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

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.

2 / 30

The test developed by Hermann Rorschach is a:
(select all that apply)

Psychometric Test

Aptitude Test

Psychological Test

Neuropsychological Test

Projective Test

3 / 30

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

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

Candidates get their own unique username and password

Requires one trained test administrator per 10 candidates

It is web-based

Test security is difficult to enforce

4 / 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 scores

Politely refuse to hand over the scores

Hand over the reports and explain them carefully to him

5 / 30

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

Interval scales

Ordinal scales

6 / 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?

8 / 30

Which of these statements is correct?

Validity is a precursor to reliability

Both statements are correct

Reliability is a precursor to validity

9 / 30

The area between Z scores of -1 and -2 is located where on this normal distribution curve? Choose the number that matches below:

10 / 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 work personality

Don't give them any advice

Answer based on their home personality

Answer based on their general personality

11 / 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 .

12 / 30

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

Stanine score

IQ score

Raw score

T score

Standardised score

Percentile score

13 / 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?

False

True

14 / 30

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

Because it impacts reliability which in turn will impact validity

Because candidates need to feel secure in the process

None of the other choices

To ensure mistakes are not made

15 / 30

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

Trainability test

Maximum Performance

Work sample

Power Test

Speed test

Typical behaviour

16 / 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

17 / 30

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

Candidates get their own unique username and password

It is supervised

It is web-based

Test security is difficult to enforce

18 / 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?

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

Ask him how best you can help him

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

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

19 / 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

20 / 30

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

Level 3

Level 1

Level 2

21 / 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 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

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

22 / 30

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

Indirect Discrimination

Direct Discrimination

23 / 30

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

Percentiles

T-scores

24 / 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.

25 / 30

Your boss comes to you after you have administered an aptitude test and asks to see the question booklet. He wants to know how relevant the questions are for the job under consideration. What do you do?

Explain that you cannot hand over the question booklets, but that you can ask a Level 2 trained user to explain the test and its rationale

Tell him you can't help him

Give him the question booklets

26 / 30

For a candidate scoring at the 25th percentile, which of the following statements are correct. Check ALL that apply:

The candidate is in the top 25%

The candidate scored 25 percent in the test

The candidate is in the bottom 25%

The candidate performed better than 25% of similar others

The candidate performed worse than 25% of similar others

The candidate is in the top 75%

27 / 30

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

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

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

Tell them you cannot discuss the questions with them

Ignore them

28 / 30

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

Level 3

Level 1

Level 2

29 / 30

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

Avoid the "unsure" response as much as possible

There are no right or wrong answers

Please answer honestly and openly

Ensure that you complete the assessment before time is up

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

Ensure that you complete all questions

30 / 30

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

This is a test. It is also considered to be a performance test. This type of test tends to be associated with any cultural disadvatages than verbal reasoning tests.

Your score is