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This section includes 249 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor of Sc in Computer Science FY knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
151. |
Ancient Greeks hypothesized that there were four different personality characteristic. they are |
A. | irritability, optimism, pessimism, calmness |
B. | calmness, depression, pessimism, irritability |
C. | depression, irritability, pessimism, optimism |
D. | irritability, depression, optimism, calmness |
Answer» E. | |
152. |
Approximately how many trait words for personality are there in the English language? |
A. | 18000 |
B. | 1000 |
C. | 10000 |
D. | 500 |
Answer» B. 1000 | |
153. |
When analyzing a past president to describe his personality by coding letters or speeches he has written, you are using a process called |
A. | big five |
B. | content analysis |
C. | personality assumptions |
D. | cognitive approach |
Answer» C. personality assumptions | |
154. |
Which are the main components of Speaman's two factor theory of intelligence? |
A. | visual ability |
B. | spatial ability |
C. | specific intelligence and general intelligence |
D. | emotional abilities and cognitive abilities |
Answer» C. specific intelligence and general intelligence | |
155. |
According to Spearman, what does 'g' stand for? |
A. | general knowledge |
B. | group intelligence |
C. | green\s intelligence criteria |
D. | general intelligence |
Answer» E. | |
156. |
What do the initials IQ stand for? |
A. | investment in education quotient |
B. | intellect quotient |
C. | intelligence question |
D. | intelligence quotient |
Answer» E. | |
157. |
Weschler's intelligence tests were designed to test |
A. | verbal intelligence |
B. | non-verbal intelligence |
C. | crystallized and fluid intelligence |
D. | verbal and non-verbal intelligence |
Answer» E. | |
158. |
If an intelligence test measures consistently what it is supposed to be measuring each time it is used, then it is said that the test is |
A. | based on normal distribution |
B. | standardised |
C. | valid |
D. | reliable |
Answer» E. | |
159. |
Which of the following is not of Gardner's multiple intelligences? |
A. | spatial |
B. | linguistic |
C. | musical |
D. | creative |
Answer» E. | |
160. |
If it is demonstrated that an intelligence test discriminates against certain ethnic groups, then it can be said that the test |
A. | is reliable |
B. | has used standardisation sample |
C. | is valid |
D. | has culture bias |
Answer» E. | |
161. |
In the normal distribution curve of intelligence test scores, the mean IQ score is set at |
A. | 110 |
B. | 100 |
C. | 90 |
D. | what most people score |
Answer» C. 90 | |
162. |
The belief that intelligence is a general ability is a result of the work of |
A. | binet |
B. | gardner |
C. | sternberg |
D. | spearman |
Answer» E. | |
163. |
In relation to the development of intelligence, the results of twin studies indicate that |
A. | genetic factors are more important than environmental factors |
B. | environmental factors are more important than genetic factors |
C. | neither genetic nor environmental factors are important |
D. | both genetic and environmental factors are important |
Answer» E. | |
164. |
In the formula for IQ, CA stands for |
A. | comparative age |
B. | chronological age |
C. | computation argument |
D. | contrasting arrangements |
Answer» C. computation argument | |
165. |
The first intelligence test was designed by two French men |
A. | binet and simon |
B. | allen and honzik |
C. | anastasi and forguson |
D. | weschlar and fechner |
Answer» B. allen and honzik | |
166. |
. The leading cause of mental retardation is believed to be |
A. | inherited traits |
B. | environmental factors |
C. | organic brain syndrome |
D. | fetal alcohol syndrome |
Answer» E. | |
167. |
Intelligence can be defined as |
A. | knowledge of a great many facts |
B. | ability to get good grades in school |
C. | all the factors that make one person different from another |
D. | ability to think abstractly and ;earn from experience |
Answer» E. | |
168. |
Cattell identified which two forms of intelligence? |
A. | artificial and natural intelligence |
B. | musical and tactile abilities |
C. | crystallized and fluid intelligence |
D. | mental abilities and skills |
Answer» D. mental abilities and skills | |
169. |
How many mental abilities were identified by Guildford? |
A. | 0 |
B. | 44 |
C. | 120 |
D. | 32 |
Answer» D. 32 | |
170. |
Spearman devised which form of factor analysis? |
A. | structural |
B. | explorative |
C. | principle components |
D. | rotated |
Answer» D. rotated | |
171. |
Which test provides scores for verbal IQ, performance IQ, verbal comprehension, working memory, perceptual organization and processing speed? |
A. | wais-iii |
B. | binet |
C. | sternberg\s intelligence quotient |
D. | stanford |
Answer» B. binet | |
172. |
The concept of primary mental abilities was proposed by which of the following? |
A. | mcclelland |
B. | thurstone |
C. | simon |
D. | newell |
Answer» C. simon | |
173. |
Which of the following do Gardner's intelligence correlate with? |
A. | task capacities |
B. | each other |
C. | age |
D. | crystallized intelligence |
Answer» C. age | |
174. |
According to Carroll's model of intelligence, at which level are fluid ability and crystallized intelligence located? |
A. | highest level |
B. | lowest level |
C. | sub-intelligence level |
D. | intermediate level |
Answer» E. | |
175. |
Intrapersonal intelligence can be characterized by which of the following processes? |
