test 5-6
What is necessary in a recruiting program that attracts women and minorities?
A strategy that is supported and driven by top management
What can employers use to help attract, gather, screen, and otherwise manage applicants?
Applicant tracking systems (ATS)
If an employer wanted to test a candidate's deductive reasoning skills and memory, what type of test might be used?
Aptitude
When seeking reference information about a candidate, what type of system allows a candidate's references to provide information about the candidate anonymously?
Automated online reference checking system
Which selection tool might managers use to uncover damaging information about a candidate that was not otherwise shared in the interview process?
Background check
What can be used to measure abstract ideas, such as honesty, that are important for the success of job performance?
Construct validity
Which type of pre-employment test is used to measure motor abilities, such as finger dexterity, manual dexterity, and (if hiring pilots) reaction time?
Crawford Small Parts Dexterity Test
Which of the following uses statistics to demonstrate a relationship between test scores and performance?
Criterion validity
Which of the following gives federal employees limits on the disclosure of personnel information without employee consent?
Federal Privacy Act
Which of the following federal laws protects job applicants who are in the process of working toward recovery from drug use?
Federal Rehabilitation Act
What can employers do to legally protect themselves from the effects of the large number of applicants that exaggerate information on resumes and applications?
Have applicants sign a statement indicating the provided information is true.
What is usually the first step in prescreening a pool of applicants?
Have candidates fill out an application form.
What is the advantage to the employer when they hire interns?
Interns can be evaluated for possible full-time work.
What type of management test would be used to measure a candidate's interests, past performance, and motivation for the current opportunity?
Interviews
To find passive job candidates, which of the following tools would a recruiter be MOST likely to use?
LinkedIn Recruiter Lite
When recruiting on campus, the recruiter's first goal is to determine if a candidate is worthy of future consideration. What is his or her second goal?
Make the employer attractive to the candidate.
Which of the following is a matrix designed to show the probability that an employee will move from one key position to the next?
Markov analysis
What is the result of hiring an employee with a criminal record who then commits a similar crime on the job?
Negligent hiring
Which of the following has the strongest effect on applicant attraction?
Online recruiting
What is a disadvantage to using online recruiting to generate responses to openings?
Online recruiting may inadvertently exclude disproportionate numbers of older applicants and minorities.
Under the Uniform Guidelines, when would an employer have to meet validation requirements for testing?
Only when adverse impact exists
What tools are needed to have an effective promotion-from-within policy?
Performance appraisals
What pre-employment test can be used to measure traits such as emotional stability and agreeableness and has been correlated with job performance?
Personality
Which measurement tool is the most dependable way to validate a test?
Predictive validation
Which of the following best describes on-demand recruiting?
Recruiters who are paid by the hour to support a specific project
Which of the following can be problematic when included on an employment application?
Requiring the applicant to provide their marital status.
Which of the following would NOT be a good suggestion for employers to use to encourage older workers to stay at or come work for their company?
Rigid scheduling
When developing staffing plans, what can a firm use to compare how two variables, such as the number of customer complaints and the firm's staffing levels, are related?
Scatter plot
Which of the following does NOT test for skills related to job tasks but rather tests how an applicant would respond in various situations that might occur on the job?
Situational judgment tests
A recent survey found that of those surveyed, over 25% found their most recent job through __________.
Social media
Which of the following uses statistical techniques, algorithms, and data cleaning to identify patterns that lead to success or failure on a particular job?
Talent analytics
Which aspect of the Global Competencies Inventory helps to determine a candidate's awareness of the impact they make on others?
The Relationship Management Factor
Which of the following can be a drawback to filling openings with internal candidates?
The opportunity for inbreeding increases.
Why should an employer focus on company values, the work environment, and what it is like to work at the organization during the recruiting process?
To impact recruiting success
Why do many employers encourage the use of internal recruiting?
To improve employee engagement
Which of the following addresses the study of variations in a firm's employment levels during the previous few years?
Trend analysis
Which of the following would NOT be a reason for a private employer to administer a polygraph test?
When hiring a person who will have access to employee records
What type of assessment test tries to predict performance by having a candidate perform a sample of the job's tasks?
Work sampling
How do organizations decide what positions they will have to fill and how to fill them?
Workforce planning
Which type of validated employment test is designed to test for dishonesty and other counterproductive forms of behavior?
Written honesty test
To ensure a screening test measures what it is designed to measure, the test should _______.
be valid
In addition to being valid, there must be a logical or legally permissible (under EEO law) reason to use a test to screen job applicants. These considerations are important when _______.
choosing the test
Most employment plans are based on _______, which are basic assumptions about the future.
forecasts
Employers typically rely on _______ to share information internally about open positions in the workplace.
job postings
Even if a candidate is a good fit for the job, he or she may not be a good fit for the company because of _______.
person-organization fit
Although _______ increase the number of applicants who turn down job offers, they also decrease employee turnover.
realistic job previews
HR personnel can use a _______ to determine the number of recruiting leads that need to be generated for each open position.
recruiting yield pyramid
Under common law, a former employer can be sued for providing information during a reference check if it provides information _______.
that is false and may harm the candidate's reputation
Before deciding how and on what to test candidates, managers should consider _______ to minimize the impacts of applicant volume and testing delays.
utility analysis
What type of recruitment efforts does the U.S. Department of Labor support?
State-run employment service agencies
