Exam 5: Assessment Methods for Selection and Placement

Daiymo car company has 100,000 applicants for 3,000 jobs.What types of tests can it use to cut down the number of applicants quickly and inexpensively?

As the Human Resources director of New Millennium Enterprises you are asked to justify your use of integrity tests.What can you tell your boss?

Which assessment center exercise would provide the most information about an applicant's ability to cooperate with others?

The test you are currently taking is designed to measure your present level of proficiency in this course.This test would be considered a(n)

As a test administrator it is important to you that the test is easy to score and can be efficiently administered to a large number of people.Which of the following tests would be your best choice?

Personality integrity tests are obvious assessments of honesty and integrity.

Some researchers suggest that emotional intelligence is partly a blend of cognitive ability and a personality trait.

You have applied for a job as Public Relations spokesperson for New Millennium Enterprises.As part of the hiring process you are required to take a test designed to measure your tendency to behave in an extroverted way.What type of test is this?

Candidates who are given a __________ interview are likely to have an advantage during a job search.

Which of the following is FALSE about drug testing?

Before being hired by New Millennium Enterprises,you are asked to participate in an exercise in which you are told to pretend that it is your first day on the job and you are faced with numerous items on your desk,including memos,letters,e-mails,and phone messages.You must deal with each of them appropriately and efficiently.This is called a(n)____________ exercise

Which of the following is NOT a weakness of assessment devices?

Assume your next exam in this class contains 300 multiple choice questions,and that you have only 30 minutes to complete it.What type of test is this?

An advantage of administering tests electronically (e.g.,via computer)is that:

Jamal is high in intelligence and self-control and low in extroversion and need for stimulation.Because many successful engineers have this same pattern,I recommend that Jamal become a computer engineer.This is the approach taken by

You are given a test that measures your mathematical ability.This is one type of

A test designed to measure both knowledge and skill is known as a(n)

Applicants for secretarial positions at ABC Publishing Co.must take a typing test.This typing test measures the applicant's

Integrity tests predict theft better than they do general counterproductive behavior and job performance.

In which of the following assessment methods is the person who administers the test most likely to affect the responses?