TEST BANK PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING PRINCIPLES APPLICATIONS AND ISSUES 9TH EDITION BY ROBERT M. KAPLAN

1. According to recent research, growing numbers of four-year colleges are not relying on the SAT test partly because of a. budget constraints. b. diversity concerns. c. reliability issues. d. quality control. ANSWER: b 2. Psychological tests a. pertain only to overt behavior. b. always have right or wrong answers. c. do not attempt to measure traits. d. measure characteristics of human behavior. ANSWER: d 3. The specific stimulus on a test to which a person responds overtly is called a(n) a. overt event. b. answer. c. item. d. scale. ANSWER: c 4. An individual test a. involves a single examiner for two or more subjects. b. involves only tests of human ability. c. can be given to only one person at a time. d. involves more than one examiner for a single subject. ANSWER: c 5. A group test a. can be given to multiple people by one examiner. b. can be given to only three people at a time. c. involves a group of examiners for a single subject. d. involves only tests of human ability.