18 Questions
What type of test involves the manipulation of apparatus, equipment, materials, or tools?
Performance Test
What is a common exercise used in Assessment Centers to evaluate an individual's decision-making skills?
In-basket technique
What is a key advantage of Performance Tests as a selection method?
Directly related to the job and predictive of actual performance
What skill is likely measured by a typing test?
Finger dexterity
What is the primary goal of Assessment Centers?
To measure an applicant's ability to perform job-related tasks
What type of selection method involves a simulated job task, such as fixing a torn fan belt?
Performance Test
What technique is used to assess an applicant's ability to handle a problem or situation in a specific organizational role?
Role-Play Exercise
What is the primary purpose of Ability Tests in an assessment center?
To determine the extent to which an applicant can learn or perform a job-related skill
Which of the following exercises is used to assess an applicant's analytical skills and cooperativeness?
Leaderless Group Exercise
What is the focus of the In-basket Exercise in an assessment center?
To simulate a real-world job scenario and evaluate an applicant's response
Which of the following is NOT a type of exercise used in an assessment center?
Manual Dexterity Test
What is the primary goal of using job simulation exercises in an assessment center?
To simulate a real-world job scenario and evaluate an applicant's performance
What is a limitation of the questionnaire approach in job analysis?
It requires knowledge of job to design the questionnaire
What is the primary purpose of the Job Components Inventory (JCI) approach?
To match job requirements to worker characteristics
What is a category of questions in the Job Components Inventory (JCI) approach that relates to physical ability?
Perceptual and physical requirements
What is the name of the computer-based resource that provides job-related information on approximately 1,000 groups of jobs?
O*NET
Which approach in job analysis involves generating incidents of excellent and poor performance?
Functional Job Analysis (FJA)
What is an advantage of the questionnaire approach in job analysis?
It is efficient and inexpensive
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
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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