Exam #2 Flashcards
A/an ____ is a characteristic that a person must have to do a job successfully.
a) personality attribute
b) selection criterion
c) essential element
d) predictor
B) Selection criterion
If a test is not reliable, it can’t be valid. T/F
True
Cognitive ability tests can be used even when such testing has disparate impact, as long as the test has business necessity and is job related. T/F
True
The purpose of a/an ____ is to inform job candidates of the organizational realities of a job, so that they can more accurately evaluate their own job expectations.
a) realistic job preview
b) practical overview initiation
c) accurate structured interview
d) job orientation
A) Realistic job preview
The director of HR realizes that the KSAs currently used for hiring entry-level engineers are outdated. In order to establish which KSAs are needed, a ____ is required.
a) performance appraisal analysis
b) selection requirements study
c) job analysis
d) test validation
C) Job analysis
What is the main reason to do a background check?
a. Recruit new candidates
b. Find potential medical problems
c. Analyze physical strength
d. Prevent negligent hires
D) Prevent negligent hires
During selection, companies may pick and choose who they want to drug test. T/F
False
______ is the extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure.
a) Validity
b) Reliability
c) Accuracy
d) Sincerity
A) Validity
In the _______ interview, the interviewer might start with some preplanned questions and then finish with free-flowing conversation.
a) Tempered
b) Reversed
c) Semistructured
d) Pre-patterned
C) semistructured
What law gives employers the limited right to do credit checks?
a) Civil Rights Act of 1964
b) Fair Trade Act
c) Equal Employment Opportunity Act
d) Fair Credit Reporting Act
D) Fair credit reporting act
________ is a statistical technique that identifies the relationship between a series of variable data points for use in forecasting future variables.
a) Regression analysis
b) Markov analysis
c) Ratio analysis
d) Factor analysis
A) Regression analysis
A job specification tells what a person does in a job. T/F
False
If a job posting’s goal was to yield 20 applications and it yields 10 applications but only 5 of them have the basic qualification, what is the yield ratio?
a) 10:20 or 50%
b) 5:10 or 50%
c) 5:20 or 25%
d) 5:10:20
B) 5:10 or 50%
WorkFlow Analysis=
Organizational Outputs->Organizational Tasks->Inputs
What are some inputs?
Materials, Manpower, and Money
What is a process used to identify the work performed and the working conditions for each of the jobs within the organization?
Job Analysis
What are some Job Analysis types?
Task-based and Compentency-Based
What is the process of identifying tasks that each employee is responsible for completing, as well as how those tasks will be accomplished?
Job design
What refers to changing the tasks or the way work is performed in an existing job?
Job Redesign
What refers to filling job openings with current employees or people known by current employees?
Internal Recruiting
what is the process of engaging individuals from the labor market outside the firm to apply for a job?
External Recruiting
To be non-discriminatory, employment tests must be what?
Valid and Reliable
What are some types of structured interviews?
Situational, Behavioral, Biographical, and Competency
Name some problems in an interview?
Halo Effect, Snap Judgments, Biases and Stereotyping,, Cultural Noise, etc
