Io Psych Test #2

Front 1

Which of the following is thought to be the cornerstone of personnel selection?

Back 1

Job analysis

Front 2

Your text identifies eight factors that contribute to the poor reliability and validity of the interview process. Which factor is related to why there is no relationship between interview length and outcome?

Back 2

Primacy effect

Front 3

Direct mail recruiting works best for positions involving:

Back 3

specialized skills

Front 4

Gandy and Dye (1989) believe that proper biodata items must:

Back 4

(ALL)
be job related
deal with events under a person's control
have answers that are verifiable

Front 5

Which of the following is the least useful predictor of future performance?

Back 5

Interest inventories

Front 6

____ are legal and scores on these tests are often compared to self-admissions of theft and the amount of goods lost by an organization.

Back 6

Pencil-paper integrity tests

Front 7

If a police applicant is asked questions about her favorite hobbies and religious beliefs, she may feel the test is not valid. In this case, her impression demonstrates the importance of ____ validity.

Back 7

face

Front 8

____ is the basis for validity generalization.

Back 8

Meta-analysis

Front 9

Which of the following sources contain reliability and validity information on various tests?

Back 9

Mental Measurements Yearbook

Front 10

A selection test is most likely to be considered unfair by the courts if using the test results in:

Back 10

adverse impact and the test is not valid

Front 11

Even though a test is both reliable and valid, it is not necessarily useful. The ____ were/was developed to determine the amount of money that an organization would save if it used a particular test to select employees.

Back 11

Brogden-Cronbach-Gleser utility formula

Front 12

An employee's ratings on the dimension of initiative are highly correlated with all of the other performance appraisal dimensions (e.g., cooperation, job accomplishment, job knowledge). Which type of rating error may be occurring?

Back 12

Halo error

Front 13

According to your text, a performance appraisal instrument focuses on many areas. Which of the following is NOT one of the areas listed in your text?

Back 13

Cognition

Front 14

Which of the following rating scales have been most criticized because of their susceptibility to rating errors such as halo and leniency?

Back 14

Graphic rating scale

Front 15

Quality of work is usually measured in terms of ____, which are defined as deviations from a standard.

Back 15

errors

Front 16

When peer ratings are used, research has found that high performers evaluate their peers ____ low performers.

Back 16

more strictly than

Front 17

Self-appraisals of performance appear to be most accurate when the purpose of the self-appraisal is for:

Back 17

research

Front 18

Meta-analysis results indicate that objective and subjective measures of performance:

Back 18

are slightly correlated (r = .39)

Front 19

Which of the following training methods requires trainees to discuss appropriate and inappropriate employee behaviors, watch the appropriate behavior being performed and role play the appropriate behavior?

Back 19

Behavior modeling

Front 20

Which of the following training methods has an employee perform several different jobs within an organization?

Back 20

Job rotation

Front 21

Supervisors who set goals, provide feedback, and encourage employees to use their training are trying to motivate employees to:

Back 21

transfer what is learned in training to the job

Front 22

____ exercises allow the trainee to work with equipment and in an environment like that found in the actual job.

Back 22

Simulation

Front 23

____ is the systematic acquisition of skills, rules, concepts, or attitudes that result in improved performance.

Back 23

Training