I/O Exam (practice)

In the 1930s, the Department of Labor developed the _____, which was a resource that listed job tasks and duties attached to a job; this has since been replaced by the _____.

DOT; O*NET

Items such as "I am the life of the party" and "I start conversations" MOST LIKELY measure which Big 5 personality trait?

extraversion

Shuo, an I/O psychologist who works at a large corporation, is in charge of performance management. Which activity would Shuo be most likely to engage in?

designing a performance appraisal measure for managers to use on their subordinates

What is one potential problem with the current implementation of the FMLA?

Many employees cannot afford to take unpaid leave

During an assessment center, an applicant receives a scenario in which he is asked to take on the role of a manager. He receives a number of emails, memos, and scheduling requests from his subordinates and is asked to respond to these items. What assessment center exercise is MOST LIKELY being described here?

an in-basket

One reason that job analysis is important to organization is that:

it can be used in the legal defense of employment practices

To be hired as an airline pilot, one must accomplish three objectives: a 90% or higher score in a flight simulator, an 80% or higher score on a technical knowledge test, and at least 500 hours of flying experience. This approach to employee selection is known as:

multiple cutoff

In a statistical sense, the percentage of variance in the ultimate criterion that can be accounted for by the actual criterion is known as:

relevance