A Manager Is Examining the Number of Applicants for a Job

question 40

Multiple Choice

A manager is examining the number of applicants for a job compared to the number of people needed to be hired. What is this figure called?

• A) the yield ratio
• B) the selection ratio
• C) the base ratio
• D) the validity coefficient

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Definitions:

Return On Investment (ROI)

A metric for assessing how well an investment does by comparing what it returns against what it costs.

Minimum Required Rate

The lowest acceptable rate of return on an investment, as determined by management or investors.

Residual Income

The amount of income that an individual or company retains after accounting for all operating expenses and cost of capital.

Operating Assets

Assets that are used by a company in its daily operations to generate revenue, excluding any investment or non-operational assets.