Exam 9: Information and Computer Security

It is estimated that up to 40% of job applicants provide:

What may be the result of poor hiring decisions?

List and describe the components of a pre-employment screening.

The 1988 Employee Polygraph Protection Act prohibited the use of polygraphs in pre-employment screening except by the government.

________ testing is becoming more popular to analyze drug use, because it can cover a longer span of time than urine testing can.

The ADP Employer Hiring Index found that 50% of new potential employees had inaccuracies on their resumes about their education or previous employment.

What is generally considered the most accurate drug test for detecting current usage of drugs?

Under the law, it is not necessary to notify a potential applicant for employment if you are using a consumer report as part of the hiring process.

Most large corporations maintain their own proprietary security forces that provide a wide range of security functions, including investigations.

Drug testing in the military can be used as a basis to take action, adverse or otherwise.

Pre-employment screening at a minimum generally includes criminal history, verification of prior employment, social security number and:

The U.S.Supreme Court has ruled that a company can be held liable for both actual sexual harassment and for the creation of a hostile work environment.

What act enforced by the Federal Trade Commission is designed to promote accuracy and ensure privacy of information?

Close to a third of all companies have fired an employee and more than half have disciplined an employee in the past year for violating an e-mail policy.

Negligent hiring occurs when the employer does not take adequate time to explain the job to the new employee and it results in employee turnover.

Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act a company must obtain permission from an applicant to conduct a background check.

The Employee Polygraph Protection act essentially does what?

Pre-employment screening has increased not only because of security concerns but also:

Employment-related hiring security includes:

If the company uses any _____________information contained in a credit report as a rationale not to hire an individual they must contact the applicant and notify them of this decision.