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Recruitment and Selection in Canada 6th Edition by Victor
M. Catano
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Recruitment and Selection
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Q1) Given that best practices in recruitment and selection are applied to an organization, which of the following results has NOT been supported with empirical studies?
A) establishing employee trust
B) increasing the firm's market price
C) reducing employee turnover
D) encouraging poor performers to leave
Answer: B
Q2) Recruitment and selection decisions must be coordinated with all parts of the organization, although final decisions must remain with HRM.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) What is the definition of selection?
A) generating an applicant pool
B) finding and screening job applicants
C) choosing job candidates
D) matching an applicant's competencies with a job position
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Foundations of Recruitment and Selection I
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Q1) Validity is the degree to which observed scores are free from random measurement errors.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Refer to Figure 2.1. What process does line E represent?
A) validating the job analysis, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other attributes and performance domain
B) predicting which applicants will be successful in their position
C) utilizing the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other attributes constructs to clarify the performance dimensions
D) translating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other attributes constructs into valid measurable predictors
Answer: B
Q3) An employer's employment decisions must be rational and intuitive.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Foundations of Recruitment and Selection II
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Q1) Which of the following statements would apply to a requirement that a hospital nurse be female?
A) The requirement is a violation of the Canadian Human Rights Act.
B) The requirement is a bona fide occupational requirement.
C) The requirement is justified if the nurse works at the maternity ward of a hospital.
D) The requirement is mandatory if determined by the Pay Equity Act.
Answer: A
Q2) When the selection rate for a protected group is lower than that for the relevant comparison group, what might potentially occur?
A) discrimination
B) an adverse impact discrimination
C) adverse effect discrimination
D) direct discrimination
Answer: B
Q3) It is never acceptable to ask job candidates if they have a criminal record.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Job Analysis and Competency Models
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Q1) What job analysis technique emphasizes the characteristics of successful performers rather than standard duties?
A) dynamic job analysis
B) worker-based analysis
C) team-based analysis
D) work-oriented analysis
Q2) What is NOT a problem associated with job descriptions?
A) Job descriptions may include duties that are prioritized and weighted.
B) Job descriptions may be vague or poorly written.
C) Job descriptions may specify illegal requirements.
D) Job descriptions may not be updated regularly.
Q3) Refer to Scenario 4-1. What would NOT be one of your key guidelines while conducting the job analysis?
A) A job analysis is a formal, structured process carried out under a set of guidelines established in advance.
B) A job analysis uses a single methodology.
C) A job analysis breaks down a job into its constituent parts, rather than looking at the job as a whole.
D) A job analysis uses a range of techniques.
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Chapter 5: Recruitment, Selection, and Job Performance
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Q1) The usefulness of selection measures is assessed by how well they predict performance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Refer to Scenario 5-2. The managers at KM Contracting are not clear on the distinction between performance management and performance appraisals. Which of the following best defines performance management?
A) a means to transform companies into results-oriented organizations
B) measures of job performance that attempt to capture individual differences among employees with respect to job-related behaviours
C) organizational processes used to improve employee and organizational performance in the workplace
D) organizational processes that evaluate employee job performance
Q3) Define performance management.
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a common type of counterproductive work behaviour?
A) bullying
B) workaholism
C) presenteeism
D) tardiness
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Chapter 6: Recruitment
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Q1) Refer to Scenario 6-1. What method of recruiting would be most suitable for hiring aircraft maintenance engineers for TS Inc.?
A) internal
B) external
C) internal and external
D) recruiting agency
Q2) Refer to Scenario 6-2. Which strategy is BCH using to establish its identity and perception in the marketplace as an employer of choice?
A) image advertising
B) human resource planning
C) branding
D) strategic planning
Q3) Which of the following is NOT an internal method of recruitment?
A) job postings
B) company newsletters
C) job advertisements
D) nominations
Q4) Why is corporate image important in recruiting efforts? Explain the difference between image advertising and branding.
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Chapter 7: Selection I: Applicant Screening
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Q1) In creating a résumé, applicants who want to encourage a positive impression among résumé screeners should include which of the following?
A) two pages only
B) no GPA
C) a career or job objective
D) specific examples of accomplishments
Q2) Why would OMC be concerned about false negative errors?
A) OMC would not be concerned because the high-performing applicants were not screened out.
B) OMC would be concerned about potential litigation and loss of employees' competitive skills.
C) OMC would not be concerned because the low-performing applicants were screened out.
D) OMC would be concerned about cost of training replacement candidates.
Q3) The first impression created by the résumé is not a factor in screening.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Job applicants have to be screened with great care. Explain.
Q5) What are false positives and false negatives? How do these occur?
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Chapter 8: Selection II: Testing and Other Assessments
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Q1) Refer to Scenario 8-1. According to the Canadian Human Rights Act, which of the following does NOT qualify as a prohibited ground for discrimination?
A) physical or mental disability
B) an employer's perception that a disability makes an individual unfit to work
C) a previous drug or alcohol problem
D) excessive drinking of alcohol
Q2) Which of the following abilities correspond to near and far vision, speech recognition, and colour discrimination?
A) cognitive abilities
B) psychomotor abilities
C) physical abilities
D) sensory or perceptual abilities
Q3) Applicants react most favourably when employers use which of the following selection methods?
A) work samples and personality tests
B) references and résumés
C) interviews and work samples
D) skill tests and informal interviews
Q4) What is the goal of employment testing?
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Chapter 9: Selection III: Interviewing
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Q1) Employment interviews are the most popular selection procedure among employers and employees.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Interviews are best suited to the assessment of noncognitive attributes such as interpersonal relations or social skills, initiative, conscientiousness, dependability, perseverance, teamwork, leadership.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the purpose of the MOA employment interview for OMC? What is the first step OMC would take in preparing for the interview? Write three key competencies you would want to interview for. Define one competency. Write a behaviour indicator for the competency you defined. Write a behaviour description interview question based on the competency and behaviour indicator described. Include appropriate probes.
Q4) Multiple-Mini Interviews were pioneered by researchers at the University of Toronto in 2002 in order to select applicants to its medical school.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Decision Making
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Q1) For an employment contract to be valid and enforceable there must be consideration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What might team members of a selection committee uncover by discussing their rationales for candidate ratings during the selection process?
A) expectancy errors
B) person-organization fit
C) negligent hiring
D) biases and errors
Q3) What are two common types of errors made in selection decision making?
Q4) In the multiple cutoff model, applicants are rejected if their scores on any of the predictors fall below the cutoff scores.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe one of the major challenges facing HR professionals with respect to recruitment and selection.
Q6) Why do most employers resist using statistical decision-making approaches?
Q7) What are some of the constraints facing managers during the selection process?
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