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During a campus placement drive, Plusterk, a hardware company, wants to conduct a common test while hiring candidates to fill positions in various departments of the company. Irrespective of the department, the company gives utmost importance to candidates' math skills, information technology skills, and verbal comprehension skills. In this scenario, which of the following selection tests should Plusterk conduct in its campus placement drive?


A) A specific ability test
B) A cognitive ability test
C) A personality test
D) A work sample test

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Jennifer applied for the job of a waitress at Sam's Coffee shop. During the recruitment, the recruiter asked her to make five different types of beverages and wait tables for an hour. In this scenario, the recruiter conducted a _____.


A) psychometric test
B) specific ability test
C) cognitive ability test
D) work sample test

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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_____ includes both the financial and nonfinancial rewards that organizations give employees in exchange for their work.


A) Compensation
B) Synergy
C) Goodwill
D) Insurance

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Pay plans such as piecework and commissions are based on team performance.

A) True
B) False

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Carrieck., a company that manufactures handbags for women, posted a requirement for a female model in an online job portal. In the context of federal employment laws, this scenario exemplifies a(n) _____.


A) bona fide occupational qualification
B) registered employment agreement
C) employment regulation order
D) critical skills employment permit

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following is an advantage of a structured interview?


A) It allows an interviewer to ask any question, including non-job-related questions.
B) It does not require the questions to be prepared in advance before the interview takes place.
C) It reduces the chances that interviewers will ask questions about topics that violate employment laws.
D) It allows an interviewer to probe into missing information uncovered during the unstructured portion of the interview.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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While recruiting law graduates through campus placements, the recruitment team at Prangley, a law firm, asks the universities to furnish details about candidates that are not disclosed in their résumés. These details include remarks of the candidates' project guides, disciplinary actions taken against the candidates, and attendance history of the candidates. In the context of job selection, this scenario best illustrates _____.


A) performance appraisals
B) background checks
C) cognitive ability tests
D) personality tests

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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_____ is the planned elimination of jobs in a company.


A) Retirement
B) Offshoring
C) Validation
D) Downsizing

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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The first selection devices that most job applicants encounter when they seek a job are application forms and résumés.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is a difference between internal recruiting and external recruiting?


A) Unlike external recruiting, internal recruiting increases recruitment start-up time and costs.
B) Internal recruitment methods include employee referrals and walk-ins, whereas external recruitment methods include job posting and career paths.
C) Unlike external recruiting, internal recruiting involves hiring passive candidates.
D) Internal recruiting involves hiring people who already work in the company, whereas external recruiting involves hiring people from outside the company.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Molleenz, a visual effects company, has multiple openings for the positions of compositor, concept artist, digital preparation artist, layout artist, and match move artist. Due to the high attrition rate in the company, the recruitment team decides to post and update these openings on the company website. Job applicants can create a temporary user login on the website to apply for the openings of their choice. In this scenario, Molleenz is engaged in _____.


A) structural accommodation
B) validation
C) external recruiting
D) downsizing

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following is an advantage of internal recruiting?


A) It reduces recruitment start-up time and costs.
B) It eliminates employee discrimination.
C) It restricts social loading and groupthink.
D) It offers a wider choice of candidates compared to external recruiting.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Pathrazine, a publishing firm, wants to hire copy editors. It gives the candidates copyediting and proofreading exercises. This enables the firm to assess consistency in the candidates' style of writing and their copyediting skills. Given this information, which of the following selection tests does Pathrazine most likely conduct to hire the right candidates?


A) Specific ability tests
B) Cognitive ability tests
C) Personality tests
D) Work sample tests

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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After deciding to open a new branch in the city of Rivienques, Brempath Bank posted all the job openings for the new branch in an Internet job site called Jobifynn.com. In this scenario, Brempath Bank is engaged in _____.


A) structural accommodation
B) validation
C) downsizing
D) external recruiting

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Employment references include the names of previous employers or coworkers of an applicant.

A) True
B) False

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Job evaluation determines the worth of each job by determining the market value of the knowledge, skills, and requirements needed to perform it.

A) True
B) False

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360-degree feedback is a performance appraisal process in which feedback is obtained from the boss, subordinates, peers and coworkers, and the employees themselves.

A) True
B) False

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The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is a major federal employment law.

A) True
B) False

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_____ is the process of developing a pool of qualified job applicants.


A) Brainstorming
B) Recruiting
C) Forecasting
D) Downsizing

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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In unstructured interviews, interviewers ask only for important, job-related information.

A) True
B) False

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