting clinical
assessment, what is the precipitant in her case?

a. Unstable home environment

b. Lack of social support
c. Abuse of the father
d. Break-up with the long-time boyfriend – it triggered her MDD

Good clinical assessment leads to correct diagnosis and sound intervention plan

Predisposing nangyari most of the time sa childhood; nagkaroon ng impact kung bakit we are more likely
to have a disorder (genetic predisposition, life events (abuse, neglect, trauma), psychological and social
predispositions, risk factor)

Precipitant is a current situation that triggered the disorder

Perpetuating reinforces or maintains the disorder, nakakadagdag pa sa disorder (lack of social support,
low self- esteem)

Protective any resource para din a lumala yung lagay (good social support and environment, taking
therapy and medications)

14. The roots of contemporary psychological testing and assessment can be traced when and
where?

a. 2200 B.C.E in China – classical period

b. 19th century in London
c. 19th century in Leipzig, Germany – first Experimental Laboratory (Wilhelm Wundt)
d. 20th century in France

15. Referring to item number 13, what is the perpetuant?

a. Unstable home environment

b. Lack of social support
c. Abuse of the father
d. Break-up with the long-time boyfriend

16. The 1905 Binet - Simon scale had the following issues, except:

a. The test has insufficient classification of intellectual deficiency

b. The test lacked personality-related items – criticism, bakit masyadong cognitively loaded; criticism is
not equal to issue
c. The norms were based on 50 children only
d. The test lacked evidence for validity.

17. Which among the following is not one of the three Ps in interpreting intelligence test
processes and results?

a. Prediction
b. Prescription
c. Problems
d. Process

18. This approach to test adaptation and translation involves changing some aspects of the
original measure to fit a specific culture to improve its translatability.

a. Back-translation technique.
b. Cultural decentering.
c. The committee approach.
d. Pilot work.

19. According to APA Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, fairness in testing
is provided for by, except:

a. measurement bias present

b. fair treatment
c. practicing individualized approach to interpretation
d. providing access to construct measured

20. As a psychometrician, what should you do if the test-taker who took 16PF had a high score in
Impression Managament?

a. Take into consideration the individual’s background.

b. Advise the human resource personnel that a high IM score means the applicant portrays dishonesty.
c. Interview the test-taker and let him take the test again until the IM score becomes low. - false
d. Request for investigation on the history of the applicant (employment history, credit history).

21. The optimal number of items to include in your test is determined by a number of factors.
These include, except.

a. available time – duration ng pag-administer ng test

b. examinee characteristics
c. item format
d. statistical requirements

22. Which among the following statements signify the difference between achievement and
aptitude tests in terms of the degree of uniformity of relevant antecedent experiences?

a. Aptitude tests measure the effect of learning under relatively uncontrolled and unknown conditions,
whereas achievement tests measure the effect of learning that occurred under partially known and
controlled conditions.
b. Aptitude tests serve to predict subsequent performance, while achievement tests generally represent a
terminal evaluation of the individual’s status on the completion of a training.
c. Aptitude tests are employed to estimate the extent to which the individual will profit from a specific
course of training, while achievement tests are used to forecast the quality of a person’s achievement in a
new situation
d. Achievement tests are strictly administered in a standardized procedure, while aptitude tests can be
administered in a non-standardized way.

23. CJ, a licensed psychometrician, is working in a school. As a psychometrician, he was also

in-charge of the employment testing as part of their hiring procedure. He requested acquisition of
employment tests, but was not approved, and was told to use the tests that they use previously.
The test, as inspected, are already obsolete. What should CJ do?

a. CJ should file a complaint in the school’s Board of Trustees, as according to PAP Code of Ethics
Article I Section C, CJ can resort to that action.
b. CJ should just simply buy his own materials and just let applicants pay whenever they will take the test
as according to PAP Code of Ethics Article 1 Section D, CJ can also do that.
c. CJ should approach his head and explain the ethics governing his profession as a psychometrician,
especially when it comes to using test materials.
d. CJ should follow the mandate of his head as when there is a conflict between our ethics and the
organizational demands, the organizational demands should prevail, and we will be safe from possible
revocation of license.

