Psychometric Assessment Exam: Level 1 - PsyAsia International Community

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Psychometric Assessment Exam: Level 1

Final Course Exam: PAWL1

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1 / 30

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

Typical behaviour

Power Test

Speed test

Work sample

Maximum Performance

Trainability test

2 / 30

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

Ordinal scales

Interval scales

3 / 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 2

Stage 4

Stage 7

Stage 3

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 1

4 / 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

5 / 30

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

Stanine score

Standardised score

Raw score

Percentile score

IQ score

T score

6 / 30

All psychometric tests are as reliable and valid as each other. It is only the test administrator that causes tests to be less reliable and valid.

True

False

7 / 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)

8 / 30

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

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

9 / 30

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

10 / 30

Before the test day, a candidate contacts you to advise that he has trouble reading small text. What is the best course of action initially?

Ask him how best you can help him

Tell him that regrettably he will be unable to sit the test

Tell him not to worry and offer to provide somebody to read the questions to him

Ask him to come along to the session anyway and remind you of his concern on the day

11 / 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.

True

False

12 / 30

Type in the single word that should be inserted in all of the blanks (_____) below:

A Psychometric Test must be:

Administered in a _____way. Scored in a _____way. Interpreted in a _____ way.

13 / 30

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

Avoid the "unsure" response as much as possible

Please answer honestly and openly

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

There are no right or wrong answers

Ensure that you complete all questions

Ensure that you complete the assessment before time is up

14 / 30

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

Level 2

Level 1

Level 3

15 / 30

What makes direct discrimination particularly important in psychometric testing?

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

The fact that it only occurs with psychometric tests

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 is typically unintended (and therefore more difficult to detect)

16 / 30

Look at this picture. What test is this from?

17 / 30

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

It is web-based

It is supervised

Candidates get their own unique username and password

Test security is difficult to enforce

18 / 30

A candidate is not sure whether to answer a personality questionnaire based on how they are at work, at home, or a mix of the two. What would you advise?

Answer based on their general personality

Answer based on their work personality

Answer based on their home personality

Don't give them any advice

19 / 30

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

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

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

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

20 / 30

Which of these statements is correct?

Reliability is a precursor to validity

Validity is a precursor to reliability

Both statements are correct

21 / 30

The following sentence is describing supervised administration? Each candidate sits at a computer and is monitored by the trained test administrator.

True

False

22 / 30

We discussed the 3 main factors which impact test reliability. These are factors within the test, factors within the respondent and factors within the .

23 / 30

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

T-scores

Percentiles

24 / 30

Which of the following is correct?

T scores from different tests can be added together

Percentiles are equally distributed across the normal distribution

Sten scores have a mean of 5

25 / 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?

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

Hand over the scores

Politely refuse to hand over the scores

26 / 30

Fill in the blanks using WHOLE NUMBERS only:

If a candidate scores 2 standard deviations above the mean, this represents a Z score of and a percentile score of .

27 / 30

A candidate is unhappy about getting all of their example questions wrong. What is the better course of action?

Tell them that it is expected that some people will fail this test

Ignore them

Tell them you cannot discuss the questions with them

Ensure that they understand the process, then reassure them and ask them to look over the questions again

28 / 30

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

None of the other choices

Because it impacts reliability which in turn will impact validity

Because candidates need to feel secure in the process

To ensure mistakes are not made

29 / 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.

30 / 30

What is the Z score for a candidate with a raw score of 28 on a test with a mean of 28 and a standard deviation of 3?

Your score is