recruitment and selection exam 3

measures which assess an individual's capacity to function in a certain way are called

ability tests

which of the following are common sources of resume fraud?

all of the above

a job candidate responding to an "in-basket exercise" would most likely be asked to

draft memos to respond to letters received

the most common person to be contacted in a reference check is the applicant's

former supervisor

an important advantage of peer assessments is

greater knowledge of applicants' KSAOs

the assessment method which involves the use of very realistic equipment and scenarios to simulate actual tasks of a job is called a ______ test

high fidelity

within the context of the selection process, the "logic of prediction" means that

indicators of a person's degree of success in past situations should be predictive of future job sucess

in comparing internal selection with external selection, an advantage of internal selection is that

information about internal candidates tends to be more verifiable than information about external candidates

research has shown that most of the effective of cognitive ability on performance is due to the fact that intelligent employees have greater

job knowledge

contingent assessment methods

methods whereby a job offer is made contingent upon a candidate passing the assessment

if the selection objective is to assess a candidate's ability to make a coherent, persuasive report about the organization's annual results before a group of top managers, the best interview simulation to make this assessment would be an

oral presentation

which of the following is true regarding performance appraisals and internal selection?

performance appraisals are readily available in most organizations

logic of prediction

person's success in past situations should predict how successful they will likely be in new situations

situational judgement test (sjt)

presents the candidate w hypothetical work-related situation then elicits a response of what the candidate would/should do in that situation

discretionary assessment methods

separate those who receive job offers from the list of finalists; highly subjective

__________ assessment methods are used to reduce the candidate pool to finalists for a job

substantive

which of the following is a characteristic of a typical unstructured interview?

the interviewer makes a quick and final evaluation of the candidate

when considering the use of extracurricular activities as a job performance predictor, one should

use extracurricular activities when they correlate with KSAOs required by the job

the strength of the relationship between a predictor and performance is called

validity