Deck 16: Assessment

Question 1

Assessment should be performed for the purpose of

A) screening students
B) determining student progress
C) evaluating the educational program
D) determining the content of the educational program
E) all selections are correct

Answer 1

E

Question 2

A "reliable" test measures

A) what it claims to measure
B) specific content
C) student performance consistently
D) norm-referenced items

Answer 2

C

Question 3

To reduce the uneasy feeling that often accompanies test-taking

A) keep the testing room slightly colder than usual
B) engage in informal discussions with students prior to testing
C) do not tell the students exactly what they will be doing during the assessment
D) use words like test immediately before the exam to familiarize them with the situation

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A measure of central tendency is the

A) standard deviation
B) mean
C) mode
D) correlation coefficient
E) standard deviation and correlation coefficient
F) mean and mode

Question 5

The mean is the

A) 45th percentile
B) most commonly occurring score
C) arithmetic average
D) variability of scores

Question 6

Measures of variability describe the

A) spread of scores in a distribution
B) central tendency of a distribution of scores
C) reliability of an assessment instrument
D) validity of an assessment instrument

Question 7

Sixty-eight percent of the population in a normal distribution falls between

A) +1 SD (standard deviation) and -1 SD
B) +2 SD and -2 SD
C) +3 SD and -3 SD
D) +4 SD and -4 SD

Question 8

Susan scored 80 on a hypothetical, subjective assessment of her throwing maturity. The mean for her class was 60, and the standard deviation was 10. So Susan performed

A) 20 standard deviation units above the mean
B) 4 standard deviation units above the mean
C) 2 standard deviation units above the mean
D) 1 standard deviation unit above the mean

Question 9

Observing children during free play and coaxing them into nonspontaneous, new movements for the purpose of assessment briefly describes

A) total body approach to testing fundamental movement
B) component approach to testing fundamental movement
C) the Test of Gross Motor Development- 3
D) transdisciplinary play-based assessment

Question 10

An example of a process-oriented assessment instrument is the

A) Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-4
B) SIGMA
C) Test of Gross Motor Development-3
D) all above selections are norm-referenced

Question 11

A criterion-referenced test compares a person's performance level with

A) the performance of others with similar characteristics
B) their own previous performance levels
C) an arbitrarily determined criterion
D) established norms

Question 12

An example of a process-oriented assessment is measuring

A) ball velocity in throwing
B) time in the mile run
C) accuracy of a soccer kick
D) techniques used in catching

Question 13

The component approach to assessing fundamental movement

A) identifies developmental characteristics of body parts within a task
B) is a product-oriented assessment technique
C) can be administered quickly and easily with minimal preparation
D) is based on the idea that all children develop similarly

Question 14

An instrument designed to test 12 object-control and locomotor skills in children from 3 to 11 years is the

A) Halverson Motor Skill Inventory
B) Fundamental Motor Pattern Assessment Instrument
C) Scale of Intra-gross Motor Assessment
D) Test of Gross Motor Development-3

Question 15

Research has shown that an exercise science student (or physical education student) is likely to exhibit an acceptable level of proficiency in administering the Test of Gross Motor Development after as little as how many minutes of training?

A) 50
B) 100
C) 150
D) 300
E) 450

Question 16

Which of the following health-related physical fitness tests can be appropriately administered to individuals who exhibit disabilities such as visual impairments, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, and amputations?

A) FITNESSGRAM
B) Brockport
C) The Senior Fitness Test
D) AAU
E) none of the above

Question 17

What do the following sentences refer to :
-A form of assessment used to determine if an individual should be referred for further testing.

Question 18

What do the following sentences refer to :
-Sometimes referred to as interrater reliability.

Question 19

What do the following sentences refer to :
-Consistency of test results.

Question 20

What do the following sentences refer to :
-A measure of test variability.

Question 21

What do the following sentences refer to :
-A type of assessment in which the most important element being assessed is performance form and technique.

Question 22

What do the following sentences refer to :
-A health-related physical fitness test specifically designed to assess individuals with various disabilities.

Question 23

What do the following sentences refer to :
-Currently the most popular health-related fitness test for individuals 5 to 18 years of age. .

Question 24

What do the following sentences refer to :
-An assessment instrument specifically designed to assess only lower extremity functioning in elderly adults.

Question 25

What do the following sentences refer to :
-Deemed to be an acceptable level for a correlation coefficient. .

Question 26

What do the following sentences refer to :
-The most important characteristic of an ideal test.

Question 27

Test norms are population specific.

Question 28

Interrater reliability is the test scorer's freedom from error.

Question 29

The most important variable of an ideal test is test validity.

Question 30

Plus and minus one standard deviation unit around the mean encompasses approximately 68% of the population.

Question 31

The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-4 is an example of a normed-reference assessment instrument.

Question 32

SIGMA is an example of a product-oriented assessment.

Question 33

The Test of Gross Motor Development- 3 can be used with children between 3 and 12 years of age.

Question 34

The most widely used instrument for assessing health-related physical fitness is the FITNESS GRAM/ACTIVITY GRAM.

Question 35

The Brockport Physical Fitness Test was specifically developed to assess health-related physical fitness in populations with disabilities.

Question 36

The Senior Fitness Test is designed to evaluate both physical and functional fitness in men and women between 60 and 94 years of age.