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Which is true about the Basic Scales of the MMPI-II?
 
  a. They give an indication of the amount of defensiveness, faking good, and faking bad on the test.
  b. They offer a mechanism for understanding the etiology of a client's personality
  c. They are useful in diagnosis and treatment planning.
  d. Individual subtest scores are generally more important than patterns of scores when making decisions about clients.
  e. All of these are true.

Question 2

On the MMPI, which of the following is NOT a validity scale?
 
  a. The B (basic) scale
  b. The F (infrequency) scale
  c. The K (correction) scale
  d. The L (lie) scale



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: a





 

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