Full Test Bank – Recruiting, Selecting, and Hiring a | Ch4

Chapter 4 Test Bank

Twenty /Questions. Twenty Multiple Choice Questions. Ten Matching Exercise.

/Questions

1. Recruitment is a process of attracting applicants for job openings. p. 87
2. A direct method of employee recruitment is a company presence on social media. p. 90
3. Organizations recruit both internally and externally. p. 89
4. Promotions from within an organization can be an incentive for employees. p. 89
5. An internship program is a partnership with the organization and an educational institution, so the student may receive educational credits for their work. p. 89
6. Most internships are paid positions. p. 89
7. Internal recruitment methods are less successful than external recruitment methods because employees may refer their friends who may not be qualified P. 89
8. Advertising in trade publications that target nurses is an example of an internal recruitment method. p. 89
9. Advertising a job opening on an organization’s website is an expensive way to recruit potential employees. P. 89 inexpensive
10. Temporary employment agencies provide employees for short- and long-term assignments. p. 90
11. More health care organizations such as the Cleveland Clinic are using social media to connect to their patients and employees. p. 91
12. The main goal of a recruitment process is to generate a large pool of applicants regardless of their qualifications. p. 91
13. Electronic job recruitment is becoming less common because it is so expensive. p. 90
14. Cognitive ability tests measures not only cognitive ability but the individual’s risk for substance abuse. p. 93
15. A telephone interview is considered part of the screening process. p. 96
16. Sending diverse interviewers to job fairs will encourage discourage diversity in job applicants. p. 90
17. There are no exceptions to disparate treatment. p. 101-102 BFOQ
18. Integrity tests are being used more frequently because their validity is high. p. 94

20 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A (n) ______________ of employee recruitment is a company presence on social media websites.
2. Direct method
3. Indirect method X p. 91
4. Internal recruitment method
5. Invalid method
6. The main goal of the recruitment process is to generate a ______________ of applicants to select from to support the organization’s success.
7. Unqualified pool
8. Diverse pool
9. Qualified pool p. 90
10. None are correct
11. Which of these are examples of external recruitment sources?
12. Print media
13. Career websites
14. Private employment agencies
15. All are correct p. 109
16. Which of these are examples of direct methods of recruiting?
17. Organization’s website
18. Electronic job fairs
19. Career websites
20. All are correct p. 90
21. Which choice represents characteristics of successful recruiters/interviewers?
22. Excellent oral communication skills
23. A good listener
24. Unhappy with company
25. A and B p. 97
26. The first step in a typical selection process consists of?
27. Initial screening of applications p. 93
28. Interviewing qualified applicants
29. Administering any tests
30. Conducting a reference check.
31. The purpose of psychomotor tests is to measure:
32. Memory, verbal and math comprehension
33. Problem solving
34. Compassionate with patients
35. Hand-eye coordination p. 93
36. _________________ are interview questions that all interviewees must answer.
37. unstructured questions
38. cognitive ability questions
39. honesty questions
40. structured questions p. 95
41. _______________ is a statistical term that refers to the extent a measurement such as a test actually measures what it says it measures.
42. Reliability
43. Validity p. 88
44. Content reliability
45. Criterion reliability
46. The selection process must be ________________ which means it is objective and fair to all applicants.
47. Due diligence
48. Due process
49. Quid pro quo
50. Legally defensible p.88
51. _________________ occurs when protected classes such as race, color, religion, sex or national origin are treated differently from non-protected classes.

a) disparate impact

b) disparate treatment p. 101-102

c) perverse for diverse

d) all are correct

1. Which of these is considered internal recruitment?
2. Social media
3. Career website
4. Employee referral p. 91
5. Print media advertisement
6. ________________ evaluates the type of recruitment activity that ultimately produces a candidate that will accept a position with the company.
7. Yield ratio
8. Source yield ratio p. 91
9. Recruitment calculator
10. None of these are correct
11. Applicants who score high on this Big Five Personality Trait will perform better in sales and teamwork.
12. Cognitive ability
13. Extraversion p. 94
14. Openness to experience
15. Agreeableness
16. Applicants who score high on this Big Five Personality Trait will perform well in a job redesign.
17. Agreeableness
18. Extraversion
19. Openness to experience p. 94
20. Emotional stability
21. Applicants who score high on this Big Five Personality Trait will perform well in a stress work environment such as the health care industry.
22. Agreeableness
23. Openness to experience
24. Extraversion
25. Emotional stability p. 94
26. ________________ focuses on how a candidate handled a past situation.
27. Situational interview
28. Unstructured interview
29. Behavioral interview p. 95
30. Emotional interview
31. ____________________ is a statistical term that refers to the extent that the same measurement such as a test repeatedly measures the same characteristic.
32. Validity
33. Construct validity
34. Construct reliability
35. Reliability p. 88
36. __________________________ is the federal agency that monitors and enforces labor regulations to ensure that the employment process is nondiscriminatory.
37. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
38. National Institute for Safety and Health
39. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission p. 88
40. Workplace Bullying Federal Organization

Vocabulary Matching Exercise

A. There are______________, which consist of an organization actively searching

for candidates for specific job openings.

B. A selection tool must also have __________________ which means that the scores on a test will be related to job performance predictions.

C. _________________are designated employees or human resources (HR) specialists who are responsible for attracting the best employees to their organizations

D. _________________, calculated as percentages, evaluates the type of recruitment activity that ultimately produces a candidate that accepts a position with the company.

E. ____________ consists of choosing the best individuals for an organization

F. _________________ focus on strength and endurance such as that for carrying and lifting of equipment.

G. ______________-measures how goal oriented an individual is and if he or she is disciplined in the workplace.

H. _____________ assess an applicant’s characteristics that could affect the work environment.

I. _______________ may be given to assess a candidate’s ability to perform a certain task such

as laboratory analysis or reading X-rays.

J. A _____________ is a type of structured interview that consists of structured questions that focus on how the applicant would behave in certain situations.