Test, Measurement and Evaluation Questions and Answers

Answer: D

The Kraus-Weber test is designed to measure the minimum muscular fitness, in terms of strength and flexibility, of the back, abdominal and leg muscles. Failure on any of its six items indicates a lack of minimum fitness. It was used in the studies comparing American and European children.

The Tuttle pulse ratio is a test of cardiovascular response to exercise. The other options do not measure the minimum strength and flexibility required for normal living, which is the particular purpose of the Kraus-Weber items.

Answer: B

Cardio-respiratory efficiency is best measured by the Harvard step test, in which the subject steps up and down at a set rate and the pulse is counted during recovery to give a fitness index. A faster return of the pulse shows better efficiency of the heart and lungs.

The Indiana motor fitness test measures general motor fitness items such as strength, agility and power, and not heart-lung endurance. The other two listed tests are not the usual measures of cardio-respiratory efficiency.

Answer: B

The purpose of a test, whether it measures what it is meant to measure, is established through validity. A test of speed is valid if it really measures speed and not something else, such as strength.

Reliability is the consistency of results on repeated measurement. Objectivity is the agreement between different scorers. The split-half method is a way of working out reliability from two halves of the test. None of those says whether the test serves its purpose.

Answer: B

The split-half method measures internal consistency. The test is divided into two halves, such as odd and even items, and the scores of the halves are correlated, then corrected with the Spearman-Brown formula to give the reliability of the whole test.

External consistency means stability across time or forms, as with test-retest or equivalent forms. Split-half uses one administration only, so it cannot be external or a mix of both.

Answer: D

Relative strength is the ratio of absolute strength to body weight, so it tells how strong a person is for his size and lets lifters of different weights be compared fairly.

\[ RS = \frac{\text{lift}}{\text{body weight}} \]

\[ = \frac{140}{50} = 2.8 \]

So the relative strength of the lifter is 2.8. The values 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 would come from lifts of 125, 130 and 135 kg by a 50 kg lifter, so none of them matches a 140 kg lift.

Answer: D

The key gives the AAHPER youth fitness test sequence as pull ups, bent knee sit ups, shuttle run, standing broad jump, 50 yard dash and 600 yard run (II, IV, III, V, I and VI). The items are printed with some words missing, as 'standing broad' and '600 yard jump'.

The test runs strength items first and endurance last. The 600 yard run is the last, so options that place the 50 yard dash first, or that end with another item, do not match this order.

Answer: B

The key gives the rectangular target sizes in the Johnson basketball throw for accuracy as 20 by 10 inches, 40 by 25 inches and 40 by 60 inches (II, IV and V). The test scores a throw by the target it hits.

The remaining sizes in the list, 15 by 10 and 35 by 25 inches, are not part of the key's answer, so options carrying I or III are wrong. Option (D), which lists four sizes, is also wrong, since the key accepts a set of three. The choice rests on the key's identification of the target sizes.

Answer: D

Anatomical age is judged from the quality of bone structure (2). Physiological age is judged from puberty and the secretion of hormones (3). Chronological age is age in years, months and days (1). Mental age is measured by problem solving (4). This gives 2, 3, 1, 4.

Chronological age is the one counted from the date of birth, so it must take the years, months and days item, which excludes the codes that give it anything else.

Answer: A

The Bass stick test measures balance (4). The Burpee test measures agility (3). The McCloy test is a strength test (5). The bridge up test measures flexibility (1). This gives 4, 3, 5, 1.

The Bass test is the stick-stand balance test, and the Burpee squat thrust is the classic agility test. Cognitive aptitude (2) does not match any of these four tests, so options using it are wrong, and the code that gives the bridge up test balance or strength is also wrong.

Answer: A

Both statements are true and R explains A. A standardized test is one that has been scientifically constructed, with a fixed procedure for giving and scoring it, with norms, and applicable widely, not only to one group or place.

The reason adds that its scientific authenticity must be well established, through trials of reliability, validity and objectivity. That established authenticity is what justifies the universal applicability named in A, so R explains A and the options that deny the link are wrong.