1. A disadvantage of external recruitment is that it costs more. T or F
2. Validity refers to the extent to which a measure or indicator is in fact a real reflection of what it is assumed to be.T or F
3. Process consultation involves having employees respond to questionnaires about attitudes and perceptions of leadership styles. T or F
4. Education is the amount of time an individual has spent working in either a general capacity or a particular field of study.T or F
5. Rose applies for a detective's position in a detective agency. In the interview, she is asked to pick up chickpeas using tweezers, and place them perfectly on little grooves. Which of the following types of employment test is Rose taking in the given scenario?
a. A self-report inventory c. An in-basket exercise
b. A psychomotor ability test d. An integrity test
6. Which of the following scenarios is an example of a false positive being hired for a job?
a. Richie, a clerk in a bank is a highly motivated worker, but is laid off because of an economic recession.
b. Joseph is hired as an executive accountant in a law firm and is required to evaluate and record the financial accounts of the firm.
c. Lee, hired as a sales executive because of his excellent negotiating skills, consistently fails to reach his sales targets.
d. Rachel, a manager in a firm, is expected to submit a report on the quarterly performance of her team.
7. Which of the following statements is true of on the-job training?
a. It relies on information form individuals related to their personal background.
b. It can help an organization achieve a return on labor cost.
c. It causes direct training costs to increase.
d. It mandates the hiring of dedicated trainers.
8. Which of the following is true of external recruiting?
a. It tends to be costly to implement.
b. It increases motivation among employees.
c. It creates a ripple effect.
d. It fosters stagnation.
9. Which of the following is true of the big five personality traits?
a. They tend to be behavioral in nature.
b. They are primarily cognitive in nature.
c. They can only be assessed in a subjective manner.
d. They are of lesser importance than traditional personality traits.
10. Michael, a human resource manager in a firm, is required to hire candidates for various positions in the firm. He gathers the necessary information about the members of the pool of qualified recruits identified by the company's recruitment executives as part of the selection process. The next step for Michael is to:
a. decide on which candidate the company would employ.
b. provide a realistic job preview to prospective employees.
c. identify the big five personality traits in each candidate.
d. evaluate the qualifications of each applicant.