MHR Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
An example of a construct is a score that you have achieved on an exam.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Validity is the degree to which observed scores are free from random measurement errors.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Which validity strategy reflects the correlation between a predictor and an outcome measure?
a) Construct validity
b) Content validity
c) Criterion-related validity
d) Face validity - CORRECT ANSWER c) Criterion-related validity
Which of the following is predictive of performance across a wide variety of jobs?
a) Cognitive abilities
b) Physical abilities
c) Psychomotor abilities
d) Sensory/perceptual abilities - CORRECT ANSWER a) Cognitive abilities
Extraversion is the strongest and most consistent Big Five predictor of job performance
across a wide range of jobs.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
, Measuring emotional intelligence (EI) to inform selection decisions can be confidently
endorsed.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Interviews are best suited to the assessment of noncognitive attributes.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Interviews in which applicants are asked to describe what they did in given situations in the
past are known as situational interviews.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Which of the following is the interview that assesses applicant qualifications using job
knowledge or work sample questions?
a) Behaviour description interview
b) Experience-based interview
c) Role-playing interview
d) Situational interview - CORRECT ANSWER Experience-based interview
A false positive error occurs when an applicant who is rejected would have been a good
choice.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Which method of collecting and combining applicant information collects both judgmental
and statistical data and then combines those data in a judgmental manner?
a) Judgmental composite
b) Profile interpretation
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
An example of a construct is a score that you have achieved on an exam.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Validity is the degree to which observed scores are free from random measurement errors.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Which validity strategy reflects the correlation between a predictor and an outcome measure?
a) Construct validity
b) Content validity
c) Criterion-related validity
d) Face validity - CORRECT ANSWER c) Criterion-related validity
Which of the following is predictive of performance across a wide variety of jobs?
a) Cognitive abilities
b) Physical abilities
c) Psychomotor abilities
d) Sensory/perceptual abilities - CORRECT ANSWER a) Cognitive abilities
Extraversion is the strongest and most consistent Big Five predictor of job performance
across a wide range of jobs.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
, Measuring emotional intelligence (EI) to inform selection decisions can be confidently
endorsed.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Interviews are best suited to the assessment of noncognitive attributes.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Interviews in which applicants are asked to describe what they did in given situations in the
past are known as situational interviews.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Which of the following is the interview that assesses applicant qualifications using job
knowledge or work sample questions?
a) Behaviour description interview
b) Experience-based interview
c) Role-playing interview
d) Situational interview - CORRECT ANSWER Experience-based interview
A false positive error occurs when an applicant who is rejected would have been a good
choice.
a) True
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER false
Which method of collecting and combining applicant information collects both judgmental
and statistical data and then combines those data in a judgmental manner?
a) Judgmental composite
b) Profile interpretation
