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cmoore54

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Used properly, personality tests serve two purposes in the work place. Which of the following is one of those purposes?
 
 

a. personality tests help screen applicants for jobs by indicating areas of adequacy and inadequacy.
  b. personality tests help to determine whether an applicant is a drug user.
  c. personality tests help determine how little the business has to pay an applicant if hired.
  d. personality tests allow the business to usefully place applicants into a relatively small number of categories in
  terms of personality types and character traits.



Question 2

The one key questionable premise underlying personality tests is
 
 

a. they sometimes screen out potentially creative or individualistic employees.
  b. they presuppose that all employees can be validly placed in a small number of categories.
  c. they can help determine job applicants' areas of adequacy and inadequacy.
  d. that all individuals can usefully and validly be categorized on the basis of a relatively small number of
  personality characteristics.



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mtmmmmmk

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d


cmoore54

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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