Welcome to your I/O Quiz 04 Your Name 1. Which of the following is NOT a protected group? Young workers Native Americans African Americans Women2. Providing applicants with realistic job previews all of the above can increase the satisfaction levels of new employees. can increase applicants’ rates of turning down employment offers. can cut down on new employee turnover.3. Which of the following is the best definition of employee screening? It is the process by which organizations evaluate current employees and their performance. It is the process by which organizations attract potential employees to apply for jobs. It is the process by which organizations eliminate job positions and fire workers for work positions that become obsolete. It is the process of reviewing information about job applicants to select individuals for jobs.4. The process by which organizations attract potential workers to apply for jobs is called advertisement. selection. screening. recruitment.5. Which of the following is NOT one of the four interrelated processes described by Cascio’s (2003) human resource planning model? Talent inventory Control and evaluation Workforce forecast Focus group6. The multiple cutoff approach to employee selection involves an ordered sequence of screening devices after each of which a decision is made. designating a score on each predictor above which the candidate must score. combining various predictors of success in a statistical manner. using only those criteria on which the candidate scores either very high or very low.7. According to the text, which of the following would probably be the least successful method for recruiting applicants for a top-level management position? Newspaper ads Employment agency placements Word of mouth Employee referrals8. The federal agency that protects against discrimination in employment is called the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection. the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. the Civil Rights Commission of 1964. the Affirmative Action Coalition.9. In employee selection, a measure of job success is referred to as a job description. job factor. criterion. predictor.10. The multiple regression approach to employee selection involves designating a score on each predictor above which the candidate must score. using only those criteria on which the candidate scores either very high or very low. an ordered sequence of screening devices after each of which a decision is made. combining various predictors of success in a statistical manner.
