The Testing Need Test (TNT) was developed to tell
whether a
person should or should not be interested to learn whether he/she
has a background/history and has a life situation that would be
likely or not to negatively affect his/her chances to sometime be
granted a security clearance.
In the past several years, Dr. LeRoy A. Stone, since he retired from his federal government employment career, while being the Chief Research Psychologist in the USA's largest intelligence agency, has been commercially offering the administration of his psychological test, the Personnel Security Standards Psychological Questionnaire (PSSPQ). He, not infrequently receives inquiries as to whether an individual would be wise or not to be interest in 'taking' the PSSPQ so as to learn whether he/she would be likely or not to be governmentally granted a high-level security clearance were he/she to be processed for same. The PSSPQ was developed by Dr. Stone to accurately predict if a person might be successful or not to be granted security clearance status (i.e., Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information level and lower). It, based upon a good deal of repeated research evidence, predicts 'success' and 'failure' at no lower than about a 95% accuracy level.
As suggested in the above paragraph, Dr.
Stone developed a very short (and easy to respond to) psychological test
that was designed to provide information, to its test-taker, whether he/she
is an indivialual who should or should not be an appropriate
person to want and need the kind of predictive information that can only
come from a 'taking' of the PSSPQ. The PSSPQ is the sole or only
objective and scientifically based procedure/technique that has ever been
created that accomplishes its hoped-for purpose or raison d' etre.
Anyone interested in learning more about the PSSPQ should 'click'
on the following Internet web address:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~lastone2/psspq.html.
Also, anyone interested in learning more about the PSSPQ's developer,
Dr. Stone should 'click' on the following Internet web address:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~lastone2/home.html.
The Testing Need Test (TNT) is Presented Below Along
with Scoring/Interpretation
Instructions
[It is suggested that you print out this web-page
so as to have the TNT
in 'hard-copy' form; such will assist you
if you are to attempt to 'take'
the TNT]
1. I am currently being processed (by the government)
regarding potentially being
granted a security clearance or I
believe that, in my future, I will be processed
for security clearance status.
True__________ (15 points) False___________ (1 point)
2. Were the government to investigate my past history,
they would not find any
problem matters that
would cause me being denied a security clearance; of
this I am most
confdent.
True__________ (1 point) False___________ (2 points)
3. I believe that one can greatly benefit when
involved in career/vocational
counseling (including aptitude
and interest testing) when facing the choosing
a college major or when facing
entry to the 'world of work.'
True__________ (3 points) False___________ (2 points)
4 . I feel no political loyalty towards the USA.
True__________ (1 point) False___________ (2 points)
5. Were I to be processed/investigated for a governmentally
granted security
clearance, I believe that my
chances for success are not absolutely 100%
or even close to this likdlihood
value; actually I think that my chances for
success would be somewhere
between 40% and 80%. In other words, I
thnk that maybe I might have
someting close to about a 50/50 level chasnce
for being granted the hoped-for
security clearance.
True__________ (5 points) False___________ (2 points)
6. People who coose to be processed for possibly being
granted a security
clearance, and who are not aware
of the inherent dangers to their future status,
if they are relatively uncertain
that the processing results will be positive and
favorable, are quite foolish and
naive to be so involved.
True__________ (5 points) False___________ (2 points)
7. I am not really aware of how my personal background
and history (which
includes some misbehaviors
on my part) truly compares with the norms
based upon persons who are
evaluated for possible granting of security
clearance status.
True__________ (4 point) False___________ (2 points)
8. Were I to be processed for a security clearance, and
if I were subsequently
denied clearance status, I do not
believe that I would then face some major
difficulties with members of my family,
spouse, friends, employers, and/or
associates.
True__________ (1 point) False___________ (4 points)
9 Information coming from the results of a 'taking'
of a well-designed and
well-constructed psychological test
can provide valuable and valid
information regarding one's self.
True__________ (3 points) False___________ (1 point)
10. In the event that I were processed for a security clearance and
was 'turned
down,' such would strongly suggest
that the governmental officials who
conducted the investigation and subsequent
adjudications, commited errors
and mistakes. Were this to
occur, I would immediately seek assistance
from an appropriate attorney so as
to then file a legal appeal, as federal
law allows.
True_________ (5 points) False___________ (1 point)
At this point, you should add up the number of points associated
with your answers to the
10 above test items. You can interpeted this summation number
using the numerical
interpretation standands given below:
25 Points and Above: Your ten responses strongly suggest
that you and your personal situation
would significantly benefit from being
administered the PSSPQ and learning
whether you should be a success or not
were you to be processed for a high-
level security clearance. Such knowledge
would appear to have great potential
value to you.
15 to 24 Points:
This scoring range can be interpreted
as indicative of moderately strong
potential interest in the class of
information that could be obtained from
the results coming from a PSSPQ
testing
14 Points and Below: It is very unlikely that you would
place yourself in a potential employment
situation in which you would be automatically
evaluated for possiblybeing granted a
security clearance. Even if this were to happen,
it would appear that any 'early-on' prediction
of success/failure would be of little advantage
and/or interest to you.
Armed with the knowledge associated with
your scoring on the TNT, the choice is, as it has always been, entirely
yours whether you would or could use additional pertinent information regarding
potential end results associated with being processed for a high-level
security clearance. In the event that you would like to 'early-on'
know whether you will or will not be successful in eventually being granted
a security clearance, there is only one way to obtain
this particular information; and that is to be administered the
PSSPQ and to receive its results. If interested, then 'click on'
and take a look at the following Internet web site:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~lastone2/psspq.html
Best of Luck for a Great Future!