1. If a college instructor alters the distribution of his or her students' midterm exam grades because the class did not do as well as last year's class, with what type of standards is the instructor most concerned?

a. achievement

b. norm-referenced

c. criterion- referenced

d. prediction

2. Which of the following best demonstrates the concept of a criterion-referenced standard?

a. Louis earned 498 points on the NATABOC exam which is lower than the passing score of the 84th percentile in all test-takers.

b.Harry's score on the fitness test was in the top 10 percentile

c. Niall has 68%chance of having an actual heart rate between 120 and 140bpmbased on the sample of data collected in his sport.

d.Jonas achieved a reaction time of 400 ms, just fast enough to make the baseball team according to the manager's standards.

3. Which of the following is an example of an evaluation?

a. number of steps collected with a FitBit

b. mean number of daily steps in California is 8500

c. your step count today is 9000, which exceeds the healthy guidelines published by California's Department of Public Health

d. your step count today is 9000

4. Meeting theoxygen consumption rate (VO₂max) recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine for healthy exercise is an example of which level of measurement?

a. nominal

b. ordinal

c. ratio

d. interval

5. A wellness group performed a survey at a company's employees on workplace stress and physical activity. They are interested in comparing "coping with workplace stress" scores between 4 groups of respondents (N=31) classified by physical activity (sedentary, low, moderate, high). What is the dependent variable in this study?

a. physical activity level

b. age

c. employee experience

d. coping with workplace stress

6. A wellness group performed a survey at a company's employees on workplace stress and physical activity. They are interested in comparing "coping with workplace stress" scores between 4 groups of respondents (N=31) classified by physical activity (sedentary, low, moderate, high). What is the independent variable in this study?

a. physical activity level

b. age

c. employee experience

d. coping with workplace stress

7. A wellness group performed a survey at a company's employees on workplace stress and physical activity. They are interested in comparing "coping with workplace stress" scores between 4 groups of respondents (N=31) classified by physical activity (sedentary, low, moderate, high). What is the null hypothesis in this study?

a. The sedentary group will have the lowest coping with workplace stress scores.

b.Coping with workplace stress scores differ by physical activity level.

c.Differences in coping with workplace stress between groups are due to factors other than physical activity level, or occur by chance.

d. The moderate group will have the highest coping with workplace stress scores.