Test, Measurement and Evaluation Questions and Answers

Answer: B

The somatotype rating sequence is endomorph - mesomorph - ectomorph.

In Sheldon's system and the Heath-Carter method, a somatotype is written as three numbers in a fixed order: endomorphy (relative fatness), mesomorphy (musculoskeletal robustness) and ectomorphy (linearity). For example, 2-5-3 describes a fairly muscular, moderately lean person.

The other sequences change the order of the three components, which would make the ratings impossible to compare.

Answer: D

The subjective method of measuring physical activity is the log book.

A log book or activity diary relies on the person's own report of what activity was done, for how long and how hard, so it is a subjective (self-report) method, like questionnaires and recall interviews. It is cheap but open to recall errors and over-reporting.

Heart rate telemetry, pedometers and accelerometers record physiological or movement data with instruments, so they are objective methods.

Answer: B

The practical limits of the Hull scale are -3.5 to +3.5 standard deviations.

The Hull scale, used to convert raw scores of physical tests into scale scores, has a mean of 50 and spreads the range of 0 to 100 points over 3.5 standard deviations on either side of the mean, so each standard deviation is about 14 points.

The T-scale, by contrast, covers -5 to +5 standard deviations with 10 points per standard deviation, and the 6-sigma scale covers -3 to +3. The -5.5 to +5.5 range is not used by any of these scales.

Answer: D

The correct matching is (a)-(3), (b)-(4), (c)-(1), (d)-(2).

• Cardiorespiratory fitness: Harvard step test, which uses recovery heart rate after stepping (a-3).
• Strength: pull ups, a test of the arm and shoulder muscles (b-4).
• Agility: the side step test, rapid sideways movement between lines (c-1).
• Power: the medicine ball throw, an explosive upper-body action (d-2).

The bridge up is a flexibility test and matches none of the four components. The other codes misplace these, for example treating the step test as a strength test.

Answer: A

The key's answer is that a sports skill test should be measured in a game like situation.

A sports skill test is meant to tell us how well a person can use a skill when actually playing. Its scores mean something only when the test conditions resemble the game: the movement, the speed, the target and the pressure should be those of real play. A volleyball serve test, for example, has the player serve over a net into target areas of a real court rather than hit a ball against a wall.

Validity and reliability are qualities every good test needs, and the key treats them as general requirements rather than the source of a skill test's meaningfulness. 'Representative of sport' is vaguer: a test can sample a sport's skills without being performed under game-like conditions.

Answer: C

Agreement between scores from two different testers is objectivity.

Objectivity, also called inter-rater or inter-tester reliability, is the degree to which a test gives the same results whoever administers and scores it. It is checked by having two testers administer the same test to the same group and correlating their scores.

Reliability usually refers to consistency when the same test is repeated on the same people, validity to whether the test measures what it should, and norms are reference scores for interpreting results.

Answer: B

Psychological tests measure a specific set of attribute of the person.

A psychological test is a standardised measure of a sample of behaviour that reflects particular traits or abilities, such as anxiety, aggression, motivation or intelligence. Each test is designed to measure a defined attribute or set of attributes, not the whole person.

No test can measure 'the total person', and 'characteristics of psychic nature' is vague rather than a description of what tests do, so 'All of the above' is wrong too.

Answer: A

The index is item discrimination.

In item analysis, the discrimination index shows how well a test item distinguishes between high scorers and low scorers on the whole test. A good item is answered correctly by more of the top group than of the bottom group.

Item difficulty is the proportion of all candidates who answer the item correctly, regardless of their overall scores. Item revision is the improvement of weak items after analysis, and item consistency concerns how an item agrees with the rest of the test, not how it separates good and poor students.

Answer: D

The sequence is (1) (3) (4) (2).

1. Develop a test schedule: decide the order of tests, timing and groups.
2. Provide all necessary equipment: prepare and check equipment and the testing area.
3. Administer the test items according to the standard instructions.
4. Interpret the test results, comparing scores with norms.

The other orders either administer the test before planning and preparing for it, or interpret results before they exist.

Answer: C

The one that is not a skinfold site is the shoulder.

Standard skinfold sites used to estimate body fat include the triceps, biceps, chest, midaxillary line, subscapular (just below the shoulder blade), suprailiac (above the hip bone), abdominal (beside the navel) and thigh. Formulas such as those of Jackson and Pollock combine several of them.

The shoulder itself is not a standard site; the nearest one, subscapular, is measured on the back below the shoulder blade.