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What is a systematic procedure for observing behavior and describiting it quantitatively?
Test
A job candidate was expected to be a good performer based on his score on the selection test, and he turned out to be a poor performer after he was hired. In the case, we made a _____ type of decision.
False alarm
The exam 1 of this class is a _____ test.
Power
Which one of the following is NOT an example of group effectiveness?
Process loss
This type of test assesses the speed and accuracy of motor and sensory coordination.
Psychomotor test
Daisy belongs to a committee whose members are highly motivated to stay together. All members are willing to put aside their individual goals in order to see the group succeed. Daisy's committee is best described as having a high level of:
Cohesion
As part of a cat-lover group, Daisy knows that she should love all cats—including the hairless ones. This is an example of a:
Perscriptive norm
According to meta-analysis, general cognitive ability accounts for about ____% of the variance in the criterion
25%
In an ideal selection battery, tests are ____ related to the criterion and ____ related to each other
Strongly; weakly
At the beginning of last semester, Daisy wanted to learn how to use the i-clicker system for her class. She attended 4 internet-based training sessions. Which of the following is NOT a likely benefit of the internet-based training program?
Daisy would experience greater satisfaction with the training.
_____ teams focus on making products whereas _____ teams focus on establishing strategies for the organization.
Production; Managment
When things like egocentrism, miscommunications, and conflict that occur and detract the team from performing, _____ is said to occur
Process loss
On her first day as an assistant professor at MSU, Daisy was told that another senior professor in the department will teach her about how to perform the tasks that she'll need to do. This is a form of
On-the-job training
The major difference between structured versus unstructured interview is that: ______.
Questions, scoring, and interview procedures are all standardized in structured interview
The test 1 that you took for this class can be considered as a ______, group, and ______ test
Power; Paper-and-pencil
Diversity within the group can contribute positively to the team performance, especially when ________.
Team identification is high.
A department store has used a personality test in its selection battery for managerial jobs. It unintentionally results in the hiring of women rather than men. The type of case that can be brought against the store is:
Disparte impact
Groups of employees who perform interdependent work and share common goal is called: _____.
Work teams.
Some students read the textbook before coming to class, come up with personal examples to illustrate the concepts, and review the materials right after each lecture. These behaviors characterize the _____ of learning principle
Active learning
Compared to multiple cutoff method, multiple hurdles should be ____ costly for the organization
Less
The exam1 of this class is a ______ test.
group
Under Civil Rights Act, ____ refers to intentional differential treatment, whereas ____ refers to unintentional differential treatment
Disparate treatment; Disparate impact
Daisy used a selection test to pick friendly cats and found the validity coefficient of the test was .30. If she uses it again on a different group of cats and calculate the validity coefficient, the coefficient is likely to be ____ .30
Smaller than
If the correlation between a specific cognitive ability test and the performance is .5, what will be the coefficient of determination?
0.25
To calculate the hiring decision accuracy, we would theoretically take the number of _____ divided by the number of ______.
Hits; Hits plus false alarms
Mary is 55 years old, Jeff is 21 years old, and Jorge is 45 years old. All three work at a computer software firm and were fired in place of three new 20-year-old employees. Which employees are covered under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act?
Jorge and Mary only
The two types of sexual harassment cases are:
Quid pro quo and hostile work environment
What are the four criteria for good tests?
Validity, Reliability, Fairness, Practicality
Among the three approaches to combine information gathered from a selection battery, ___ is/are non-compensatory and ___ is/are compensatory.
Multiple cutoffs and hurdles; Multiple regression
Learning refers to:
Relatively permanent change in behaviors due to experiences
In a research meeting between Daisy and her research team members, she assigns specific positions and tasks for each member of the team. This is the process of: ______
Role differentiation
Selection is informed by what product of the job analysis?
Job specification
One question on the course evaluation form asks students whether they enjoyed the class. This is an example of _____ criteria of training.
Reaction
80% rule is one of the many ways to calculate ________.
Disparate impact
Which of the following is correct about the validation study?
Both content and criterion-related validity evidence can be accepted by courts.
Which one of the following is NOT a potential problem associated with using general cognitive ability test for selection?
The test does not relate to performance
Daisy's department chair provides her with advice and information about her performance and discusses ideas and goals for performance improvement. Her chair is engaging in:
Coaching
If Daisy wants to use multiple predictors to form a selection battery, she should choose tests that have _____ relationship with the criterion (i.e., performance) and _____ relationship with each other.
High; low
Which one of the following strategies may NOT be helpful to ensure that team members contribute to the team at the same rate as they are working alone?
Allow members to anonymously contribute to the team effort so that they are not judged
Compared to a rational type of personality test, items from a empirical type of personality test ________.
Show no clear links to the personality dimension they assess
When members perceive that there are free-riders in the group, and they reduce their own effort in response, this is an example of _____
Sucker effect
Daisy wants to train her cats to perform a routine involves several behaviors that are highly organized, coherent, and interdependent. Based on learning theories, Daisy should train her cats on:
The whole routine at one time.
