MCQ Bank
The probability of answering the item correctly is ___________ for the low scorers rather than the high scorers.
- A) Higher
- B) Sophisticated
- C) Positive
- D) Lower
Who has devised a procedure for evaluating the validity of tests?
- A) Taylor and Urbina
- B) Taylor and Russell
- C) Taylor and Anastasia
- D) Taylor and Catell
The s” factor indicates:
- A) Superior intelligence
- B) Special intelligence
- C) Specific intelligence
- D) Singular intelligence
First formal measure of intelligence was developed in:
- A) 1905
- B) 1903
- C) 1906
- D) 1904
Lewis Terman gave the first Stanford revision of which of following the scales?
- A) Binet-Spearman intelligence test
- B) Binet-Thurstone intelligence test
- C) Binet-Simon intelligence test
- D) Binet-Terman intelligence test
___________________ is either in form of percentages or proportions of the total number of test takers who attempted an item correctly.
- A) Item-Difficulty Index
- B) Item Similarity Index
- C) Item Discrimination Index
- D) Item familiarity Index
Who claimed that intelligence can be measured in terms of performance of a child?
- A) Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon
- B) Alfred Binet and Charles Spearman
- C) Alfred Binet and Lewis Terman
- D) Alfred Binet and Louis Thurstone
According to Piaget’s theory, development of conservation and mastery of concept of reversibility develops at which stage?
- A) Formal Operational Stage
- B) Preoperational Stage
- C) Sensorimotor stage
- D) Concrete Operational Stage
In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, third stage is known as:
- A) Formal Operational Stage
- B) Sensorimotor Stage
- C) Preoperational Stage
- D) Concrete Operational Stage
Who has given g-factor theory of intelligence?
- A) Carl Rogers
- B) Alfred Adler
- C) Charles Spearman
- D) Jean Piaget
Which of the factor accounts for the ability that is common in all people?
- A) s-factor
- B) g-factor
- C) a-factor
- D) p-factor
_______________is a measure of the difference between the proportion of high scorers and low scorers for answering the item correctly.
- A) None item difficulty index
- B) Zero item difficulty index
- C) Multiple item difficulty index
- D) The item discrimination index
_________ developed the first formal intelligence test in 1905.
- A) Carl Rogers
- B) Jean Piaget
- C) Alfred Binet
- D) Alfred Adler
Which of the following book deals with issues related to validity coefficients?
- A) Standards of Educational and Psychological Testing
- B) Standards of Educational and Psychological Assessment
- C) Standards of Professional and Psychological Assessment
- D) Standards of Professional and Psychological Testing
The “g” factor referred to:
- A) General factor
- B) General intelligence
- C) General ability
- D) General capacity
The acceptable size of validity mainly depends on the:
- A) Purpose of test
- B) Number of items
- C) Construct
- D) Content
The decision in which we have to opt for one of two given decision options is known as:
- A) Dichotomous decision
- B) Fixed decision
- C) Twofold decision
- D) Selected decision
Which of the following concept describes that some properties of an object/mass matter remain unchanged or invariant while some others have been changed?
- A) Egocentric
- B) Object permanence
- C) Symbolism
- D) Conservation
____________refers to the lowest level or point where two consecutive items of approximately equal difficulty are passed.
- A) Mental age
- B) Chronological age
- C) Basal age
- D) Basic age
Validity coefficients in the range of ____________ are commonly considered as high.
- A) .40 to .50
- B) .50 to .60
- C) .30 to .40
- D) .10 to .20