Basic Principles of Measurement
1.
Which of the following scores is meaningless:
A. Raw
scores of 45
B. A
z-scores of 1.5
C. A
stanine of 5
D. A
t-score of 60
Answer: A
2.
A students had a score of 60. The mean is 7o and
the deviation is 10. His z-scores is:
A. -1.00
B. 1.00
C. 1.30
D. -10
Answer: A
3.
Which of these groups would be more likely to
have s distribution of scores very close to a normal curve?
A. A
very bright class of pupils.
B. A
very slow group of pupils.
C. A
very small group of unselected pupils.
D. A
very large group of unselected pupils.
Answer: D
4.
Which of the following procedure would be
expected would be expected to ensure the reliability to a test? Increasing the:
A. Length
of the test.
B. Number
of types of items in the rest.
C. Homogeneity
of the test.
D. Heterogeneity
of the test.
Answer: A
5.
Test norms are based on :
A. The
actual performance of a representative group of students.
B. The
predetermined levels of standards of performance.
C. The
performance of a selected group of students.
D. The
anticipator performance of a group of students.
Answer: A
6.
A test with a difficulty index of 0.85 is
considered:
A. High,
therefore difficult
B. Low,
therefore easy
C. High,
therefore easy
D. Low,
therefore difficult
Answer: C
7.
A clear example of a future-oriented test is
the:
A. Philippine
Achievement test
B. Otis
lemon Mental Ability Test
C. Personal
Test
D. National
College Entrance
Answer: D
8.
Which of the types of ability is not generally
measured by intelligence tests?
A. Quantitative
B. Reasoning
C. Verbal
D. Social
Answer: D
9.
The Roschach test and Thematic Association Test
are both referred to as ________ tests.
A. Projective
B. Psychometric
C. Sociometric
D. Analytic
Answer: A
10.
Which of the following is considered as a
serious with personality test?
A. Reliability
B. Scorability
C. Usability
D. Validity
Answer: D
11.
Attitudes towards communism or socialism are
best measured with:
A. Sociometry
B. Questionnaires
& interview
C. Checklists
& multiple choice test
D. Forced
triads
Answer: B
12.
Which of the following is not used to access
personality
A. Interest/
inventories
B. Self-report
inventories
C. Observation
techniques
D. Sociometric
inventories
Answer: A
13.
Two classes are given the same arithmetic test
and the mean for both classes is 57. The standard deviation for Class A is 5.1,
while that of Class B is 10.3. On the basis of the above data, we may conclude
that with respect to arithmetic achievement:
A. Class
A is more heterogeneous than Class B.
B. The
teaching of arithmetic is more effective in Class A.
C. Class
B is more heterogeneous than Class A.
D. There
is no sufficient data for making a comparison.
Answer: C
14.
In the following distribution : 1, 3, 3, 3, 5;
we can say that :
A. The
mean is greater than the median.
B. The
median is greater than the mode.
C. The
mode is greater than the mean.
D. The
mean, median and the mode have the same value.
Answer: D
15.
The distribution given in no. 39 is :
A. Skewed
to the left
B. Normal
C. Skewed
to the right
D. Leptokurtic
Answer: C
16.
A class of 59 was given a test. The mean was 110
and the standard deviation was 12. The z-score of a score of 120 is:
A. -1
B. -1.5
C. 1
D. 1.5
Answer: C
17.
If we add 5 point each score by 2, what happens
to the standard deviation?
A. Increased
by 5
B. Increased
by 10
C. Remains
the same
D. Increased
by 3
Answer: C
18.
If we multiply each score by 2, what happens to
the standard deviation?
A. Multiplied
by 2
B. Multiplied
by 4
C. Remains
the same
D. Multiplied
by 1.5
Answer: A
19.
If three private schools are offering you a
teaching job and all these school have the same starting salary schedule of
P2,100 and the same fringe benefits with 12 salary ranges. However, their SD’s
differ, which offer would you accept?
School SD
A 10
B 12
C 16
Answer: C
20.
Three students took three different tests in
English, using what were presumably equivalent forms. If the English test is
the determining factor in awarding the student a scholarship, to who would you
give it?
M
|
Perla
|
Pedro
|
Paul
|
M
|
1992
|
1991
|
1990
|
M
|
130
|
100
|
150
|
SD
|
15
|
12
|
18
|
N
|
100
|
144
|
225
|
Scores
|
135
|
108
|
160
|
Answer: Pedro
21.
Perla’s T-score is:
A. 50
B. 51
C. 52
D. 53
Answer: D
22.
Pedro’s z-score is:
A. 0.56
B. 0.57
C. 0.67
D. 0.75
Answer: C
23.
Assuming normality, between what two scores
values do 68% of the scores in 1993 fall?
A. 115-145
B. 110-145
C. 110-140
D. 100-140
Answer: A
24.
Assuming normality, between what two scores
values do 34% of the scores in 1991 fall?
A. 90-100
B. 100-112
C. 112-124
D. 110-112
Answer: B
25.
Find Paul’s z-score.
A. 0.33
B. 0.40
C. 0.55
D. 0.66
Answer: C
26.
A student whose score on a test lies in the
third quartile:
A. Is
below average on the test.
B. Is
above average on the test.
C. Has
a score of 50 percent or less.
D. Has
a score of 25 percent or less.
Answer: C
27.
In a group on a standard test, the median would
correspond to the:
A. Arithmetic
average
B. 50th
percentile
C. Quartile
deviation
D. most reliable score
Answer: B
28.
When an evaluation refers to norm-referencing
test, it is most likely reporting data from:
A. Teacher-made
tests
B. Local,
city-wide tests
C. Standardized
achievement
D. Criterion-referenced
test
Answer: C
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