Cognitive Ability and Perceptual Ability Quiz
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What aspect of an applicant's experience does biodata consider in the selection process?

  • Job knowledge
  • Personality traits
  • Interview performance
  • Military experience (correct)
  • Which method of selection involves questions on application blanks that predict job performance?

  • Reference checks
  • Biodata (correct)
  • Experience ratings
  • Interviews
  • Which method involves measuring an applicant's psychomotor ability to predict performance?

  • Biodata
  • Reference checks
  • Experience ratings (correct)
  • Job knowledge tests
  • How is an applicant's perceptual ability usually predicted for performance assessment?

    <p>Using cognitive ability tests</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of tests are typically used to predict job performance based on cognitive ability?

    <p>Job knowledge tests</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which aspect of abilities would be most relevant for a job as a carpenter?

    <p>Physical ability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key component of the perceptual ability measure?

    <p>Depth perception</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which occupation is likely to require good psychomotor ability?

    <p>Sewing-machine operator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which assessment center exercise is designed to simulate the types of information that daily come across a manager’s or employee’s desk?

    <p>In-basket technique Simulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following would be important for a police officer's job?

    <p>Color discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What method of selecting employees involves asking applicants to perform samples of actual job-related tasks?

    <p>Work sample</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of abilities might be crucial for a machinist's job?

    <p>Control precision</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which component of an assessment center places an applicant in a situation similar to what will be encountered on the job?

    <p>Work sample</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a method of selecting employees that evaluates applicants based on job-related skills they already possess?

    <p>Predicting Performance Using Applicant SKILL</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For which occupation would cognitive ability, such as reasoning, be especially important?

    <p>Tool and die maker</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which method of selecting employees involves applicants participating in job-related activities rated by trained evaluators?

    <p>Assessment center</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a method of predicting performance that involves placing applicants in situations that mimic real job tasks?

    <p>Simulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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