Inspection & Measurement Test

Test inspection skills before you hire with the the Inspection and Measurement test which helps assess knowledge and skill in the area of measurement and inspection.

The Inspection & Measurement Test is a brief, paper-and-pencil technical assessment designed to evaluate an individual’s practical measurement and inspection skills for industrial production roles. This 20-question multiple-choice test has a 15-minute time limit and utilizes a hand-scored carbon format to deliver immediate on-site results. It focuses strictly on an applicant’s physical observation skills and dimensional awareness before an employer commits to training or promotion costs.

What It’s Best Used For

• Screening industrial production workers: Vetting job applicants for manufacturing, assembly line, and factory floor positions that require physical detail oversight.
• Evaluating object measurement accuracy: Measuring an applicant’s capacity to precisely size, scale, and evaluate physical components or inventory items.
• Assessing dial and gauge reading: Verifying a candidate’s competence in correctly interpreting hardware metrics, pressure dials, and visual measurement gauges.
• Testing quality control observation: Spotting detail-oriented personnel who excel at determining slight structural similarities and differences between manufactured parts.
• Verifying administrative organizing: Gauging a worker’s basic ability to arrange alphabetically and numerically specified workplace information or tooling kits.
• Informing internal promotions: Auditing current staff to confirm their baseline technical precision before moving them into senior quality inspection tracks.

Job Types: Workers in industrial production positions.
Administration: Paper and pencil.
Scoring: Hand-scored carbon format.
Time: 15 minutes.

The test can be used to help assess job applicants’ knowledge in the following areas:

• measuring objects
• reading dials and gauges
• determining similarities and differences
• arranging alphabetically and numerically specified information

Basic Test Facts. The test contains 20 items in a multiple-choice format.

Normative Data. Applicants and job incumbents’ norms are provided.

Please contact us for pricing and more information.  Sample questions are not available for this instrument.  Sample copies are available for purchase only.

We recommend that test validation of the Inspection & Measurement Test be conducted for an organization that meets any of the following criteria:

• Is a highly visible national or international company
• Has more than 200 employees
• Has a labor agreement
• Has a federal contract
• Has ever had an EEO charge
• Needs professional assistance for setting cutting scores on tests

The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978)1, developed by the EEOC, Civil Service Commission, Department of Labor and Department of Justice, are intended to establish a uniform Federal position in the area of prohibiting discrimination in employment practices. Regarding the use of tests and other selection procedures, the Guidelines state:

These guidelines apply to tests and other selection procedures which are used as a basis for any employment decision. Employment decisions include but are not limited to hiring, promotion, demotion, membership (for example, in a labor organization), referral, retention, and licensing and certification, to the extent that licensing and certification may be covered by Federal equal employment opportunity law. Other selection decisions, such as selection for training or transfer, may also be considered employment decisions if they lead to any of the decisions listed above. (Section 2B)

The Guidelines also state:

The use of any selection procedure which has an adverse impact on the hiring, promotion, or other employment or membership opportunities of members of any race, sex, or ethnic group will be considered to be discriminatory and inconsistent with these guidelines, unless the procedure has been validated in accordance with these guidelines. (Section 3A)

From the employer’s perspective, it is very useful to have a job-related test. When tests are job related, they have more credibility with the persons taking them, giving the test takers more confidence in their results and providing less likelihood of complaint or litigation. A validated test is usually the product of research by a psychologist. The resulting validation report is the documented evidence by a professional researcher of the validity of the selection procedure. In the event of complaint or litigation, the report would usually be entered into evidence. In addition, the author would provide testimony that the report reflects generally-accepted professional practice and is in conformance with the requirements of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures.

1 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Civil Service Commission, Department of Labor, and Department of Justice. (1978, August). Uniform guidelines on employee selection procedures. Federal Register, 43, 38290-38315.

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