Employee Testing and Selection

1. Hiring workers who have criminal backgrounds without proper safeguards is considered . a. improper hiring b. negligent hiring c. appropriate depending upon the job d. negligent intent e. unwise, but not illegal (b; moderate; p. 194) 2. Which of the following is an example of a reliable test? a. one that yields consistent scores when a person takes two alternate forms of the test b. one that yields one score on a test and a different, but better score on the same test taken on a different occasion c. one that yields the same score from two different people taking the test on the same occasion d. one that yields different scores from two different people taking the test on different occasions e. one that includes questions that are not repetitive in any way (a; difficult; p. 195) 3. If a person scores a 90 on an intelligence test on one day and scores 130 when retested on another day, you might conclude that this test is . a. valid b. invalid c. reliable d. unreliable e. inconsistent (d; moderate; p. 195) 4. If a person scores a 78 on a test on one day and scores a 79 when retested on another day, you might conclude that this test is . a. valid b. invalid c. reliable d. unreliable e. inconsistent (c; moderate; p. 195) 5. is used as an estimate of reliability