MHA 702 Chapter 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. -
(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. - (answer)False
Human Resources should not send an application along with the applicant unless recruitment is urgent. -
(answer)True
The interviewing manager should rely on the employment recruiter to address apparent gaps in an
applicant's employment history. - (answer)False
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. - (answer)False
Through the overall course of an interview, the interviewer should on average do less talking than the
applicant. - (answer)True
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) removed most employers' ability to mandate
retirement at a certain specified age. - (answer)True
In certain specific instances it is legally permissible to ask an applicant if he or she has ever been
arrested. - (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. - (answer)True
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. - (answer)False
, MHA 702 Chapter QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+ GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
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 - (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?
A. Get immediately down to business by opening with a probing question and a no-nonsense attitude.
B. Review the compensation and benefits structure with the applicant.
C. Try some friendly social conversation to put the individual at ease.
D. Ask the applicant why he or she wants this particular position. - (answer)Try some friendly social
conversation to put the individual at ease.
In interviewing an applicant for an entry-level position, it is important for an interviewer to do what?
A. Find out early in the interview whether the applicant has completed high school.
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. -
(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. - (answer)False
Human Resources should not send an application along with the applicant unless recruitment is urgent. -
(answer)True
The interviewing manager should rely on the employment recruiter to address apparent gaps in an
applicant's employment history. - (answer)False
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. - (answer)False
Through the overall course of an interview, the interviewer should on average do less talking than the
applicant. - (answer)True
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) removed most employers' ability to mandate
retirement at a certain specified age. - (answer)True
In certain specific instances it is legally permissible to ask an applicant if he or she has ever been
arrested. - (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. - (answer)True
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. - (answer)False
, MHA 702 Chapter QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+ GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
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 - (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?
A. Get immediately down to business by opening with a probing question and a no-nonsense attitude.
B. Review the compensation and benefits structure with the applicant.
C. Try some friendly social conversation to put the individual at ease.
D. Ask the applicant why he or she wants this particular position. - (answer)Try some friendly social
conversation to put the individual at ease.
In interviewing an applicant for an entry-level position, it is important for an interviewer to do what?
A. Find out early in the interview whether the applicant has completed high school.
