Question 1

Which of the following legislations prohibit discrimination and mandates that employers take affirmative actions to hire qualified minority applicants?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Federal Tort Claims Act
B)  The Revenue Act of 1913
C)  Executive order 11246
D)  The Federal Reserve Act
E)  The Thirteenth Amendment of the United States ConstitutionF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Which of the following personnel selection methods has low reliability as compared to others?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personality inventories
B)  Cognitive ability tests
C)  Reference checks
D)  Drug tests
E)  Work sample testsF) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true of the reliability of a measurement?

Accepted Answer

A)  A measurement is said to be reliable when only two iterations are involved in measurement.
B)  Reliability refers to the measuring instrument rather than to the characteristic itself.
C)  It is not dependent on the attributes of the measuring instruments used.
D)  Reliability indicates the degree to which two objects are related to each other.
E)  It indicates the extent to which performance on the measure is related to performance on the job.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

_____ assess main facets such as verbal comprehension, quantitative ability, and reasoning ability.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive ability tests
B)  Thematic Apperception tests
C)  Personality inventories
D)  Raven' Progressive Matrices
E)  Rorschach Inkblot testsF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 5

As per the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, if any neutral-appearing practice happens to have adverse impact on those over 40, the employer must _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  show business necessity to avoid a guilty verdict
B)  make accommodations despite facing hardships
C)  facilitate pre-mature retirement for the employees
D)  compensate the employee prior to court trials
E)  provide special incentives to the suffering employeesF) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 6

How does the Civil Rights Act of 1991 differ from the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

In case of _____ validation, it is critical to minimize the amount of inference involved on the part of the judges because their subjective judgment could bias the findings.

Accepted Answer

A)  predictive
B)  concurrent
C)  content
D)  criterion
E)  standardF) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 8

_____ validation is a validity study that seeks to establish an empirical relationship between test scores taken prior to being hired and eventual performance on the job.

Accepted Answer

A)  Content
B)  Predictive
C)  Concurrent
D)  Subjective
E)  LogicalF) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 9

What are the major controversies surrounding drug tests? What can employers do to overcome the problems associated with these tests?

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Question 10

The more reliable, valid, and generalizable a selection method is, the more utility it will have.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Ron is a very gregarious person who, through his interactions, can effectively manage the people working under him in the organization. Ron has a high degree of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  self-awareness
B)  social skills
C)  empathy
D)  self-motivation
E)  self-regulationF) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

The concept of _____ suggests that similar groups of people whose scores differ by only a small amount all be treated as having the same score.

Accepted Answer

A)  attribution error
B)  probability distribution
C)  standard deviation
D)  groupthink
E)  bandingF) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

Executive order 11246 allows the government to:

Accepted Answer

A)  deny payments to individual contractors based on the government's availability of money.
B)  eliminate affirmative action to prevent reverse discrimination in governmental jobs.
C)  form and implement laws that are not specified in the constitution.
D)  suspend all business with a contractor while an investigation is being conducted.
E)  undertake affirmative action to ensure representation of African Americans in various jobs.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates a perfect positive relationship?

Accepted Answer

A)  +1.0
B)  -1.0
C)  0
D)  +10
E)  -6.67F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

Star Inc., an engineering firm, has come up with a new technical test to assess the knowledge of interviewees. To assess the validity of the test, it requests its present employees to take the test and match it with their performance in the organization. Which of the following types of validation has Star Inc. used to test the validity of its new technical test?

Accepted Answer

A)  Predictive validation
B)  Content validation
C)  Concurrent validation
D)  Face validation
E)  Logical validationF) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 16

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act does NOT:

Accepted Answer

A)  permit business necessity as a ground to avoid a guilty verdict.
B)  protect younger workers.
C)  allow for jury trials.
D)  allow punitive damages.
E)  permit promotions based on performance.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 17

A person who is agreeable in nature will be _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  assertive and gregarious
B)  depressed and secure
C)  dependable and unorganized
D)  courteous and trusting
E)  narrow-minded and imaginativeF) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 18

Predictive validation is superior to concurrent validation because:

Accepted Answer

A)  predictive valuation involves contribution from many individuals.
B)  job applicants often have no information about organizational culture.
C)  job applicants are more motivated than an organization's employees.
D)  the effort needed for predictive valuation is lesser than concurrent valuation.
E)  the time taken for predictive valuation is lesser than concurrent valuation.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

_____ is defined as the degree to which the validity of a selection method established in one context extends to other contexts.

Accepted Answer

A)  Utility
B)  Generalizability
C)  Reliability
D)  Validity
E)  ExclusivityF) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

When assessing the reliability of a measure, one might be interested in knowing how scores on the measure at one time relate to scores on the same measure at another time. This is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  test-interdependency.
B)  test-retest reliability.
C)  mutual exclusivity.
D)  test utility.
E)  test generalizability.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

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In case of _____ validation, it is critical to minimize the amount of inference involved on the part of the judges because their subjective judgment could bias the findings.

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What are the major controversies surrounding drug tests? What can employers do to overcome the problems associated with these tests?

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The concept of _____ suggests that similar groups of people whose scores differ by only a small amount all be treated as having the same score.

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Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates a perfect positive relationship?

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When assessing the reliability of a measure, one might be interested in knowing how scores on the measure at one time relate to scores on the same measure at another time. This is called:

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