MAPr 105_Measuring Results and Behaviors

Gathering reports of situations in which employees performed behaviors that were especially effective or ineffective in accomplishing their jobs is an example of __________________________________.

• a critical incident approach
• an essay approach
• a comparative approach
• a direct report approach

Use of essays, critical incidents, and graphic rating scales would be most appropriate in a(n) ______________ system of evaluating competencies.

• declarative
• absolute
• projective
• comparative

When raters are asked to consider all ratees at the same time and to estimate the relative performance of each by using a 100-point scale, which method are they using?

• Forced distribution
• Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS)
• Simple rank order
• Relative percentile

Use of simple rank order, alteration rank order, and relative percentile would be most appropriate in _____________ systems of evaluating competencies.

• declarative
• absolute
• projective
• comparative

What are the two types of systems used to evaluate competencies?

• Evaluative and Projective
• Comparative and Absolute
• Absolute and Evaluative
• Projective and Comparative

An indicator is a behavior that suggests whether a particular competency is present.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Absolute systems base the measurement on comparing employees with one another.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Comparative performance measurement systems are better than absolute systems at controlling for several rater biases and errors.

• TRUE
• FALSE

In an alternation rank order procedure, employees are simply ranked from the best performer to the worst performer.

• TRUE
• FALSE

The relative percentile method is a type of absolute performance measurement system.

• TRUE
• FALSE