Industrial - MT2

1.

1 point

Assessment centers are most useful for promotion rather than selection.

True

False

2.

1 point

All of these have low face validity, EXCEPT:

Interviews

Graphology

Integrity tests

Personality tests

3.

1 point

Which one of these requirements is the worst idea for a requirement of a job?

10 years job related experience

No job experience required

1 year job related experience

3 job related experience

4.

1 point

Social networking sites (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) are often used by the hirers to learn more about the applicants:

True

False

5.

1 point

All these represent Perceptual abilities, EXCEPT:

tactile sensitivity

depth perception

glare sensitivity

reaction time

6.

1 point

All of these are true about interest inventories, EXCEPT:

They are quite good job performance predictors

They have poor validity for selecting employees

They have low adverse impact

They are good job satisfaction predictors

7.

1 point

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is one of the employee selection tests.

True

False

8.

1 point

What is biodata?

Samples of applicants DNA

Application questions about life, school, military, community and work experience.

Employees' performance reports

Blood samples of the applicants to check for the drug use

9.

1 point

What is a work sample?

A replication of an actual job task.

A job analysis report.

A job description.

A videotape demonstrating job tasks.

10.

1 point

Which one of the Big Five dimensions is the best predictor of job performance?

Conscientiousness

Agreeableness

Extraversion

Openness

11.

1 point

What are business games?

A kind of assessment technique - role play to test leadership skills.

A computer based task where the candidate has to play a business management simulation.

Computer based simulations of the job that operate like a video game.

An assessment center task where a group of people are given certain business tasks and need to solve them while cooperating with each other.

12.

1 point

All are the problems of using integrity tests, EXCEPT:

Men and younger people have higher rates of failure.

Women and younger people score lower on these tests.

There is a psychological damaged caused by learning that you failed integrity test.

Applicants don't like these tests.

13.

1 point

Which one of these is NOT true about ability tests?

They have good face validity

They have the highest adverse impact among all selection methods

They are used when the applicant is not expected to have job related knowledge at the time of selection

They predict well future job performance

14.

1 point

Most of the current employees who test positive in a drug test are fired.

True

False

15.

1 point

What method encourages recommendation letter writers to give a more honest opinion?

Obtaining information on the phone instead

Choosing a person who has a neutral attitute towards the candidate as a reference

Giving the reference provider an integrity test

Signing a reference waiver

16.

1 point

Relative standards for physical ability testing should be preferred.

True

False

17.

1 point

What type of a question is this: How often do your friends steal?

Biodata question

Covert integrity test question

Overt integrity test question

Personality based integrity test question

18.

1 point

References and letters of recommendation are reliable methods that ensure you choose the person who will perform well in the future.

True

False

19.

1 point

Which of these are most likely to use drugs (in USA)?

food preparation workers

social services workers

education specialists

protective services workers

20.

1 point

Which one of these does not belong in McClleland’s need triology (TAT)?

Need for power

Need for approval

Need for achievement

Need for affiliation

21.

1 point

Physical agility tests measure the basic abilities to perform the required behaviors (e.g., push-ups, sit-ups, & grip strenght).

True

False

22.

1 point

Personality based measures of integrity testing:

Measure personality traits associated with antisocial behaviors

Measure conscienciousness from Big Five inventory

Measure psychopathologies

Measure people's tendency to engage in aggressive behaviors

23.

1 point

What is a potency bias?

It is important to show strength or dominance in social interactions

It is important to retaliate when wronged rather than try to maintain a relationship

Powerful people will victimize less powerful individuals

Most people have harmful intentions behind their behavior

24.

1 point

Even people without antisocial tendencies will often steal if both the need and opportunity to steal are present.

True

False

25.

1 point

If one of the references tell the hirer that the applicant constantly gets into conflicts, the candidate should immediately be removed from the application process.

True

False

26.

1 point

Which one of these is NOT a good practice to avoid liability for defamation?

Giving only information that applicant has agreed on

Only providing truthful information

Providing information with legitimate purposes

Providing personal judgments about the ex-employee

27.

