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Psychometric Assessment Exam: Level 2 Ability

L2A

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You have 30 minutes to answer 40 questions randomly taken from across the course. The pass mark remains 70%. Good luck!

Psychometric Assessment Exam: Level 2 Ability

Final Course Exam: PAWL2A

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1 / 30

Which scatterplot shows a correlation of -1.0

2 / 30

What does the Utility Equation do?

3 / 30

Systematic error during testing refers to:

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Think carefully about this question – don’t rush it! Sally undertakes a verbal reasoning test which has a standard deviation of 3 and a test-retest reliability of 0.8. Sally scores 14 on the test. What is the 68% confidence interval for Sally’s score?

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A candidate scored a Z score of +2.
How would you feedback?

You scored at the  th percentile. This means that you did better than per cent of similar others. This score falls within the band.

6 / 30

Which of the following Job Analysis methods is the best?

7 / 30

T-score scales have a mean of:

8 / 30

The picture shows reliability data from a test manual. What type of reliability is shown here?

9 / 30

Calculate the SEMean for the following: 150 Candidates, SD = 2 (Round to nearest 2 decimal places)

10 / 30

A company uses an abstract reasoning test as part of its selection process. Candidates who achieve the pass mark are carried forward to the next stage of the selection process. The pass mark is set at a Z score of +2. If the company tests 100 candidates, how many of them are likely to pass?

11 / 30

Which scatterplot shows zero correlation?

12 / 30

Match the possible methods of assessing validity to the respective type of validity:

Ask subject matter experts
Correlate test score with recent performance
Correlate test score with a future criterion
Correlate test score with scores on another similar test
Simply read the questions

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This picture shows reliability data from a test manual. If a candidate scored a raw score of 15 on NMG1, what would their Z score be?
(Hint: This draws upon knowledge from Level 1 which you should recall!)

14 / 30

Match the types of validity with their descriptions:

Predictive Criterion Related Validity
Faith validity
Concurrent Criterion Related Validity
Face Validity
Construct Validity
Content Validity

15 / 30

Match the Job Analysis methods with the correct descriptions:

Descriptions of job competencies used to assess relative importance of the competencies
Interview aiming to discover the most important aspects of the job
Interview method breaking job down into its constituent parts
Online job analysis, skills, competencies, descriptions database
A long questionnaire

16 / 30

Which model of intelligence has received generally greater support?

17 / 30

Research shows that the number of years of work experience somebody has is an important predictor of job performance?

18 / 30

Approximately how much of the variance in grade performance is associated with the numerical reasoning test score?

19 / 30

Meta-analytical research from 2005 suggests that Ability Tests can predict around how much of the variance in job performance?

20 / 30

The correlation between overall grade and scores on the verbal reasoning test is:

21 / 30

A client of test publisher does his own validity study. He asks each of his many managers to assess the performance of employees selected using the psychometric test. He provides the managers with a list of 6 competencies to evaluate the employees on. Subsequent analyses show no significant relationship between the psychometric test and any of the competencies. What is the most likely of the following 3 biases at play here?

22 / 30

When feeding back to a candidate, is it a better idea to use stens or percentiles.

23 / 30

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

Measures of spread
Measures of central tendency

24 / 30

What is the minimum level of reliability that we aspire to for personality assessments?

25 / 30

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

The middle value in a set of data
Most frequently occurring value
Add up all values and then divide by the number of values

26 / 30

Match the sampling methods with their correct descriptions:

Norm group members are selected based on demographics
Norm group members are recruited as a result of having easy access, perhaps due to an existing relationship with a company
Each person in the norm group has an equal chance of being selected

27 / 30

A candidate scores at the 95%ile. Which of the following are acceptable ways to convey the score?

28 / 30

This picture shows reliability data from a test manual. What does the abbreviation SEm stand for?

29 / 30

What single word best describes the concept of reliability in psychometrics?

30 / 30

Every significant finding is useful in establishing the validity of the test:

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