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During the _____ stage,it is important to select the kinds of managers who can develop stable management systems to preserve the gains achieved during the embryonic stage.


A) mature
B) high-growth
C) aging
D) entrepreneurial

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

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Organizations in the high-growth stage are concerned with market share and cost reduction.

A) True
B) False

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Employers representing retail stores,nuclear plants,law enforcement,and child care facilities often use this type of test regularly:


A) Personality
B) Reliability
C) Integrity
D) Attitude

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

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According to the text,which of the following is the key priority of the most admired companies,as compared to average companies?


A) Customer focus
B) Minimizing risk
C) Respecting the chain of command
D) Making budget

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

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What procedures can employers follow to avoid legal challenges in conducting drug screening?

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_____ have been shown to make the prediction of job performance more accurate above and beyond job knowledge,cognitive ability,job experience,and conscientiousness,while showing less adverse impact based on ethnicity as compared with general cognitive ability tests.


A) LGDs
B) SJTs
C) Polygraph tests
D) In-basket tests

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

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Who first used the assessment center approach,when,and why?

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Because practical considerations make job tryouts for all candidates infeasible,it is necessary to _____ the relative level of job performance of each candidate on the basis of available information.


A) assign
B) predict
C) abandon
D) accept

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

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B

Absenteeism and voluntary turnover are the outcomes that drug testing forecasts most accurately.

A) True
B) False

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The number of job applicants testing positive for drug use has dropped from ___ to 3.5 percent in 2012.


A) 13.6
B) 22.5
C) 9.6
D) 5.5

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

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Studies have shown that assessment centers are not cost effective.

A) True
B) False

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False

There should be a fit between the intended strategy of an enterprise and the characteristics of the people who are expected to implement it.

A) True
B) False

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Decades of research on the peer assessment test indicate that it validly forecasts subsequent job behavior and promotion.

A) True
B) False

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As jobs become more complex,individual differences in output variability also increase.

A) True
B) False

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Because thousands of studies have been conducted,validity generalization allows use of this database to establish definite values for the average validity of most predictors.

A) True
B) False

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True

In which of the following methods do assessors ask a series of questions targeted at the subject's level of achievement motivation,potential for being a self-starter,and commitment to the Army?


A) In-basket
B) Cold calls
C) Interviews
D) Structured interview

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

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What is the primary motivation of an aging organization?

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You must notify your employees ____ days before a drug testing program takes effect.


A) 15
B) 30
C) 90
D) 180

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

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Even though work samples are miniature replicas of actual job requirements,they are easy to fake,and may to lead to charges of discrimination or invasion of privacy.

A) True
B) False

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Explain the terms: (1)Reliability of measurement and (2)Validity of measurement.

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