EPPP Test Assessment and Diagnosis Principles Questions and Answers

Question 1

A test developer wants to assess the reliability of a new anxiety scale.
They administer 'Form A' of the scale to a group of participants.
One week later, they administer 'Form B,' a different set of questions designed to measure the same construct, to the same group.
They then correlate the scores from Form A and Form B.
This procedure is designed to evaluate which type of reliability?

Accepted Answer

Alternate forms reliability

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Test-retest reliability

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Split-half reliability

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Inter-rater reliability

Question 2

The DSM-5-TR includes the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) to help clinicians gather and organize culturally relevant information. Which of the following is one of the four principal domains assessed by the core CFI?

Accepted Answer

Cultural perceptions of cause, context, and support

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Client's family history of migration

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Client's preferred language for clinical documentation

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Assessment of socioeconomic status and education

Question 3

A psychologist is conducting an initial intake interview with a new adult client who has been referred for anxiety. Which of the following should be the psychologist's first and most critical priority during the initial phase of this first session?

Accepted Answer

Establishing rapport and explaining the process of informed consent

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Administering a brief symptom checklist to establish a baseline

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Gathering a detailed family and social history

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Confronting the client's cognitive distortions about therapy

Question 4

A 24-year-old client presents with a one-week history of a persistently elevated and irritable mood, decreased need for sleep (sleeping 2 hours per night), racing thoughts, and excessive involvement in high-risk behaviors, including spending their entire savings on a 'guaranteed' business venture. The client's functioning is severely impaired, and they were brought to the clinic by concerned family members. The client has a history of major depressive episodes. Based on the DSM-5-TR, what is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Bipolar I Disorder

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Cyclothymic Disorder

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Major Depressive Disorder with mixed features

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Bipolar II Disorder

Question 5

A psychologist is developing a new self-report questionnaire to measure 'scholarly aptitude' in graduate students. To ensure the items on the questionnaire adequately sample the full range of behaviors and knowledge related to this concept (e.g., critical thinking, research skills, academic writing), the psychologist's primary initial focus should be on establishing which type of validity?

Accepted Answer

Content validity

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Criterion-related validity

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Convergent validity

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Divergent validity

Question 6

A psychologist administers the MMPI-3 to a client. The results are reported in T-scores. Which of the following correctly identifies the mean and standard deviation of a T-score distribution?

Accepted Answer

Mean of 50, SD of 10

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Mean of 100, SD of 15

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Mean of 0, SD of 1

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Mean of 10, SD of 3