Specific Restrictions Have Been Placed on the Use of Tests

question 23

Multiple Choice

Specific restrictions have been placed on the use of tests for the selection of employees through a series of Supreme Court decisions. The effect of these decisions

• A)denies that tests are valuable tools in the personnel field.
• B)denies that the use of tests can continue in the personnel field.
• C)has been to force employers to define the relationship between test scores and job performance and to define the measure of job performance.
• D)groups and not specific individuals are protected from biased testing procedures.

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