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  1. TAPAS is a forced-choice type test.

    Answer: True

    Explanation: TAPAS is primarily composed of multidimensional pairwise preference (MDPP) items, which require individuals to choose between two options.

  2. TAPAS is an innovative talent management tool based on cognitive personality and motivation assessment.

    Answer: False

    Explanation: An innovative tool for talent management, the Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System (TAPAS) is based on personality and motivation assessments that are non-cognitive.

  3. OSD has authorized a three-year accessions pilot study to use TAPAS as a predictive talent management tool.

    Answer: True

    Explanation: The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has indeed authorized a three-year accessions pilot study to utilize TAPAS as a predictive talent management tool.

  4. TAPAS was developed under the Army's Small Business Innovation Research grant program.

    Answer: True

    Explanation: TAPAS was indeed developed under the Army's Small Business Innovation Research grant program.

  5. The TAPAS test measures up to 20 personality dimensions.

    Answer: False

    Explanation: TAPAS can measure up to 26 personality dimensions.

  6. During the pilot study, applicants scoring between 45-49 on the AFQT will be exempt from the DOD benchmarks.

    Answer: True

    Explanation: Score between a 45-49 on the AFQT will be exempt from the DOD benchmark.

  7. Candidates with higher motivation perform worse than what their AFQT score indicates.

    Answer: False

    Explanation: TAPAS data gathered between 2009 and 2019 indicates that candidates with higher motivation perform better than indicated by their AFQT score.

  8. During the pilot study, candidates in the exempt population have a higher attrition rate than other candidates.

    Answer: False

    Explanation: Candidates in the exempt population have a lower attrition rate than other candidates in the pilot study.

  9. The Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System includes 100 questions.

    Answer: False

    Explanation: TAPAS has 120 questions and aims to predict recruits’ future performance, behaviors, attitudes, and attrition rates.

  10. Emotional intelligence cognitive ability involves the ability to reason and make logical deductions.

    Answer: False

    Explanation: Logical reasoning is a cognitive ability assessed by TAPAS, involving the capacity to reason and make logical deductions.

  11. The pilot program aims to predict recruits' future performance.

    Answer: True

    Explanation: TAPAS aims to predict recruits’ future performance, behaviors, attitudes, and attrition rates.