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inp 3004 exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The ________ type of emotional intelligence test assesses emotional intelligence as a personality characteristic that is accessible to a person’s awareness. | Trait |
| Which of the following tests is a valid predictor of performance across a large number of different kinds of jobs? | Cognitive ability tests |
| Work samples have been found to be _______ predictors of future job performance. | Good |
| Assessment methods of potential candidates for a specific job are do NOT include the use of: | Medical tests |
| Individuals high on emotional intelligence are able to do which of the following? | Regulate emotions in themselves and others |
| The test you are currently taking is designed to measure your present level of proficiency in this course. This test would be considered a(n) | knowledge test. |
| Emotional intelligence is a(an) ________ | ability |
| In the United States the assessment center is used primarily for | assessing training needs. downsizing decisions. salary decisions. Correct!---hiring and promotion decisions. |
| Which assessment center exercise would provide the most information about an applicant’s ability to cooperate with others? | the problem-solving simulation Correct!---the leaderless group exercise the in-basket exercise the time management exercise |
| Assume your next exam in this class contains two essay questions and that you have three hours to complete it. What type of test is this? | a power performance test Correct!---an open-ended power test an open-ended performance test an individual ability test |
| Which of the following statements about emotional intelligence (EI) tests is correct? | Researchers agree on the definition of EI. Correct!--- EI tests can predict job performance. EI is one of the most important characteristics of job success. EI ability tests correlate more strongly with performance compared to EI trait tests. |
| Which of the following is TRUE about people’s acceptability of the use of the employment interview internationally? | They are viewed as unaccepatable everywhere. They are viewed as acceptable only outside of North America. They are viewed as acceptable only in North America. Correct!---The are viewed as acceptable in the U.S., Europe, and China. |
| Psychological tests usually contain multiple items rather than a single item. Why? | Correct!---To improve reliability. To conceal the purpose of the test. To enhance emotional intelligence To improve utility. |
| You have applied for a job as Public Relations spokesperson for New Millennium Enterprises. As part of the hiring process you are required to take a test designed to measure your tendency to behave in an extroverted way. What type of test is this? | A biographical inventory An EI test Correct!---A personality test An ability test |
| The best kind of test to assess writing ability would be a(an) | cognitive ability test. integrity test. Correct!---open-ended test. closed-ended test. |
| Which of the following is TRUE about drug testing? | Correct!---The use of drug testing is controversial. Drug testing is illegal for companies to use in Canada and the U.S. Drug testing is not used in safety sensitive jobs. Drug testing is used in government but not private industry. |
| You are hiring assembly workers for your new factory. To discover whether they can use small tools to do detailed work you give them a __________ test. | Correct! psychomotor ability personality cognitive ability in-basket |
| How do biographical inventories differ from application forms? | app form more detailed+directly related2specific position App forms more likely 2 ask “Did u attend hs prom” than bio inventories C-bio inventory asks about more detailed experiences at school or work App forms focus more on past experiences+reactions |
| Which of the following is FALSE about drug testing? | Dt considered more acceptable for safety-sensitive jobs Dt used as means of controlling drug use at work Correct!-Drug testing is decreasing in popularity because it is controversial Drug tests criticized on basis of invasion of privacy |
| Which of the following is NOT important to include in a LinkedIn profile? | A list of your skills A picture of yourself Descriptions of prior job experiences Correct! A picture of your pet |
| Internal consistency reliability indicates | If the items of a measure are related to one another. |
| The systematic use of scientific data about people to make informed decisions is called | Correct!---People analytics Decision science Statistics Psychometrics |
| When I-O psychologists conduct research in organizational settings they are said to be conducting _________ research. | Correct!--- field experimental cross-sectional laboratory |
| The term refers to the placement of people in different treatment conditions in a nonsystematic way. | random selection Correct!---random assignment random placement random sampling |
| You want to know whether group size influences the success of employee training. Rather than do a new study you find 20 previous studies on this question and statistically combine their results. What is this analysis called? | Correct!---Meta-analysis Factorial analysis Multiple regression Analysis of variance |
| If in your English class you were given a test that contained 85% mathematics questions and only 15% vocabulary questions, you would say the test lacked | Correct!---content validity. criterion-related validity. test-retest reliability. internal consistency reliability. |
| Which of the following is NOT one of the four major aspects of a research study? | Use of statistics to draw conclusions from data Types of research designs Principles of measurement Correct!---How to obtain funding for research |
| Which of the following research projects is performed in a field setting? | C-in fast food rest+give employees qs2study effects of pay on job performance None design special room2simulate work cond in factory+manipulate lighting cond2study eff-light on perfor in class+give students qs2study eff of mgmt style on emp motivation |
| An attribute or characteristic of people or things that can take on different values is called: | Correct!---A variable A hypothesis A statistic An experiment |
| In study that examines effect of job tenure on job satisf, added variable of age of research subject=intertwined w variable of job tenure-When variables intertwined +clear conclusions cannot be drawn, researchers say that a ___ has occurred. | cross-sectional design covariation Correct!---confounding correlation |
| The foundation of both the science and practice sides of I-O psychology is | Training Statistics Generalizability Correct!---Research |
| At Qzork each applicant is interviewed by two different managers who then rate each job candidate on a series of competencies. If you compare how well these two managers agree on their ratings of each applicant you are measuring | internal consistency reliability. test-retest reliability. validity. Correct!--- inter-rater reliability. |
| What is a main advantage of using a qualitative approach to research? | It is easier to conduct qualitative study Correct!Qualitative studies avoid constraints of the researcher’s a priori decisions about the variables to assess It is easier to analyze qualitative data Qualitative studies do not generally involve computers |
| What is the mean of the following set of numbers: 1, 2, 5, 8? | 3.5 Correct!---4.0 2.5 1.0 |
| In your study of motivation and performance you record each respondent’s gender, and you assign the number “1” to males and “2” to females. This type of measurement is referred to as | ordinal measurement. sex typing. classical measurement. Correct!---categorical measurement. |
| You want to know if part-time employees become more or less happy with their employment over time. Thus, you give a questionnaire to 100 new hires and 4 months later give same questionnaire to same employees. What type of research design have you used? | quasi-experimental design Correct!---longitudinal design obtrusive methods observational design cross-sectional design |
| Assume you study effects of pay (high vs. low) on performance of engineers. Which of the following is an independent variable? | Pay. Performance. Engineers. Correct Answer---Both pay and performance are independent variables. |
| When conducting survey research psychologists use the term to refer to the percentage of those surveyed who agree to participate. | cut rate answer rate Correct!---response rate reverse-refusal rate |
| You conduct a study to determine if employee attitudes differ as a function of gender (male vs. female) and company size (small vs. large). What statistical technique should you use to analyze these data? | Independent group t-test Correct!--- Factorial ANOVA T-test for correlation Meta-analysis |
| An ethical principle dictates that subjects of studies should be told about the nature and purpose of a study before they participate. This can be accomplished through the use of: | face validity observational designs Correct!---informed consent forms debriefing |
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