Deck 10: Measures of Intelligence and Adaptive Behavior

Question 1

On this subtest, the examiner asks the student how two things are alike.

Answer 1

J. Similarities

Question 2

A test may accurately predict for one group of students but not as accurately for another group, which results in this.

Answer 2

F. Differential predictive validity

Question 3

This subtest presents math story problems, and performance can be influenced by attention span and concentration or working memory.

Answer 3

N. Working memory index

Question 4

When a test measures different constructs for people of different groups.

Question 5

Case concerning students who were placed in a school for students with emotional disturbance without the benefit of nondiscriminatory assessment.

Question 6

Standardized norm-referenced assessment of cognitive abilities; the indirect measurement of the construct of intelligence.

Question 7

This Wechsler test is designed to be used through adulthood.

Question 8

On this subtest, the examiner provides clues that the student uses to respond with a specific word.

Question 9

When, as the result of discriminatory assessment, minority students are placed in dead-end educational or vocational tracts.

Question 10

Case involving administering tests in a language other than the child's native language.

Question 11

The subtests on this index represent the student's ability to quickly respond on fine-motor tasks.

Question 12

Case finding the same IQ tests to be nondiscriminatory even though a few items were found to be biased.

Question 13

When the examiner does not possess skill in communicating in the student's native language, it may result in this.

Question 14

This subtest assesses an individual's perceptual reasoning without requiring the use of fine-motor skills.

Question 15

Performance on this verbal comprehension subtest can be influenced by the student's conscience or moral sense.

Question 16

Case finding that the use of IQ tests to place black students in classes for persons with mental retardation was a discriminatory practice.

Question 17

This instrument has four index scores that measure perceptual reasoning, verbal comprehension, working memory, and processing speed.

Question 18

A numerical representation of intellectual ability.

Question 19

This index score represents the student's ability to attend and process information in completing tasks.

Question 20

This instrument includes subtests that assess tasks believed to measure one's simultaneous and successive processing ability on cognitive tasks.

Question 21

Assessments of adaptive behavior may be used to ___.

Question 22

This test includes an attentional domain.

Question 23

This term means that a student processes information one bit at a time, with each new piece of information linked to the previous bit of information

Question 24

What areas represent the areas of concern?

Question 25

Look at the domain scores. In what way is this student best able to process math?

Question 26

___ is the Wechsler scale that assesses adults.

Question 27

Adaptive behavior is the ability to ___.

Question 28

This Wechsler test was designed to be used with children from the ages of 2 years and 6 months to 7 years and 3 months.

Question 29

Which index might be particularly useful when assessing a student whose primary language is Spanish?

Question 30

What areas appear to represent strengths in cognitive processing?

Question 31

According to Reschly (1982), what are the four concepts of the assessment of adaptive behavior?

Question 32

This IQ score reflects the performance of the student on all four indices.

Question 33

The ___includes both verbal and nonverbal domains.

Question 34

What areas would be of concern to you as a teacher planning instruction?

Question 35

What two broad cognitive abilities are included in the CHC theory of intelligence?

Question 36

For very young students, what types of scores are available?

Question 37

This subtest is divided into two parts, forward and backward, and measures auditory short-term memory and freedom from distractibility.

Question 38

___ has a strong theoretical base that includes different ways to interpret the test based on those theories.

Question 39

Which of the subtests described for the Wechsler scales can be influenced by weakness in the visual-motor areas?

Question 40

Which of the cognitive assessment instruments can be administered to school age students ages 6-16?

Question 41

When assessing students who have linguistic differences, a fair assessment of cognitive abilities may include administering a nonverbal measure.

Question 42

IQ scores are measurements of innate potential in a person.

Question 43

Which of the following batteries was designed to assess nonverbal intelligence?

A) UNIT
B) CTONI 2
C) TONI-3
D) All of the above

Question 44

Bilingual students may have difficulty with both the language items on standardized assessments and the level of ___ required to perform well on the items.

Question 45

Students who have a dominant language other than English are often referred to as being bilingual, and students whose primary language is English and nonstandard English are referred to as ___.

Question 46

Although IQ testing is controversial, it remains a valid indicator of student performance in academic tasks.

Question 47

In special education, it is clearly understood how to determine intelligence through assessment.

Question 48

The theories upon which IQ tests are based influence their use and interpretation.
Multiple Choice

Question 49

IDEA requires that adaptive behavior be assessed when evaluating students to determine the presence of learning disabilities.

Question 50

The influence of one culture on another culture is known as which of the following?

A) Acculturation
B) Environmental influence
C) Adaptive behavior
D) Innate potential

Question 51

Care should be taken when choosing an adaptive behavior scale, as some scales may have norms that better represent the demographics of the student currently being assessed.

Question 52

Once the standardized assessment has been completed, an examiner may use the method of __, incorporating teaching, to determine the student's potential to learn failed items.

Question 53

IDEA includes statements of determining eligibility that require the team to exclude ___ as the primary reason for a disability before determining a student eligible for special education services.

Question 54

Which of the following statements about intellectual assessment is true?

