17 Questions
What aspect of an applicant's experience does biodata consider in the selection process?
Military experience
Which method of selection involves questions on application blanks that predict job performance?
Biodata
Which method involves measuring an applicant's psychomotor ability to predict performance?
Experience ratings
How is an applicant's perceptual ability usually predicted for performance assessment?
Using cognitive ability tests
What type of tests are typically used to predict job performance based on cognitive ability?
Job knowledge tests
Which aspect of abilities would be most relevant for a job as a carpenter?
Physical ability
What is a key component of the perceptual ability measure?
Depth perception
Which occupation is likely to require good psychomotor ability?
Sewing-machine operator
Which assessment center exercise is designed to simulate the types of information that daily come across a manager’s or employee’s desk?
In-basket technique Simulation
Which of the following would be important for a police officer's job?
Color discrimination
What method of selecting employees involves asking applicants to perform samples of actual job-related tasks?
Work sample
What kind of abilities might be crucial for a machinist's job?
Control precision
Which component of an assessment center places an applicant in a situation similar to what will be encountered on the job?
Work sample
What is a method of selecting employees that evaluates applicants based on job-related skills they already possess?
Predicting Performance Using Applicant SKILL
For which occupation would cognitive ability, such as reasoning, be especially important?
Tool and die maker
Which method of selecting employees involves applicants participating in job-related activities rated by trained evaluators?
Assessment center
What is a method of predicting performance that involves placing applicants in situations that mimic real job tasks?
Simulation
Test your knowledge on dimensions such as oral and written comprehension, numerical facility, originality, reasoning, and general learning abilities. Understand how cognitive ability impacts tasks like predicting performance based on applicant ability and perceptual ability measures.
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