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Students are required to sit for one (1) online test
on Week 3. Please make sure that you are
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E) web of authority
6) Which one of the following is consistent with a simple structure?
A) high centralization
B) high horizontal differentiation
C) high employee discretion
D) standardization
E) bureaucracy
7) Which of the following is a drawback of a narrow span of control? It ________.
A) reduces effectiveness
B) is more efficient
C) encourages overly tight supervision and discourages employee autonomy
D) empowers employees
E) increases participatory decision-making
8) In an organization that has high centralization, ________.
A) the corporate headquarters is located centrally to branch offices
B) all top level officials are located within the same geographic area
C) action can be taken more quickly to solve problems
D) new employees have a great deal of legitimate authority
E) top managers make all the decisions and lower level managers merely carry out
Directions
E) diagonal
B) ingratiation
C) pressure
D) personal appeals
E) inspirational appeals
A) interviews
B) written tests
C) performance simulation tests
D) work sampling methods
E) personality tests
6) The behavioral structured interview is built on the assumption that ________.
A) past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior
B) technical knowledge and skills are the best predictor of job performance
C) personality is the best predictor of job performance
D) personality and mood are highly correlated
E) technical knowledge and mood are highly correlated
Part B: TRUE /FALSE Questions
1) As a selection device, written tests have decreased in usage during the past 20 years.
(TRUE /FALSE)
2) A test that measures factors such as dependability, carefulness, responsibility, and
honesty is referred to as a performance factor test. (TRUE /FALSE)
3) Work samples yield validities almost consistently superior to written aptitude tests.
(TRUE /FALSE)
4) In assessment centers, job candidates are evaluated as they go through several days of
exercises that simulate real problems they would confront on the job. (TRUE /FALSE)
D) personality
E) mood