HRIR 3021 - CHAPTER 6 QUIZ EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
_____ validity is a measure of validity based on showing a substantial correlation
between test scores and job performance scores.
a. Convergent
b. Diagnostic
c. Content
d. Construct
e. Criterion-related
e. Criterion-related
- The federal government's Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
accept three ways of measuring validity: criterion-related, content, and construct validity.
Which of the following is true according to the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) of 1991?
a. Employers are required to make "reasonable accommodation" to disabled
individuals.
b. The interviewer is prohibited from asking a candidate if he/she can meet the
attendance requirements for the job.
, c. The employer is permitted to use, for hiring decisions, employment physical
exams that could reveal a psychological or physical disability.
d. The employer can ask preemployment questions to investigate disabilities.
e. The interviewer is permitted to ask the candidate the number of sick leaves
he/she took at his/her previous job.
a. Employers are required to make "reasonable accommodation" to disabled individuals.
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1991 requires employers to make
"reasonable accommodation" to disabled individuals and restricts many kinds of
questions during the selection process.
Evan Smith is the HR manager of a publishing company. He wants to know if a
certain test of cognitive ability, used in the advertising industry, can be
successfully used in his organization. In other words, he wants to know if this
test is a(n) _____ method of personnel selection.
a. evaluative
b. nondirective
c. generalizable
d. practical
e. substitutable
c. generalizable
- A generalizable method applies not only to the conditions in which the method was
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
_____ validity is a measure of validity based on showing a substantial correlation
between test scores and job performance scores.
a. Convergent
b. Diagnostic
c. Content
d. Construct
e. Criterion-related
e. Criterion-related
- The federal government's Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
accept three ways of measuring validity: criterion-related, content, and construct validity.
Which of the following is true according to the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) of 1991?
a. Employers are required to make "reasonable accommodation" to disabled
individuals.
b. The interviewer is prohibited from asking a candidate if he/she can meet the
attendance requirements for the job.
, c. The employer is permitted to use, for hiring decisions, employment physical
exams that could reveal a psychological or physical disability.
d. The employer can ask preemployment questions to investigate disabilities.
e. The interviewer is permitted to ask the candidate the number of sick leaves
he/she took at his/her previous job.
a. Employers are required to make "reasonable accommodation" to disabled individuals.
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1991 requires employers to make
"reasonable accommodation" to disabled individuals and restricts many kinds of
questions during the selection process.
Evan Smith is the HR manager of a publishing company. He wants to know if a
certain test of cognitive ability, used in the advertising industry, can be
successfully used in his organization. In other words, he wants to know if this
test is a(n) _____ method of personnel selection.
a. evaluative
b. nondirective
c. generalizable
d. practical
e. substitutable
c. generalizable
- A generalizable method applies not only to the conditions in which the method was
