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Experienced teachers can often tell when students are confused.This sensitivity to student understanding is a(n)


A) knowledge.
B) skill.
C) ability.
D) Other personal characteristic.

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Whether two positions have comparable worth is best determined by a


A) salary survey.
B) pay equity analysis.
C) job evaluation.
D) job analysis.

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C

You have finished your degree in I/O psychology.Your first task at IPSYCH,Inc.,is to present a "pitch" to a potential new client on the benefits that their organization will reap from having IPSYCH,Inc.,conduct a thorough job analysis.What will you say?


A) "We will save you lots of money by identifying those employees you should fire."
B) "We will help you to hire the best people for the job,avoiding lawsuits for discriminatory employment practices."
C) "We can help you identify areas where training is needed by your employees."
D) B and C only

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The job analysis reveals that job X is at the 85th percentile in terms of required reading skills.What type of job analysis was used?


A) Job Components Inventory
B) Functional Job Analysis
C) Position Analysis Questionnaire
D) Task Inventories

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Imagine that,as a new industrial psychologist,you must conduct a job analysis for the job of a vet's assistant.Which of the following would be helpful in completing the job analysis?


A) Interview the vet.
B) Observe the incumbents doing the job.
C) Work alongside the vet for one week.
D) All of the above

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You have been hired to conduct a job analysis at a local fast food chain. After completing your analysis, you conclude that the job requires the job incumbent to cook hamburgers. What type of job analysis have you performed?


A) a job-oriented job analysis
B) a person-oriented job analysis
C) a task-oriented job analysis
D) a KSAO-oriented job analysis

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Smith and Hakel (1979) obtained PAQ ratings from trained job analysts and college students who were given only job titles.The ratings were similar.What did Smith and Hakel suggest this similarity implies?


A) the PAQ demonstrates inter-rater reliability.
B) that analyst ratings might be due to preconceived notions about the job rather than information obtained during the analysis .
C) PAQ ratings are more valid than previously thought.
D) the validity of the PAQ is questionable.

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Which method of job analysis was designed to permit simultaneous assessment of the job requirements and a person's KSAOs?


A) Job Components Inventory
B) Functional Job Analysis
C) Position Analysis Questionnaire
D) task inventories

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Task inventories are likely to ask job incumbents to rate


A) the amount of time spent doing each task.
B) the importance of each task.
C) the difficulty of learning each task.
D) all of the above

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In the Research in Detail feature of the text,the author describes a study by Borman,Dorsey,and Ackerman (1992) ,in which they asked stockbrokers to describe their jobs.Which of the following statements is true?


A) Time spent in tasks did not significantly relate to performance.
B) There can be differences in time spent doing tasks among people in the same job.
C) More successful stockbrokers spent less time helping other stockbrokers.
D) The results revealed that reports of time spent are unreliable and invalid.

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Domains covered by O*NET include


A) occupation requirements.
B) worker characteristics.
C) occupation characteristics.
D) all of the above

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As a new Industrial psychologist,your first assignment is to conduct a job analysis in which you describe the characteristic,attributes,and knowledge necessary for a person to perform the job.This type of analysis is known as


A) a job-oriented approach.
B) a KSAO-oriented approach
C) a person-oriented approach.
D) a position-oriented approach.

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The JCI offers information on ________ components of job features.


A) three
B) four
C) five
D) six

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Which method of job analysis was used by the U.S.Department of Labor to produce the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) ?


A) Job Components Inventory
B) Functional Job Analysis
C) Position Analysis Questionnaire
D) task inventories

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Why is it so difficult to implement the use of job evaluation to establish comparable worth?


A) Job evaluations would undervalue predominantly men-held jobs.
B) The judgments used in the job evaluation are not reliable.
C) Costs to raise salaries in predominately female occupations would be expensive.
D) Job evaluations are often conducted by people who bias the outcome.

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When doing a job evaluation you conclude that salaries should be based,in part,on educational requirements of the jobs.Jobs requiring more education should have higher salaries.In this case education is a


A) evaluation factor.
B) point factor.
C) comparable worth factor.
D) compensable factor.

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The ___________ was developed in Great Britain to address the need to match job requirements to worker characteristics.


A) Position Analysis Questionnaire
B) Functional Job Analysis
C) Job Components Inventory
D) task inventories

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C

The first step in selecting personnel is


A) interviewing all applicants.
B) creating psychological profiles on the best applicants.
C) conducting a job analysis of the position.
D) identifying the salary level for the position.

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A job analyst asks job incumbents to rate the time spent doing each task required by the job.What type of job analysis method has been used?


A) Job Components Inventory
B) Functional Job Analysis
C) Position Analysis Questionnaire
D) Task Inventories

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A person-oriented job analysis provides information about the KSAOs needed to perform well on the job.This type of job analysis is LEAST helpful for


A) guiding career development.
B) guiding selection decisions.
C) designing performance appraisal systems.
D) guiding training programs.

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