QUESTIONS
Question 1
Which of the following statements is true?
- Tests should be designed to discriminate individuals, and with adequate validity, must do so.
- Tests must never be designed to discriminate individuals because that makes a company liable.
- A valid selection device should not be used to determine differences between high and low performers.
- Tests must be evaluated according to one industry standard of fairness.
Question 2
What is meant by adverse impact?
- The selection rate for a protected group is more than 4/5 of a non-protected class.
- The rejection of a significantly higher percentage of a protected class, when compared with a non-protected class.
- The selection of more minorities than those of a non-protected class.
- A pool of applicants for a job that is not proportional to the population.
Question 3
What legal document defines what the selection rate should be for any race, sex, or ethnic group?
- Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
- Civil Rights Act of 1991
Question 4
What is a Type II error?
- Rejecting the null hypothesis when it is false
- Accepting the null hypothesis when it is true
- Not rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true
- Not rejecting the null hypothesis when it is false
Question 5
What is a way that Human Resources departments can do to ensure that there is no adverse impact?
- Use only general cognitive measures because personality measures show cultural adverse impact.
- Decrease the number of applicants for a job.
- Create a composite score of different types of predictors.
- Provide tests in visual format only in order to reduce heavy reading requirements.
Question 6
Rebecca counsels employees about their long term financial goals. This is an example of what concept?
- Job
- Position
- Task
- Duty
Question 7
Which of the following is a choice that a job analyst must make?
- Qualitative versus quantitative
- Supervisors versus incumbents
- Knowledge versus abilities
- All of the above
Question 8
A company has a document that provides a job title, job activities, a description of the working conditions and environment, a description of the social environment, and conditions of employment. This is an example of what concept?
- Job analysis
- Traditional task-based job description
- Behavioral job description
- Job specifications
Question 9
What is a method (s) that can be used to conduct job analysis?
- Observe job performance directly
- Interview one or two subject matter experts
- Do an in-depth Interview with one person actually performing the job
- All of the above
Question 10
Which of the following is true about the Position Analysis Questionnaire?
- It is a list of questions that can be used to do in-depth interviews on a one on one basis.
- It is a static instrument that is designed to describe the aspects of a job.
- It is designed to determine how employees perform a job.
- It is used to collect information on the tasks or job duties that are necessary to perform a job.
Question 11
Which of the following is true about the O*NET?
- It is a database that helps people to find jobs in other states.
- It is an information system that provides comprehensive descriptions of attributes of jobs and workers.
- It is a model of seven domains that create a hierarchy of characteristics and requirements.
- Both b and c are correct
Question 12
Company X is anticipating future business and environmental demands on an organization and to meet human resources requirements to help meet these demands. This is an example of what concept?
- Workforce planning
- Talent inventory
- Control and evaluation procedures
- Action plan
Question 13
Which of the following is true about strategic management?
- Non-planning and planning basically have the same outcomes.
- Planning is not effective because only change is a constant.
- Defining objectives leads to workers to be aware of overall goals of the organization.
- There are many roads that organizations can take to get to an outcome, so control is unnecessary.
Question 14
What does the acronym SWOT mean?
- Safety, workplace planning, occupations, and technology
- Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
- Strategies, weaknesses, objectives, and threats
- Strengths, weaknesses, objectives, and technology
Question 15
According to Collins, how do the most enduring and successful corporations distinguish themselves from other corporations?
- They have a strong mission statement.
- They have a timeless set of core values and enduring core purpose.
- Strategy is the key component in the forward thinking progress of a corporation.
- Operating practices and business strategies should remain unchanging to provide consistency in organizational practices.
Question 16
What is the importance of HR strategy aligning with business strategy?
- HR strategy drives organizational goals.
- It creates a way to measure performance goals of the organization.
- Planning comes from bottom up and execution comes from top down.
- It aligns the resources, policies, and programs with its strategic business plan.
Question 17
High performance work practices do NOT include what feature?
- Continuous learning is important at all levels of the organization.
- Performance measures for employees are linked to financial indicators of the organization.
- Responsibility is maintained at the top.
- Line managers are also perceived to be HR managers.
Question 18
When are workforce forecasts not effective in an organization?
- When the forecast can determine what problems exist so they can be corrected quickly.
- When forecasts of labor supply are looked at separately from forecasts of demand.
- When the forecast shows a lack of diversity in experiences of personnel, but is allowed to continue.
- When the forecast is used to look at demands inside and outside the organization.
Question 19
Which of the following is NOT a leadership attribute?
- Leaders need to know what they need to know.
- Leaders need to know what they need to do.
- Leaders need to understand what persona qualities they need to display.
- Leaders need to think from the inside out.
Question 20
What is a reason for why an organization would groom people within the organization to become upper management?
- It may reduce turnover and increase commitment.
- It brings in fresh ideas.
- Change is considered to be more important than continuity.
- It is difficult for individuals to name successors to replace them.
ANSWERS
Question 1
Which of the following statements is true?
- Tests should be designed to discriminate individuals, and with adequate validity, must do so.
- Tests must never be designed to discriminate individuals because that makes a company liable.
- A valid selection device should not be used to determine differences between high and low performers.
- Tests must be evaluated according to one industry standard of fairness.
Correct Answer: Tests should be designed to discriminate individuals, and with adequate validity, must do so.
Question 2
What is meant by adverse impact?
- The selection rate for a protected group is more than 4/5 of a non-protected class.
- The rejection of a significantly higher percentage of a protected class, when compared with a non-protected class.
- The selection of more minorities than those of a non-protected class.
- A pool of applicants for a job that is not proportional to the population.
Correct Answer: The rejection of a significantly higher percentage of a protected class, when compared with a non-protected class.
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