CompensationMGMT Quiz 11

Which of the following is the best appraisal format in terms of legal defensibility?

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales

When a job involves very routine, mechanistic tasks, the most appropriate appraisal format is:

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales.

In the context of performance appraisal formats, which of the following criteria is concerned with whether the evaluation form initially requires a long time to be developed?

Cost

In the context of subordinates as raters, which of the following statements is true?

Upward feedback has been historically viewed as countercultural.

A major criticism of standard rating scales is that:

raters have different definitions of scale levels.

Which of the following is an open-ended performance appraisal format that involves the use of descriptors ranging from comparisons with other employees to adjectives, behaviors, and goal accomplishment?

An essay format

Which of the following rating formats has the lowest rating errors?

Management By Objectives

The most common form of outcome-based appraisal is:

Management By Objectives.

All of the following are categories of rater training EXCEPT ________ training.

behavior modeling

Teaching raters what constitutes good, average, and bad performance is ________ training.

performance-standard