11.If the purpose of conducting job analysis is to develop a written employment test to assess job applicants’ knowledge of the job, the analyst should target information about the specific tasks of the job and the knowledge required to perform each task.
12.Companies use job analysis inventories when information is needed from several people holding the same job title.
13.Observation is the most frequently utilized method to gather job analysis information.
14.Observation, as a method to gather job analysis information, is useful when jobs are simple and easy to describe accurately.
15.Job analysts will generally only conduct interviews with job incumbents.
16.If time constraints create a problem for arranging interviews to collect job analysis information, the best alternative is to conduct group interviews.
17.HR professionals never base job analysis solely on observation.
18.A job analysis questionnaire containing only close-ended questions is called a job analysis inventory.
19.The format for recording job analysis data to create a job description must be general in nature.
20.General purpose job descriptions that are used by most companies provide a detailed summary of jobs including subtasks, performance standards, and job context.