24. Which of the following situation displays good discriminant validity?

a. Quantitative reasoning tests results correlate significantly with grades in a math course. – Good
Convergent Validity
b. Quantitative reasoning tests results do not significantly correlate with grades in a math course. – Poor
Convergent Validity
c. Quantitative reasoning test results correlate significantly with scores in reading comprehension. – Poor
Discriminant Validity
d. Quantitative reasoning test results do not significantly correlate with scores in reading comprehension.
25. When an individual who took the MMPI-2 revealed tendency to be rebellious, impulsive, and
to abuse drugs and alcohol, in what MMPI-2 clinical scales did he score high?

a. hypochondriasis
b. psychasthenia
c. psychopathic deviate
d. hysteria.

26. Which of the following exemplify respondent issue as part of the assessment process?

a. Some respondents may feel more comfortable being examined by an older person than a younger one,
for example or by a male than a female examiner
b. Interviews and interactive testing procedures, on the other hand, create ample opportunity for an
examiner’s age, gender, ethnicity, or other characteristics to make respondents feel more or less
comfortable and more or less inclined to be forth-coming.
c. Some examinees would do not mind whether the examiner is an old woman, or a beautiful one, or a
strict one.
d. Examiners oftentimes believe that their presence is an important part of the assessment.

27. A teacher, talks to a parent about his assessment of the behavior of the child. The teacher
said, “Your son has ADHD because that’s what Dr. Dellosa said, a prominent psychologist who
had given a talk with us during the in-service training”. The teacher is using what approach to
assessment information interpretation?

a. intuitive approach
b. expert approach
c. authority approach
d. empirical approach

28. Edmund, a psychology teacher, wanted to prove the influence of self-efficacy training to
sports performance of student athletes. Upon having the data, Edmund concluded that self-
efficacy training improved performance of student athletes, as it has been found out across wide
range of researches. Edmund is using what approach to assessment information interpretation?

a. intuitive approach
b. expert approach
c. empirical approach
d. conceptual approach

29. Carla, a psychometrician is working on a testing center managed by a psychologist. While

her boss is on vacation, Carla administered a battery of test to a client whom her boss had
instructed her to provide testing. After the testing procedure, while Carla is looking on the
Sentence Completion Test responses of the client, it was indicated that he is planning to kill his
older brother tonight. Upon knowing, Carla immediately called the parents, and communicated
them the response of their child. Is the action done by Carla unethical?

a. No. The psychologist is not in the office, therefore, such responsibilities should be inherently passed to
Carla.
b. No. Carla, as a psychometrician, has the duty to warn
c. Yes. The center is managed by the psychologist, and based on ethical standards, the psychologist
should be the one to communicate such information to the parents.
d. Yes. The client’s right to confidentiality has been violated.

30. In addition to MMPI-2 Clinical scales, supplementary scales have been added to aid in the
diagnosis of psychopathology. The supplementary scales measure problems related to, except:

a. marital relationships
b. alcohol and drug use
c. reaction to trauma
d. health concerns

31. Clarisse, a psychometrician was in-charge of the entrance examination testing for incoming
Grade 7 students in the school where she is employed. On the day of the exam, she has to ask
assistance from the secretary of the principal to help her as administered the test. The secretary
of the principal administered the test in Room 1, while Clarisse was the test administrator in
room 2. They administered the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test. They started by introducing her
name and proceed in giving the test by reading carefully the instructions Clarisse made. The test
lasted for 40-45 minutes as they instructed the examinees to take their time. What is the foremost
ethical concern in this situation?

a. The authority given to the secretary of the principal to administer the test.
b. The time limit was not followed.
c. Standardization procedure was not followed.
d. All of the above.

