Psychometric Assessment Exam: Level 1 - PsyAsia International Community

Psychometric Assessment Exam: Level 1

Final Course Exam: PAWL1

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1 / 30

A candidate complains that psychometric tests are biased towards certain groups. What is the best course of action initially?

Tell the candidate that is not true and offer to more discuss later

Tell the candidate that this may be true of some poorly developed tests but that the one you have chosen has been shown to be free of bias – ask them to give the test a chance and feel free to discuss further later if he wishes

Tell the candidate they are free to leave if they don't want to take the test

Tell the candidate that this is not true, but it's really all very complicated and you don't have time to explain

2 / 30

What is the PRINCIPLE reason for standardisation being so important in psychometric test administration?

None of the other choices

Because candidates need to feel secure in the process

To ensure mistakes are not made

Because it impacts reliability which in turn will impact validity

3 / 30

Listen to the audio. I am playing the role of the candidate.
What level of evidence do you hear?

Level 2

Level 3

Level 1

4 / 30

Look at this picture and complete the blanks below using one correctly spelt word for each!

This is a test of reasoning. It is a test. It is also considered to be a performance test.

5 / 30

Which of the following are the CORRECT things to say during personality assessment administration?

Ensure that you complete the assessment before time is up

Please answer honestly and openly

It's best to think for a while before committing to an answer

Ensure that you complete all questions

There are no right or wrong answers

Avoid the "unsure" response as much as possible

6 / 30

Calculate the percentile score for a candidate scoring 10 on a test completed by 200 people, whereby 64 people scored below 10. Please enter a numerical value only.

7 / 30

A candidate scores at the 18th percentile on a numerical reasoning test and at the 10th percentile on a verbal reasoning test. The candidate’s total score is at the 28th percentile.

False

True

8 / 30

Match the items on the left with the items on the right:

T-scores

Percentiles

9 / 30

If a test publisher does not provide example questions for you to send out to candidates prior to the actual assessment, you can simply devise your own example questions on the basis of some of the test questions?

True

False

10 / 30

Which of the following types of scale provides us with superior richness of data?

Ordinal scales

Interval scales

11 / 30

In a validity study for a psychometric test, it is found that women generally do better than men on the test, whilst, on the job there are no significant performance differences. Which ONE of the following statements is correct in this situation?

There is evidence of unjustified adverse impact

There is evidence of justified adverse impact

There appears to be no adverse impact

12 / 30

Look at this picture. What test is this from?

13 / 30

Listen to the audio. I am playing the role of the candidate.
What level of evidence do you hear?

Level 2

Level 3

Level 1

14 / 30

Your boss comes to you after you have administered an aptitude test for a small group of candidates and asks you to hand over their scores. What do you do?

Hand over the scores

Explain that you need to first pass the results on to a Level 2 trained individual who will later offer feedback to your boss

Hand over the reports and explain them carefully to him

Politely refuse to hand over the scores

15 / 30

Which of the following is correct about open test administration? (check all that apply)

It is supervised

It is web-based

Test security is difficult to enforce

Candidates get their own unique username and password

16 / 30

What is the name of the projective test developed by Murray and Morgan?

17 / 30

What makes direct discrimination particularly important in psychometric testing?

The fact that it is typically unintended (and therefore more difficult to detect)

The fact that we have a duty to protect society from this type of discrimination

It's actually indirect discrimination that is more likely to occur – and it's an issue because it's unintended and so difficult to detect

The fact that it only occurs with psychometric tests

18 / 30

Which of these statements is correct?

Reliability is a precursor to validity

Validity is a precursor to reliability

Both statements are correct

19 / 30

After you achieve your Level 1 Qualification, your organisation will be qualified to administer psychometric tests indefinitely?

False

True

20 / 30

What is the Z score for a candidate with a raw score of 24 on a test with a mean of 28 and a standard deviation of 3?
(Answer to the nearest TWO decimal places)

21 / 30

Which of the following is correct?

Sten scores have a mean of 5

T scores from different tests can be added together

Percentiles are equally distributed across the normal distribution

22 / 30

The candidate’s performance on a test comprised of questions directly relevant to the job is used to ascertain the candidate’s ability to do the job. This sentence is referring to ___________ referencing. Please type in the missing single word.

23 / 30

Match the items on the left with the items on the right

Norm referencing

Criterion referencing

24 / 30

Your candidate scored a STEN of 8 on the verbal reasoning test and a STANINE of 6 on the numerical reasoning test. What is your candidate’s TOTAL T-score?
(Round up to the nearest whole number)

25 / 30

A candidate tells you on the day of testing that she has dyslexia. Which is the better course of action?

Reschedule the test session for this candidate

Reschedule the test session for everybody

Continue with the test session and make a note about the candidate's "claimed" dyslexia in the test log

26 / 30

Match the items on the left with those on the right:

Typical behaviour

Power Test

Maximum Performance

Work sample

Speed test

Trainability test

27 / 30

Which of the following is correct about managed test administration? (check all that apply)

Candidates get their own unique username and password

Test security is difficult to enforce

Requires one trained test administrator per 10 candidates

Administrator needs to ensure there are enough question booklets for each candidate

It is web-based

28 / 30

Arrange the following in the correct order to show the correct stages of psychometric test development.
Note that stages appear in random order!

Stage 1

Stage 7

Stage 3

Stage 2

Stage 4

Stage 6

Stage 5

29 / 30

30 / 30

Which of the two types of discrimination is most likely to occur when using psychometric tests?

Direct Discrimination

Indirect Discrimination

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