MCQ

21. What are screening procedures designed to do?

a. reduce the number of job applicants

b. eliminate candidates less likely to perform the job effectively

c. decide which applicant should be offered the job

d. identify KSAOs required for top job performance

22. Which of the following is NOT a psychological test used to select employees?

a. an emotional intelligence test

b. a cognitive ability test

c. a psychomotor test

d. a genetic test

23. What is the term for a specific, narrow ability or skill that may be used to predict job performance?

a. skill

b. personality

c. ability

d. aptitude

24. What is the term for an individuals degree of proficiency or competency on a given task that develops through performing the task?

a. knowledge

b. ability

c. attribute

d. skill

25. From the employers perspective, which of the following is NOT a benefit of conducting a job interview?

a. It can measure honesty.

b. It can sell the job to the applicant.

c. It can assess job knowledge.

d. It can evaluate job fit.

26. According to Statistics Canadas Workplace and Employee Survey, what percentage of surveyed firms used interviews in their pre-hiring selection?

a. 45 percent

b. 60 percent

c. 80 percent

d. 90 percent

27. According to Videotron, which of the following is NOT a benefit of speed interviewing?

a. Potential biases of any one interviewer are cancelled out.

b. The performance of new employees can be ensured with standard questions.

c. Many candidates can be assessed in a cost-effective manner.

d. The candidates job suitability is assessed accurately and robustly.

28. Which concept refers to making an acceptable or adequate choice rather than the best or optimal choice?

a. selection bias

b. satisficing

c. sufficiency

d. success rate

29. Some organizations collect and combine applicant information from objective sources, such as tests or biographical inventories, and the decision maker examines these data to form an overall, subjective impression of the applicants suitability for the job. Which of the following terms refers to this approach?

a. pure judgment

b. trait rating

c. profile interpretation

d. pure statistical

30. How are implicit theories defined?

a. They are theories about how certain behaviours, mannerisms, or personality characteristics go together without objective evidence.

b. They are theories about how certain behaviours, mannerisms, or personality characteristics go together with objective evidence.

c. They are theories about how certain behaviours, mannerisms, or personality characteristics go together with conscious awareness.

d. They are theories about how certain behaviours, mannerisms, or personality characteristics differentiate between applicants.