1 point

Which of these is NOT an alternative method for checking resume fraud?

hiring a professional reference checker

asking applicants to give a social security report

calling Federal agents to obtain information about the applicant

including bogus items in the application form

28.

1 point

Which one of these is the WORST predictor of future job performance?

Projective personality tests

Unstructured interviews

Interest inventories

References

29.

1 point

What is a in-basket technique?

A kind of physical exercise where the candidate has to lift certain baskets with different weights in them.

The candidate is given a basket with a paperwork, same kind as there are on real emplyee desks, and is asked to handle the tasks as if s/he was on the work.

A kind of assessment center exercise where the candidate has to assemble something from separate parts.

A rule where the candidate is removed from the application process after failing one task in assessment center.

30.

1 point

What is adverse impact?

Employment practices that appear neutral but have a discriminatory effect on a protected group.

It is a characteristic of a test where certain items cause negative emotions

Caused stress during an interview asking very personal questions

Psychological damage done by low performance results

31.

1 point

Wonderlic Personnel Test is the most widely used cognitive test and it only takes 12 minutes to complete.

True

False

32.

1 point

Integrity tests have good incremental validity.

True

False

33.

1 point

Men score lower in assessment centers, therefore there is an adverse impact.

True

False

34.

1 point

Which one of these is the BEST predictor of future job performance?

Education

Biodata

Cognitive ability and education

Cognitive ability

35.

1 point

Polygraph is allowed to use in these professions, EXCEPT:

Private employers providing security services

Employers who manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances

Federal, state, and local government employees

Sales people

36.

1 point

Which of these is the best definition of negligent hiring?

Hiring people using an unstructured interview method

Hiring people while secretly planning to fire them 1 month later

Hiring people without testing and making any interview

Hiring someone without thoroughly checking his/her background

37.

1 point

All these are tests for psychopathology, EXCEPT:

MMPI-2

Rorschach inkblot test

Thematic Apperception test

Kuder preference record

38.

1 point

These are all true of assessments centers, EXCEPT:

There must be multiple assessors

One of the activities must be a simulation.

If a candidate fails one task, s/he is removed from the application process.

The activities must be based on job analysis.

39.

1 point

These are all types of integrity testing, EXCEPT:

Polygraph

Personality based

Overt

Covert

40.

1 point

Employee theft is highest in:

Fast-food restaurants

Retail

Hospitals

Police offices

41.

1 point

What is the best definition of negligent reference?

Giving a completely positive reference

Failure to inform of serious transgressions at the previous workplace while giving reference

Giving only bad information as reference

Giving superficial reference

42.

1 point

Which one of these has the highest adverse impact?

Cognitive ability test+GPA

Cognitive ability test+Integrity test

Biodata+Work sample

Structured interview+reference check

43.

1 point

Which one of these is a BAD idea for a biodata item?

Have you finished your military duty?

Were you a member of school government?

Which transportation do you use to work?

How many siblings do you have?

44.

1 point

Which one of these is FALSE about a resume?

it usually is 1 page

it is a CV

you shouldn't include a photo in your resume

it is used by freshly graduated people

45.

1 point

GPA is a valid predictor of performance on the job, training performance, starting salary, promotions, and grad school performance.

True

False

46.

1 point

All are true about polygraph technique, EXCEPT:

It is mostly illegal to use it for employment purposes in USA

Emotions other than guillt can trigger polygraph responses

It has a high false positives rate

It is a reliable lie detecting method

47.

1 point

The less complex the job, the better cognitive ability tests predict performance

True

False

48.

1 point

What is a shrinkage problem?

Declining application number over time when there is a high turnover rate in the company

A decline in validity over time

Declining job performance over time

Job experience becoming irrelevant over a long period of time

49.

1 point

Reference is a process of checking whether the applicant says the truth in their resume:

True

False

50.

1 point

All of these are true about graphology, EXCEPT:

75% organizations in France use it to select employees

Its validity depends on the type of writing sample

Autobiographical writing samples have a better prediction

Non-autobiographical writing samples have better prediction

Industrial - MT2 - CH5