Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Midterm UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Common-Metric Questionnaire - CORRECT ANSWER - Which method of job analysis is
administered on the computer?
Position Analysis Questionnaire. - CORRECT ANSWER - The best-known job analysis
method is the:
position. - CORRECT ANSWER - Selena has a number of tasks she must complete, such
as working with customers, taking inventory, and managing her team. These tasks define her:
use worker-oriented techniques. - CORRECT ANSWER - Brian is interested in conducting
a job analysis in order to compare different jobs with respect to their reliance on incumbents'
talents and abilities. Brian should:
job requires employees to use interpersonal resources. - CORRECT ANSWER - In a
Functional Job Analysis, the category "people" is defined as the extent to which the:
the self-serving bias - CORRECT ANSWER - What is one phenomenon that seems to
affect subject matter expert (SME) job analysis ratings when the SME is an incumbent?
people - CORRECT ANSWER - In conducting a Functional Job Analysis for the position
of personal trainer, the task "encourages client to meet his or her training goals" is linked to a
requirement for the use of courtesy and understanding. Both of these are related to the _____
dimension.
people, data, and things. - CORRECT ANSWER - In a Functional Job Analysis, tasks are
rated on three factors:
, worker-oriented approach - CORRECT ANSWER - Helen is conducting a job analysis for
the job of executive assistant. She focuses on describing the various employee characteristics
(e.g., patient, intelligent, organized). Which of these describes Helen's approach to job analysis?
task-oriented - CORRECT ANSWER - We would expect to see items such as "removing
litter," "using shovels," and "trimming trees" in what type of job analysis?
hybrid - CORRECT ANSWER - To conduct a job analysis for the job of a cook, Alan is
gathering information about the work that cooks do as well as about the cooks who perform the
work. Which approach to job analysis is Alan employing?
Nobody is willing to take the job for lower pay. - CORRECT ANSWER - What might be
one reason someone would ignore the results of a job evaluation and overpay a certain position?
Because SMEs allow their own jobs and attitudes to influence their ratings, their ratings may not
be as accurate. - CORRECT ANSWER - What is a potential problem with using subject
matter expert (SME) ratings for job analysis?
Common-Metric Questionnaire - CORRECT ANSWER - Erin is addressing job
incumbents. She will administer an instrument that consists of 2,077 items and is organized
along 80 dimensions. Which worker-oriented technique is Erin using?
relevance. - CORRECT ANSWER - The principal of a school evaluates his teachers based
on how physically attractive they are. This evaluation seems to be completely unrelated to how
well the teachers perform in the classrooms. In this case, the performance measure lacks:
sensitivity. - CORRECT ANSWER - Employees at a dry cleaning service are evaluated on
the number of shirts ironed per hour. All of the employees iron between 10 and 12 shirts per
hour, so it is difficult to distinguish between effective and ineffective employees. There appears
to be a problem with the performance criterion's:
composite - CORRECT ANSWER - Sara, an I/O psychologist, develops a performance
appraisal system that measures employee leadership effectiveness, attendance, and team
Midterm UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Common-Metric Questionnaire - CORRECT ANSWER - Which method of job analysis is
administered on the computer?
Position Analysis Questionnaire. - CORRECT ANSWER - The best-known job analysis
method is the:
position. - CORRECT ANSWER - Selena has a number of tasks she must complete, such
as working with customers, taking inventory, and managing her team. These tasks define her:
use worker-oriented techniques. - CORRECT ANSWER - Brian is interested in conducting
a job analysis in order to compare different jobs with respect to their reliance on incumbents'
talents and abilities. Brian should:
job requires employees to use interpersonal resources. - CORRECT ANSWER - In a
Functional Job Analysis, the category "people" is defined as the extent to which the:
the self-serving bias - CORRECT ANSWER - What is one phenomenon that seems to
affect subject matter expert (SME) job analysis ratings when the SME is an incumbent?
people - CORRECT ANSWER - In conducting a Functional Job Analysis for the position
of personal trainer, the task "encourages client to meet his or her training goals" is linked to a
requirement for the use of courtesy and understanding. Both of these are related to the _____
dimension.
people, data, and things. - CORRECT ANSWER - In a Functional Job Analysis, tasks are
rated on three factors:
, worker-oriented approach - CORRECT ANSWER - Helen is conducting a job analysis for
the job of executive assistant. She focuses on describing the various employee characteristics
(e.g., patient, intelligent, organized). Which of these describes Helen's approach to job analysis?
task-oriented - CORRECT ANSWER - We would expect to see items such as "removing
litter," "using shovels," and "trimming trees" in what type of job analysis?
hybrid - CORRECT ANSWER - To conduct a job analysis for the job of a cook, Alan is
gathering information about the work that cooks do as well as about the cooks who perform the
work. Which approach to job analysis is Alan employing?
Nobody is willing to take the job for lower pay. - CORRECT ANSWER - What might be
one reason someone would ignore the results of a job evaluation and overpay a certain position?
Because SMEs allow their own jobs and attitudes to influence their ratings, their ratings may not
be as accurate. - CORRECT ANSWER - What is a potential problem with using subject
matter expert (SME) ratings for job analysis?
Common-Metric Questionnaire - CORRECT ANSWER - Erin is addressing job
incumbents. She will administer an instrument that consists of 2,077 items and is organized
along 80 dimensions. Which worker-oriented technique is Erin using?
relevance. - CORRECT ANSWER - The principal of a school evaluates his teachers based
on how physically attractive they are. This evaluation seems to be completely unrelated to how
well the teachers perform in the classrooms. In this case, the performance measure lacks:
sensitivity. - CORRECT ANSWER - Employees at a dry cleaning service are evaluated on
the number of shirts ironed per hour. All of the employees iron between 10 and 12 shirts per
hour, so it is difficult to distinguish between effective and ineffective employees. There appears
to be a problem with the performance criterion's:
composite - CORRECT ANSWER - Sara, an I/O psychologist, develops a performance
appraisal system that measures employee leadership effectiveness, attendance, and team
