Psychological Testing Questions and Answers

Q: What is not true about within group norms ?

The statement not true of within-group norms is Used standard criterion for the comparative evaluation of group performance.Within-group norms, such as percentiles and standard scores, express an individual's score relative to the performance of the standardisation group. They allow interindividual comparison (one person against others) and intraindividual comparison (one person's standing on different tests, once each is converted to a common scale), and the different types are mutually convertible, for example from standard scores to percentiles in a normal distribution.They evaluate an individual's position within a group, not a group's performance against a fixed standard criterion, so that statement is the one that does not fit.

Q: The scores of symbol search subtest of WISC IV contributes to which index ?

Symbol Search contributes to the Processing Speed Index (PSI).On the WISC-IV the Processing Speed Index is made up of the core subtests Coding and Symbol Search, with Cancellation as a supplemental subtest. All three measure how quickly and accurately a child can scan and respond to simple visual material.The Verbal Comprehension Index rests on Similarities, Vocabulary and Comprehension; the Perceptual Reasoning Index on Block Design, Picture Concepts and Matrix Reasoning; and the Working Memory Index on Digit Span and Letter-Number Sequencing. Symbol Search belongs to none of these.

Q: The following tool is best suited to assess personality disorders :

The tool best suited to personality disorders is the MCMI.The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory was built by Theodore Millon specifically around the personality disorders of the DSM, with scales for each personality pattern alongside clinical syndrome scales. Its main purpose is to assess personality pathology.The MMPI is a broad measure of psychopathology centred on clinical syndromes such as depression and schizophrenia. The MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) is a brief screen for cognitive impairment. The NEO-PI measures the five normal personality domains rather than disorders.

Q: The Children's Apperception Test uses this material in the stimulus cards :

The Children's Apperception Test uses animal pictures.Leopold and Sonya Bellak designed the CAT for children of about 3 to 10, reasoning that young children identify more readily with animals than with people. The cards show animals in human situations, such as bears in a tug-of-war or chicks at a table, and the child tells a story about each.A later version, the CAT-H, substituted human figures, and the adult TAT uses drawn scenes of people, but the standard CAT is the animal form. Photographs and cartoons are not its stimulus material.

Q: In the Wechsler memory scale, which subtest consists of passages ?

The subtest that uses passages is Logical Memory.In Logical Memory the examiner reads short story passages aloud, and the person recalls them immediately and again after a delay. It is the main measure of verbal, meaningful memory in the Wechsler Memory Scale.Mental Control asks for overlearned sequences such as counting backwards. Memory Span (digit span) uses strings of digits. Associate Learning uses word pairs to be learned and recalled. None of them uses connected passages.

Q: The validity scales on the MMPI and MMPI II are represented by the following alphabets :

The MMPI validity scales are L, F, K.The three traditional validity scales are L (Lie), which catches unlikely claims of virtue; F (Infrequency), which catches rare or random responding and faking bad; and K (Correction), which picks up subtle defensiveness and is used to correct several clinical scales. The MMPI-2 kept them and added others such as VRIN, TRIN and F(b).T, F, C; M, P, R; and Y, N, C are not MMPI validity scales. The '?' (Cannot Say) count of unanswered items is the other long-standing validity indicator.

Q: A blank card is used in :

A blank card is used in the TAT.Murray's Thematic Apperception Test includes card 16, which is completely blank. The person imagines a picture on it and tells a story, giving the most unstructured stimulus in the set.The CAT uses pictures of animals, the Rorschach uses ten inkblot cards, and the Bender-Gestalt Test uses nine geometric designs to be copied. None of them has a blank card.

Q: The validity of a psychological test reflects that :

Validity means that the test measures what it purports to measure.A valid test supports the interpretations made from its scores: an anxiety scale measures anxiety, not mood in general. Validity is established through content, criterion-related and construct evidence.The other three options describe reliability. Similar results on repeated use is test-retest reliability, similar results from different versions is parallel or alternate-forms reliability, and positive inter-item correlation is internal consistency. A test can be reliable without being valid.

Q: On the WAIS, the ability to deal with abstract social conventions, rules and expressions is assessed through which test ?

This is the Comprehension subtest.Comprehension asks questions such as why certain social rules exist or what to do in a practical situation, and includes the meaning of proverbs. It taps knowledge of social conventions, practical judgement and the ability to explain abstract social rules and expressions.Information measures general factual knowledge. Similarities asks how two things are alike, testing verbal concept formation rather than social conventions. Picture Completion asks for the missing part of a picture, a test of visual alertness.

91.

What is not true about within group norms ?

A.Used for interindividual comparison
B.Used for intraindividual comparison
C.Used standard criterion for the comparative evaluation of group performance
D.Mutually convertible

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: C

The statement not true of within-group norms is Used standard criterion for the comparative evaluation of group performance.

Within-group norms, such as percentiles and standard scores, express an individual's score relative to the performance of the standardisation group. They allow interindividual comparison (one person against others) and intraindividual comparison (one person's standing on different tests, once each is converted to a common scale), and the different types are mutually convertible, for example from standard scores to percentiles in a normal distribution.

They evaluate an individual's position within a group, not a group's performance against a fixed standard criterion, so that statement is the one that does not fit.

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92.

The scores of symbol search subtest of WISC IV contributes to which index ?

