Chapter 18 Testing in Industrial and Business Setting PDF

Chapter 18: Testing in Industrial and Business Setting I. Multiple Choice 1. This type of interview helps people make selection and promotion decisions in business and industry. It often involves a search for negative or unfavorable rather than favorable evidence about a person....

Chapter 18: Testing in Industrial and Business Setting I. Multiple Choice 1. This type of interview helps people make selection and promotion decisions in business and industry. It often involves a search for negative or unfavorable rather than favorable evidence about a person. A. Structured Interview B. Unstructured Interview C. Employment Interview D. Focus Group Interview 2. The percentage of cases in which a test accurately predicts success or failure is called _____. A. Hit Rates B. Base Rates C. False Negatives D. False Positives 3. Which among the following situations hit rates occur? A. The test predicts that the person will be unacceptable and he or she does fail. B. The test indicates that the person is acceptable and he or she does succeed. C. None of the Above D. All of the Above 4. This tells us that a test does not need a good hit rate, because the rate of predicting success on the job is high without the test. A. Hit Rates B. Base Rates C. False Negatives D. False Positives 5. This is a method used for evaluating the validity of a test in relation to the amount of information it contributes beyond the base rates. A. Incremental Validity B. Taylor-Russell Table C. Job Analysis D. Person-Situation Interaction 6. Which of the following situations is NOT an example of false negatives? A. An employee with strong interpersonal skills and leadership potential might be overlooked for a promotion because their performance metrics (e.g., sales) were temporarily low due to external factors, such as a market downturn. B. An employee struggling with depression may downplay symptoms on a questionnaire, causing the company to wrongly assume they are mentally healthy. As a result, the employee may not receive needed support, leading to worsened mental health. C. A person experiencing symptoms of depression scores below the clinical threshold on a depression screening tool, leading to a missed diagnosis despite meeting diagnostic criteria.  D. A candidate is flagged as highly compatible with company culture based on a personality test, but their behavior and performance in the actual role do not align with this prediction. 7. In the Taylor-Russell Table, this is the percentage of people who would succeed if there were no testing or screening procedure that must be determined. A. Determination of Base Rate B. Definition of Success C. Definition of Selection Ratio D. Determination of Validity Coefficient 8. Which among the following statements about Definition of Selection Ratio is correct? A. For each situation in which the test is to be used, success on the outcome must be defined. B. This is the correlation of the test with the criterion that is required. C. This is the percentage of applicants who are selected or admitted. D. The percentage of people who would succeed if there were no testing or screening procedure must be determined. 9. The important form of evidence for this type of validity is the determination of how much information a test contributes beyond some simpler method for making the same prediction. A. Construct Validity B. Predictive Validity C. Incremental Validity D. Criterion Validity 10. What does the Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT) primarily assess? A. Cognitive ability and problem-solving skills B. Employee personality traits for team dynamics C. Job satisfaction among employees D. Extraversion and introversion 11. According to Carl Jung, what are the four main ways in which we experience or come to know the world? A. Sight, Smell, Hear, and Touch B. Sensing, Intuition, Feeling, and Thinking C. Sensing, Intuition, Thinking, and Reasoning D. Sensing, Intuition, Consciousness, and Awareness 12. What characteristic of the environment refers to the “classroom, factory, park, church, or hospital?? A. Behavioral Settings B. Functional or Reinforcing Properties C. Organizational Structure D. Psychosocial and Organizational Culture 13. What characteristic of the environment refers to the “Proportion of patients who adhere to medication, attend follow-up appointments, or engage in preventive care?” A. Ecological Dimensions B. Organizational Structure  C. Characteristics of Inhabitants D. Functional or Reinforcing Properties 14. It is a system that takes advantage of people’s ability to predict their own behavior in particular situations. A. Template-Matching Technique B. Job Analysis C. Person-Situation Interaction D. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 15. The information gathered through this method can sometimes be biased because people change their behavior when they know they are being examined. A. Questionnaires B. Checklists C. Interviews D. Observation II. Modified True or False: Write True if the statement is correct. If the statement is false, underline the word or phrase that makes the sentence incorrect. _____ 1. A participant is someone who participates in the job and functions as though he or she were one of the workers. Answer: False - underline the word “participant” _____2. Critical Incidents are observable behaviors that differentiate successful from unsuccessful employees. Answer: True _____3. In using Questionnaires for Job Analysis, the type of information gained is limited to the specific questions. Answer: True _____4. Analysis of Variance is used to separate the proportion of variance attributable to each of these factors. Answer: True _____5. The important form of evidence for incremental validity is the determination of how much information a test contributes beyond some simpler method for making different predictions. Answer: False - underline the word “different” _____6. Bem and Funder proposed that “situations be characterized as sets of person-situation interaction, each template being a personality description of an idealized type of person expected to behave in a specified way in that setting.” Answer: False - underline the word “person-situation interaction” _____6. Employment Interview is complicated because the applicant and the employer are motivated to slant their presentation in order to make an impression, not necessarily to be completely honest. Answer: True _____7. Wonderlic Personnel Test is a quick and stable paper-and-pencil group test with extensive norms.  Answer: False - underline the word “group” _____8. The purpose of MBTI is to determine where people fall on the introversion–extroversion dimension and on which of the four modes they most rely Answer: True _____9. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a 12-minute test of mental ability in adults. Answer: False - underline “Myers-Briggs Type Indicator” _____10. Error of Variance is the explained portion of the total variance in behavior. Answer: False - underline the word “explained”