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WorksheetsHRM533 QUIZ 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 27mins
Because a job analysis includes information about the requirements of someone performing
a job, it provides the criteria for evaluating the people who do the work
TRUE
FALSE
Employee interviewing is the most accurate method of job analysis because the employee is least likely to exaggerate essential job functions.
TRUE
FALSE
Employee empowerment is an example of when an organization allows its employees to participate in the decisions that affect the overall strategic direction of the organization
TRUE
FALSE
Job design objectives that emphasize industrial engineering considerations concentrate on the study of work cycles to determine how to reduce the time needed to complete the cycle.
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FALSE
Professional employer organizations lease employees to firms and perform all the HR duties including hiring, payroll, performance appraisal, and benefits administration.
TRUE
FALSE
Skill inventories are an important tool for succession planning
TRUE
FALSE
Advertising job openings on websites and in newspapers and trade journals is a common
way to attract candidates.
TRUE
FALSE
The number of steps in the selection process and their sequence will vary, not only with the organization, but also with the type and level of jobs to be filled.
TRUE
FALSE
A test that gives comparable scores when it is administered to the same individual a few days apart is unreliable.
TRUE
FALSE
Reliability refers to the extent to which two methods yield similar results, but not to the agreement between two or more raters.
TRUE
FALSE
Criterion-related validity is the extent to which a selection tool predicts or correlates with important elements of work behavior
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FALSE
The higher the overall validity of a selection procedure, the greater the chances of hiring individuals who will be the better performers.
TRUE
FALSE
Discrepancies between the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the jobholder and the KSA required for the job can be remedied by
training.
discipline.
cooperation.
Corporate leadership
The process of obtaining information about jobs by determining their duties, tasks, or activities is called:
job design.
job evaluation.
job analysis.
job search.
(a) is a field of study concerned with analyzing work methods and establishing time standards.
Public employment agencies may help employers by providing all of the following services except:
employment testing.
human resource planning.
job analysis.
community wage surveys.
____ is the most commonly used search tactic by job seekers and recruiters to get the word out about new positions.
Social networking
Mobile recruiting
The Internet
Newspaper advertising
The final decision to hire an applicant usually belongs to:
the HR recruiter.
the HR manager.
supervisors
co-workers.
The interview remains a mainstay of selection because of all of the following, EXCEPT:
it absolves the organization of legal liability
it is practical
it serves public relations purposes
interviewers maintain confidence in their judgments
The selection procedure usually begins with:
employment tests.
a medical examination.
a supervisory interview.
completion of an application form.
The degree to which selection procedures yield comparable data over a period of time is known as:
consistency.
reliability.
validity.
conformity.
The extent to which good performance on a test correlates with high marks on a performance review is an example of:
criterion-related validity.
content validity.
construct validity
cross-validation.
Obtaining criterion data at about the same time as test scores (or other predictive information) is the technique used in:
predictive validity.
concurrent validity.
content validity.
correlational validity.
Which is the most direct and the least complicated type of validity to assess?
content validity
construct validity
criterion-related validity
concurrent validity
The practice of hiring relatives is known as:
Family based hiring
Inverted familial diversification
Re-recruiting
Nepotism
