Nicole is shown a series of ambiguous pictures and is then asked to tell a story about each of them. if this is a psychological test, it is a

The answer is: "It is a Projective personality test".

Projective personality test refers to a test intended should uncover stowed away feelings ,emotions and inner clashes by means of a subject's reactions to vague jolts.
As opposed to continuously scored with an widespread standard as for an objective identity test, content starting with projective tests is investigated for importance.