Industrial Psychology Exam 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Campbell - CORRECT ANSWER - developed hierarchy of job performance. The three
direct determinants of job performance: declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge, skills,
motivation
general mental ability ("g") - CORRECT ANSWER - the nonspecific capacity to reason,
learn, and solve problems in any of a wide variety of ways and circumstances
cognitive ability testing - CORRECT ANSWER - capacity to reason, plan, and solve
problems; mental ability
perceptual-motor abilities - CORRECT ANSWER - physical attributes that combine the
sense (sight, smell, etc) and motion (coordination, dexterity, etc)
problems with "g" testing - CORRECT ANSWER -
psychomotor abilities - CORRECT ANSWER - "sensorimotor" abilities; physical
functions of movement, associated with coordination, dexterity, and reaction time
five factor model of personality - CORRECT ANSWER - conscientiousness, extraversion,
agreeableness, emotional stability, opens to experience
integrity - CORRECT ANSWER - quality of being honest, reliable, and ethical
when does personality predict performance best? - CORRECT ANSWER -
, declarative knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER - understanding what is required to
perform a task; knowing information about a job or job task
procedural knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER - familiarity with a procedure or process;
knowing "how"
tacit knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER - action-oriented, goal-directed knowledge,
acquired without direct help from others; "street smarts"
KSAOs - CORRECT ANSWER - ways to measure different attributes; knowledge, skill,
ability, other
test norming - CORRECT ANSWER - comparing a test score to other relevant test scores
wonderlic - CORRECT ANSWER - produces a single score
bennett mechanical - CORRECT ANSWER - test of specific abilities
screen-in vs. screen-out testing - CORRECT ANSWER - identify normal personality-may
be administered as a pre employment test; identify psychopathology-generally used for positions
of public trust-may only be administered after offer of employment, best known example is
MMPI
structured interview - CORRECT ANSWER - asks same questions to all potentials
situational interview - CORRECT ANSWER - more future/theoretical oriented
behavioral descriptive interview - CORRECT ANSWER -
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Campbell - CORRECT ANSWER - developed hierarchy of job performance. The three
direct determinants of job performance: declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge, skills,
motivation
general mental ability ("g") - CORRECT ANSWER - the nonspecific capacity to reason,
learn, and solve problems in any of a wide variety of ways and circumstances
cognitive ability testing - CORRECT ANSWER - capacity to reason, plan, and solve
problems; mental ability
perceptual-motor abilities - CORRECT ANSWER - physical attributes that combine the
sense (sight, smell, etc) and motion (coordination, dexterity, etc)
problems with "g" testing - CORRECT ANSWER -
psychomotor abilities - CORRECT ANSWER - "sensorimotor" abilities; physical
functions of movement, associated with coordination, dexterity, and reaction time
five factor model of personality - CORRECT ANSWER - conscientiousness, extraversion,
agreeableness, emotional stability, opens to experience
integrity - CORRECT ANSWER - quality of being honest, reliable, and ethical
when does personality predict performance best? - CORRECT ANSWER -
, declarative knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER - understanding what is required to
perform a task; knowing information about a job or job task
procedural knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER - familiarity with a procedure or process;
knowing "how"
tacit knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER - action-oriented, goal-directed knowledge,
acquired without direct help from others; "street smarts"
KSAOs - CORRECT ANSWER - ways to measure different attributes; knowledge, skill,
ability, other
test norming - CORRECT ANSWER - comparing a test score to other relevant test scores
wonderlic - CORRECT ANSWER - produces a single score
bennett mechanical - CORRECT ANSWER - test of specific abilities
screen-in vs. screen-out testing - CORRECT ANSWER - identify normal personality-may
be administered as a pre employment test; identify psychopathology-generally used for positions
of public trust-may only be administered after offer of employment, best known example is
MMPI
structured interview - CORRECT ANSWER - asks same questions to all potentials
situational interview - CORRECT ANSWER - more future/theoretical oriented
behavioral descriptive interview - CORRECT ANSWER -
