Exam 3: Job Analysis in Human Resource Selection

Job analysis data have been used in all of the following HR areas EXCEPT:

A skill is an individual's level of proficiency or competency in performing a specific task.

In preparing knowledge statements, adjective modifiers (e.g., "thorough," "some") relative to the degree or extent of knowledge required should be used since they make the statements more precise.

What accounts for the increased attention given to job analysis?

Inferences on the part of job analysts play a significant role in identifying employee specifications.

WRC statements should be written so that they specify the level that is required for successful job performance.

Which of the following is an advantage of job analysis interviews?

One or two experts are preferable over a large (10-20 person) panel of job experts when forming the WRC rating panel.

A structured job analysis interview is much more likely than an unstructured one to provide the rich source of information that can be effectively used in selection applications.

A questionnaire listing a large number of tasks associated with a job for which respondents make judgments is known as:

A job analysis interview is very useful for covering a large number of respondents.

Which of the following job analysis methods require(s) a large sample size to improve reliability?

Which of the following is a method of linking KSAs and job tasks in which every KSA is paired with every task?

Tailored job analysis questionnaires are typically prepared by an organization (or its consultants) for application to a specific job.

Assessing job content is one major role involved in job analysis.

Historically, the task analysis inventory has been widely used in military settings.

Job analysis results are used to determine the relevant WRCs.

Task inventories do not lend themselves to quantifying job analysis data.

Because WRCs grow out of a job analysis, the changing nature of work will necessarily influence our notion of WRCs.

It is critical to show that each identified WRC is tied to at least one task for which it is required.