Exam 6: Employee Testing and Selection

Selection tests should be used as supplements to other tools like interviews and background checks.

Graphology,a tool for assessing basic personality traits,is also called ________.

As part of the selection process for a position at UPS,Jack has been asked to lift weights and jump rope.Which of the following is most likely being measured by UPS?

Which of the following is the primary advantage of using management assessment centers in the selection process?

If a person scores a 78 on a test on one day and scores a 79 when retested on another day,you would most likely conclude that this test is ________.

Equivalent form estimates compare test scores from the same test administered at two points in time to determine test equivalence.

Interest inventories are useful for career planning because they compare the interests of the test taker to the interests of people in various occupations.

Blue Bay Hotels is in the process of modifying the assessment methods the company uses to hire new employees.In the past,the hotel chain has been accused by minority organizations of violating EEO laws in its hiring practices.Which of the following applicant assessment methods would most likely have the LEAST adverse impact on minorities?

________ validation is considered the most dependable method of validating an employment test.

Which of the following is used to measure job knowledge?

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?

The Federal Privacy Act allows federal employees to view their personnel files.

The American Psychological Association's standards for educational and psychological tests are legally enforceable.

Managers cannot be sued for defamation when giving bad references because only employers are held responsible by state and federal courts.

While some personality characteristics are associated with success in different types of jobs,which personality trait is most frequently associated with job performance in all jobs?

To use predictive validation,one administers the test to applicants before they are hired.The applicants are then hired using existing selection techniques but not the new tests in development.Later,job performance measures are compared to the test scores under development.

________ is used as an estimate of reliability and involves administering a test with x number of items designed to assess a topic and then statistically analyzing the degree to which responses to the items vary together.

If there is a correlation between test and job performance,one can develop an expectancy chart to illustrate the relationship between test scores and job performance graphically.

Various federal and state laws govern how employers acquire and use applicants' and employees' background information.What four steps are necessary in order for an employer to be in compliance with these laws?

The unreliability of a test is best explained by all of the following EXCEPT ________.