A.Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI)
B.Perceptual Reasoning Index (PRI)
C.Working Memory Index (WMI)
D.Processing Speed Index (PSI)

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: D

Symbol Search contributes to the Processing Speed Index (PSI).

On the WISC-IV the Processing Speed Index is made up of the core subtests Coding and Symbol Search, with Cancellation as a supplemental subtest. All three measure how quickly and accurately a child can scan and respond to simple visual material.

The Verbal Comprehension Index rests on Similarities, Vocabulary and Comprehension; the Perceptual Reasoning Index on Block Design, Picture Concepts and Matrix Reasoning; and the Working Memory Index on Digit Span and Letter-Number Sequencing. Symbol Search belongs to none of these.

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93.

The following tool is best suited to assess personality disorders :

A.MCMI
B.MMPI
C.MOCA
D.NEOPI

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: A

The tool best suited to personality disorders is the MCMI.

The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory was built by Theodore Millon specifically around the personality disorders of the DSM, with scales for each personality pattern alongside clinical syndrome scales. Its main purpose is to assess personality pathology.

The MMPI is a broad measure of psychopathology centred on clinical syndromes such as depression and schizophrenia. The MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) is a brief screen for cognitive impairment. The NEO-PI measures the five normal personality domains rather than disorders.

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94.

The Children's Apperception Test uses this material in the stimulus cards :

A.Photographs
B.Animal pictures
C.Cartoons
D.Human figures

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: B

The Children's Apperception Test uses animal pictures.

Leopold and Sonya Bellak designed the CAT for children of about 3 to 10, reasoning that young children identify more readily with animals than with people. The cards show animals in human situations, such as bears in a tug-of-war or chicks at a table, and the child tells a story about each.

A later version, the CAT-H, substituted human figures, and the adult TAT uses drawn scenes of people, but the standard CAT is the animal form. Photographs and cartoons are not its stimulus material.

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95.

In the Wechsler memory scale, which subtest consists of passages ?

A.Mental control
B.Memory span
C.Associate learning
D.Logical memory

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: D

The subtest that uses passages is Logical Memory.

In Logical Memory the examiner reads short story passages aloud, and the person recalls them immediately and again after a delay. It is the main measure of verbal, meaningful memory in the Wechsler Memory Scale.

Mental Control asks for overlearned sequences such as counting backwards. Memory Span (digit span) uses strings of digits. Associate Learning uses word pairs to be learned and recalled. None of them uses connected passages.

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96.

The validity scales on the MMPI and MMPI II are represented by the following alphabets :

A.T, F, C
B.L, F, K
C.M, P, R
D.Y, N, C

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: B

The MMPI validity scales are L, F, K.

The three traditional validity scales are L (Lie), which catches unlikely claims of virtue; F (Infrequency), which catches rare or random responding and faking bad; and K (Correction), which picks up subtle defensiveness and is used to correct several clinical scales. The MMPI-2 kept them and added others such as VRIN, TRIN and F(b).

T, F, C; M, P, R; and Y, N, C are not MMPI validity scales. The '?' (Cannot Say) count of unanswered items is the other long-standing validity indicator.

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97.

A blank card is used in :

A.CAT
B.Rorschach
C.TAT
D.BGT

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: C

A blank card is used in the TAT.

Murray's Thematic Apperception Test includes card 16, which is completely blank. The person imagines a picture on it and tells a story, giving the most unstructured stimulus in the set.

The CAT uses pictures of animals, the Rorschach uses ten inkblot cards, and the Bender-Gestalt Test uses nine geometric designs to be copied. None of them has a blank card.

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98.

High positive correlation between self-report and observer report on personality questionnaire indicates :

A.High reliability of self-report measure
B.High reliability of other report measure
C.Normative use of other report measure
D.Validity of self-report measure

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: D

A high correlation between self-report and observer report indicates the validity of the self-report measure.

When two different methods, the person's own report and the ratings of someone who knows them, agree closely on the same trait, that agreement is evidence of convergent validity: the self-report is measuring the trait it claims to measure, not merely the person's self-image.

Reliability is consistency of the same measure across time, forms or items, so a correlation between two different sources is not evidence of either measure's reliability as such. 'Normative use' of observer reports is unrelated to the correlation.

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99.

The validity of a psychological test reflects that :

A.on repeated use it yields similar results
B.Multiple versions of the test yield similar results
C.Inter-correlations between items are positive
D.The test measures what it purports to measure

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: D

Validity means that the test measures what it purports to measure.

A valid test supports the interpretations made from its scores: an anxiety scale measures anxiety, not mood in general. Validity is established through content, criterion-related and construct evidence.

The other three options describe reliability. Similar results on repeated use is test-retest reliability, similar results from different versions is parallel or alternate-forms reliability, and positive inter-item correlation is internal consistency. A test can be reliable without being valid.

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100.

On the WAIS, the ability to deal with abstract social conventions, rules and expressions is assessed through which test ?

A.Information
B.Similarities
C.Picture completion
D.Comprehension

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: D

This is the Comprehension subtest.

Comprehension asks questions such as why certain social rules exist or what to do in a practical situation, and includes the meaning of proverbs. It taps knowledge of social conventions, practical judgement and the ability to explain abstract social rules and expressions.

Information measures general factual knowledge. Similarities asks how two things are alike, testing verbal concept formation rather than social conventions. Picture Completion asks for the missing part of a picture, a test of visual alertness.

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