Psychological Testing Questions and Answers

121.

Read each of the following two statements : Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Projective testing would be of the greatest interest to psychodynamic personality psychologist.
Reason (R) : Projective testing is designed to uncover unconscious thoughts, feelings, and conflicts.
Codes :

A.Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) explains (A). Projective tests such as the Rorschach and TAT use ambiguous stimuli so that the person projects unconscious thoughts, feelings and conflicts, and these are the central concerns of the psychodynamic personality psychologist.

That is why the psychodynamic view is most interested in them. The options calling either statement false, or saying that the reason is not the explanation, do not fit this link.

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122.

Read each of the following two statements - Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes below :

Assertion (A) : In Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS), forced choice format is used.
Reason (R) : Forced choice format reduces acquiescence response set.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The assertion is true and the reason is false. The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule does use a forced choice format, in which the person must choose between two statements matched for social desirability. The reason claims that this format reduces the acquiescence response set, and the key treats this as false, because the purpose of the matching and forced choice of the EPPS is to control social desirability and not acquiescence. So option C is correct. Options A and B need a true reason and D needs a false assertion.

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123.

Speed and power tests can be distinguished on the basis of :

1. Time limit
2. Difficulty level
3. Verbal/Non-verbal content

A.1 and 2
B.1 and 3
C.2 and 3
D.1, 2 and 3

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Speed tests and power tests are told apart by the time limit and the difficulty level of the items. A speed test has easy items with a strict time limit, so scores depend on how many are done in time, while a power test has items of increasing difficulty and a generous time limit so that scores depend on the level reached. Verbal or non-verbal content does not distinguish them, because both kinds of test can use either, so only statements 1 and 2 are correct.

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124.

A test of Abstract Thinking had the norms in terms of normalized T scores (Mean = 50, SD = 10). If the subject received a T score of 60, what would be his percentile rank ?

A.16
B.60
C.66
D.84

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

A T score has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, so a T score of 60 is one standard deviation above the mean.\[ z = \frac{60 - 50}{10} = 1 \]In a normal distribution about 84 percent of the scores lie below z = +1, so the percentile rank is about 84. The value 16 is the rank for z = -1, and 60 and 66 do not correspond to a z score of 1. A quick check: in the normal curve about 68 percent of scores fall within one standard deviation of the mean, which leaves about 16 percent above +1 SD, so the person is at about the 84th percentile.

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125.

Some steps in test construction are listed below :

1. Internal consistency assessment
2. Item analysis
3. Test-retest reliability
4. Item writing

Usually, the above steps are carried out in the following sequence.

A.4, 2, 1, 3
B.4, 1, 3, 2
C.2, 4, 1, 3
D.4, 3, 2, 1

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The usual sequence in test construction is: item writing (4), item analysis (2) on the tried-out items, then the assessment of internal consistency (1), and finally test-retest reliability (3) on the final form. The code is 4, 2, 1, 3. The other options place the reliability checks before item analysis, or item analysis before item writing, which cannot be done since there are no items to analyse. Reliability can be examined only after the items have been written and the weak ones removed by item analysis, which is why the reliability steps come last.

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126.

Which of the following attitude scaling method/s has/have been proposed by L.L. Thurstone ?

1. Paired comparison
2. Summated ratings
3. Scalogram
4. Equal appearing intervals

A.2 only
B.4 only
C.1 and 4 only
D.2 and 3 only

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

L. L. Thurstone proposed the method of paired comparison (1) and the method of equal-appearing intervals (4) for attitude scaling. Summated ratings is the method of Likert, and scalogram analysis is the method of Guttman, so statements 2 and 3 are wrong. The answer is 1 and 4 only, and the options naming only one method or naming 2 and 3 are incorrect. Likert's method uses summated ratings, so statement 2 belongs to him, and Guttman's scalogram analysis is statement 3, which makes the options with 2 or 3 wrong.

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127.

Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer using the given codes :

List - I (Validity type)	List - II (Brief description)
p. Predictive validity	1. Covering all the important areas in a given course of study
q. Concurrent validity	2. Yielding theoretically consistent results
r. Construct validity	3. High relationship between the new test and the established test of same trait
s. Content validity	4. Forecasting some significant behaviour on the basis of test scores

A.3 4 2 1
B.4 3 1 2
C.2 1 4 3
D.4 3 2 1

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

Predictive validity is forecasting some significant behaviour on the basis of test scores (4), concurrent validity is a high relationship between the new test and an established test of the same trait (3), construct validity is yielding theoretically consistent results (2), and content validity is covering all the important areas of a given course of study (1). The code is 4 3 2 1. The other codes mix these descriptions, for instance giving content validity to forecasting behaviour.

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128.

Read the following two statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Median is used as a measure of scale value in method of equal appearing intervals.
Reason (R) : In normal distribution mean, median and mode are identical.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

Both statements are true but the reason does not explain the assertion, so the answer is option B.

In Thurstone's method of equal appearing intervals, judges sort statements into categories, and the median of the judges' placements is taken as the scale value of each statement, so the assertion is true. It is also true that in a normal distribution the mean, median and mode coincide. That identity does not give the reason the median is chosen in this method, which is that it is a stable measure that is little affected by a few extreme judgements, so the reason is not the explanation.

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129.

Assertion (A) : Paper-pencil selfreport personality inventories are very useful in personnel selection.

Reason (R) : In selection situation, paper-pencil, self-report inventories are sensitive to impression management.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

The assertion is false and the reason is true, so the answer is option D.

Self-report personality inventories are not very useful in personnel selection, because applicants know the test affects the job decision and try to make a good impression, which is faking or impression management, so the reason is true. Since this undermines the usefulness of the inventories, the assertion that they are very useful is false.

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130.

Arrange the following tests in increasing order of their saturation on projective criteria.

1. Thematic Apperception Test
2. Differential Aptitude Test
3. Rorschach Ink Blot Test
4. Incomplete Sentence Blank

A.3 1 2 4
B.2 4 3 1
C.3 1 4 2
D.2 4 1 3

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

The increasing order of saturation on projective criteria is Differential Aptitude Test, Incomplete Sentence Blank, Thematic Apperception Test, Rorschach, which is option D (2 4 1 3).

The Differential Aptitude Test is an ability test with no projective element. The Incomplete Sentence Blank is semi-structured, with some projection. The Thematic Apperception Test asks for stories to pictures, which is more projective, and the Rorschach ink blots are the least structured stimuli and the most projective. Options A, B and C place the Rorschach or the aptitude test out of position.

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