Abstract: This article explores the options and features profiles "citizenship and patriotism," designed for the study of general cultural competence of students by self-assessment. As a measurement model used polytomous Rasch model. Incoming data obtained via the questionnaire "citizenship and patriotism," The characteristics of survey participants and indicators profiles, proved their suitability to assess the level of formation of personal qualities that affect the general cultural competence. Recommendations to finalize the questionnaire.

Keywords: the level of training students, latent variables polytomous model indicator, diagnostics, competence

"The article explains the possibility of using polytomous models to assess personality qualities that affect the information competence of students. The input data were obtained with the help of the questionnaire ""Information competence."" The characteristics of survey participants as well as indicators of questionnaires were calculated to assess their suitability for definition of the level of formation of information competence. The recommendations for finalizing of the questionnaire were made.

Keywords: level of student latent variables, polytomous model indicator, a diagnostic test.

The article explains the possibility of using polytomous models to assess personality qualities that affect the social-legal competence of students. The input data were obtained with the help of the questionnaire ""Social-legal competence."" The characteristics of survey participants and indicators of questionnaires were calculated to assess their suitability for definition of the level of formation of social-legal competencies. The recommendations for finalizing of the questionnaire were made.

Keywords: level of student latent variables, polytomous model indicator, a diagnostic test, social-legal competence.

The article explains the possibility of using polytomous models to assess personality traits that affect  on communicative competencies of students.
Input data obtained using a questionnaire V.V. Boyko  " Communicative tolerance " have been used for calculating the characteristics of survey participants and  indicators of the test.  

Keywords: level of student latent variables, polytomous model indicator, a diagnostic test.