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MHA 702 Chapter 13-15 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
The department manager should be the person who checks
references for whomever he or she wishes to hire, consistent with
the belief that the primary interviewer should do the reference
checking. - correct answer -False
All of today's interviewing prohibitions concerning information that
cannot legally be requested came about with the passage of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964. - correct answer -False
Human Resources should not send an application along with the
applicant unless recruitment is urgent. - correct answer -True
The interviewing manager should rely on the employment
recruiter to address apparent gaps in an applicant's employment
history. - correct answer -False
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It is preferable to start an interview with a question such as "Tell
me all about yourself" so as to elicit as much information as
possible. - correct answer -False
Through the overall course of an interview, the interviewer should
on average do less talking than the applicant. - correct answer -
True
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) removed most
employers' ability to mandate retirement at a certain specified
age. - correct answer -True
In certain specific instances it is legally permissible to ask an
applicant if he or she has ever been arrested. - correct answer -
False
The interviewer should be attempting to judge whether the
applicant who is employed elsewhere is seeking change to obtain
something desired or to escape something that is dissatisfying. -
correct answer -True
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It is not valid to try judging whether an applicant would fit with the
existing group; rather, the sole basis for selection should be
qualifications. - correct answer -False
What should a department manager should do in preparing to
interview a job applicant?
A. Review the job description, modifying or rewriting it as
necessary to fit the characteristics of the person to be interviewed
B. Do everything reasonably possible to meet with the applicant at
the scheduled time
C. Prepare to describe his or her own rise in the organization as a
means of "selling" the organization to the applicant
D. Remind the employment recruiter in human resources to be
sure to send the application or resume' with the applicant - correct
answer -Do everything reasonably possible to meet with the
applicant at the scheduled time
What should the interviewing manager do during the early
minutes of an interview?
MHA 702 Chapter 13-15 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
The department manager should be the person who checks
references for whomever he or she wishes to hire, consistent with
the belief that the primary interviewer should do the reference
checking. - correct answer -False
All of today's interviewing prohibitions concerning information that
cannot legally be requested came about with the passage of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964. - correct answer -False
Human Resources should not send an application along with the
applicant unless recruitment is urgent. - correct answer -True
The interviewing manager should rely on the employment
recruiter to address apparent gaps in an applicant's employment
history. - correct answer -False
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It is preferable to start an interview with a question such as "Tell
me all about yourself" so as to elicit as much information as
possible. - correct answer -False
Through the overall course of an interview, the interviewer should
on average do less talking than the applicant. - correct answer -
True
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) removed most
employers' ability to mandate retirement at a certain specified
age. - correct answer -True
In certain specific instances it is legally permissible to ask an
applicant if he or she has ever been arrested. - correct answer -
False
The interviewer should be attempting to judge whether the
applicant who is employed elsewhere is seeking change to obtain
something desired or to escape something that is dissatisfying. -
correct answer -True
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It is not valid to try judging whether an applicant would fit with the
existing group; rather, the sole basis for selection should be
qualifications. - correct answer -False
What should a department manager should do in preparing to
interview a job applicant?
A. Review the job description, modifying or rewriting it as
necessary to fit the characteristics of the person to be interviewed
B. Do everything reasonably possible to meet with the applicant at
the scheduled time
C. Prepare to describe his or her own rise in the organization as a
means of "selling" the organization to the applicant
D. Remind the employment recruiter in human resources to be
sure to send the application or resume' with the applicant - correct
answer -Do everything reasonably possible to meet with the
applicant at the scheduled time
What should the interviewing manager do during the early
minutes of an interview?