A) Experts in the field of intellectual assessment have different definitions of intelligence.
B) Experts in the field of intellectual assessment believe that intelligence is the most important factor in assessment.
C) Experts in the field of intellectual assessment have targeted specific tests that completely eliminate bias.
D) Experts in the field of intellectual assessment do not think intellectual assessment is predictive of anything of significance.

Question 55

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales is a nonverbal measure of intellectual ability.

Question 56

Because many of the instruments used to assess intelligence and achievement include numerous items of a verbal nature, the assessment of students whose primary language is not English should be given a(n) ___ measure in addition to other measures.

Question 57

The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale measures overall cognitive ability.

Question 58

Which of the following individuals developed the theory of multiple intelligences?

A)
B) Sigmund Freud
B)F. Skinner
C) David Wechsler
D) Howard Gardner

Question 59

Minority students who may appear to be within the range of mental retardation on measures developed for use with students from the majority culture may not be within the range of mental retardation on ___ measures.

Question 60

When assessing students from culturally different backgrounds, the use of adaptive behavior scores is one possible method of reducing bias.

Question 61

Administering subtests from two or more tests to determine if a weakness exists in a particular skill or ability is a practice consistent with which of the following?

A) Dynamic assessment
B) Adaptive behavior assessment
C) Cross battery assessment
D) None of the above

Question 62

In the Cattell-Horn-Carol theory of intelligence, which of the following constitutes its foundation of intellectual ability?

A) General intellectual functioning
B) Broad cognitive abilities
C) Narrow abilities of cognitive functioning
D) All of the above

Question 63

The mean score and standard deviation for the WISC-V are which of the following, respectively?

A) 80, 15
B) 90, 10
C) 100, 10
D) 100, 15

Question 64

Assessing one's ability to function in various environments requires measuring which of the following?

A) Achievement
B) Intelligence
C) Adaptive behavior
D) Cognitive ability

Question 65

It has been recommended that the KBIT be used for which of the following purposes?

A) Comprehensive assessment of intellectual functioning
B) Screening of intellectual functioning
C) Adaptive behavior assessment
D) Achievement and vocational assessment

Question 66

This type of assessment views the ceiling as an area of functioning that warrants further investigation.

A) Intelligence testing
B) Achievement testing
C) Adaptive behavior assessment
D) Dynamic assessment

Question 67

The use of intelligence tests remains controversial in part because of inappropriate use in the past. Which of the following represents a major court case that has involved the assessment of intellectual ability?

A) Larry P. v. Riles
B) PASE v. Hannon
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B

Question 68

Using the WISC-V, which of the following contributes to strength in the area of verbal comprehension?

A) Similarities
B) Picture concepts
C) Letter-number sequencing
D) All of the above

Question 69

When a child obtains a significantly low score on an IQ test and this is determined to be a valid estimate of the student's ability, it usually means:

A) The student will likely have difficulty in school without interventions.
B) This will not have an impact on educational achievement.
C) This child will always require self-contained special education support.
D) The student should probably not be permitted to attend school.

Question 70

On the Stanford-Binet V, the factors assessed include:

A) Verbal and nonverbal
B) Verbal only
C) Nonverbal only
D) None of the above

Question 71

Historically, the formula used to calculate IQ is

A) MA / CA x 100
B) CA - MA x 100
C) 100 - CA x MA
D) 100 - MA x CA

Question 72

Which of the following instruments is designed to assess intellectual functioning using a theory of simultaneous and successive processing?

A) Stanford-Binet IV
B) WISC-IV
C) K-ABC-II
D) All of the above

Question 73

Adaptive behavior is considered to be which of the following?

A) Multidimensional.
B) Having few ethnic group differences
C) Having few race group differences
D) All of the above.

Question 74

When using the AAMR Adaptive Behavior Scale-School, Second Edition (ABS-S2), the process of determining whether persons meet the criteria for the diagnosis of mental retardation is divided into which of the following two parts:

A) Academic achievement and social behavior
B) Academic achievement and independent living skills
C) Independent living skills and social behavior
D) None of the above

Question 75

Which of the following people may fill out an adaptive behavior assessment?

A) Teacher
B) Parent
C) Job coach
D) All of the above

Question 76

The Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Ability includes which of the following?

A) Standard and extended batteries
B) Measures of cognitive ability
C) Measure of academic skills
D) All of the above

Question 77

Which of the following types of intellectual assessment instruments are more commonly used with children who are bilingual?

A) Acculturation
B) Nonverbal instruments
C) English verbal instrument
D) All of the above

Question 78

Which of the following should be considered as a key factor in deciding upon a measure of intelligence?

A) The use of multiple measures to account for a variety of abilities
B) The research based methods of the instrument
C) Selecting measures that will provide useful information
D) All of the above

Question 79

The test measures reasoning and memory skills through the nonverbal presentation of the subtests.

A) UNIT
B) CTONI 2
C) TONI-3
D) Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability

Question 80

Intelligence testing is likely to remain a substantial part of the assessment process because of which of the following?

A) Our objective knowledge of what constitutes intelligence
B) A known correlation between scores on IQ tests and school achievement
C) The proven validity of IQ tests for all students
D) All of the above