True or False

1- ( ) negligent hiring workers with questionable backgrounds without proper safeguards.

2- ( ) Reliability The consistency of scores obtained by the same person when retested
with the identical tests or with alternate forms of the same test.
3- ( ) test validity The accuracy with which a test, interview, and so on, measures what it
purports to measure or fulfills the function it was designed to fill.
4- ( ) criterion validity A type of validity based on showing that scores on the test
(predictors) are related to job performance (criterion).
5- ( ) employee orientation A procedure for providing new employees with basic
background information about the firm.
6- ( ) Training The process of teaching new or current employees the basic skills they
need to perform their jobs.
7- ( ) negligent training A situation where an employer fails to train adequately, and the
employee subsequently harms a third party.
8- ( ) task analysis A detailed study of a job to identify the specific skills required.
9- ( ) performance analysis Verifying that there is a performance deficiency and
determining whether that deficiency should be corrected through training or through
some other means (such as transferring the employee).
10- ( ) performance appraisal Evaluating an employee’s current and/or past performance
relative to his or her performance standards.
Multiple choice
1. Which term refers to a goal-oriented process directed toward ensuring that organizational
processes are in place to maximize productivity of employees, teams, and the
organization?
A. performance appraisal
B. strategic HR planning
C. development analysis
D. performance management
2. With performance management, a close relationship exists between performance and
________.
A. finances
B. competition
C. HR selection
D. incentive goals
3. With performance management, the effort of every worker should be directed toward
________.
A. improving compensation awareness
B. analyzing corporate understanding
C. enhancing overall organizational fit
D. achieving strategic goals
4. Performance appraisals are used for all of the following purposes EXCEPT ________.
A. identifying training needs
B. defending personnel decisions
C. implementing selection tests
D. providing employee feedback
5. Sam is employed as an account associate at a publishing firm. Which of the following
would most likely help Sam with career planning and development?
A. applicant tracking systems
B. compensation programs
C. work sample tests
D. performance appraisals