Cut score subcommittee survey

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* 1. Please enter your full name.

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* 2. Please select which exam cut score you are participating in.

Content Area I – Fiduciary Responsibility on Behalf of NCEES and the Public

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* 3. Which of the following statements best describes the fiduciary responsibility of cut-score subcommittee members?

A. They are responsible for establishing an acceptable pass rate for NCEES examinations.

B. They are answerable to historical examinees for past administration results.

C. They are entrusted with confidence for selecting an appropriate passing score on behalf of NCEES and the public.

D. They are responsible for tempering the financial impact of too many candidates entering the discipline at once.

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* 4. Which of the following is NOT an example of how a licensure examination helps protect the public?

A. Eliminate practitioners who would cause illness through ignorance

B. Restrict practice to healthy individuals

C. Reduce projects that have to be corrected because of faulty work based on misconceptions

D. Prevent safety hazards from occurring due to lack of knowledge

Content Area II – The Cut Score Process and Report

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* 5. Which of the following statements best reflects the context of the cut-score study within the test development process cycle?

A. It requires candidates to know 100% of questions on the examination for scoring.

B. A cut score is needed to reflect minimum knowledge and skills for public protection.

C. It occurs before a job analysis is conducted.

D. It is an important part of writing and reviewing test questions during item writing sessions.

Content Area III – The Standard and its Relation to Public Protection

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* 6. What is minimal competence?

A. A standard that reflects what is important for success in the business of the profession

B. A set of rules to which licensed practitioners must adhere for license renewal

C. A standard that reflects the lowest level of knowledge needed for public protection

D. A set of principles that represents basic, fundamental, and working aspects of licensed practice and their relationships to each other

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* 7. The standard of minimal competence is reflective of which of the following?

A. The personal attributes of passing candidates

B. The level of competence most likely to lower professional standards

C. The minimal amount of success needed for competence

D. The meaning given to the passing score by the cut score panel

Content Area IV – The Cut Score Decision Space and the Selection of a Passing Score

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* 8. Which of the following best describes a justifiable rationale for selecting the passing score recommended by the cut-score study panel?

A. A reasoned, well-documented process was reported that seems consistent with the developed standard, and the resulting passing score results appear sensible compared to past history.

B. Experts on the panel appear to know more about minimal competence than the examination committee that developed the test questions since the panel was reported to have performed extremely well on the test.

C. The panel went through the process with the psychometric consultant, and they have the knowledge and have been entrusted with the responsibility to set the cut score at the correct level.

D. The pass rate for the panel cut score is lower than it has been in the past, and this will be good for all practitioners since the number of licensed people available for regulated jobs will be fewer.

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* 9. Which of the following best describes a justifiable rationale for rejecting the panel cut score and for selecting the passing score at an adjusted cut score?

A. An opinion is expressed that there are too many incompetent practitioners that are licensed and that the cut needs to be lowered to account for this concern.

B. To prevent an injustice to competent candidates, less-competent people need to be kept out of regulated practice by selecting the cut score above the panel cut.

C. To help competent people gain entry to regulated practice and prevent incompetent candidates from harming the public, the cut score needs to be lowered.

D. To prevent incompetent people from gaining entrance to regulated practice, the cut score needs to be raised.

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* 10. Which of the following rationales is NOT appropriate for justifying the selection of a passing score?

A. The cut-score panel went through a well-documented process resulting in this recommended cut, the pass rate impact appears acceptable, and so this is the cut score that was selected.

B. This cut score would pass just the correct percentage of candidates, which in turn would help with job prospects for all people in the discipline.

C. This cut score would help prevent a social injustice by preventing competent examinees from failing the test.

D. This cut score would help protect the public from incompetent practitioners and appears to be consistent with past history.