Test

Question 1

Coaching is:

Answer 1

A practical, goal-focused form of personal, one-on-one learning

Question 2

In the behavioural approach to leadership, consideration is also referred to as…

Answer 2

Interpersonal orientation

Question 3

Culture affects performance evaluations in all of the following ways except:

Answer 3

Collective cultures have lower reliability on performance evaluations

Question 4

Measures of general mental ability do not always guarantee success on the job because…

Answer 4

Some jobs also require physical strength and interpersonal skills

Question 5

Observational design and survey design are two types of…

Answer 5

non-experiment

Question 6

Leading with integrity and genuineness and not projecting an artificial persona refers to…

Answer 6

authentic leadership

Question 7

Tests used to eliminate candidates who are clearly unsuitable for employment are referred to as…

Answer 7

screen out tests

Question 8

A cognitive ability test that uses 50 items to assess verbal, numerical, and spatial abilities is known as the

Answer 8

Wonderlic Personnel Test

Question 9

Dr, Duran, an I-O psychologist found that as job satisfaction increases, employee absenteeism decreases. This is an example of a _ relationship.

Answer 9

Negative

Question 10

The time and motion studies involved all of the following except:

Answer 10

Investigating employee attitudes about the length of the workweek

Question 11

Questionnaires that assess an individual’s organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) assess:

Answer 11

altruism and generalized compliance

Question 12

Which approach attempts to show that leaders possess certain characteristics that non-leaders do not?

Answer 12

trait

Question 13

Tests that ask questions directly about the candidate’s past honesty behaviour as well as attitudes towards various behaviours, such as employee theft, can be best described as:

Answer 13

Overt integrity tests

Question 14

Melanie takes a test in her Industrial-Organizational class. Her score will most reflect her:

Answer 14

Declarative knowledge

Question 15

Training needs analysis includes all of the following except:

Answer 15

motivational analysis

Question 16

Professor Wee hypothesizes that a person’s intelligence will determine how well the person will perform on the job, In this example, intelligence is the:

Answer 16

Predictor

Question 17

The process used by I-O psychologists to develop an understanding of a job by identifying the duties of the job and the KSAOs required to perform the job is called a:

Answer 17

Job analysis

Question 18

in which type of training environment would an experienced trainee with high ability most likely thrive?

Answer 18

A shorter, less structured program

Question 19

Mental ability refers to a person’s

Answer 19

capacity to reason, plan, and solve problems

Question 20

A university student wh crams fr a test the night before is using _

Answer 20

massed practise

Question 21

According to the text, research designs in I-O psychology can be broken down into three basic types:

Answer 21

experimental, quasi-experimental, non experimental

Question 22

Which of the following types of performance ratings is least likely to provide useful information when measuring performance?

Answer 22

trait

Question 23

The ‘in-basket’ technique is a type of

Answer 23

assessment centre method

Question 24

The systematic acquisition of skills, concepts, or attitudes, that result in improved performance is called

Answer 24

training

Question 25

Cameron is asked during an interview to explain how she would handle a particular situation while on the job. Cameron is most likely taking part in a

Answer 25

Situational interview

Question 26

The number of patients a medical intern treated in one day would be measured by _ measures.

Answer 26

Objective

Question 27

The systematic collection of information that can be used to make effective training decision is called:

Answer 27

Training evaluation

Question 28

The acronym “KSAO” stands for

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Knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics

Question 29

According to the textbook, at least part of the way to prevent counterproductive work behaviour (CWB) is in:

Answer 29

selection

Question 30

The main distinction between the Army Alpha and the Army Beta is…

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the Army Alpha was administered to literate recruits, while the Army Beta was administered to illiterate recruits

Question 31

Critical incidents are…

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behaviours in a particular job that result in either success or failure

Question 32

All of the following are dimensions of Hofstede’s theory of culture except

Answer 32

Inferior versus superior

Question 33

Which type of leadership has a tendency to arise after a crisis or emergency situation?

Answer 33

charismatic

Question 34

According to the textbook, when people were asked the question “If you were to get enough money to live as comfortably as you would like for the rest of your life, would you continue to work or stop working?” a majority of people reported that

Answer 34

they would continue working

Question 35

When a rater avoid choosing an extreme score, _ error may occur

Answer 35

central tendency

Question 36

Which theory states that subordinates are categorized into either “in-groups” or “out-groups”?

Answer 36

LMX theory

Question 37

Understanding how to perform a task is called

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procedural knowledge