Exam 2 - MIE 330

Which of the following is true of the several options available to reduce expected labor surplus?

Early retirement causes relatively less human suffering.

In the context of factors that influence motivation to learn, which of the following management actions is likely to increase employees' self-efficacy?

Emphasizing that learning is under their personal control

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the formal mentoring program?

Mentors may not be able to provide counseling and coaching in an artificially created relationship.

Which of the following is true of a typical assessment center?

Multiple assessors evaluate performance on a number of exercises.

Which of the following is true about how job experiences affect development?

Obstacles and job demands related to creating change are more likely to lead to negative stress.

Which of the following statements is true regarding reliability and validity?

Reliability of a measure is essential for it to have any validity.

Which of the following statements is true of the reliability of a measurement?

Reliability refers to the measuring instrument rather than to the characteristic itself.

Based upon the reading by Arruda (2014), which of the following is FALSE? a. The majority of jobs posted online are posted on LinkedIn. b. LinkedIn helps individuals to engage in personal branding. c. 80% of jobs are landed through networking. d. You should build a professional network only when you need it.

You should build a professional network only when you need it.

Predictive validation is superior to concurrent validation because:

job applicants are more motivated than an organization's employees.

The first step in the human resource planning process is _____.

forecasting

When a company provides evidence from previous criterion-related validity studies conducted in other situations to show that a specific test is a valid predictor for a specific job performance, it is trying to prove the test's:

generalizability.

Personality inventories tend to have:

high reliability, low-to-moderate criterion validity, and low generalizability.

In _____, employees' behaviors or skills are evaluated not only by subordinates but by their peers, customers, bosses, and by themselves.

360-degree feedback systems

Which of the following is TRUE? a. A reason why downsizing efforts often fail is that employees who survive the purges often become narrow-minded, self-absorbed, and risk-averse. b. Typically, "call center" staffing is the only type of work that is being offshored. c. The last step in the human resource planning process is forecasting. d. Hiring employees from external sources is a fast option to avoid an unexpected labor shortage plus its revocability is high.

A reason why downsizing efforts often fail is that employees who survive the purges often become narrow-minded, self-absorbed, and risk-averse.

Which of the following is an exercise used in assessment centers where employees answer questions about their work, personal experiences, and skill strengths and weaknesses?

An interview

Which of the following is an example of effective onboarding?

Avoiding debasing new employees

Star Inc., an engineering firm, has come up with a new technical test to assess the knowledge of interviewees. To assess the validity of the test, it requests its present employees to take the test and match it with their performance in the organization. Which of the following types of validation has Star Inc. used to test the validity of its new technical test?

Concurrent validation

Which of the following is the first stage in the training design process?

Conducting a needs assessment

Rollerbeam Inc., a provider of engineering services, is looking to hire several maintenance engineers. Rollerbeam's HR department checks with the company's engineering department to confirm that the scenarios mentioned in the test are plausible real world scenarios maintenance engineers might face. Which of the following types of validation is Rollerbeam's HR team performing?

Content validation

Which of the following is true of training and development?

Development is critical for talent management, particularly for those with leadership potential.

Which of the following is true about task analysis?

It involves identifying the knowledge and skills required for the job.

Which of the following is true of a protean career?

It is based on employees' self-direction.

Which of the following practices best helps employees gain an overall appreciation of the company's goals?

Job rotation

According to the video by Heffernan (2015), which of the following is FALSE? a. People are always motivated to be the best. Correct b. A culture of helpfulness can be important to successful team performance. c. Social connectedness is important for team effectiveness. d. Social capital compounds with time.

People are always motivated to be the best.

Which of the following is an example of experience-based situational interview?

Ron was asked to describe an event where his creativity led to effective problem solving.

Based upon the video by Rowan (2012), which of the follwing is TRUE? a. Rowan believes there is a role for government in regulating the job market. b. Rowan believes that national lotteries provide a bad example of how a modern job market could be run. c. Rowan argues for one centralized job market that everyone has to join. d. Modern markets have very high overhead.

Rowan believes there is a role for government in regulating the job market.

Which of the following is the first step in the development planning system?

Self-assessment

According to the video by Koller (2012), which of the following is FALSE? a. Peer grades can be highly correlated with teacher grades. b. Simply recalling what you have learned can be an important part of learning. c. Study groups typically do not self-form. d. Technology can help to effectively provide feedback to learners.