OLSAT can be administered in Level A (can be administered by non-psychology individuals as long as

they are guided by someone related to Psych)

32. The Masaklaw na Panukat ng Loob (Level B) has 2 interstitial scales that measures construct
that incorporates aspects from two domains. Which among them is the interstitial between
Neuroticism and Agreeableness?

a. Social Desirability
b. Sincerity
c. Anger Proneness
d. Carefulness

Interstitial Scales - intersection between two major scales

33. The APA is offering a number of emerging measures for further research and clinical
evaluation. These can be used for screening possible clinical diagnosis. To proceed to the Level
2 Cross-Cutting Symptom measure, what should be the threshold to guide further inquiry in the
somatic symptoms domain?

a. Slight or greater
b. mild or greater – makascore muna ng mild or greater before mabigyan ng Level 2 th
c. Moderate or greater
d. Severe or greater

34. Refers to cognitively loaded instruments designed to assess knowledge, skill, and ability with
the intent of making employment, academic admission, graduation, or licensing decisions.

a. high stake tests

b. strict-cut off tests
c. extra loaded tests.
d. none of the above

35. Attempts to mislead psychological assessors usually result in patterns of inconsistency that
provide reliable clues to malingering and defensiveness. In the case of efforts to fake bad, these
inconsistencies are likely to appear in three different forms. One of which is termed intratest
scatter. What does it mean?

a. this form of inconsistency involves failing relatively easy items on intelligence or ability tests while
succeeding on much more difficult items of the same kind.
b. responding within the normal range on some portions of a personality test but in an extremely deviant
manner on other portions of the same test.
c. both a and b.
d. only b

36. In the process of providing answers to the referral questions, the assessment psychologist can
use guidelines that make them wisely and constructively make sense of the data at hand. Which
among the following is an example of case impressions done using the language of conjecture?
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a. “Student A has marked disability”

b. “Ms. B is an outgoing and gregarious person who enjoys interpersonal relationships”
c. “Mr. A is an impulsive person with limited self-control”
d. ““There is some evidence to suggest that this child may have an auditory processing deficit”

37. This form of assessment in the educational setting aims to evaluate relevant, meaningful
tasks that may be conducted to evaluate learning of academic subject matter but that demonstrate
the student’s transfer of that study to real-world activities?
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a. performance-based assessment
b. authentic assessment
c. both a and b
d. none of the above

38. Your boss was consulting with another psychologist about a certain case. Although neither
the name nor any identifiable descriptions were disclosed, they were discussing the client’s
diagnosis. What must you do as psychometrician?
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a. Nothing. No ethical principles were breached

b. Contact the authorities and inform them of the unethical behavior of your boss and his associate
c. Confront your boss and his associate in order to address the issue.
d. Secretly inform the client that the psychologist has been consulting with another about the case.

39. The following are not evidences of construct validity, except:

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a. test scores do not change with respect to the function of age, time, or experimental manipulation
b. test scores obtained by people from distinct groups do not vary as predicted by the theory
c. the test is homogenous, measuring a single construct
d. pre-test and post-test scores do not differ as theoretically predicted.

40. Ana scored a T-score of 70 in the Gregariousness facet of Extraversion Scale in NEO-PI.
What does that tell about Ana?
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a. Ana shows tendency to stand up for herself and would tend to take on leadership positions
b. Ana has the tendency to prefer to have others around and greatly enjoy their company.
c. Ana prefers activities where she doesn’t have to deal with much people
d. Ana seems to have high energy, and would prefer thrilling activities.

41. Sebastian is a psychological assessment student. In their test development activity, they were
tasked to develop a test that measures a construct of their choice. He was able to develop a 25-
item test that measure Binge-Eating behavior adolescents. He is now in the test try out phase.
What is the minimum number of respondents would he be using?
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a. 30
b. 125
c. 250
d. 500

42. A high score on 16PF’s Factor E signifies:

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a. A person who is assertive, self-assured, and independent-minded

b. a person who is mistrusting and doubtful
c. a person who is easy-going and emotionally expressive
d. a person who is sentimental and simple.
43. John is a psychometrician who works in a local senior high school. As part of her routine
testing, he administered Culture-Fair Intelligence Test. Upon releasing the results, one student
asked if he could see his score on the test, and review his test paper. John told the student he
cannot review his test paper, but he can provide him with his score on the test. Did John violate
the Ethics Code?
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a. No. John was right. He may give the score, but can’t let the examinee see where he got wrong because
it might threaten test security.
b. Yes. Releasing of scores to the examinees are prohibited.
c. Yes. According to the ethics, John should have let the examinee see where he got wrong. After all, it is
his test data.
d. No. Ethics code provide that all aspects of the data provided by the examinee, he can have access on
that.

