Question 1

Attributes that distinguish high from low performers are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  critical characteristics.
B)  KSAOs
C)  competencies
D)  essential KSAOs. C

Question 2

You are preparing to conduct a job evaluation for Spectrocorp,Inc. ,a manufacture of Virtual Pets.You have chosen to use the point method.What is the first step you should take?

Accepted Answer

A)  determine the degree to which a job has each compensable factor
B)  plot the job points and actual salaries
C)  determine the compensable factors for the job
D)  sum points for each job C

Question 3

Job analysis can provide

Accepted Answer

A)  information for vocational counseling.
B)  a method for evaluating the monetary worth of jobs.
C)  information for designing jobs for efficiency and safety.
D)  all of the above D

Question 4

Task inventories have questionable

Accepted Answer

A)  internal consistency reliability.
B)  inter-rater reliability.
C)  content validity.
D)  criterion related validity.

Question 5

You have been assigned to collect job analysis information for your first job analysis.Which method is the most efficient method for you to use?

Accepted Answer

A)  observe a job incumbent perform the job
B)  interview SMEs
C)  administer questionnaires to SMEs
D)  do the job yourself

Question 6

The ___________ was developed in Great Britain to address the need to match job requirements to worker characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A)  Position Analysis Questionnaire
B)  Functional Job Analysis
C)  Job Components Inventory
D)  task inventories

Question 7

Although the job evaluation method can indicate the relative value of a job,salary levels for jobs are often affected by other factors,including:

Accepted Answer

A)  critical incidents
B)  essential functions
C)  a job analyst's opinion
D)  the market wages for a job

Question 8

A job analyst asks job incumbents to rate the time spent doing each task required by the job.What type of job analysis method has been used?

Accepted Answer

A)  Job Components Inventory
B)  Functional Job Analysis
C)  Position Analysis Questionnaire
D)  Task Inventories

Question 9

A method for describing jobs and the human attributes necessary to perform them is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  job evaluation.
B)  job analysis.
C)  task analysis.
D)  critical incidents.

Question 10

Job analysis information is used to

Accepted Answer

A)  decide who to select for job.
B)  suggest areas for training.
C)  determine major components of job performance.
D)  all of the above

Question 11

In the Research in Detail feature of the text,the author describes a study by Borman,Dorsey,and Ackerman (1992),in which they asked stockbrokers to describe their jobs.Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Time spent in tasks did not significantly relate to performance.
B)  There can be differences in time spent doing tasks among people in the same job.
C)  More successful stockbrokers spent less time helping other stockbrokers.
D)  The results revealed that reports of time spent are unreliable and invalid.

Question 12

The JCI or Job Components Inventory was developed for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  To match job requirements to worker characteristics.
B)  To allow I/O psychologists to make comparisons among jobs.
C)  To use in school curriculum development.
D)  To use in vocational guidance.

Question 13

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)are often used to obtain information for job analysis.The local car manufacturing plant has asked you to put together a team of SMEs from which to obtain information about the tasks necessary for assembly of a car engine.Which of the following should NOT be included on this team?

Accepted Answer

A)  A machinist on the assembly line
B)  The night shift supervisor of the engine station of the assembly line
C)  The factory owner
D)  The quality assurance person

Question 14

According to your textbook,the most specific level of a major job function is represented by

Accepted Answer

A)  tasks.
B)  duties.
C)  elements.
D)  positions.

Question 15

Job analysis information is useful in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Helping to set criteria for hiring.
B)  Helping to set criteria for performance appraisal systems.
C)  Helping to design content of jobs.
D)  All of the above

Question 16

The job of being a student is a very complex one.You have conducted a person-oriented job analysis of it.In your analysis,you describe that a student must understand the difference between reliability and validity.This is an example of an

Accepted Answer

A)  duty.
B)  task.
C)  knowledge.
D)  skill.

Question 17

Imagine that,as a new industrial psychologist,you must conduct a job analysis for the job of a vet's assistant.Which of the following would be helpful in completing the job analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Interview the vet.
B)  Observe the incumbents doing the job.
C)  Work alongside the vet for one week.
D)  All of the above

Question 18

According to past research,which job analysis method is MOST likely to be unreliable?

Accepted Answer