COA Assessment & Evaluation Techniques 3

Question 1

Which type of rating scale asks evaluators to distribute a fixed percentage of employees across performance categories?

Accepted Answer

Forced distribution

Answer

Forced distribution requires managers to assign set percentages of employees to each performance tier, preventing everyone from being rated 'above average.'

Question 2

A newly implemented office training program is evaluated six months later by measuring employee productivity gains. This is an example of which Kirkpatrick level?

Accepted Answer

Level 4 – Results

Answer

Kirkpatrick Level 4 measures tangible organizational outcomes such as productivity, cost savings, or quality improvements resulting from training.

Question 3

What does 'inter-rater reliability' measure in an evaluation system?

Accepted Answer

The consistency of scores across different evaluators rating the same performance

Answer

Inter-rater reliability measures the degree to which two or more independent evaluators assign the same scores to the same observed performance.

Question 4

An office administrator creates a rubric with 'Exceeds Expectations,' 'Meets Expectations,' and 'Needs Improvement' anchored to specific observable behaviors. This tool is BEST described as:

Accepted Answer

A behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)

Answer

A BARS links rating levels to specific behavioral descriptions, reducing ambiguity and increasing the objectivity of performance ratings.

Question 5

Which potential bias occurs when an evaluator's overall impression of an employee unduly influences ratings on individual performance dimensions?

Accepted Answer

Halo effect

Answer

The halo effect occurs when a positive (or negative) overall impression causes an evaluator to rate all specific dimensions similarly, rather than independently.

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COA Assessment & Evaluation Techniques 3