Question 1

William works for a small firm with only enough money budgeted to use one test to help with hiring decisions. What kind of test would be the most generally beneficial for the company as the ability it tests is applicable to the most jobs?

Accepted Answer

William should choose a test of general cognitive ability because it is the most relevant form of ability across all jobs.

Question 2

Hans is one of the most skilled employees at Grand Time, which is a clock manufacturing company that preserves the traditional art of making grandfather clocks by hand. Being an expert, he can often be seen handling screwdrivers and tweezers making intricate designs and fitting in parts. This reflects Hans's ability in the area of

Accepted Answer

Fine manipulative abilities refer to keeping the hand and arm steady while grasping, manipulating, and assembling small objects.

Question 3

Sensory ability refers to the

Accepted Answer

Sensory ability refers to capabilities associated with vision and hearing.

Question 4

Athletes who perform on balance beams or ropes must display a high degree of

Accepted Answer

Gross body equilibrium involves the ability to maintain the balance of the body in unstable contexts or when the person has to change directions.

Question 5

________ is the ability to identify and understand the words spoken by another person.

Accepted Answer

Speech recognition is the ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Question 6

________ is the visual ability that helps one see things in low light contexts.

Accepted Answer

The visual ability that helps one see things in low light contexts is called night vision.

Question 7

Which of the following is a physical ability?

Accepted Answer

Stamina, psychomotor abilities, flexibility and coordination, psychomotor, and sensory are types of physical abilities.

Question 8

Which of the following is a psychomotor ability?

Accepted Answer

Night vision, auditory attention, speech recognition, and depth perception are types of sensory abilities. Response orientation is a type of psychomotor ability.

Question 9

Orlando needs to hire a worker for his medical supply company. The only information he has to go on are the SAT scores of three applicants. Nora scored a 1560, Charles scored a 1220, and Leon scored a 900. Based on the information he has, which person should Orlando hire and why?

Accepted Answer

General cognitive ability has a strong positive effect on task performance, but is not strongly correlated with organizational commitment.

Question 10

________ ability is a strong predictor of task performance.

Accepted Answer

General cognitive ability has a strong positive effect on task performance.

Question 11

Which of the following is a sensory ability?

Accepted Answer

Response time, fine manipulative abilities, response orientation, and control movement are types of psychomotor abilities. Depth perception is a type of sensory ability.

Question 12

Chet works in a loud factory with multiple machines running at the same time. Somehow, he is able to tell immediately when a machine needs maintenance by subtle differences in the sound it is making. Chet's ability to focus on a single sound in the presence of many other sounds is termed

Accepted Answer

Auditory attention is the ability to focus on the source of a sound in the presence of other sources.

Question 13

________ is the ability to hear and discriminate sounds that vary in terms of loudness and pitch.

Accepted Answer

Hearing sensitivity refers to hearing differences in sounds that vary in terms of pitch and loudness.

Question 14

Depth perception is the ability to

Accepted Answer

The ability to judge relative distances between things accurately is called depth perception.

Question 15

Response time refers to the ability

Accepted Answer

Response time reflects how quickly an individual responds to signaling information after it occurs.

Question 16

Black Top Taxis is hiring new drivers. One of the key selection criteria for potential candidates is the ability to choose the right action quickly in response to several different signals and the ability to respond quickly to signaling information after it occurs. The selection criteria indicate that to be selected, a candidate must have the two psychomotor abilities of

Accepted Answer

The ability to choose the right action quickly in response to several different signals is called response orientation. Response time ability reflects how quickly an individual responds to signaling information after it occurs.

Question 17

Gross body coordination refers to the ability to

Accepted Answer

Gross body coordination involves coordinating movement of body, arms, and legs in activities that involve all three together.

Question 18

The ability to maintain the balance of the body in unstable contexts or while changing directions refers to

Accepted Answer

Gross body equilibrium involves the ability to maintain the balance of the body in unstable contexts or when the person has to change directions. Gross body equilibrium is important when the work environment is artificially elevated and inherently unstable.

Question 19

The effects of general cognitive ability on job performance are most pronounced in the area of

Accepted Answer

General cognitive ability is a strong predictor of job performance-in particular, the task performance aspect. General cognitive ability has no effect on affective commitment.

Question 20

Which of the following scenarios shows the strongest predictor of job task performance?

Accepted Answer