Work Sample Test for Job Applicants
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What type of test involves the manipulation of apparatus, equipment, materials, or tools?

  • Performance Test (correct)
  • Open-Ended Test
  • Assessment Center
  • Closed-Ended Test
  • What is a common exercise used in Assessment Centers to evaluate an individual's decision-making skills?

  • In-basket technique (correct)
  • Leaderless group discussions
  • Business games
  • Structured interviews
  • What is a key advantage of Performance Tests as a selection method?

  • Less challenged in courts
  • Less expensive to construct
  • Easy to administer
  • Directly related to the job and predictive of actual performance (correct)
  • What skill is likely measured by a typing test?

    <p>Finger dexterity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of Assessment Centers?

    <p>To measure an applicant's ability to perform job-related tasks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of selection method involves a simulated job task, such as fixing a torn fan belt?

    <p>Performance Test</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technique is used to assess an applicant's ability to handle a problem or situation in a specific organizational role?

    <p>Role-Play Exercise</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of Ability Tests in an assessment center?

    <p>To determine the extent to which an applicant can learn or perform a job-related skill</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following exercises is used to assess an applicant's analytical skills and cooperativeness?

    <p>Leaderless Group Exercise</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of the In-basket Exercise in an assessment center?

    <p>To simulate a real-world job scenario and evaluate an applicant's response</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a type of exercise used in an assessment center?

    <p>Manual Dexterity Test</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of using job simulation exercises in an assessment center?

    <p>To simulate a real-world job scenario and evaluate an applicant's performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a limitation of the questionnaire approach in job analysis?

    <p>It requires knowledge of job to design the questionnaire</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of the Job Components Inventory (JCI) approach?

    <p>To match job requirements to worker characteristics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a category of questions in the Job Components Inventory (JCI) approach that relates to physical ability?

    <p>Perceptual and physical requirements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the computer-based resource that provides job-related information on approximately 1,000 groups of jobs?

    <p>O*NET</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which approach in job analysis involves generating incidents of excellent and poor performance?

    <p>Functional Job Analysis (FJA)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an advantage of the questionnaire approach in job analysis?

    <p>It is efficient and inexpensive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Performance Tests

    • Designed to measure job-related skills by having applicants perform a task under controlled conditions
    • Examples: automotive mechanic fixing a torn fan belt, secretarial applicant typing a letter, truck-driver backing a truck up to a loading dock
    • Advantages: directly related to the job, predictive of actual performance, less challenged in courts
    • Disadvantages: expensive to construct and administer

    Assessment Centers

    • Use multiple assessment methods to observe applicants performing stimulated job tasks
    • Measures job performance, commonly used for managerial or white-collar jobs
    • Exercises include in-basket technique, simulation, work samples, leaderless group discussions, structured interviews, personality and ability tests, and business games
    • Assessors hold positions two levels higher than the assessed and spend one day being trained

    Assessment Center Exercises

    • In-basket Exercise: applicants respond to items in an in-basket as if on the first day of a new job
    • Leaderless Group Exercise: applicants work together to solve a problem without a leader
    • Problem-Solving Simulation: applicants come up with a solution to a problem, potentially producing a report
    • Role-Play Exercise: applicants pretend to be in a specific organizational role, handling a problem or situation
    • Business Games: exercises demonstrating creativity, decision-making, and teamwork

    Ability Tests

    • Tap the extent to which an applicant can learn or perform a job-related skill
    • Advantages: efficient, inexpensive, shows differences among incumbents, easy to quantify and analyze statistically
    • Disadvantages: ignores job context, limits respondents to asked questions, requires job knowledge to design questionnaire, easy for job incumbents to distort

    Job Analysis Methods

    • Job Components Inventory (JCI): developed in Great Britain to match job requirements to worker characteristics
    • Functional Job Analysis (FJA): job incumbents generate incidents of excellent and poor performance, examined by job experts
    • O*NET: a computer-based resource for job-related information on approximately 1,000 groups of jobs sharing common characteristics

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    Description

    This quiz assesses the job-related skills of an applicant by giving them a task to perform under controlled conditions. It measures their ability to complete a task similar to those required in the job. Examples include assembling a motor, typing a letter, or backing a truck up to a loading dock.

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