personality tests in personnel selection

If we are given the number of persons, number of jobs and the expected productivity of a particular person on a particular job, linear programming is used to maximise the average productivity of a person..

8 persons attended an interview at a company where each person can be either selected or rejected. Find the number of ways of announcing the result. => 64 or 128 or 512 or 256..

Verbs behave peculiarly with pronouns. We say I am but he is, We say you are even if 'you' refers to a single person. Would you like to see a table to explain number with person? Read the passage and observe the use of the verbs: A hunter was going through the woods. He was ..

From 9 gentlemen and 11 ladies, one person has to be selected. Express verbally the probability that the person selected is a lady. => 12 out of 20 or 9 out of 20 or 11 out of 20 or 10 out of 20..

The average number of calories that a person consumes per day is 2000. Find the probability that a randomly selected person consumes more than 2500 calories per day assuming a standard deviation of 200. => 62% or 0.62 or 0.62% or 38%..

The probability that a person selected prefers to go out on a shopping is 0.7. A random sample of 100 people was selected. Find the probability that the proportion of people who prefer to go out on a shopping is greater than 75%. => 16.4% or 11.71% or 88.29% or 83.6% o..

In a survey conducted, 62% people prefer watching a football match from home. Find the probability that four persons selected at random prefer watching football from home. => 0.38 or 0.148 or 2.52 or 0.238..

At a political rally, there are 30 Democrats, 20 Republicans, and 10 Independents. If a person is selected at random, then find the probability that he/she is either a Democrat or an Independent. => 5 6 or 2 3 or 1 2 or 1 6..

The circle graph shows the percentage of people in a city liking a particular color. What is the probability of a person selected at random liking the color blue? => 12 25 or 23 100 or 11 100 or 9 50..

The number of personal computers sold in 10 selected show rooms of System Software Park for a particular period is 121, 326, 254, 900, 460, 1160, 85, 74, 158 and 69. Find the mean deviation. => 2875.8 or 287.58 or 356.3 or 0..