Exam 5: External Recruitment

Which of the following is not a good reason for using an outside consultant for job analysis?

The type of job which changes due to technological and workload changes is called a(n)__________.

Subject matter experts may include previous jobholders,private consultants,and customers/clients.

How should task statements be written,and what sorts of problems might you encounter,in asking a job incumbent to write these statements?

Doing job analysis in writing helps the organization protects the organization in a legal sense.

Flexible jobs are usually characterized by narrow job titles.

When developing groupings for task statements and task dimensions,the goal is to have each task statement assigned to only one task dimension.

Former politicians and high-level government officials are often hired into idiosyncratic jobs.

The job requirements approach to job analysis is guided by the job requirements matrix.

Which of the following types of jobs are most suitable for a job analysis?

In defining essential job functions for the purposes of defending against a human rights complaint,which of the following does not convey the meaning "essential?"

The choice of a job analysis method has important implications for both recruitment and selection.

What would you consider when trying to decide what criteria e.g. ,percentage of time spent to use for gathering indications about task importance?

The factors of physical demands and environmental conditions are associated with a job's "context."

Which of the following is an advantage of using job task questionnaires?

A valuable use of O*NET is that it serves as a starting point in preparing knowledge statements.

One reason for using multiple analysts to write job task statements is to be able to assess _________.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of identifying and using general competencies to guide staffing activities?

The NOC is all of the following except _______

Would it be better to first identify task dimensions and then create specific task statements for each dimension,or should task statements be identified first and then used to create task dimensions?