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1.Societal concerns over individual decisions made from psychological tests include a)concern that tests are given too much weight in decision making b)concern that tests might influence an individual’s decisions or actions in a manner                           which is not beneficial c)concern that psychological tests provide inaccurate information d) both a and b 2.Institutional decisions are generally concerned with the ________ of decisions based              upon psychological tests. a)fairness b)predictability c)difficulty d)none of the above 3.__________ decisions require a greater amount of information and more precise              measurement than _________ decisions. a)individual; institutional b)institutional; individual c) comparative; absolute d)absolute; comparative 4.Ray must hire a new secretary from a pool of applicants. Bob must decide who is              qualified to become a lifeguard. Which decision would require the most precise measurement? a)Ray’s b) Bob’s c)it depends on the validity of the test d)neither decision requires a great deal of precision in measurement 5.The debate over ability testing involves all of the following EXCEPT a)whether or not scores reflect all examinee behaviors b) whether differences in ability are large enough to matter c)whether tests help or hurt minorities d)whether equity or efficiency should be emphasized 6.Conclusions about whether or not there are true differences between groups in cognitive ability seem to indicate a)test bias alone does not explain differences in test scores b)there are some real differences in cognitive ability c)differences in cognitive ability are neither fixed nor permanent d)all of the above 7.The use of psychological tests in decision making a)consistently helps minorities b)consistently hurts minorities c)may help to control some of the subjectivity in other methods d)makes absolutely no difference 8.A test user whose greatest concern is the efficiency of test results would most likely              choose a test which leads to a)large increases in minority hiring and small increases in profits b)large decreases in minority hiring and small increases in profits c)moderate decreases in minority hiring and large increases in profits d)small increases in minority hiring and large decreases in profits 9.Decisions about balancing equity vs. efficiency should a)always be in favor of efficiency b)always be in favor of equity c)depend upon the values the individual chooses to uphold d)be treated as equally important 10.In employment testing, individuals are more likely to object to personality inventories, attitude surveys, and integrity tests than ability and achievement tests because they a) contain items which will be interpreted subjectively b)are not seen as relevant c)contain items which are too difficult to answer d)none of the above 1