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1. Three people were chosen from a pool of 14 people tested. This is an example of a _____ ratio.
turnover
furlough
retention
break-even
selection
2. Some companies get confused and feel that they have to hire candidates that will help meet their affirmative action policy versus the most qualified. Which law are they misinterpreting?
The Tenure of Office Act of 1867
The Judiciary Act of 1801
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1991
The Third Liberty Bond Act of 1918
3. 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.
legality.
variance.
utility.
reliability.
4. Which of the following statements is true of situational interviews?
Future-oriented items reduce some forms of impression management, such as ingratiation, better than experience-based items.
Using multiple interviewers in such interviews leads to more subjective errors than using one interviewer.
Future-oriented interviews are less valid than experience-based interviews.
Digitally taped interviews enable employers to better understand how candidates interact under specific conditions.
Situational interviews require the candidate to perform a piece of work or accomplish a task.
5. Pairing up expatriates and their families with an employee from the host country is likely to occur in the
on-site phase.
predeparture phase.
onshore phase.
repatriation phase.
returning-home phase.
6. If an organization wants to improve the work environment factor that influences the motivation to learn, it is likely to focus on
communicating the purpose of the training programs to employees.
providing remedial training.
encouraging employees to give feedback to each other.
emphasizing that learning is under employees' personal control.
communicating why employees were asked to attend training.
7. Ursula wants to evaluate her training. She creates some affective outcomes. What is she trying to measure?
Motivation
Behavior skills
The economic value of training
Company payoffs
The acquisition of knowledge
8. The _____ evaluation design is necessary if a manager wants to equate the effect of two training programs.
pretest only with comparison group
pretest/posttest
pretest only
pretest/posttest with comparison group
posttest only
9. Solange is the first one at work every day, the last one to leave, does not need a lot of direction, and can be relied on to finish any project given to her. You would describe her as
aware of her training needs.
conscientious.
goal oriented.
having basic skills.
reaping the benefits of training.
10. In the context of factors that influence the motivation to learn, which of the following management actions is likely to increase employees' self-efficacy?
Informing the employees about the times their peers have failed to benefit from the training
Making it clear that only the best of the employees can get through the training programs
Emphasizing that learning is under the employees’ personal control
Not sharing information on the purpose of training programs
Communicating that training will focus on identifying areas of incompetence