Mizan-Tepi University

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department of Psychology

Test two 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 four parts true/false, 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 response letters.
 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. Reliability is the extent to which a test scores taken by a person remain unaffected on

different occasions by relevant variations and procedures of testing.

2. Validity refers to the consistency of test scores that measures a given psychological characteristic .

3. Intelligence can make differences among people in their behavior and cognitive activities.

4. Crystallized intelligence is an individual's learned factual knowledge and skills.

5. Thurstone proposed two-factor theory of intelligence that resembles general intelligence and

specific mental abilities.

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

1. In psychological testing, if a given test produces similar results when it applied on different
occasions, its reliability refers to
A. Split-half reliability C. Test–retest reliability E. All
B. Alternate-form reliability D. Inter-rater reliability
2. Suppose that ‘x’ institution gave psychological tests for a new employee hopping that
he/she will perform well on the position he/she is going to be assigned. Then after, the
employee successfully performed as forecasted before on the assigned position. The validity
of these tests refers to,
A. Content validity C. Criterion validity E. Concurrent validity
B. Construct validity D. Predictive validity
3. The following statements are true about the existence of intelligence EXCEPT
A. Intelligence can influence individual behavior and personality.
B. Intelligence is the ability to acquire new knowledge.
C. We can determine scientifically valid and useful intelligence from every day human activities.
D. Intelligence is the ability to think rationally and reasonably.
E. Intelligence can make differences among individuals.

4. The source of error variance during test administration that affects a test response due to the
variation within a test, between tests and among items refers to
A. Test administration error variable
B. Test construction error variable
C. Test taker’s error variable
D. Examiner-related error variable
5. The scales that measure children’s intelligence based on the level of their mental age is the
concept that proposed by
A. Alfred Binet C. Lewis Terman

B. Francis Galton D. David Wechsler

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 Part III. Fill in the Blank Space (1 pt. each)

1. The type of reliability in which test scores administered to the same person are correlated
with those obtained on separate occasions refers to _________________________.
2. The type of validity in which psychological tests appear to measure the variable assuring the same
variables refers to ___________________________.
3. According to Thurstone’s theory of intelligence, the ability to derive general rules and principles
from the presented information refers to ______________________________.
4. According to Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence, the ability to sense, perceive and understand
one’s own phenomenological world refers to ________________________________.

Part IV. Give short answer (2.5 pt. each)

1. Clearly and briefly describe the concepts of reliability and validity in psychological testing.

2. List the five theories of intelligence and briefly describe their basic concepts that they have
about intelligence.

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 Answer Sheet
Name _________________________________ ID ______________

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

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Part II. Multiple Choices (1pt. each)

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Part III. Fill in the blank space (1 pt. each)

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