Exam 6: Selecting Employees and Placing Them in Jobs

Evan Smith is the HR manager of a publishing company.He wants to know if a certain test of cognitive ability,used in the advertising industry,can be successfully used in his organization.In other words,he wants to know if this test is a(n)_____ method of personnel selection.

_____ validity is a measure of validity based on showing a substantial correlation between test scores and job performance scores.

Review of résumés is most valid when the content of the résumés is evaluated in _____.

Which of the following is true about medical examinations of job candidates?

Describe the different types of interviews that can be used for employee selection.

Interviewing is considered the most accurate basis for making a selection decision.

Define what is meant by reliability,validity,and utility in the employment selection context.

What are the two broad categories of employment tests?

In a nondirective interview,the interviewer asks questions from an established set of questions.

Which of the following is a concern relating to the use of cognitive ability tests?

A correlation coefficient of -1.0 between two sets of numbers indicates _____.

Which of the following is true about job performance tests?

To test the validity of the selection test for advanced widget designers,Correll-Techno Inc.administers the test to the present widget makers in the company.The test results are then compared with the employees' latest performance appraisal scores.In this instance,what type of validation does Correll-Techno implement?

Why are drug tests a controversial component of the personnel selection process? What are some of the ways in which organizations can avoid problems associated with drug testing?

The multiple-hurdle model is based on a process of increasing the number of candidates at each stage of the selection process.

The controversial practice that treats a range of scores as being similar and thus allows the employer to give preference to underrepresented groups within these "similar" scores is known as _____.

If a person who is the reference gives negative information about the job candidate,there is a chance the candidate will claim _____,meaning the person damaged the applicant's reputation by making statements that cannot be proved truthful.

Which of the following tests is a legal means to test the integrity of job applicants and generally involves asking applicants directly about their attitudes toward theft and their own experiences with theft?

Generally,the organization checks references _____.

Most organizations check references as soon as they receive the candidate's application form.