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1
_____ refers to the consistency of a performance measure.
A)Reliability
B)Validity
C)Utility
D)Legality
E)Generalizability
2
Just as reliability is necessary but not sufficient for validity, validity is necessary but not sufficient for _____.
A)scalability
B)generalizability
C)utility
D)legality
E)accountability
3
_____ refers to the degree to which the information provided by selection methods enhances the bottom-line effectiveness of the organization.
A)Reliability
B)Legality
C)Generalizability
D)Validity
E)Utility
4
Which of the following acts never has a case for reverse discrimination?
A)Civil Rights Act of 1866 and 1871
B)Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991
C)Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
D)Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973
E)Equal Pay Act of 1963
5
Which of the following organizations or offices is responsible for monitoring executive orders are ensuring that companies are compliant?
A)Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
B)Office of Personnel Management
C)Office of Federal Advisory Committee
D)Occupational Safety and Health Administration
E)Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
6
_____ interview items have been shown to have high predictive validity.
A)Situational
B)Panel
C)Knowledge-based
D)Stress-test
E)Informational
7
Which of the following concepts was advocated to minimize the adverse impact of testing?
A)Grouping
B)Collating
C)Binding
D)Banding
E)Teaming
8
Qualities like being emotionally stable, nondepressed, secure, and content are examples of _____ dimension of personality.
A)extroversion.
B)adjustment.
C)agreeableness.
D)conscientiousness.
E)openness to experience.
9
_____ is the knowledge of one's strengths and weaknesses.
A)Self-regulation
B)Self-motivation
C)Self-awareness
D)Self-esteem
E)Social skills
10
The number of people that are asked to work outside their own country has increased steadily over time, and more often than not, the decision of whom to send where is based primarily on _____ skills.
A)communication
B)leadership
C)human relations
D)technical
E)negotiation
11
Which of the following is true of interviews?
A)Validity of unstructured interviews is very high.
B)Reliability of unstructured interview is very high.
C)Interviews are most reliable when assessing nonobservable traits.
D)Generalizability of interviews is low.
E)Legality of interviews is high.
12
Which of the following is true of the reliability of several personal selection methods?
A)Reliability of physical ability tests is high.
B)Reliability of unstructured interviews is high.
C)Reliability of cognitive ability tests is low.
D)Reliability of reference checks is high.
E)Reliability of work-sample tests is low.
13
Which of the following is true of the generalizability of several personal selection methods?
A)Physical ability tests have high generalizability.
B)Interviews have high generalizability.
C)Cognitive ability tests have high generalizability.
D)Drug tests have low generalizability.
E)Reference checks have high generalizability.
14
Which of the following personnel selection methods has a high criterion-related validity and a low content validity?
A)Physical ability tests
B)Cognitive ability tests
C)Biographical information
D)Personality inventories
E)Work-sample tests
15
All of the following personnel selection methods have a low generalizability EXCEPT _____.
A)personality inventories
B)reference checks
C)interviews
D)drug tests
E)physical ability tests





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