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1. Bree went into her performance appraisal interview expecting to hear what a great performer she was and that she was getting a promotion. Instead, her manager pointed out some important areas in which Bree needed to improve if she wanted to continue to advance in the organization. As a result, Bree plans to focus on those areas of improvement in hopes of getting the promotion next year. This is an example of the _______ reason for conducting performance appraisals.
a. communication
b. decision making
c. motivation
d. development
2. Five people will get a scholarship today. Four excellent and one average candidate interviewed in the morning. Four poor and one average candidate interviewed in the afternoon. The four excellent people in the morning got the scholarship and because the average person in the afternoon looked so good compared to the poor candidates in the afternoon, that average person got the scholarship in spite of being identical to the average person in the morning. What performance appraisal error is demonstrated here?
a. Attribution error
b. Primacy error
c. Proximity error
d. Similarity error
e. Contrast error
3. Jason could not develop the phone app for the customer because he never finished the training classes. Jason is an example of which type of problem employee?
a. Lacks motivation
b. Lacks ability
c. Rule breaker
d. Has problems
4. Steven was fired from his job after three years of good performance. His boss simply said that the organization was changing and did not need Steven’s work any longer. This type of firing is likely acceptable under the doctrine of __________.
a. employment variability
b. workplace monitoring
c. employment-at-will
d. orientation period
5. To provide accurate performance appraisals, Samantha keeps a box of index cards on each of her employee. When an employee does something particularly well or particularly poorly, Samantha writes the event down on a card and puts it in that employee’s box. It appears Samantha is using the ______ method of performance appraisal.
a. critical incidents
b. management by objectives
c. narrative method
d. behavioral anchored rating
Explanation / Answer
C E B C D
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