When Izzo was selecting players for the MSU basketball team, he believed that a player's great shooting ability can make up for the fact that he is not a fast runner. This means that Izzo is following more of a ____ approach for selecting players.
Multiple regression
A large public library restructures its work schedules to allow disabled employees to perform their duties. The library has:
made reasonable accommodations
Daisy observed one of her graduate student and found that when the student is part of a research team, she tends to reduce her efforts compared to when she was working alone on a research project. Daisy's student is engaging in:
Social loafing
If Daisy wants her cats to perform the routine in front of a large audience, which of the following practice will NOT facilitate that?
Train the cats in a quiet setting so that they don't get nervous.
What is the biggest concern with on-site training?
The quality of the on-site training can vary based on the employees who do the training.
What is the underlying assumption of situational specificity?
Validity changes across situations
This type of test assesses applicant's job performance by asking them to replicate their behaviors on the job during the selection testing.
Work sample
HR practice that is usually used to attract and encourage application for employment is called ____.
Recruitment
The purpose of the specific cognitive ability test is to:
Test for specific abilities required on the job
The caterpillar Training Institute and McDonald's Hamburger University are examples of:
Corporate universities
Which of the following is NOT a concern associated with personality as a predictor for job performance?
There seemed to be consistent racial differences in individuals' responses to personality questions.
This analysis determines how useful and cost efficient the selection battery is ___.
Utility analysis
Which of the following is NOT a type of needs analysis for training?
Job analysis Four types are --organizational needs, taks, person, and demographic analysis
Which of the following is not a criterion for a good test?
Informative
Transfer of training is an example of meeting _____ level of criteria for training effectiveness.
Behavior
Which one of the following is NOT a strategy to establish test validity?
Situation-specific validity
Which product(s) of the job analysis is related to training?
Job description and specification
A candidate for the job of store security guard is asked to watch a videotaped scenario of an attempted store theft and is then given four alternatives for how to respond to the theft. The type of test that the candidate is most likely taking is a:
Situational judgement tets
__________ is a popular selection tool that may include tasks like in-basket and leaderless group discussion.
Assessment center
Based on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), if Daisy encounters any family-related issues, she can have ______ weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave from her MSU duties.
12
Based on the evaluation conducted by her vet, Daisy is picking two of her five cats to receive additional training for using the litter box. This is an example of ______ analysis.
Person
Daisy went to several programs on the first day of her job to learn about the important information (e.g., HR policies, history of the organization) so that she can be an effective employee of MSU. This is an example of _____.
Orientation
The formal procedures to facilitate learning so that resultant behavior contributes to organizational goals and objectives are:
Training
Which of the following is NOT a program that is primarily used for training managers?
Assessment centers
The two types of integrity test are:
Overt test and personality-type integrity test
Skype, emails, phones are examples of ______ as virtual teams rely on these technology to communicate
Groupware
_____ is the shared expectations about appropriate ways of acting and responding in a group, whereas ____ is the unique behaviors expected of the member occupying a particular position.
Norms; roles
The exam 1 of this class was a ______ test.
paper-and-pencil
Measures of extraversion, conscientiousness, openness, need for achievement, and regulatory focus are examples of this type of test
personality test
_____ is when individuals did not contribute their fair share to the group work, but still get to share equally of the rewards
Free-riding
A nuclear reactor simulator used in training is said to have good physical fidelity. This means that:
A nuclear reactor simulator used in training is said to have good physical fidelity. This means that:
Which of the following is NOT a purpose of affirmative action programs?
To establish a quota system whereby numbers of minority members must be hired
Which of the following statement about recruitment is NOT accurate?
Recruitment practices are used only for attracting highly qualified applicants.
To use a Taylor-Russell table to estimate utility, which of the following information is NOT necessary?
Reliability of the test
The goal of ____ needs analysis is to identify what type of training is necessary.
Task
Which on of the following traits may have the weakest link with the effective functioning of the team?
Openness
The correlation between a predictor and the criterion measure is called:
Validity coefficient
Which dimension of the big five personality test tends to be more predictive of performance across jobs?
conscientiousness
The driving portion of the driver's license test is an example of a ______ test
Performance
Compared to a job where most applicants will be hired, a highly competitive job's selection battery is expected to have _____ utility.
Higher
Transfer of training is an example of meeting _____ level of criteria for training effectiveness.
Behavior
A selection battery designed for entry level job is expected to have ____ utility than a battery designed for top executive positions because the different base rates.
Lower
Which of the following statement is correct?
General cognitive ability test is supposed to test individuals' learning capacity, but it is found to be related to their formal years in school.
Daisy belongs to the curriculum committee. In the first meeting, all members introduced themselves and were polite to each other. As the semester went on, people started to have disagreement and nasty fight over what classes should be offered. These two patterns of behaviors characterize …
Forming; storming
Which of the following question should probably not be included in an interview?
Have you ever been hospitalized in the past three years?

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