Pre-Employment Tests Chapter 17

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Pre-Employment Tests Chapter 17

• Test Tuesday, December 10

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A test to screen applicants for general honesty
Skill Test Written Honesty Test Civil Service
Test ASVAB Psychological Test
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An examination a person may be required to take
before being considered for a federal government
job.

• Skill Test
• Psychological Test
• Written Honesty Test
• ASVAB
• Civil Service Test

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A test used to evaluate the physical or mental
skills of a job applicant

• Skills Test
• Psychological Test
• Civil Service Test
• Written Honesty Test
• ASVAB

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A group of tests used by the military to help
predict a persons success in military training
schools

• Skill Test
• Psychological Test
• ASVAB
• Civil Service Test
• Written Honesty Test

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A test given to find out more about an
applicants personality, character, and interests

• Skills Test
• Civil Service Test
• Written Honesty Test
• Psychological Test
• ASVAB

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Which items should a person take along on an
interview?

• Pen
• Personal Fact Sheet
• List of questions to ask the interviewer
• Resume
• All of the above

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A skill test might be required of

• A drafter
• A welder
• An instrument technician
• All

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A person applying for a job as a bank teller, a
clerk, or a computer operator might have to take

• A written test
• All
• A performance test
• An Honesty test

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Situational tests are given to

• Measure a persons knowledge or aptitudes
• Test an applicants physical or mental abilities
• Determine how well a person will actually perform
  on the job
• Screen dishonest job applicants

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TRUE OR FALSEAlmost all government employees
have to take one or more pre-employment tests
True
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TRUE OR FALSEA word processing test is a good
example of a skills test

• True

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TRUE OR FALSEThe main purpose of employee drug
testing is to catch people who are breaking the
law

• False

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There are no right or wrong answers in
psychological tests
TRUE OR FALSE

• True

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TRUE OR FALSEA person should arrive five or ten
minutes early for an interview

• True

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TRUE OR FALSEPolygraph tests are NOT the same as
lie detector tests

• False

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TRUE OR FALSEUsually jobs are NOT offered at the
end of the interview

• True

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True or FalseCertain jobs such as, airline
pilots and professional athletes, require
employees to be in top physical condition.

• True

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True or FalseThere are few pre-employment tests
for which you can study.

• True

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TRUE OR FALSEDrug abuse in the workplace is a
major concern for employers

• True