Industrial Psych Exam Question/Answers Graded A+
2025/2026
psychomotor abilities - "sensorimotor" abilities; physical functions of movement,
associated with coordination, dexterity, and reaction time
five factor model of personality - conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness,
emotional stability, opens to experience
integrity - quality of being honest, reliable, and ethical
when does personality predict performance best? -
declarative knowledge - understanding what is required to perform a task; knowing
information about a job or job task
procedural knowledge - familiarity with a procedure or process; knowing "how"
tacit knowledge - action-oriented, goal-directed knowledge, acquired without direct help
from others; "street smarts"
KSAOs - ways to measure different attributes; knowledge, skill, ability, other
test norming - comparing a test score to other relevant test scores
wonderlic - produces a single score
bennett mechanical - test of specific abilities
screen-in vs. screen-out testing - identify normal personality-may be administered as a
pre employment test; identify psychopathology-generally used for positions of public
trust-may only be administered after offer of employment, best known example is MMPI
structured interview - asks same questions to all potentials
situational interview - more future/theoretical oriented
behavioral descriptive interview -
reliability and validity of interviews - value is terms of increased validity of adding a
particular predictor to an existing selection system
incremental validity - value is terms of increased validity of adding a particular predictor
to an existing selection system
2025/2026
psychomotor abilities - "sensorimotor" abilities; physical functions of movement,
associated with coordination, dexterity, and reaction time
five factor model of personality - conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness,
emotional stability, opens to experience
integrity - quality of being honest, reliable, and ethical
when does personality predict performance best? -
declarative knowledge - understanding what is required to perform a task; knowing
information about a job or job task
procedural knowledge - familiarity with a procedure or process; knowing "how"
tacit knowledge - action-oriented, goal-directed knowledge, acquired without direct help
from others; "street smarts"
KSAOs - ways to measure different attributes; knowledge, skill, ability, other
test norming - comparing a test score to other relevant test scores
wonderlic - produces a single score
bennett mechanical - test of specific abilities
screen-in vs. screen-out testing - identify normal personality-may be administered as a
pre employment test; identify psychopathology-generally used for positions of public
trust-may only be administered after offer of employment, best known example is MMPI
structured interview - asks same questions to all potentials
situational interview - more future/theoretical oriented
behavioral descriptive interview -
reliability and validity of interviews - value is terms of increased validity of adding a
particular predictor to an existing selection system
incremental validity - value is terms of increased validity of adding a particular predictor
to an existing selection system
