Legal Compliance & Ethical Assessment Practices Flashcards

Test security is breached when a candidate shares live exam questions online. Ethically, the assessor's organization should FIRST:

Answer: Assess the extent of exposure and determine whether test integrity is compromised

The first step after a security breach is to assess the scope of exposure to determine the impact on test integrity before deciding remediation actions.

Which principle of the APA Ethics Code most directly governs a KSA assessor's obligation to accurately represent the limitations of an assessment tool?

Answer: Integrity

The Integrity principle requires psychologists and assessors to be honest and accurate, including acknowledging the limitations of their methods and findings.

An organization uses a personality test that has not been validated for the specific job family being assessed. This practice violates which UGESP requirement?

Answer: The requirement that selection procedures be valid for the specific job

UGESP requires that any selection procedure be validated for the specific job or job family for which it is used; generic or off-label use is not permissible.

When a candidate requests access to their own assessment results under privacy regulations, the ethical assessor should:

Answer: Provide scores and interpretive information in an understandable format

Candidates generally have a right to receive their scores and meaningful feedback; assessors must balance transparency with protecting test security.

A KSA assessor learns that a panel member is the cousin of one applicant. The most appropriate action is to:

Answer: Remove the panel member from evaluating that applicant to avoid bias

A familial relationship creates a conflict of interest; removing the panel member from that applicant's evaluation preserves objectivity and legal defensibility.

Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires federal contractors with contracts over a specified threshold to take affirmative action for:

Answer: Qualified individuals with disabilities

Section 503 mandates that federal contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance qualified individuals with disabilities.

If an assessment tool yields different factor structures across demographic groups, this is evidence of a lack of:

Answer: Measurement invariance

Measurement invariance means a test measures the same constructs in the same way across groups; differential factor structure indicates it may not be comparable across groups.