Exam 9: Application Forms and Biodata Assessments, Training and Experience Evaluations, and Reference Checks

Email is the most frequently used method of conducting a reference check.

It is inappropriate to ask applicants about specific skills or education/training experiences acquired through military service.

It is appropriate to ask applicants about the color of their hair and eyes.

For most organizations, one application form for all jobs in the organization is all that is needed.

Regarding the validity of T&E evaluations, which of the following is true?

Of all the T&E methods, the WRC based method likely offers the best prediction of later job performance.

What does research tell us about the accuracy of application form data?

State and federal laws generally do not assume that all questions asked on an application form are used in making hiring decisions.

Of these methods of collecting reference data, which is used most frequently?

Reference checks are one of the few selection devices not subject to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures.

Job analysis data should serve as one basis for choosing employment application questions.

It is inappropriate to ask women about child care arrangements.

Which of the following methods of empirical keying has been the most popular and useful?

A felony conviction can automatically exclude an applicant from employment.

Employers do not have a responsibility to provide relevant information on a past employee who is under consideration for employment by another employer.

As far as reliability is concerned, training and experience evaluations tend to reflect rather high interrater reliability estimates.

Application forms have been used to discriminate against protected groups.

When writing instructions for completing the application form it is a good practice to make the instructions a little vague and incomplete to see how applicants deal with ambiguity.