CODESP Applicant Screening and Evaluation 3

Question 1

Which term describes the degree to which a selection instrument measures the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities required by the job, as demonstrated through a thorough job analysis?

Accepted Answer

Content validity

Answer

Content validity is the evidence that a test's content represents the domain of knowledge, skills, and abilities identified as essential through job analysis.

Question 2

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an employer may require a medical examination of an applicant:

Accepted Answer

After a conditional offer is made but before employment begins

Answer

The ADA permits medical examinations only after a conditional job offer has been extended, and the exam must be required of all entering employees in the same job category.

Question 3

The 'banding' technique in applicant ranking addresses which psychometric concern?

Accepted Answer

Measurement error and score unreliability

Answer

Banding groups candidates whose scores fall within a statistically equivalent range (based on standard error of measurement) and treats them as equally qualified to reduce the impact of measurement error.

Question 4

Which document serves as the primary legal framework governing federal employment selection procedures in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978)

Answer

The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures provide the authoritative technical standards for the development and validation of employee selection procedures used by federal agencies.

Question 5

In a multiple-hurdle selection process, at which stage should the most expensive or time-intensive assessment typically be administered?

Accepted Answer

Last, after candidates have been screened by lower-cost methods

Answer

Placing expensive assessments at the end of the multiple-hurdle process ensures they are administered only to candidates who have already met earlier, lower-cost screening criteria, maximizing cost efficiency.

CODESP - Cooperative Organization for the Development of Employee Selection Procedures Practice Test

CODESP - Cooperative Organization for the Development of Employee Selection Procedures Practice Test

CODESP Applicant Screening and Evaluation 3