Study groups typically do not self-form.

_____ refers to on-the-job use of knowledge, skills, and behaviors learned in training.

Transfer of training

Which of the following is true about transitional matrices?

Transitional matrices are extremely useful for charting historical trends in a company's supply of labor.

Which of the following pairs of recruiter characteristics does an applicant tend to respond to most positively?

Warmth and informativeness

According to the video by Koller (2012), which of the following is TRUE? a. Peer grading can be an effective way to evaluate student performance. b. Nearly all university graduates in the U.S. work in jobs that require that level of education. c. Traditional lectures lasting an hour or more are highly effective in online classes. d. Online learning does not involve social interaction with others.

a. Peer grading can be an effective way to evaluate student performance.

According to the video by Heffernan (2015), which of the following is TRUE? a. The most successful teams might be composed of individuals that are highly sensitive to each other. Correct b. Intelligent people always outperform helpful people. c. Competition is always motivating. d. Teams that work longer together tend to have worse performance.

a. The most successful teams might be composed of individuals that are highly sensitive to each other.

Based upon the video by Ariely (2008), which of the following is FALSE? a. Presenting choices with different alternatives can change people's decisions. b. Trends in participating in organ donor programs are mostly due to country culture. c. Visual illusions are a metaphor for mistakes in our decision making. d. People often choose default choices when presented with complex options.

b. Trends in participating in organ donor programs are mostly due to country culture.

Which of the following is TRUE? a. Person analysis includes identifying the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that need to be emphasized in training for employees to complete a task. b. The highest level of support that a manager can provide the training process is acceptance. c. Onboarding refers to the process of helping new hires adjust to social and performance aspects of their new jobs. d. The last stage in the training design process is ensuring transfer of training.

c. Onboarding refers to the process of helping new hires adjust to social and performance aspects of their new jobs.

Which of the following is FALSE? a. Training refers to a planned effort by a company to facilitate learning of job-related competencies, knowledge, skills, and behaviors by employees. b. Continuous learning requires employees to understand the entire work system. c. Tacit knowledge refers to knowledge that is well documented and easily transferred from person to person. Correct d. In the first step of the training process, person analysis and task analysis are often conducted at the same time.

c. Tacit knowledge refers to knowledge that is well documented and easily transferred from person to person.

Based upon the video by Ariely (2008), which of the following is TRUE? a. People's preferences are not shaped by the options that are presented. b. Highly trained professionals like doctors are not susceptible to cognitive illusions. c. We understand our cognitive limitations as well as our physical limitations. d. One major illusion is the illusion that you are not susceptible to cognitive illusions.

d. One major illusion is the illusion that you are not susceptible to cognitive illusions.

Which of these statements is TRUE? a. Assessment refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and behaviors that improve an employee's ability to meet changes in job requirements. b. Assessment centers are primarily used to identify employees' technical skills. c. Formal education programs include off-site and on-site programs designed specifically for the company's employees. d. Transfers typically involve an increase in job responsibilities and compensation.

d. Transfers typically involve an increase in job responsibilities and compensation

Which of the following options is considered a fast option for reducing an expected labor surplus but results in high human suffering?

demotions

A policy that lays out the steps an employee can take to appeal a termination decision is called a(n) _____.

due process policy

Which of the following is true of informal learning? a. It is initiated by the management of an organization. b. It occurs as a result of gathering explicit knowledge. c. It occurs in a planned setting for facilitating knowledge. d. It involves training and development programs. e. It is motivated by a personal intent to develop.

e. It is motivated by a personal intent to develop.

Which of the following options is considered a slow option for reducing an expected labor surplus and has a low impact on human suffering?

early retirement

Policies that state that either party in an employment relationship can terminate that relationship at any time, regardless of cause, are called _____.

employment-at-will policies

If an organization wants to improve the work environment factor that influences the motivation to learn, it is likely to focus on:

encouraging employees to give feedback to each other.

Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage has the benefit of being a fast solution with high revocability?

temporary employees

When assessing the reliability of a measure, one might be interested in knowing how scores on the measure at one time relate to scores on the same measure at another time. This is called:

test-retest reliability.

While evaluating training programs, acquisition of knowledge is measured using _____.

work samples

A(n) _____ test attempts to simulate the job in a prehiring context to observe how the applicant performs in the simulated job.

work-sample