MIE 330 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A policy that lays out the steps an employee can take to appeal a termination
decision is called a(n) _____.
Select one:
a. due process policy
b. employment-at-will policy
c. affirmative action policy
d. counter cyclical hiring policy
e. outsourcing policy - ✔✔due process policy
✔✔Which of the following pairs of recruiter characteristics does an applicant tend to
respond to most positively?
Select one:
a. Gender and warmth
b. Warmth and informativeness
c. Experience and qualifications
d. Age and experience
e. Race and qualifications - ✔✔Warmth and informativeness
✔✔Based upon the reading by Arruda (2014), which of the following is TRUE?
Select one:
a. Very few jobs posted online are posted on LinkedIn.
b. U.S. Labor Department statistics show that out of 3 million recent college grads, less
than 3% are unemployed or have a job that doesn't require a degree.
c. Approximately 80% of jobs are landed through networking.
d. You should build a professional network only when you need it. - ✔✔Approximately
80% of jobs are landed through networking.
✔✔Which of the following statements is TRUE of the reliability of a measurement (e.g.,
cognitive ability)?
Select one:
a. It indicates the extent to which performance on the measure is related to performance
on the job.
b. Reliability indicates the degree to which two objects are related to each other.
c. A measurement is said to be reliable when only two iterations are involved in
measurement.
d. It is not dependent on the attributes of the measuring instruments used.
e. Reliability refers to the measuring instrument rather than to the characteristic itself. -
✔✔Reliability refers to the measuring instrument rather than to the characteristic itself.
✔✔When assessing the reliability of a measure (e.g., cognitive ability), one might be
interested in knowing how scores on the measure at one time relate to scores on the
same measure at another time. This is called:
, Select one:
a. test-retest reliability.
b. test-interdependency.
c. mutual exclusivity.
d. test utility.
e. test generalizability. - ✔✔test-retest reliability.
✔✔Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding reliability and validity?
Select one:
a. Reliability of a measure is essential for it to have any validity.
b. Reliability and validity are independent of each other.
c. Reliability and validity are directly proportional to each other.
d. Reliability is a necessary and sufficient condition for validity.
e. Reliability and validity are inversely proportional to each other. - ✔✔Reliability of a
measure is essential for it to have any validity.
✔✔Star Inc., an engineering firm, has come up with a new technical test to assess the
knowledge of interviewees. To assess the validity of the test, it requests its present
employees to take the test and match it with their performance in the organization.
Which of the following types of validation has Star Inc. used to test the validity of its new
technical test?
Select one:
a. Face validation
b. Concurrent validation
c. Content validation
d. Predictive validation
e. Logical validation - ✔✔Concurrent validation
✔✔Predictive validation is superior to concurrent validation because:
Select one:
a. job applicants often have no information about organizational culture.
b. predictive valuation involves contribution from many individuals.
c. the effort needed for predictive valuation is lesser than concurrent valuation.
d. the time taken for predictive valuation is lesser than concurrent valuation.
e. job applicants are more motivated than an organization's employees. - ✔✔job
applicants are more motivated than an organization's employees.
✔✔Rollerbeam Inc., a provider of engineering services, is looking to hire several
maintenance engineers. Rollerbeam's HR department checks with the company's
engineering department to confirm that the scenarios mentioned in the test are plausible
real world scenarios maintenance engineers might face. Which of the following types of
validation is Rollerbeam's HR team performing?
Select one:
a. Criterion-related validation
b. Content validation
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A policy that lays out the steps an employee can take to appeal a termination
decision is called a(n) _____.
Select one:
a. due process policy
b. employment-at-will policy
c. affirmative action policy
d. counter cyclical hiring policy
e. outsourcing policy - ✔✔due process policy
✔✔Which of the following pairs of recruiter characteristics does an applicant tend to
respond to most positively?
Select one:
a. Gender and warmth
b. Warmth and informativeness
c. Experience and qualifications
d. Age and experience
e. Race and qualifications - ✔✔Warmth and informativeness
✔✔Based upon the reading by Arruda (2014), which of the following is TRUE?
Select one:
a. Very few jobs posted online are posted on LinkedIn.
b. U.S. Labor Department statistics show that out of 3 million recent college grads, less
than 3% are unemployed or have a job that doesn't require a degree.
c. Approximately 80% of jobs are landed through networking.
d. You should build a professional network only when you need it. - ✔✔Approximately
80% of jobs are landed through networking.
✔✔Which of the following statements is TRUE of the reliability of a measurement (e.g.,
cognitive ability)?
Select one:
a. It indicates the extent to which performance on the measure is related to performance
on the job.
b. Reliability indicates the degree to which two objects are related to each other.
c. A measurement is said to be reliable when only two iterations are involved in
measurement.
d. It is not dependent on the attributes of the measuring instruments used.
e. Reliability refers to the measuring instrument rather than to the characteristic itself. -
✔✔Reliability refers to the measuring instrument rather than to the characteristic itself.
✔✔When assessing the reliability of a measure (e.g., cognitive ability), one might be
interested in knowing how scores on the measure at one time relate to scores on the
same measure at another time. This is called:
, Select one:
a. test-retest reliability.
b. test-interdependency.
c. mutual exclusivity.
d. test utility.
e. test generalizability. - ✔✔test-retest reliability.
✔✔Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding reliability and validity?
Select one:
a. Reliability of a measure is essential for it to have any validity.
b. Reliability and validity are independent of each other.
c. Reliability and validity are directly proportional to each other.
d. Reliability is a necessary and sufficient condition for validity.
e. Reliability and validity are inversely proportional to each other. - ✔✔Reliability of a
measure is essential for it to have any validity.
✔✔Star Inc., an engineering firm, has come up with a new technical test to assess the
knowledge of interviewees. To assess the validity of the test, it requests its present
employees to take the test and match it with their performance in the organization.
Which of the following types of validation has Star Inc. used to test the validity of its new
technical test?
Select one:
a. Face validation
b. Concurrent validation
c. Content validation
d. Predictive validation
e. Logical validation - ✔✔Concurrent validation
✔✔Predictive validation is superior to concurrent validation because:
Select one:
a. job applicants often have no information about organizational culture.
b. predictive valuation involves contribution from many individuals.
c. the effort needed for predictive valuation is lesser than concurrent valuation.
d. the time taken for predictive valuation is lesser than concurrent valuation.
e. job applicants are more motivated than an organization's employees. - ✔✔job
applicants are more motivated than an organization's employees.
✔✔Rollerbeam Inc., a provider of engineering services, is looking to hire several
maintenance engineers. Rollerbeam's HR department checks with the company's
engineering department to confirm that the scenarios mentioned in the test are plausible
real world scenarios maintenance engineers might face. Which of the following types of
validation is Rollerbeam's HR team performing?
Select one:
a. Criterion-related validation
b. Content validation
