1. The performance improvement plan is most closely associated with which performance appraisal technique?

   		Critical incident
   		Paired comparison
   		Narrative forms
   		Ranking
   		Forced distribution

2. Which performance appraisal technique combines the benefits of narrative, critical incidents, and quantified ratings by attaching a quantified scale with specific narrative examples of good or poor performance?

   		Graphic rating scale method
   		Forced distribution method
   		Behaviourally anchored rating scale method
   		Paired narrative-quantitative method
   		Critical incident method

3. When supervisors who are engaged in a performance appraisal tend to rate all employees either high or low, this problem is referred to as which of the following?

   		Performance bias
   		Halo effect
   		Strictness/leniency
   		Appraisal bias
   		Central tendency

4. Although the graphic rating scale seems objective, it may result in unfair appraisals because the traits and degrees of merit are

   		contradictory of each other.
   		unrelated to the actual job.
   		open to interpretation.
   		repetitive.
   		outdated.