Which Philippine law governs the practice of psychology and defines the scope of practice of psychometricians?
Psychological Assessment
Question · Easy
Under RA 10029, which of the following activities is WITHIN the scope of practice of a Registered Psychometrician (RPm)?
A psychometrician administers a standardized intelligence test to a student on Monday and re-administers the same test the following Monday. The resulting scores are nearly identical. This is evidence of high:
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Cronbach's alpha is a measure of which type of reliability?
The degree to which a psychological test actually measures what it claims to measure is referred to as:
A new vocational interest test is administered alongside an established interest inventory on the same day, and the scores are found to correlate highly. This provides evidence of:
The Standard Error of Measurement (SEM) is MOST directly useful for:
Question · Medium
In psychological testing, a percentile rank of 75 means that a person scored at or above:
In classical test theory, the relationship between the obtained score (X), true score (T), and error score (E) is expressed as:
A normal distribution is characterized by which of the following properties?
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) uses a standard score metric with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. A client obtains a Full Scale IQ of 115. In which classification does this score fall?
A test that includes items sampling a wide range of mathematical skills is evaluated by asking subject-matter experts whether the items represent the full domain of mathematics. This process assesses which type of validity?
In Item Response Theory (IRT), the 'b' parameter of a dichotomous item refers to:
The difficulty index (p-value) of a test item is computed as the proportion of examinees who answered the item correctly. An item with p = 0.90 is best characterized as:
The item discrimination index (D) is computed by:
Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between reliability and validity?
A standardized test is said to have good 'norms' when:
The Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test (Bender-Gestalt) is primarily used to assess:
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Scale 2 (Depression) has a T-score of 72 for a client. A T-score of 72 on the MMPI-2 is best interpreted as:
The primary purpose of validity scales on the MMPI-2 (e.g., L, F, K) is to:
The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is best classified as a:
In standardized testing, the purpose of 'basal' and 'ceiling' rules in individually administered intelligence tests is to:
Under the Code of Ethics for Registered Psychometricians, releasing raw test scores and protocols to untrained individuals is prohibited primarily because:
Which type of score transformation converts raw scores into a scale with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10?
The Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) is primarily a measure of:
A researcher conducting an intelligence study with Filipino children wants to use local norms. Why are local norms important in psychological testing?
Which statistical concept describes the tendency of psychological tests to underestimate the true correlation between constructs due to measurement error in one or both variables?
Question · Hard
Which of the following tests is specifically designed to assess children's intellectual development and is NOT appropriate for adult populations?
The term 'ecological validity' in neuropsychological assessment refers to:
The difference between norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests is BEST described as:
The Draw-A-Person (DAP) test is classified as a projective technique. Which of the following is the BEST interpretation of a DAP figure that appears very small and is placed in the corner of the paper?
A test manual reports a split-half reliability of 0.80 for a 40-item test. After applying the Spearman-Brown formula to estimate the reliability of the full test, the corrected coefficient would be CLOSEST to:
What is the primary advantage of using multiple assessment methods (e.g., interviews, behavior observation, and standardized tests) in a comprehensive psychological evaluation?
Which of the following measures is MOST appropriate for assessing the academic achievement of an elementary school student suspected of having a learning disability?
Which of the following is an example of 'informed consent' in psychological testing?
A test's 'floor effect' occurs when:
The Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) and the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) are both examples of which type of psychological assessment?
Which of the following best describes 'construct validity' as defined in contemporary psychometric standards?
A psychometrician is testing a 7-year-old child using a standardized intellectual battery. The child becomes restless, begins to cry, and refuses to continue after 30 minutes. The MOST appropriate action is to:
Which of the following statements about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is MOST accurate from a psychometric standpoint?
According to Jean Piaget, the cognitive stage in which children aged approximately 7–11 years begin to think logically about concrete objects and events is called the:
Developmental Psychology
In Sigmund Freud's structural model of personality, which component operates on the 'reality principle' and mediates between the demands of the id, the superego, and external reality?
Theories Of Personality
According to Freud's psychosexual theory of development, the Oedipus complex emerges and is normally resolved during which stage?
According to John Bowlby's attachment theory, a child who uses the caregiver as a secure base for exploration and shows distress at separation but is quickly comforted upon reunion demonstrates:
Lev Vygotsky's concept of the 'Zone of Proximal Development' (ZPD) refers to:
A person who is unconsciously angry at their boss but comes home and yells at their family members is MOST likely using which ego defense mechanism?
Which developmental theorist proposed that language development is primarily driven by an innate Language Acquisition Device (LAD)?
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