CRC Study Guide Exam 2023(questions
and answers)
How well a test measures what it claims to measure is? - CORRECT ANSWER-Validity
What measurement
... [Show More] concept relates to consistency, dependability and repeatability of a
test? - CORRECT ANSWER-Reliability
What scale has equal units of measurement with no absolute zero? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Interval
Example: Fahrenheit Scale
List the 4 levels of measurement? - CORRECT ANSWER-Nominal, Ordinal, Interval
and Ratio
Most psychological test are based on what 2 scales? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ordinal
and Interval
Threats to external validity? - CORRECT ANSWER-reactive or interaction effect of test,
interaction effects of selection bias and experimental variables, reactive effect of
experimental arrangements, multiple-treatment interference.
What type of curve would you expect to see if a classroom test was given and the
majority of students tended to get nearly all the items right? - CORRECT ANSWERNegatively Skewed
The most widely used statistic in testing variability is? - CORRECT ANSWER-Standard
Deviation
The extent to which a test measure what it purports to measure is? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Validity
What is internal validity? - CORRECT ANSWER-the basic minimum without any
experiment is uninterpretable.
A multiple choice quiz is what type of test? (criterion or norm) - CORRECT ANSWERCriterion-referenced test
What is external validity? - CORRECT ANSWER-refers to whether the results can be
generalized.
Threats to internal validity? - CORRECT ANSWER-History, maturation, testing,
instrumentation, statistical regression, selection bias, experimental bias, mortality,
selection-maturation interaction
No correlation/No difference between variables? - CORRECT ANSWER-Null
Hypothesis
What is content validity? - CORRECT ANSWER-How well a test item measures a skill
(math ability).
This error occurs when there is no difference detected, but a difference actually exists. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Type II
The higher the reliability of a test? - CORRECT ANSWER-The lower its standard error
of measurement will be
The lower the reliability of a test? - CORRECT ANSWER-The higher it standard error of
measurement will be
Association between variables? - CORRECT ANSWER-Correlation
Factors influencing reliability of instrument? - CORRECT ANSWER-Level of Difficulty
Ambiguity of test items
Length of test
What is concurrent validity? - CORRECT ANSWER-Both the predictor and criterion
scores are obtained at the same time (MMPI acessing pathology).
Value of an assessment is determined by? - CORRECT ANSWER-Reliability
Validity
Standardization
List 1, 2, 3 std of the mean on a normal distribution (bell curve) - CORRECT ANSWER1- 68%
2- 95%
3- 99.7%
What is face validity? - CORRECT ANSWER-The extent to which an instrument
measures what its intended to/
The term reliability refers to ______ of test scored? - CORRECT ANSWER-consistency
Provides very little valuable testing information. (mean, median or mode) - CORRECT
ANSWER-Mode
Example of a ordinal scale? - CORRECT ANSWER-(order and rank) - 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Example of a nominal scale? - CORRECT ANSWER-(numbers as labels only, no
meaning) - females- 1 / males- 2
Example of ratio scale? - CORRECT ANSWER-Height and weight / has a zero point
What is construct validity? - CORRECT ANSWER-Degree to which the measure or test
reflects what its intended to.
C4 injury? - CORRECT ANSWER-quadriplegic, aka tetrapelgia
T12 injury? - CORRECT ANSWER-paraplegic
C5 and above causes? - CORRECT ANSWER-respiratory issues
Cerebral cortex injury affects what activities? - CORRECT ANSWER-Motor activities,
expressive language, and emotional responses
What is a second injury fund? - CORRECT ANSWER-Encourage employers to hire
workers who have been injured on the job previously.
One stop career centers offer what services? - CORRECT ANSWER-Assessment,
career exploration, and job search assistance.
Name some aptitude tests? - CORRECT ANSWER-1) GATB- (m-100, std- 20) /(USES)
9 appitudes
2) Nonreading Aptitude Test Battery- (NATB) (USES)
3) Apticom- Pegboard
4) ASVAB- 16-23 /(US DEPT OF DEF)
5) Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) /Grade 8-12 (8 aptitudes are measured)
6) McCarron-Dial- (MDS) 5 traits
Name some intelligence tests? - CORRECT ANSWER-(Three types of IQ scores:
verbal IQ, performance IQ, and full scale IQ)
1) Wechsler scales: 3 (mean 100, std 15)
WAIS, WISC, WPPSI
2) Bender Gestalt Visual Motor Test- Brain damage, geometric figures, visual motor
function.
