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 (D)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What is a key component of the perceptual ability measure?

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

Which occupation is likely to require good psychomotor ability?

<p>Sewing-machine operator (B)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

<p>Control precision (C)</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 (D)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Tool and die maker (B)</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 (A)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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