NCTRC Standardized Assessment Instruments Questions and Answers

Question 1

A Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) is working with a client who has recently had a stroke.
The CTRS needs to select a standardized assessment instrument that measures the client's degree of independence in activities of daily living to help plan interventions.
Which of the following assessments would be most appropriate?

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Functional Independence Measure (FIM)

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Leisure Diagnostic Battery (LDB)

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Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)

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Leisure Interest Survey (LIS)

Question 2

When a standardized assessment demonstrates that it consistently produces stable and similar results over time when administered to the same client, it is said to have high:

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Test-retest reliability

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Validity

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Inter-rater reliability

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Internal consistency

Question 3

The Leisure Diagnostic Battery (LDB) is a widely used assessment in therapeutic recreation. Its primary purpose is to measure a client's:

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Perceived freedom in leisure and barriers to leisure

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Functional abilities in self-care

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Overall psychological and social functioning

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Specific leisure and recreational interests

Question 4

A CTRS administers a standardized assessment to a client upon admission to a rehabilitation facility and then administers the same assessment prior to discharge. Why is this process important?

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To evaluate changes in the client's status and measure program effectiveness

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To establish inter-rater reliability of the instrument

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To satisfy the requirements of the facility's billing department

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To compare the client's performance against a national norm group

Question 5

Which of the following BEST describes a norm-referenced standardized assessment?

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An assessment where a client's scores are compared against the scores of a representative group of individuals with similar characteristics.

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An assessment that measures a client's performance against a fixed set of predetermined criteria or standards.

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An informal interview used to gather qualitative data about a client's leisure history.

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An observational tool that requires the therapist to record the frequency of a specific behavior.

Question 6

The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale, while formerly used in the DSM-IV, provides a single score to rate an individual's:

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Social, occupational, and psychological functioning

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Level of independence in leisure activities

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Physical endurance and motor skills

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Perception of control over life events