3) Standard Binet (verbally loaded; m-100, std 16)
4) Halsted-Reitan (brain damage, cogn funct)
5) Luria-Nebraska- TBI
6) Haptic- Visual
7) Leiter- Hearing, MR, aphasia
8) Hisky Nebraska- Deaf
9)Slosson- Oral assessment, verbal intel.
10) Shipley- Old People
11) Ravens Progressive Matrices- puzzels
Name some personality tests? - CORRECT ANSWER-1) MMPI- most frequently used
2) 16 pf questionnaire- most studied
3) Computer generated
4) Myer Briggs (MBTI) (JUNG) /ei, sn, tf, jp
5) Rorschach- 10 Ink blocks (what the images look like)
6) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) - 31 pic
7) Draw-a-person test
Name some interest tests? - CORRECT ANSWER-1) Strong (SSCI) 8th-adult - Holland
2) Self Directed Search- (SDS) - Holland
3) CAI- Holland
4) Kuder (KOIS)- High school students, dropouts, college freshman
5) Minnesota Importance Questionnaire- (MIQ)
assess voc needs/values of client
6) Salience Inventory (SI)- work values
7) Reading free Vocational Interest Inventory- limited reading ability, MR, LD
8) Geist Picture Interest- for those who lack reading levels for Kuder/strong-campbell
9) My vocational situation (MVS)- career development/maturity instrument
Measurements of work readiness? - CORRECT ANSWER-1) WARF- Work adjustment
rating form - 8 subscales with 5 items each
2) VBC- vocational behavior check list- 339 skills
3) Work Samples- Valpar/Tower
Assessment of Physical Function? - CORRECT ANSWER-1) Barthel Inventory of self
care skills-mobility
2) PULSES scales of severity of disability, 6-24
3) Vineland Social Maturity Scale
Name some achievement tests? - CORRECT ANSWER-1) (WRAT) Wide Range
Achievement Test- approx education level (reading- word recognition, spelling and
arithmetic)
2) (PIAT) Peabody Individual Achievement Test- quick (reading comp, spelling, and
arth)
3) (WJ) Woodcock Johnson- LD (cognitive ability, academic achievement)
4) GED
5) (BOLT) Basic Occupational Literacy Test- (voc, reading, reading comp, arth
computation, and arth reasoning.
Ellis is know for which counseling theory? Name some techniques? - CORRECT
ANSWER-REBT - active listening, non-directive response, clarification. Addresses selfdefeating thoughts and behaviors.
Symptoms manic episodes, elevated moods, hyperactive, sleeps very little? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Bipolar
Global assessment of function is what part of the DSM manual? - CORRECT
ANSWER-V
MR is what part of the DSM? (down syndrome) - CORRECT ANSWER-II
General Medical Conditions of DSM? - CORRECT ANSWER-III
Personality disorders of DMS? - CORRECT ANSWER-II
Clinical disorders of DSM? (mood disorders, schizophrenia, substance abuse) -
CORRECT ANSWER-I
Most used for defining diseases of psychiatric illness? - CORRECT ANSWER-DSM-IV
SSI beneficiaries set money aside for a goal? - CORRECT ANSWER-PASS
Techniques include active listening, non-directive responses and clarification? What
theorist? - CORRECT ANSWER-Rogers
What personality disorder? Need for admiration and lack of empathy. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Narcissistic
Full scale IQ, mean 100, std 15 - CORRECT ANSWER-WAIS III
Raven's progressive Matrices is what type of test? - CORRECT ANSWER-Intelligence
What is COBRA? - CORRECT ANSWER-Mandates the extension of group health
medical plans for former employees.
Vocational goal for Major depression? - CORRECT ANSWER-simplify tasks and
expectations
Most prominent civil rights law for US citizens with disabilities? - CORRECT ANSWERADA
List lifting capacity for the 5 areas (Sedentary, light, medium, heavy, very heavy) -
CORRECT ANSWER-1) upto 10 lbs
2) upto 20 lbs
3) upto 50 lbs
4) upto 100 lbs
5) Over 100 lbs
Rehabilitation Act 1973 - CORRECT ANSWER-1st outlined a process of rehab
Schizoaffective disorder is? - CORRECT ANSWER-Mood and schizophrenia disorder [Show Less]