Assessment & Testing - Chapter 2

Relative to assessment, which of the following is NOT addressed in ethical codes?

The importance of test security

Specific ethical decision-making models

Proper test administration

Proper test scoring and interpretation

Specific ethical decision-making models

According to the level system, ______________ tests require require[s] "technical knowledge of test construction and use and appropriate advanced coursework in psychology and related courses (e.g., statistics, individual differences, and counseling)" (p. 23).

Level B

Level A

Level C

Level D

Level B

Per the ethical codes, which of the following situations would be acceptable for you to break confidentiality?

Your client admits to occasionally smoking marijuana.

Your client is a college student, and his parents demand to speak with you about their son's clinical needs.

Your supervisor wants to talk to you about a client who has complex needs that you are having difficulty addressing and need help with.

Your client's psychiatrist calls because it is time for the client's Xanax refill and wants to know about her status.

Your supervisor wants to talk to you about a client who has complex needs that you are having difficulty addressing and need help with.

In addition to ethical codes, other standards in testing exist. Which of the following is not a well-known standard?

The Standards for the Qualifications of Tests Users

The Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education

Assessment Standards for Human Services Practitioner

Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Test

Assessment Standards for Human Services Practitioner

Which of the following laws assures the right of individuals to access their school records, including test records?

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act FERPA

Carl Perkins Act (PL 98-524)

Civil Rights Acts (1964 and amendments)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

FERPA

This law assures proper test administration, that accommodations be made for individuals with disabilities who are taking tests for employment and that testing be shown to be relevant to the job in question.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Civil Rights Acts (1964 and amendments)

Carl Perkins Act (PL 98-524)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

To act as an expert witness in a child custody lawsuit, it is best to have specialized training in __________.

Child Protective Services

high-stakes testing

divorce law and child custody litigation

forensic evaluations

forensic evaluations

Andy has come in to meet with a counselor due to depression. While going through his assessment, Andy states that he has had thoughts of harming himself and has had a plan. He says that he doesn't have a plan currently but cannot promise he won't want to hurt himself later. The counselor breaks confidentiality and calls 911. Why can the counselor break confidentially?

The counselor does not want to feel guilty for not helping if the client does harm himself

If the client harms himself, then the counselor might lose other clients as a result.

The counselor can lose his or her job if the client ends up harming himself.

The client is presenting as a danger to himself or others.

The client is presenting as a danger to himself or others.

How does FERPA protect the privacy of students in a college setting?

FERPA protects the school from liability if there are mistakes in the student's records.

In accordance with FERPA, parents cannot call and invade their children's privacy.

FERPA allows the students' parents to receive records because they are the ones paying for the education.

FERPA protects students who are failing from facing their family.

In accordance with FERPA, parents cannot call and invade their children's privacy.

Informed consent involves ensuring that clients obtain information about the ____________ and purpose of the assessment process and for clients to give their permission to be assessed.

benefits

compensation

rewards

nature

nature

All but which of the following are methods to determine test worthiness?

Validity

Reliability

Informed consent about the assessment process

Cross-cultural fairness

Informed consent about the assessment process

Leyla is looking at a table citing the Standards for Responsible Test Usage. Which standard would Leyla consult if she wanted to gain assistance in implementing responsible testing practices?

Rights and Responsibilities of Test Takers

Standards for Multicultural Assessment

Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (RUST)

Standards for Qualifications of Test Users

Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (RUST)

Rivka has been reviewing Corey, Corey, Corey, and Callahan's model that suggests that practitioners go through eight steps when making complex ethical decisions. After identifying the problem or dilemma, which is the next step in their model?

Review the ethical guidelines.

Know the applicable laws and regulations.

Obtain consultation.

Identify the potential issues involved.

Identify the potential issues involved.

After Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996, three main rules that underscored HIPAA's purpose went into effect. All but which of the following are rules underscoring HIPAA?

Transaction rule

Security rules

Process rule

Privacy

Process rule

Michiko is setting up documents for a new office that offers assessments, psychotherapy, and medication management. As she reviews documents to make sure they are all HIPAA compliant, what salient features of the HIPAA should she be sure to include?

Clients are given information regarding their right to privacy, medication records are kept separate from the client files, employees are trained to protect the privacy of clients, and client records are secure.

Clients are given information regarding their right to privacy, agencies have clear procedures established to protect client privacy, employees are trained to protect the privacy of clients, and communication services should be confidential.

Clients are given information regarding their right to privacy, agencies have clear procedures established to protect client privacy, employees are trained to protect the privacy of clients, and client records are secure.

Clients are given information regarding their right to privacy, communication services should be confidential, medication records are kept separate from the client files, and client records are secure.

Clients are given information regarding their right to privacy, agencies have clear procedures established to protect client privacy, employees are trained to protect the privacy of clients, and client records are secure.

Who can waive the right to privileged conversations?

Only the client

A judge

The client's lawyer

The client or the client's lawyer

Only the client

In 1964, the federal government passed the first of a number of laws to ban a broad spectrum of discrimination in the United States. This first act was focused on banning racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment. Since that time, a number of far-reaching amendments of the original law have been passed. Relative to testing, the laws assert that any test used for employment or promotion must be shown to be

suitable and valid for the job in question.

tests that only focus on promotion not demotion.

culturally aware.

feature language supported under Affirmative Action.

suitable and valid for the job in question.

How did the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) affect testing?

Accommodations must be made for individuals with disabilities who are taking tests for employment and that testing must be shown to be relevant to the job in question.

Individuals with disabilities may opt out of taking tests for employment but must work with employers to find other ways to demonstrate skills that are relevant to the job in question.

Individuals with disabilities must be excused from taking tests for employment even if that testing is shown to be relevant to the job in question.

Accommodations must be made for individuals with disabilities or the individuals must offer an alternative assessment to employers to demonstrate skills that are relevant to the job in question.

Accommodations must be made for individuals with disabilities who are taking tests for employment and that testing must be shown to be relevant to the job in question.

Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education (IDEA) law focuses on testing in the schools and assures the right of a student between the age of 3 and 21 to be tested, at the school system's expense, if he or she is suspected of having a disability that interferes with learning. The law asserts that if a student is assessed and found to have a disability, schools must ensure that the student is given accommodations for his or her disability and taught within the

environment that has students most similar to their level of functioning.

least restrictive environment.

best environment for their needs.

most restrictive environment.

least restrictive environment.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act states that assessment for programs must measure ability not

potential.

cognitive functioning.

environment.

disability.

disability

Which of the following populations would NOT be eligible for financial grants funded by the Carl Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006?

Single pregnant women

Children of individuals with limited English proficiency

Displaced homemakers

Foster children

Children of individuals with limited English proficiency

If Melina wanted to join the division of the American Counseling Association that focuses on the testing, diagnosis, the training, and supervision of those who do assessment, she should consider joining

Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC).

Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).

Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CORE).

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development (MECD).

Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC).

Areas that forensic psychologists would assess in civil cases could include all but which of the following?

Guardianship

Child custody

Juvenile waiver

Deprivation of parental rights

Juvenile waiver

If an examiner was only using one test to assess Eleanor's learning needs, the examiner would not be using a _______ process.

creative

continuous

holistic

culturally aware

holistic

AARC's codes and standards have stressed that individuals who give tests and use assessment procedures should, at the minimum, keep all but which of the following in mind when conducting assessments?

Know and consider the implications that testing may have for the client.

Assume that all tests hold some bias.

Only pick assessments that connect with the client's life and experiences.

Only use tests that have been shown to be constructed using sound research procedures.

Only pick assessments that connect with the client's life and experiences.