Exam 6: Selection of Human Resources

Sometimes, interviewers make a decision on how suitable an applicant is for a job within the first few minutes of the interview and spend the balance of the interview looking for evidence to support it. Which of the following terms is used to describe this problem?

Selection criteria are tied to identifying measurable indicators. What are these indicators usually called?

Which of the following is the purpose of pre-employment screening?

Which of the following is most recognized as a disadvantage of using video interviewing?

The panel interview is frequently used because it is less stressful for both interviewers and applicants.

Which of the following terms is used to describe a personal characteristic that is essential to doing a job successfully?

A test can have a certain kind of validity if it is based on work done on the job in question. Which type of validity would this be?

Which of the following statements explains how the compensatory approach combines predictors?

Which of the following topics is NOT covered under disclaimers and notices on application forms?

Which of the following personality traits predicts success in jobs requiring social interaction, such as many sales jobs?

Juliette is an Australian citizen working for the Australian national airlines at an office located in Toronto. Juliette is an expatriate.

In a typical division of HR responsibilities for selection, which of the following will the HR unit do?

Volta Ltd. is planning to fill a number of openings for entry-level professionals. The selection process is quite extensive and includes several levels of individual interviews, team interviews, and psychological tests as well as general ability tests. Much of the interview time will focus on the applicant's philosophy of life and work. Which of the following does Volta seem to be highly concerned about?

Reliability is the ability of a test to produce about the same results repeatedly over time.

The only exception to a charge of discrimination may be for a BFOR.

Since English is widely used as a major language of business all over the world, knowledge of foreign languages plays only a small factor in the success of Canadian expatriates overseas.

For the position of firefighter, the physical requirements are the abilities to carry 70 kg 180 m, climb a 25 m ladder in 1 minute in full gear, hear verbal commands in a normal speaking voice, and see with 20/20 vision. Mark is hearing-impaired in both ears even with hearing aids. Mark was not hired as a firefighter, even though he passed all the remaining physical and other requirements. Which of the following has he experienced?

Which of the following identifies a situation that shows the measuring of criterion-related validity?

Anthony was interviewing an applicant to be a volunteer docent (instructor and tour guide) for a large art museum. The applicant began to discuss her interest in introducing young children to museum-quality art. Anthony followed up with several questions about how young children react to art, why she felt early exposure to art was important, and how she would design situations for children to experience art. Which type of interview was Anthony conducting?

Three of the following are physical abilities employers might want to measure. Which is NOT?