The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures were created to ________.
A) validate employee selection methods
B) outline the enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act
C) assist organizations in complying with federal law prohibiting discrimination in hiring
D) assist organizations with fewer than 10 employees comply with Title VII
Question 2Which of the following statements is a UGESP guideline that pertains to candidate assessment?
A) No selection procedure measuring ability should closely approximate an observable work behavior.
B) The setting and manner of the administration of the selection procedure can be disparate from the actual work environment but still have content validity.
C) Abilities must be defined in terms of observable aspects of job behavior.
D) Knowledge must be defined in general terms not necessarily directly linked to the job.
Question 3Contingent assessments are used when ________.
A) there are too many candidates and too few jobs
B) the firm has identified whom it wants to hire
C) there are too few qualified candidates per job
D) the firm is narrowing down candidates for a post
Question 4The ________ model suggests that strikes occur because of bargaining errors, such as unrealistic expectations by union or management leaders, misperception of bargaining goals, or a substantial difference between union negotiators and their rank-and-
file membership.
a. accident
b. interdependency
c. distributive
d. equity
Question 5The biggest legal problem with personality tests is based on ________.
A) administration issues
B) privacy issues
C) morality issues
D) diagnostic issues
Question 6Which of the following is true about integrity tests?
A) Integrity tests often result in adverse impact.
B) Integrity tests are, by definition, measures of cognitive ability.
C) Integrity tests have the ability to overcome the problem of faking.
D) Integrity tests usually take the form of oral interviews.
Question 7Job seekers often rate ________ as the most job-related selection procedure.
A) interviews
B) aptitude tests
C) job simulation
D) personality inventories