44. Anton got a score of 7 in a 20-item test. His mother would like to know if what does that
mean. If you are the teacher, and as the same time, a psychometrician, what would you tell
Anton’s mother?
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a. “Anton’s score is below average”

b. “Anton’s score is 1 standard deviation above the mean”
c. “Raw scores can’t be interpreted”
d. “Raw scores are not interpreted”

45. Kate, a psychologist, filed a case against her client who failed to pay the amount stipulated in
the contract before the professional relationship started. The court asked for the information
regarding the therapeutic sessions that transpire between Kate and her patient for decision
making. Kate right away gave the records the court is asking. Is Kate’s action ethical?
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a. No. Despite payment concerns, Kate should ask consent from the client regarding disclosure of
information.
b. Yes. Disclosure of information is allowed without consent if mandated by law for valid purposes.
c. No. Disclosure of confidential information should not be allowed even in cases concerning professional
fees.
d. Yes. Disclosure of confidential information is allowed when the client or psychologist’s life is in
danger.

46. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mikael who is a psychometrician in a state university told
the university president that they should not be giving any entrance scholarship (scholarship
based on performance in the entrance exam), since the ethics code provides that results from
teleassessment should not be used to make decisions. Is Mikael correct?
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a. Yes. According to Article VII Section A, teleassessment is still undergoing thorough review in terms of
its ability to generate valid results
b. Yes. Ethics code provide that tests should be paper-and-pencil. So data teleassessment cannot be used
for decision making.
c. No. The ethics code provides that as long as teleassessment was supervised by qualified personnel, it
can be used for decision making.
d. There is no such provision in the code of ethics.

47. Cyril, a teacher designated as a guidance counselor in a public high school. He wanted to
administer a career inventory called Self Directed Search (SDS), but is confused as to whether he
is authorized to administer the test. Based on test user qualifications set forth by ACA, can Cyril
administer the said test?
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a. No. SDS is a psychological test which could only be handled by duly licensed professionals in the field.
b. No. In order to administer SDS, the administrator has to reach the Level B qualifications.
c. Yes. SDS has a very simple mechanism of administration and scoring, and only requires Level A
qualification
d. Yes. As a matter of fact, SDS is not considered to be a psychological test because it is very simple, and
really do not provide psychological profile of the test taker.

48. Alfred obtained his Master's degree in Psychology and took the board exam. He passed, and
now a Registered Psychologist. He wants to purchase Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test, but the
testing center did not allow him, despite his training in administering and scoring the said test.
Did the testing center do the right thing?
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a. Yes. The purchase of Stanford -Binet test requires a PhD in Psychology or Guidance and Counseling
degree.
b. Yes. As an authorized distributor of tests, the said testing center has the right not to sell it to someone
whom they consider not qualified.
c. No. Despite having no PhD degree, Alfred underwent training specifically for the said test, which
makes him qualified to handle it.
d. No. Stanford-Binet is just like other intelligence tests which could be administered by registered
psychologist.

49. If the test is found to be too easy for majority of the test takers, we would expect that the
mean is _____ the mode, and the median is _____ the mean.
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A. lesser; lesser
B. greater; greater
C. lesser; greater
D. greater; lesser

50. The practice of psychological assessment in school setting may be discriminated from
practices in other settings by three characteristics. Which is not?
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a. Psychological assessment in school setting primarily targets the children

b. Psychological assessment in school setting primarily targets problems of learning and school
adjustment
c. Psychological assessment in school settings draws on procedures relevant to the populations and
problems served in schools.
d. Psychological assessment in school setting lies heavily on the competence of the school psychologist or
guidance counselor