A. | communication abilities |
B. | self- reflection and self- awareness |
C. | musical empathy |
D. | team cooperation |
Answer» C. musical empathy | |
176. |
Spiritual and existential intelligence were included in whose theory of intelligence? |
A. | gardner |
B. | sternberg |
C. | binet |
D. | lashley |
Answer» B. sternberg | |
177. |
Which of these factors was not included in Thurstone's theory of intelligence? |
A. | spacial ability |
B. | memory |
C. | inductive reasoning |
D. | deductive reasoning |
Answer» E. | |
178. |
How many factors did Thurstone associate with intelligence? |
A. | 12 |
B. | 7 |
C. | 2 |
D. | 3 |
Answer» C. 2 | |
179. |
Which factors were included in Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence |
A. | tacit, perceptual and interpersonal knowledge |
B. | analytic thought, creativity and practical knowledge |
C. | crystallized, fluid and artificial intelligence |
D. | general intelligence, crystallized knowledge and creativity |
Answer» C. crystallized, fluid and artificial intelligence | |
180. |
Encoding information by its meaning to us |
A. | semantic |
B. | echoic |
C. | iconic |
D. | chunking |
Answer» B. echoic | |
181. |
Using the acronym VIBGYOR to studying the colors of the rainbow. This is a good example of |
A. | spacing effect |
B. | visual encoding |
C. | acoustic encoding |
D. | mnemonics |
Answer» E. | |
182. |
This person studied the effects of misinformation and false memories |
A. | ebbinghaus |
B. | loftus |
C. | pavlov |
D. | bandura |
Answer» C. pavlov | |
183. |
When choices are given, it is much easier to identify genuine ones. A multiple choice test is a good example |
A. | recall |
B. | relearning |
C. | recognition |
D. | deja vu |
Answer» D. deja vu | |
184. |
The mental processing of retrieval of information from memory. |
A. | recognition |
B. | relearning |
C. | learning |
D. | recall |
Answer» E. | |
185. |
Implicit memory is to the ______ as explicit memory is to the _____ |
A. | hippocampus/ cerebellum |
B. | cerebellum/ hippocampus |
C. | corpus callosum/ hippocampus |
D. | hippocampus/ cerebellum |
Answer» C. corpus callosum/ hippocampus | |
186. |
This person studied memory retention by stringing together non sense syllable and memorizing them |
A. | herman ebbinghaus |
B. | skinner |
C. | thorndike |
D. | freud |
Answer» B. skinner | |
187. |
Our memory for skills, such as riding a bike |
A. | implicit memory |
B. | explicit memory |
C. | echoic memory |
D. | iconic memory |
Answer» B. explicit memory | |
188. |
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units |
A. | mnemonics |
B. | chunking |
C. | relearning |
D. | recall |
Answer» C. relearning | |
189. |
Encoding information by picturing it in our mind |
A. | echoic |
B. | semantic |
C. | iconic |
D. | deja |
Answer» D. deja | |
190. |
Encoding information from its sound |
A. | iconic |
B. | echoic |
C. | semantic |
D. | recall |
Answer» C. semantic | |
191. |
The most common effortful processing technique where information is repeated |
A. | mnemonics |
B. | recall |
C. | recognition |
D. | rehearsal |
Answer» E. | |
192. |
The persistence of learning over time through the encoding , storage and retrieval of information |
A. | memory |
B. | learning |
C. | serial position effect |
D. | semantic learning |
Answer» B. learning | |
193. |
Unconscious encoding of incidental information |
A. | effortful processing |
B. | rehearsal processing |
C. | chunking processing |
D. | automatic processing |
Answer» E. | |
194. |
A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event |
A. | echoic memory |
B. | flash bulb memory |
C. | implicit memory |
D. | explicit memory |
Answer» C. implicit memory | |
195. |
The declarative memory system that holds information about specific events or personal experiences; the declarative memory system that stores the information we have about the world |
A. | episodic; semantic |
B. | semantic; episodic |
C. | procedural; explicit |
D. | explicit; procedural |
Answer» B. semantic; episodic | |
196. |
Psychologists have distinguished between two types of long term memory storage. They are called |
A. | assertive and procedural memory |
B. | declarative and assertive memory |
C. | assertive and interrogatory memory |
D. | declarative and non-declarative memory |
Answer» E. | |
197. |
The process of linking new information in a meaningful way with information already stored in memory or with other new information; to aid in its storage and retrieval from long term memory |
A. | maintenance rehearsal |
B. | elaborative rehearsal |
C. | non-specific rehearsal |
D. | sustenance rehearsal |
Answer» C. non-specific rehearsal | |
198. |
The relatively permanent memory system that holds vast amount of information for a long period of time |
A. | sensory memory |
B. | long term memory |
C. | short term memory |
D. | iconic memory |
Answer» C. short term memory | |
199. |
Rehearsal is the process of actively manipulating information so that it can be retained in memory. There are two main types of rehearsal, they are |
A. | sustenance and maintenance rehearsal |
B. | specific and non-specific rehearsal |
C. | maintenance and elaborative rehearsal |
D. | elaborative and specific rehearsal |
Answer» D. elaborative and specific rehearsal | |
200. |
The entry point of memory- the initial stage of the memory system in which all of the stimuli that bombard our senses are retained in their original sensory form for a very brief time |
A. | sensory memory |
B. | long term memory |
C. | short term memory |
D. | implicit memory |
Answer» B. long term memory | |