Exam 8: External Selection I

Job analysis sometimes finds that seemingly unrelated jobs may have more in common than would be expected by relying just on job titles.

Which of the following is necessary for the logic of prediction to work in practice for selecting employees?

Asking applicants to complete a supplemental application in which they describe their most significant accomplishments relative to a list of job behaviors is known as the _______.

The process of translating the results of a job analysis into actual predictors to be used for selection is known as a discriminant validity study.

Background testing is concerned with the __________ of an applicant.

The first step in developing a selection plan is to list relevant KSAOs associated with a job.

Research suggests that the quality of the school a person graduates from makes a difference in the labor market.

Which of the following statements regarding the use of grade point averages as a predictor is true?

Which of the following is true regarding pre-employment inquiries (PI)?

Level of education requirements have little adverse impact against minority applicants.

Research has indicated that job applicants generally have a __________ view of biodata inventories.

An example of an assessment method which has relatively low reliability is ________.

Video résumés have become a major component of selection in most large organizations.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act explicitly permits discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, or national origin if it can be shown to be a bona fide occupational qualification.

Occupational certification helps guard against the misuse of job titles in human resource selection.

One study that showed there was a stronger correlation between two letters written by one person for two different applicants than between two different people writing letters for the same person.

According to ADA, it is not permissible for employers to do which of the following at the pre-offer stage of assessment process?

The most accurate description of the basic purpose of a selection plan is ______________.

Research shows that applicants have a favorable attitude toward biodata inventories.

The issue of consistency of measurement with assessment methods is called ______.