Mizan-Tepi University

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department of Psychology

Test one of ‘Introduction to Psychological Testing’ for Second year Psychology Students

Time allowed: 30 minutes

Load: 20%
Prepared by: Bulo N.

Name ________________________________ ID. _______________ Section _________

Read the following instructions carefully before you begin the test

 Write your name and ID number on both question paper and answer sheet.
 Check as the test has five parts true/false, matching, multiple choices, fill in the
blank space and short answer items.
 Your responses must be only on the answer sheet provided at the back of this paper.
 Use capital letters when you write your responses.
 Any attempts of cheating and academic misconduct will harm your results.

Part I. True/ False Items (1 pt. each)

For the following statement write ‘true’ if the statement is correct and ‘false’ if it is incorrect

1. Psychological testing is a systematic procedure for an exhaustive measurement of all

possible behaviors that could be used in measuring or defining a particular attribute.

2. The rise of urbanization and industrialization after 20 century was paved the ways for the

development of psychological testing.

3. Psychological tests scores provide absolute ratio scale measures of psychological attributes.

4. Interval scales of measurement limits the meaning of the numbers that represent sample of behavior.

5. The concept of measurement in psychological testing resembles the quantification of carefully

chosen sample of behavior according to some pre-established standards.

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 Part II. Matching Items (1 pt. each)

Match the following sub-groups of items listed under column ‘B’ with their domain of
psychological attributes listed under column ‘A’.

A B

1. Cognitive Tests A. Drug abuse detection scales

2. General assessment tests B. Social skill scales

3. Emotional Tests C. Depression scales

4. Personality testing D. Extroversion scales

5. Behavioral tests: E. Intelligence scales.

F. Interest inventory scales

Part III. Multiple Choice Items (1 pt. each)

1. One of the following concepts of psychological testing is different from the others
A. Performance tests
B. Achievement tests
C. Self- report tests
D. Behavior observation tests
2. The following statements are true about the concepts of psychological testing EXCEPT
A. Aptitude tests measure a person’s or groups’ current level of accomplishment
B. The chief function of psychological testing is to identify individuals’ differences.
C. The basic and typical use of psychological tests is to make decisions about people.
D. All psychological tests require an individual to perform a behavior.

3. In psychological measurement, the level of scale at which the distance between two samples
of behavior has no meaning refers to
A. Ratio scales
B. Interval scales
C. Nominal scales
D. Ordinal scales

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4. In psychological measurement, the use of numbers and graphs to describe, condense or represent
samples of behavior refers to

A. Inferential statistics
B. Measure of central tendency
C. Descriptive statistics
D. Measure of variability
5. Among the following one is not the function of psychological testing

A. Decision making C. Self-Understanding and Personal Development

B. Psychological Research D. Providing solution for behavior problem
Part IV. Fill in the Blank Space (1 pt. each)

1. A psychological attribute test that measures the product of cumulative life experiences refers to
____________________.
2. The uniform procedures in time, place and situation used in administrating and scoring psychological
tests refers to.____________________.

Part V. Give short answer (1.5 pt. each)

1. Clearly and briefly define psychological testing with its basic defining terminologies.

2. Clearly and briefly describe the concepts of measure of central tendency and measure of

variability in psychological testing realm.

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 Answer Sheet
Name _______________________________ ID ______________

Part I. True/False Part II. Matching Part III. Multiple choices

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Part IV. Fill in the blank space

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