Video Assessment Refers to

question 182

Multiple Choice

Video assessment refers to

• A) an expensive alternative to traditional hiring techniques.
• B) videotaping employees on-the-job in order to evaluate their job performance.
• C) having new hires watch videos that show a series of realistic work situations, and then asking them to choose a course of action to deal with the situation.
• D) videotaping new hires during an interview in order to evaluate their personality.
• E) none of these.

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Definitions:

Kansas-Nebraska Act

A 1854 law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, leaving the decision of slavery up to the popular sovereignty of those territories, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise.

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Transcontinental Railroad

The railway system completed in 1869 that connected the east and west coasts of the United States, greatly facilitating travel and commerce.

Wilmot Proviso

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