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Job Analysis, Documentation and Evaluation Quiz

Test Your Knowledge

Job Analysis, Documentation and Evaluation (Course C2)

Instructions: Choose an answer for each question and then click on the "Get Results" button at the end of the quiz.

1. When is the base pay structure created?
A. As soon as job documentation has been completed
B. Prior to completion of the job analysis
C. After the job worth hierarchy is built

2. The phrases “lifts cover, lays paper on glass, closes cover and presses start button” are examples of which term within a job description?
A. Responsibilities
B. Duties
C. Tasks
D. Task elements

3. What best describes one of the purposes of job analysis?
A. To document work processes for training purposes
B. To define the level of coaching needed by supervisors
C. To define the scope of any follow-up studies
D. To document the tools necessary to perform the job

4. Prior to conducting a job analysis interview, where might one obtain secondary job information?
A. Organizational charts
B. Employment applications
C. The Fair Labor Standards Act
D. The employee’s supervisor

5. What are the principal types of job documentation?
A. Employee handbooks and job posting data files
B. Position analysis questionnaires, job family matrices and job descriptions
C. Market-based and job content based

6. Which of the following is the most appropriate use for a job description?
A. To assist with exit interviews
B. To train temporary workers
C. To evaluate job content
D. To eliminate level cutters

7. Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the market-based job evaluation method?
A. The relative value of jobs is determined primarily by the nature and level of work.
B. The emphasis for evaluating jobs is based on the internal value of the different jobs within the organization.
C. Jobs may be slotted using job content if there is insufficient market data.

8. Under a market-based job evaluation approach, benchmark data should be collected on approximately what percentage of jobs?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100%

9. What are the two nonquantitative job evaluation methods?
A. Ranking and classification
B. Job component and point factor
C. Market-based and job content

10. Which of the following best describes the ranking method of job content evaluation?
A. It ranks jobs based on the level of complexity of the work.
B. It requires a high degree of technical knowledge of the job.
C. It is a whole-job rather than a factor-based job evaluation method.
D. It is difficult and expensive to implement.

The Test Your Knowledge questions are intended to provide a small sample of the information covered in a particular course. Passing this test should not be considered an indicator that you also will pass the related certification exam. No portion of this document may be reproduced in any form without express written permission from WorldatWork. Copyright 2005 WorldatWork.

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