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CBAD EXAM 2 NEWEST VERSION ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH LATEST UPDATE JUST
RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: An employer's best defense against liability in a negligent hiring suit is to use which
of the following selection tools?
Select one:
a. structured interview
b. background checks Correct
c. a personality test
d. an honesty test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. background checks Correct
Question: Ian, in charge of selection, wants to decrease the size of his applicant pool for entry
level electrical workers. This job, like most in his organization, requires an employment test.
What should he do?
Select one:
a. Lower the cut score on the employment test.
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b. Raise the cut score on the employment test. Correct
c. Increase the concurrent validity of the employment test.
d. Increase the reliability of the employment test. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. Raise the cut score
on the employment test. Correct
Question: One of the major provisions addressed in the Uniform Guidelines on Employee
Selection is:
Select one:
a. adverse impact. Correct
b. affirmative action.
c. reverse discrimination.
d. sexual harassment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. adverse impact. Correct
Question: Which of the following recruiter characteristics do applicants tend to respond to
most positively?
Select one:
a. Similar gender and race as applicant
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b. Close in age to applicant
c. Personal appearance and dress
d. Warm and informative Correct - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. Warm and informative Correct
Q:Typically, establishing validity is a matter of comparing selection test scores:
Select one:
a. to weighted scores on the candidates application
b. to supervisors' ratings of job performance Correct
c. to previous scores done in a similar occupation
d. before and after hiring - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. to supervisors' ratings of job performance
Correct
Question: Outside (external) recruitment sources include all of the following except:
Select one:
a. employees recalled from a layoff. Correct
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b. college campuses and vocational schools.
c. labor unions.
d. walk in job applicants. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. employees recalled from a layoff. Correct
Question: One of your employees, a member of a protected class, loses his temper and
assaults and injures a customer. The customer is also a member of a protected class. During the
investigation the police discover that the employee has a long history of such behavior and
served jail time for assault and battery that was never questioned. As the employer
Select one:
a. You cannot be held responsible because the employee was a member of a protected class.
b. Your employees' behavior has made you liable for the injuries under the Civil Rights Act of
1991.
c. You will be subject to establishing an affirmative action plan as a consequence of this
incident.
d. You are probably liable for negligent hiring. Correct - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. You are
probably liable for negligent hiring. Correct
CBAD EXAM 2 NEWEST VERSION ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH LATEST UPDATE JUST
RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: An employer's best defense against liability in a negligent hiring suit is to use which
of the following selection tools?
Select one:
a. structured interview
b. background checks Correct
c. a personality test
d. an honesty test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. background checks Correct
Question: Ian, in charge of selection, wants to decrease the size of his applicant pool for entry
level electrical workers. This job, like most in his organization, requires an employment test.
What should he do?
Select one:
a. Lower the cut score on the employment test.
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b. Raise the cut score on the employment test. Correct
c. Increase the concurrent validity of the employment test.
d. Increase the reliability of the employment test. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. Raise the cut score
on the employment test. Correct
Question: One of the major provisions addressed in the Uniform Guidelines on Employee
Selection is:
Select one:
a. adverse impact. Correct
b. affirmative action.
c. reverse discrimination.
d. sexual harassment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. adverse impact. Correct
Question: Which of the following recruiter characteristics do applicants tend to respond to
most positively?
Select one:
a. Similar gender and race as applicant
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b. Close in age to applicant
c. Personal appearance and dress
d. Warm and informative Correct - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. Warm and informative Correct
Q:Typically, establishing validity is a matter of comparing selection test scores:
Select one:
a. to weighted scores on the candidates application
b. to supervisors' ratings of job performance Correct
c. to previous scores done in a similar occupation
d. before and after hiring - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. to supervisors' ratings of job performance
Correct
Question: Outside (external) recruitment sources include all of the following except:
Select one:
a. employees recalled from a layoff. Correct
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b. college campuses and vocational schools.
c. labor unions.
d. walk in job applicants. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. employees recalled from a layoff. Correct
Question: One of your employees, a member of a protected class, loses his temper and
assaults and injures a customer. The customer is also a member of a protected class. During the
investigation the police discover that the employee has a long history of such behavior and
served jail time for assault and battery that was never questioned. As the employer
Select one:
a. You cannot be held responsible because the employee was a member of a protected class.
b. Your employees' behavior has made you liable for the injuries under the Civil Rights Act of
1991.
c. You will be subject to establishing an affirmative action plan as a consequence of this
incident.
d. You are probably liable for negligent hiring. Correct - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. You are
probably liable for negligent hiring. Correct
