Question 1

Video interviews have the advantages of speed and cost-effectiveness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

A manager is examining the number of applicants for a job compared to the number of people needed to be hired.What is this figure called?

Accepted Answer

A)  the yield ratio
B)  the selection ratio
C)  the base ratio
D)  the validity coefficient B

Question 3

Which of the following is a key basis for the use of biodata tests?

Accepted Answer

A)  Family history is important to job success.
B)  They are required by law.
C)  Past behaviour is the best predictor of future behaviour.
D)  There are no right or wrong answers. C

Question 4

Abel scored high on an ability test used to hire him.He,however,turned out to be a poor employee.Which term refers to this outcome?

Accepted Answer

A)  a hit
B)  a miss
C)  a poor prediction rate
D)  an opportunity cost

Question 5

Which of the following is the most objective approach in making employee selection decisions?

Accepted Answer

A)  "can-do" approach
B)  statistical approach
C)  clinical approach
D)  "will-do" approach

Question 6

What is a key reason to ensure that selection procedures are valid?

Accepted Answer

A)  to ensure comprehensive training for HR professionals
B)  to test reliability
C)  because validity guarantees the success of the selection procedure
D)  because validity is related to employee productivity

Question 7

Measuring KSAOs of an applicant against the competencies required for the job is called person-organization fit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the use of reference checks?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are no longer used because organizations won't share information about previous employees for fear of litigation.
B)  Their usefulness is limited because most managers will not share performance data.
C)  Some organizations have detailed forms for previous employers to fill out in order to get the best information.
D)  New human rights laws prohibit their use.

Question 9

Six months ago,Organization A used a new selection system to hire 100 front-line staff members.With six months of performance data in hand,Organization A is interested in determining if its new selection system predicts performance on the job.What is the best way to describe this process?

Accepted Answer

A)  assessing concurrent validity through a cross-validation study
B)  assessing concurrent validity through a criterion-related validity study
C)  assessing predictive validity through a criterion-related validity study
D)  assessing predictive validity through a cross-validation study

Question 10

What is currently the most effective way to assess a person's honesty during the selection process?

Accepted Answer

A)  graphology testing
B)  polygraph testing
C)  integrity testing
D)  background testing

Question 11

Predictive and concurrent validity are determined by comparing test scores with supervisor performance ratings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Concurrent validity involves testing applicants and obtaining criterion data after they have been on the job for some indefinite period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following types of tests measure dispositional characteristics such as extroversion,inquisitiveness,and dependability?

Accepted Answer

A)  mental ability tests
B)  cognitive ability tests
C)  personality tests
D)  biodata tests

Question 14

Conscientiousness refers to the degree to which someone is trusting,amiable,cooperative,and flexible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Criterion-related validity is the extent to which a selection tool predicts or correlates with important elements of work behaviour.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to many experts,what are cognitive ability tests are connected to?

Accepted Answer

A)  personality
B)  past exposure to a job
C)  situational knowledge
D)  general intelligence

Question 17

Human rights legislation severely limits the types of medical inquiries and examinations that employers may use.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Reliability refers to the extent to which two methods yield similar results,but not to the agreement between two or more raters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Organization Omega is hiring 20 new front-line employees.The company is using an interview that involves three people taking turns asking questions and then pooling their scores of the responses.What is this type of interview called?

Accepted Answer

A)  a behavioural description interview
B)  a panel interview
C)  a situational interview
D)  a structured interview

Question 20

The HR manager and the training manager separately interviewed five applicants for a position.They both ended scoring the five of them very similarly.What is this result an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  high concurrent validity
B)  high inter-rater reliability
C)  high construct validity
D)  high inter-personal reliability

Exam 6: Employee Selection

Video interviews have the advantages of speed and cost-effectiveness.

A manager is examining the number of applicants for a job compared to the number of people needed to be hired.What is this figure called?

Which of the following is a key basis for the use of biodata tests?

Abel scored high on an ability test used to hire him.He,however,turned out to be a poor employee.Which term refers to this outcome?

Which of the following is the most objective approach in making employee selection decisions?

What is a key reason to ensure that selection procedures are valid?

Measuring KSAOs of an applicant against the competencies required for the job is called person-organization fit.

Which of the following best describes the use of reference checks?

Six months ago,Organization A used a new selection system to hire 100 front-line staff members.With six months of performance data in hand,Organization A is interested in determining if its new selection system predicts performance on the job.What is the best way to describe this process?

What is currently the most effective way to assess a person's honesty during the selection process?

Predictive and concurrent validity are determined by comparing test scores with supervisor performance ratings.

Concurrent validity involves testing applicants and obtaining criterion data after they have been on the job for some indefinite period.

Which of the following types of tests measure dispositional characteristics such as extroversion,inquisitiveness,and dependability?

Conscientiousness refers to the degree to which someone is trusting,amiable,cooperative,and flexible.

Criterion-related validity is the extent to which a selection tool predicts or correlates with important elements of work behaviour.

According to many experts,what are cognitive ability tests are connected to?

Human rights legislation severely limits the types of medical inquiries and examinations that employers may use.

Reliability refers to the extent to which two methods yield similar results,but not to the agreement between two or more raters.

Organization Omega is hiring 20 new front-line employees.The company is using an interview that involves three people taking turns asking questions and then pooling their scores of the responses.What is this type of interview called?

The HR manager and the training manager separately interviewed five applicants for a position.They both ended scoring the five of them very similarly.What is this result an example of?