Which of the Following Statements About Screening-Out and Screening-In Is

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about screening-out and screening-in is correct?

• A) Psychologists have been more successful at screening out undesirable candidates than at identifying desirable candidates.
• B) Psychology is making little progress at identifying desirable candidates for law enforcement positions.
• C) No psychological measures are available for use in screening in candidates.
• D) Police psychologists have found it a great challenge to eliminate unsuitable candidates than to identify suitable candidates.

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Definitions:

Square Root Property

A principle stating that for any positive number \(x\), if \(y^2 = x\), then \(y\) is a square root of \(x\).

Complex Solutions

Solutions to equations that include the square root of a negative number, typically represented as a combination of a real number and an imaginary number.

Quadratic Equation

A polynomial equation of the second degree, typically presented in the form ax^2 + bx + c = 0, where a, b, and c are constants.

Factoring

The process of breaking down an expression into simpler terms that, when multiplied together, produce the original expression.