Exam 5: Employee Selection: References and Testing

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the use of grade point average for employee selection?

The manager of a retail store notices that 7% of the inventory is missing. She doesn't know if the merchandise was stolen, lost, or broken. This missing inventory is called ______ and is one of the criteria used to validate integrity tests.

Most drugs can be detected for ______ after use.

What are the common types of psychological tests used in employee selection?

Jobs such as police officer, fire fighter, and lifeguard, which require physical strength and stamina, often use _______tests.

Though there is some disagreement, psychologists today agree there are _______ main personality dimensions.

Though work samples are excellent selection tools for several reasons, the main reason for not using them is that they can be:

Which of the following is NOT a concern about using physical ability tests?

Which of the following have the highest level of adverse impact?

_______ are based on the premise that peoples' attitudes about theft as well as their previous theft behavior will accurately predict their future honesty.

If an employer does not check an applicant's references and the applicant molests a child after being hired, the employer could be charged with:

The major disadvantage to job knowledge tests is that even though they do a good job of predicting performance, they often result in _______.

_______ are designed to tell an employer the probability that an applicant would steal money or merchandise.

Which of the following is good advice in asking for a letter of recommendation?

____ are legal and scores on these tests are often compared to self-admissions of theft and the amount of goods lost by an organization.

Of the four choices below, which is the worst predictor of employee performance?

What are the Big 5 personality dimensions?

In a reference check over the telephone, Bob says that his former employee Ted was a real jerk and couldn't be trusted. Ted might sue Bob for:

What are the problems associated with using references to predict performance?

What are five common assessment center exercises?