Question 1

The _______ of performance scores makes obtaining a significant validity coefficient more difficult with a concurrent validity design.

Accepted Answer

A)  variety 
B)  restricted range 
C)  heterogeneous nature 
D)  cost

Question 2

In constructing a band, how many standard errors are normally used?

Accepted Answer

A)  Three 
B)  One 
C)  None 
D)  Two

Question 3

Single-group validity and differential validity are types of:

Accepted Answer

A)  adverse impact 
B)  predictive bias 
C)  measurement bias 
D)  validation strategies

Question 4

_______ is the extent to which a score from a test is stable and free from error.

Accepted Answer

A)  Reliability 
B)  Validity 
C)  Psychometrics 
D)  Stratification

Question 5

If we use the weight of an infant to predict the subsequent performance of the infant in college, the weight measure is probably:

Accepted Answer

A)  reliable and valid 
B)  reliable but not valid 
C)  not reliable but valid 
D)  not reliable and not valid

Question 6

______ is the basis for validity generalization.

Accepted Answer

A)  Face validity 
B)  Known-group validity 
C)  Meta-analysis 
D)  Utility

Question 7

Which of the following hiring decision strategies takes into consideration the degree of error associated with any test score?

Accepted Answer

A)  Multiple hurdle 
B)  Top down selection 
C)  Passing score 
D)  Banding

Question 8

Setting your clock ten minutes fast will affect the _______ of the clock.

Accepted Answer

A)  reliability 
B)  validity 
C)  psychometrics 
D)  speed

Question 9

There are three major ways to determine whether a test is reliable. With the _______ method, several people each take the same test twice.

Accepted Answer

A)  repeat reliability 
B)  test-retest reliability 
C)  dual reliability 
D)  alternate forms reliability

Question 10

If a test of reading ability predicts performance of white clerks but not African American clerks, the test has _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  known-group validity 
B)  differential validity 
C)  single-group validity 
D)  validity generalization

Question 11

Even though a test is both reliable and valid, it is not necessarily useful. The _______ are designed to estimate the percentage of future employees who will be successful on the job if an organization uses a particular test.

Accepted Answer

A)  Taylor-Russell tables 
B)  Expectancy charts 
C)  Lawshe tables 
D)  Brogden-Cronbach-Gleser utility formula

Question 12

If a test is valid for two groups, but more valid for one than the other it is said to have _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  known group validity 
B)  differential validity 
C)  single group validity 
D)  validity generalization

Question 13

If an HR director believes the higher that applicants score on a test, the better they will do on the job, she could take a ________ approach to hiring decisions.

Accepted Answer

A)  top-down 
B)  nonlinear 
C)  passing score 
D)  banding

Question 14

The process of counterbalancing test-taking order is used in which method of estimating reliability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Test-retest reliability 
B)  Alternate-forms reliability 
C)  Internal reliability 
D)  All of the above use counterbalancing

Question 15

What are the components of the Brogden-Cronbach-Gleser utility formula?

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Which approach to employee selection would administer several tests to employees one at a time, with the least expensive tests being administered first; would score the various tests on a pass/fail basis; and would continue to test each applicant until he/she failed one of the tests?

Accepted Answer

A)  Multiple-regression approach 
B)  Cutoff approach 
C)  Multiple-cutoff approach 
D)  Multiple-hurdle approach

Question 17

When the two scores from alternate forms of a test are correlated and found to be similar, the test is said to have ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal stability 
B)  internal consistency 
C)  form stability 
D)  version consistency

Question 18

To compute a band, one needs the:

Accepted Answer

A)  standard error 
B)  validity 
C)  F ratio 
D)  mean

Question 19

If test takers do not believe that items on a test measure what they are supposed to measure then the test probably lacks:

Accepted Answer

A)  face validity 
B)  concurrent validity 
C)  criterion validity 
D)  reliability

Question 20

To ask if all of the items measure the same thing, or do they measure different constructs, is related to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  internal validity 
B)  test-retest reliability 
C)  scorer reliability 
D)  item homogeneity

Exam 6: Evaluating Selection Techniques and Decisions.