PSY 381 Midterm (Ch. 1-7) Questions With Complete
Solutions
"comparable worth" has to do with the idea that
a. women are just as smart as men
b. women should be paid the same amount of money as men
c. equal work should receive equal pay
d. men are sometimes underpaid Correct Answer c. equal
work should receive equal pay
"Job applicants must have a high school diploma, type 55 words
per minute, possess exceptional computer skills, and have a
valid driver's license." This is an example of a
a. job description
b. job specification
c. job evaluation
d. performance criteria Correct Answer b. job specification
A job analyst asks department store supervisors to provide
behavioral examples of theist and worst salespersons they
supervised. The job analyst is using
a. functional job analysis
b. the Position Analysis Questionnaire
c. the critical incidents technique
d. the job elements method Correct Answer c. the critical
incidents technique
A key overriding theme of social science research methodology
and of scientific research methods is
a. applicability
b. relevance
,c. objectivity
d. prediction Correct Answer c. objectivity
A key overriding theme of social science research methodology
and of scientific research methods is
a. applicability
b. relevance
c. objectivity
d. prediction Correct Answer c. objectivity
A researcher wants to know if a test measures the characteristics
necessary to perform a specific job. The researcher is concerned
with the test's
a. internal consistency
b. content validity
c. criterion-related validity
d. concurrent validity Correct Answer b. content validity
A simple statistical test commonly used to test the difference
between the means of two groups on some DV is the
a. correlation coefficient
b. t-test
c. multivariate analysis of variance
d. standard deviation Correct Answer b. t-test
According to Riggio, in hiring, the ultimate criterion for "job
success" may never actually be captured by screening devices
a. true
b. false Correct Answer a. true
, An advantage of job diaries is __________, whereas a
disadvantage is _________
a. they can be administered quickly....they provide little info
b. they can be administered quickly....they are not cost effective
c. they provide rich day-to-day info.....they can only be collected
from motivated workers
d. they provide rich day-to-day info.....they are time consuming
Correct Answer d. they provide rich day-to-day info.....they are
time consuming
An efficiency expert is studying jobs carefully, making detailed
assessment of how long it takes workers to perform tasks. In all
likelihood, the expert is using the scientific management method
of
a. ergonomics
b. time-and-motion studies
c. scientist-practioner model
d. job specialization Correct Answer b. time-and-motion
studies
An employee selection, a variable used to select a successful job
candidate is referred to as a
a. predictor
b. criterion
c. DV
d. screener Correct Answer a. predictor
An example of a compensable factor is
a. the physical demands of the job
b. the amount of training a job requires
c. the amount of responsibility the job carries
Solutions
"comparable worth" has to do with the idea that
a. women are just as smart as men
b. women should be paid the same amount of money as men
c. equal work should receive equal pay
d. men are sometimes underpaid Correct Answer c. equal
work should receive equal pay
"Job applicants must have a high school diploma, type 55 words
per minute, possess exceptional computer skills, and have a
valid driver's license." This is an example of a
a. job description
b. job specification
c. job evaluation
d. performance criteria Correct Answer b. job specification
A job analyst asks department store supervisors to provide
behavioral examples of theist and worst salespersons they
supervised. The job analyst is using
a. functional job analysis
b. the Position Analysis Questionnaire
c. the critical incidents technique
d. the job elements method Correct Answer c. the critical
incidents technique
A key overriding theme of social science research methodology
and of scientific research methods is
a. applicability
b. relevance
,c. objectivity
d. prediction Correct Answer c. objectivity
A key overriding theme of social science research methodology
and of scientific research methods is
a. applicability
b. relevance
c. objectivity
d. prediction Correct Answer c. objectivity
A researcher wants to know if a test measures the characteristics
necessary to perform a specific job. The researcher is concerned
with the test's
a. internal consistency
b. content validity
c. criterion-related validity
d. concurrent validity Correct Answer b. content validity
A simple statistical test commonly used to test the difference
between the means of two groups on some DV is the
a. correlation coefficient
b. t-test
c. multivariate analysis of variance
d. standard deviation Correct Answer b. t-test
According to Riggio, in hiring, the ultimate criterion for "job
success" may never actually be captured by screening devices
a. true
b. false Correct Answer a. true
, An advantage of job diaries is __________, whereas a
disadvantage is _________
a. they can be administered quickly....they provide little info
b. they can be administered quickly....they are not cost effective
c. they provide rich day-to-day info.....they can only be collected
from motivated workers
d. they provide rich day-to-day info.....they are time consuming
Correct Answer d. they provide rich day-to-day info.....they are
time consuming
An efficiency expert is studying jobs carefully, making detailed
assessment of how long it takes workers to perform tasks. In all
likelihood, the expert is using the scientific management method
of
a. ergonomics
b. time-and-motion studies
c. scientist-practioner model
d. job specialization Correct Answer b. time-and-motion
studies
An employee selection, a variable used to select a successful job
candidate is referred to as a
a. predictor
b. criterion
c. DV
d. screener Correct Answer a. predictor
An example of a compensable factor is
a. the physical demands of the job
b. the amount of training a job requires
c. the amount of responsibility the job carries
