What is a likely consequence if a test elicits a variety of opinions about a person depending on who is rating the person?

1.   ?    The test will have a lower redundancy coefficient
2.   ?    The test will have higher internal consistency
3.   ?    The test will be able to predict outcomes with greater accuracy
4.   ?    The test will have lower interrater reliability

The item format in which the examinee freely chooses how to end an incomplete sentence is typically called:

1.   ?    fill-in-the-blank
2.   ?    sentence completion
3.   ?    choose-the-ending
4.   ?    partial free response

What is measured in personality assessment?

1.   ?    social skills
2.   ?    traits and states
3.   ?    charisma
4.   ?    communication skills

Type A and Type B Personality are associated with which personality inventory?

1.   ?    Self-Directed Search
2.   ?    Jenkins Activity Survey
3.   ?    MMPI-2
4.   ?    Myers-Briggs

The Self-Directed Search Tests are based on six personality ______?

1.   ?    mood
2.   ?    states
3.   ?    types
4.   ?    a combination of mood, states, and types

A personality profile represents the extent to which a person has demonstrated certain ____________.

1.   ?    personality types
2.   ?    personality states
3.   ?    personality traits
4.   ?    personality types, states, and traits

The history of personality types dates as far back as which of the following?

1.   ?    Hippocrates
2.   ?    Jung
3.   ?    Freud
4.   ?    Myers-Briggs

In which test are the subjects alternately instructed to indicate how they feel “right now” and how they feel “generally”?

1.   ?    Mooney Problem Checklist
2.   ?    WISC-III
3.   ?    MMPI
4.   ?    STAI

Personality assessment data are used in all but the following settings.

1.   ?    the private clinician’s office
2.   ?    educational
3.   ?    vocational
4.   ?    content

In empirical criterion keying, test items are administered to two groups: one comprises people known to exhibit the trait, and the other is a control group. What is the purpose of this method?

1.   ?    to increase the size of the sample of Testtakers
2.   ?    to make certain that a matched standardization group is used
3.   ?    to retain items that discriminate between the two groups
4.   ?    to make certain people with a variety of personalities are represented in the normative sample

Which test includes a Lie scale?

1.   ?    MMPI-2
2.   ?    Whatley - Wasieleski
3.   ?    16 PF
4.   ?    Cartman - Broflovski

The most frequently used and most researched personality test is the:

1.   ?    Mooney Problem Checklist
2.   ?    Rorschach
3.   ?    16 PF
4.   ?    MMPI-2

Self-report can include all but which of the following forms?

1.   ?    oral and written responses
2.   ?    keeping a diary
3.   ?    reporting one’s own thoughts and feelings
4.   ?    having others tell you about your thoughts and feelings

Citing only positive attributes in a self-report measure of personality is a phenomenon referred to as:

1.   ?    projecting
2.   ?    amplifying
3.   ?    self-deception
4.   ?    social desirability

The Semantic Differential rating technique consists of:

1.   ?    a 7-point numerical scale with numbers keyed to descriptors
2.   ?    bipolar adjectives and a 7-point rating scale
3.   ?    an alphabetical 7-point rating scale with letters keyed to descriptors
4.   ?    an open-ended format