Exam 6: Selecting Employees

An employer wants to learn as much as possible about the cognitive abilities and job-based knowledge of candidates.What types of personnel tests would the employer most likely use? What types of interview questions would the employer most likely ask?

All of the following are used for estimating reliability of a test EXCEPT ________.

________ tests include tests like finger dexterity,manual dexterity,and reaction time.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding substance abuse screening?

According to the American Psychological Association,all of the following are rights of test takers EXCEPT the right to expect ________.

Effective employee screening will most likely ________.

What is a management assessment center? What else can managers use these centers for besides selection? Provide two examples of typical simulated exercises used in management assessment centers.

Explain the five steps in the validation process.

How can the validity of a personnel test be determined? What types of personnel tests rate high and low in validity?

Consider the following question: "Can you give a work-related example of a specific instance where you provided leadership?" This is an example of a ________ question.

Which of the following terms refers to the consistency of scores obtained by the same person when retested with alternate forms of the same test?

Which of the following terms refers to the accuracy with which a test fulfills the function for which it was designed?

Which of the following is the most likely outcome of using the same questions with all candidates being interviewed?

What is the final step in the test validation process?

The attractiveness of a male job candidate does not affect his promotability,but the attractiveness of female job candidate strongly affects her career advancement opportunities.

According to the text,which of the following factors led KeyBank to implement a virtual job try out candidate assessment screening tool?

How do nonverbal behaviors affect interviewer ratings of candidates?

The strong correlation between test results and job performance has led to numerous expert recommendations that tests be used as the only selection tool in the hiring process.

Studies suggest that interviewers tend to evaluate applicants less favorably in telephone interviews than in face-to-face interviews.

What type of interview would most likely include the following statement? "Imagine that you have just been assigned the task of winning the business of our competition's biggest client.How would you proceed?"