Question 1

Daiymo car company has 100,000 applicants for 3,000 jobs.What types of tests can it use to cut down the number of applicants quickly and inexpensively?

Accepted Answer

A) a group test 
B) an individual test 
C) an open-ended test 
D) a performance test

Question 2

As the Human Resources director of New Millennium Enterprises you are asked to justify your use of integrity tests.What can you tell your boss?

Accepted Answer

A) They predict both counterproductive behavior and job performance. 
B) Integrity tests have been shown to predict theft in white-collar employees,but not blue-collar employees. 
C) Organizational delinquency can detract from job performance. 
D) Integrity tests are excellent predictors of theft

Question 3

Which assessment center exercise would provide the most information about an applicant's ability to cooperate with others?

Accepted Answer

A) the in-basket exercise 
B) the leaderless group exercise 
C) the problem-solving simulation 
D) the role-play exercise

Question 4

The test you are currently taking is designed to measure your present level of proficiency in this course.This test would be considered a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) EI test. 
B) intelligence test. 
C) achievement test. 
D) personality test.

Question 5

As a test administrator it is important to you that the test is easy to score and can be efficiently administered to a large number of people.Which of the following tests would be your best choice?

Accepted Answer

A) An open-ended group test 
B) A group performance test 
C) An individual performance test 
D) A group pencil-and-paper test

Question 6

Personality integrity tests are obvious assessments of honesty and integrity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Some researchers suggest that emotional intelligence is partly a blend of cognitive ability and a personality trait.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

You have applied for a job as Public Relations spokesperson for New Millennium Enterprises.As part of the hiring process you are required to take a test designed to measure your tendency to behave in an extroverted way.What type of test is this?

Accepted Answer

A) An ability test 
B) A personality test 
C) A biographical inventory 
D) An EI test

Question 9

Candidates who are given a __________ interview are likely to have an advantage during a job search.

Accepted Answer

A) face-to-face 
B) telephone 
C) structured 
D) unstructured

Question 10

Which of the following is FALSE about drug testing?

Accepted Answer

A) Drug testing is a means of controlling drug use at work. 
B) Drug testing is decreasing in popularity because it is controversial. 
C) Drug tests are criticized on the basis of invasion of privacy. 
D) Drug testing is considered more acceptable for safety-sensitive jobs.

Question 11

Before being hired by New Millennium Enterprises,you are asked to participate in an exercise in which you are told to pretend that it is your first day on the job and you are faced with numerous items on your desk,including memos,letters,e-mails,and phone messages.You must deal with each of them appropriately and efficiently.This is called a(n)____________ exercise

Accepted Answer

A) leaderless group. 
B) role play. 
C) in-basket. 
D) inferential.

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a weakness of assessment devices?

Accepted Answer

A) They have been shown to be invalid for selection purposes. 
B) Poor correlations among dimension scores across exercises. 
C) Dimensions score within an exercise are too highly correlated. 
D) They are expensive relative to psychological tests.

Question 13

Assume your next exam in this class contains 300 multiple choice questions,and that you have only 30 minutes to complete it.What type of test is this?

Accepted Answer

A) a performance test 
B) an open-ended test 
C) a paper-and-pencil power test 
D) a group speed test

Question 14

An advantage of administering tests electronically (e.g.,via computer)is that:

Accepted Answer

A) Computerized tests are equivalent to printed tests. 
B) Computerized tests can be scored automatically. 
C) The strategies that people use when taking computerized tests are similar to those used for paper-and-pencil tests. 
D) They are cheap and easy to develop.

Question 15

Jamal is high in intelligence and self-control and low in extroversion and need for stimulation.Because many successful engineers have this same pattern,I recommend that Jamal become a computer engineer.This is the approach taken by

Accepted Answer

A) Vocational interest tests. 
B) Occupational ability tests. 
C) Biographical inventories. 
D) Emotional intelligence tests.

Question 16

You are given a test that measures your mathematical ability.This is one type of

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive ability test. 
B) personality test. 
C) biographical inventory. 
D) skill test.

Question 17

A test designed to measure both knowledge and skill is known as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) vocational interest test. 
B) achievement test. 
C) cognitive ability test. 
D) integrity test.

Question 18

Applicants for secretarial positions at ABC Publishing Co.must take a typing test.This typing test measures the applicant's

Accepted Answer

A) knowledge. 
B) skill. 
C) ability. 
D) other personal characteristics.

Question 19

Integrity tests predict theft better than they do general counterproductive behavior and job performance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In which of the following assessment methods is the person who administers the test most likely to affect the responses?

Accepted Answer

A) Cognitive ability test 
B) Biographical inventory 
C) Integrity test 
D) Interview

Exam 5: Assessment Methods for Selection and Placement

Daiymo car company has 100,000 applicants for 3,000 jobs.What types of tests can it use to cut down the number of applicants quickly and inexpensively?

As the Human Resources director of New Millennium Enterprises you are asked to justify your use of integrity tests.What can you tell your boss?

Which assessment center exercise would provide the most information about an applicant's ability to cooperate with others?

The test you are currently taking is designed to measure your present level of proficiency in this course.This test would be considered a(n)

As a test administrator it is important to you that the test is easy to score and can be efficiently administered to a large number of people.Which of the following tests would be your best choice?

Personality integrity tests are obvious assessments of honesty and integrity.

Some researchers suggest that emotional intelligence is partly a blend of cognitive ability and a personality trait.

You have applied for a job as Public Relations spokesperson for New Millennium Enterprises.As part of the hiring process you are required to take a test designed to measure your tendency to behave in an extroverted way.What type of test is this?

Candidates who are given a __________ interview are likely to have an advantage during a job search.

Which of the following is FALSE about drug testing?

Which of the following is NOT a weakness of assessment devices?

Assume your next exam in this class contains 300 multiple choice questions,and that you have only 30 minutes to complete it.What type of test is this?

An advantage of administering tests electronically (e.g.,via computer) is that:

Jamal is high in intelligence and self-control and low in extroversion and need for stimulation.Because many successful engineers have this same pattern,I recommend that Jamal become a computer engineer.This is the approach taken by

You are given a test that measures your mathematical ability.This is one type of

A test designed to measure both knowledge and skill is known as a(n)

Applicants for secretarial positions at ABC Publishing Co.must take a typing test.This typing test measures the applicant's

Integrity tests predict theft better than they do general counterproductive behavior and job performance.

In which of the following assessment methods is the person who administers the test most likely to affect the responses?