W6: Employment Tests

Question 1

Is a job interview a form of test?

Answer 1

yes

Question 2

What are the 5 types of employment tests?

Answer 2

Drug tests
Intelligence & personality tests
Medical exams
Ability & skills tests
Honesty & polygraph tests

Question 3

Drug tests occur under a variety of circumstances…

Answer 3

pre-employment
verification for employees who drug rehabilitation
after on-the-job accidents
reasonable suspicion
randomly

Question 4

What do employers need to remember when drug testing employees?

Answer 4

• drug tests specify the illegal substance in system
  -they do not determine how ingested, quantity taken, or whether individual is currently impaired

Question 5

Do candidates or employees have any legal rights to refuse drug testing without suffering adverse employment consequences?

Answer 5

No with some exceptions

Question 6

T/F: No state prohibits all drug testing of employees

Answer 6

true

Question 7

Random drug testing should be steered toward…

Answer 7

safety-sensitive jobs

Question 8

T/F Public employers don’t have to defend the reasonableness of drug testing programs.

Answer 8

False. public employers must be able to defend.

Question 9

T/F: drug testing programs must be negotiated with unions for union employees

Answer 9

True

Question 10

T/F: The process and the notification of results needs to be consistent among all testers.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What is a medical exam?

Answer 11

any procedure or test that seeks information about an individuals impairments or health.

Question 12

Is a physical fitness/agility test a medical exam?

Answer 12

No

Question 13

What are some examples of a medical exam?

Answer 13

-check for alcohol test
-blood pressure screening
-psychological tests
-vision tests analyzed by optometrist

Question 14

T/F: Employers may not request medical exams prior to a conditional offer of employment.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Do all medical exams have to be applied consistently for all employees or designated job groups?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

Medical exams of active employees must be…

Answer 16

job related and of job necessity

Question 17

T/F: Medical exams need to be the last test performed and last info received before finalizing hire decision.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What is a polygraph test?

Answer 18

A test that measures changes in physiological responses to detect lies

Question 19

When can polygraph tests be used by private sector employers?

Answer 19

in conjunction with investigation of employee theft or other serious wrongdoing under the EPPA

Question 20

Can private sector employers use polygraphs during the hiring process?

Answer 20

No, this is protected under the EPPA

Question 21

What type of tests do employers use instead of polygraph tests?

Answer 21

Honesty tests - a paper and pencil

Question 22

Ability & Skills tests must be…

Answer 22

job related & consistent with business necessity

Question 23

When using intelligence & personality tests, should employers base their hiring decision on tangible or intangible characteristics?

Answer 23

Tangible! (necessary for job performance)

Intangible should be used for other purposes

Question 24

What is the 4/5 rule?

Answer 24

selection rate of protected class should be at least 80%. results less than constitutes evidence of discriminatory effects

Question 25

Should employers use different cutoff scores for different protected class?

Answer 25

NO