Exam 7: Selecting Human Resources

Sanjay, the new HR Manager at Charlemagne Tools Inc., examines the application form that the company has been using for the last two years. According to the guidelines set by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and various court decisions, which of the following is an illegal question on the application form?

Interviewers are legally allowed to ask applicants questions about their national origin and age but not about their race and marital status.

How does the compensatory approach combine predictors?

Which of the following is most likely a reason employers perform a thorough background check of all applicants?

In the context of selection and placement, what is meant by the term mismatch?

_____ measure dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and arm-hand steadiness.

Placement of people in an organization can be seen primarily as a(n) _____.

Honesty tests are inexpensive to administer, but they increase workers' compensation claims.

Unlike psychomotor tests, work sample tests:

Unless verifying specific information, an interviewer should avoid questions that can be answered "yes" or "no."

Structured interviews are less reliable than other interview approaches.

Greta is the new HR Manager of a small company. The previous HR Manager kept every document he had access to in the past 10 years of his job at the firm, but Greta is determined to clear out the unnecessary documents. In the context of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requirements, Greta should keep all applications and hiring-related documents and records for _____ before they can be discarded.

In the context of the qualities of selection predictors, validity refers to:

Gisela had an interview with the Managing Editor of a prominent publisher. The interviewer asked her general questions and then used her responses to form the next question. Given this scenario, it can be said that Gisela most likely attended a _____.

The HR Manager at Fresh Foods instructs his subordinates to make a list of all employees who have completed about one year in the firm. He wants his subordinates to collect the test scores obtained by these employees when they applied for the job and compare these scores to their job performance over the past year. In this scenario, the HR Manager most likely wants to conduct a(n) _____.

What disclaimers should application forms contain?

Which of the following is a purpose of an application form?

Negligent hiring occurs when an employer becomes aware that an employee may be unfit for employment but continues to employ the person.

What is the purpose of conducting background investigations on job applicants?

Evidence indicates that the process of hiring employees is increasingly taking longer, with an average time of well over three weeks for many positions and over two months for white-collar jobs.