Eliminating the Use of Personality Tests in Employment Screening Will

question 18

Multiple Choice

Eliminating the use of personality tests in employment screening will

• A) prevent biases from affecting hiring decisions.
• B) decrease the likelihood that women and minorities will be discriminated against in hiring.
• C) increase the use of lie detector tests and drug tests in employment screening.
• D) not prevent traits from being judged but will change the ways traits are judged.

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Definitions:

Incremental Overhead

Additional overhead costs that arise due to a new activity or an increase in existing activities within a company, not previously budgeted or accounted for.

Sunk Costs

Sunk Costs are costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered, and should not affect future business decisions.

Additional Costs

Expenses incurred beyond the expected or budgeted amounts, often relating to unexpected events or changes in circumstances.

Nonfinancial Factors

Aspects influencing decision-making in business that are not quantifiable in monetary terms, such as employee satisfaction or environmental impact.