1. Self-appraisals are most appropriate for

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making decisions about compensation.

employee development.

decisions related to employee promotion.

all of the above.

3. Ensuring that managers rate their employees according to defined criteria is known as

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calibration.

alignment.

validity.

reliability.

5. A primary care physician practice has decided to base its evaluation of physician performance solely on the volume of patients seen. What problem is most likely to result from such an approach?

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Halo effect

Criterion deficiency

Contrast effect

Rating errors

8. Graphic rating scales are

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time-consuming to develop because each scale must be tailored to a particular job.

more specific in their measures than behaviorally anchored rating scales.

relatively simple to administer.

only recently developed and used only rarely.

9. Management by objectives focuses on

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specific desirable employee behaviors.

achievement of goals.

employee traits.

evaluating both behaviors and employee traits.

12. In an organization using a point system of compensation, a wage curve is used to determine

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the job's average wage in the local market.

the relationship between points and current salaries.

the variation in wages among all jobs in the organization.

how a job's wages have changed over time.