Exam 6: Selection and Placement

A firm wants to hire 15 electricians. It intends to hire only experienced electricians and, as a result, has no plans to train them. A test is developed such that it requires applicants to identify the mistakes in the circuit's wiring and rewire the circuit properly. This test is using _____ validation.

Which of the following statements is true of the reliability of a measurement?

As per the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, if any neutral-appearing practice happens to have adverse impact on those over 40, the employer must _____.

_____ is the ability to keep disruptive emotions in check.

Employees with high conscientious tend to be lethargic and ill-disciplined.

Which of the following personality dimensions is typically associated with a person who is organized, achievement oriented and persevering?

Validity is the extent to which performance on the measure is related to performance on the job.

A(n)_____ test attempts to simulate the job in a prehiring context to observe how the applicant performs in the simulated job.

Which of the following legislations prohibit discrimination and mandates that employers take affirmative actions to hire qualified minority applicants?

The _____ is a measure of the degree to which two sets of numbers are related.

Which of the following refers to an individual's ability to sense and read emotions in others?

Personality inventories tend to have:

Executive orders are monitored by the:

Validity is necessary and sufficient condition for generalizability.

Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates a perfect positive relationship?

Explain generalizability and the validity generalization process.

Criterion-related validation is generally more applicable than content validation.

As per the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the burden of proof always lies with the person who faces discrimination.

Which of the following validation strategies is most likely to be adversely affected by the restriction of range problem that results from current employees tending to be homogeneous?

A construction firm needs to hire a construction superintendent, whose primary responsibilities involve organizing, supervising, and inspecting the work of several subcontractors. It administers a construction-error recognition test, where an applicant enters a room that has been specially constructed to have 10 common and expensive errors and where he/she is asked to record as many problems as he/she can detect. What type of validation is being used here?