Which of the following union security clauses requires that all employees join the union within a grace period specified by the contract?
Which of the following is a term used to describe efforts made by a downsizing company to help former employees through the transition to new jobs and helps them re-orientate to the job market?
As an HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. What legal case found that a test that has an adverse impact on a protected class is still lawful as long as the test can be shown to be valid and job related?
Holly and Gary are HR Professionals in their organization and they are working to develop the strategic plan for their organization. Holly and Gary are using SWOT analysis to help understand the needs of human, financial, technological, capital, and other aspects of their organization. What is SWOT?
As a HR Professional you must understand the laws and regulations, which affect employee compensation. Which of the following was the first to address a minimum wage for employees?
Which of the following Acts establishes mandatory safety and health standards for mine operators and monitors operations throughout the United States?
Employee pension rights are protected by which of the following acts or regulations?
Which of the following is a legal term that describes an action that injures someone?
Which of the following allows employees to work the hours that enable them to take care of personal work?
The Hay System was developed in 1934 by Edward Hay and evaluates job using three factors. Which of the following factors is NOT one of the three elements of job evaluation of the Hay System?
Your company is a government contractor with a current project of $250,000. As the Senior HR Professional you've been asked how the Walsh Healy Public Contracts Act will affect your organization. What is the Walsh Healy Public Contracts Act?
Kelly's organization has posted a new job opening for their organization. This job opening is for a woman to be the restroom attended, for all women's restrooms and locker rooms, in their organization. Kelly believes, however, that the requirement for the applicant to be a female is a violation of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Which one of the following is the best answer for this scenario?
Which of the following is provided by the companies to their employees who are called to work before or after their scheduled work hours?
“When the workplace is permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule and insult that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim's employment and create an abusive working environment, Title VII is violated.” This is a statement made with regard to which of the following sexual-harassment court cases?
The Federal Insurance Contributions Act requires employers to do which of the following?
Which of the following is not a sign of union organizing activity by employees?
Which of the following Acts is used to ensure the safety of workers in coal and other mines?
All business organizations must use some common terminology to describe the roles and responsibilities of people and entities within the organization. What term is described as the amount of product or service the entity is able to produce with the available materials, labor, and equipment?
Which of the following refers to the process of attracting, screening, and selecting qualified people for a job at an organization?
You are the HR Professional for your organization and you've identified a risk event. The risk event can be mitigated by purchasing an insurance to protect the organization. You've also identified that the probability of the risk event is only 20 percent. If management doesn't want to purchase the insurance to mitigate the risk event, what other choice do they have to respond to the event by using an out-of-pocket payment if the event actually occurs?
Fill in the blank with the appropriate qualitative analysis technique.
The_______________ group technique is a structured meeting format designed to elicit participation from all members of the group in order to arrive at the best possible solution to the problem at hand.
As an HR Professional, you are required to post an OSHA poster in a conspicuous place that is easily visible to employees. What OSHA poster lists each of the employee's rights?
An organizational picket may lawfully take place when which of the following is true?
An organization has over 5,000 employees who are members of a union. The employees, however, are no longer happy with the union's performance and they would like to decertify the union from their representation. Who will decertify the union in this instance?
Project management is a core activity in many organizations today. Which of the following statements best describes the process groups that comprise the project management lifecycle?
Which of the following occurs when employees stop working and stay in the building?
As a HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. This adverse impact lawsuit determined that discrimination need not be deliberate or observable to be real. Employees were segregated by race and were allowed to work only in the lowest paid position. What lawsuit is described?
As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing unions and management in the bargaining process. There are three primary types of bargaining that management and unions participate in. Which of the following bargaining types is considered to be the most combative?
When an employer is charged with a discrimination complaint the EEOC can do one of four actions against the employer. Which one of the following is not one of the four EEOC actions?
What type of dispute resolution believes that conflict is good and is used to resolve long-standing, deep-rooted conflicts within an organization?
Fran is the HR Professional for her organization and she's working with a new recruit in the HR department. Fran wants to explain the role of HR to the new recruit. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the role of an HR in an organization?
Your organization mainly focuses on the production of bicycles for selling it around the world. In addition to this, the organization also produces scooters. The management wants to restrict its line of production to bicycles. Therefore, it decides to sell the scooter production department to another competitor. Which of the following terms best describes the sale of the scooter production department to your competitor?
What term is used to describe the values, worth, work ethics, attitude, and collective sense of an identity in an organization?
Holly is the Senior HR Professional for her organization and she needs to address the use of video cameras in the workplace. In Holly's company, surveillance cameras are used as an anti-theft deterrent and as a means of employee safety in case of violence, theft, or attack. What portion of a conflict of interest statement should Holly address for the use of video surveillance cameras?
Your organization is comprised of various functional units, such as sales, marketing, IT, and manufacturing. When projects are created in this structure, the project team members often come from all functional areas of the organization and may work on several projects at a time. What type of organization structure are you likely operating within?
As an SPHR, you are to participate in enterprise risk management. Risk is an uncertain event or condition that may have a positive or negative effect on the enterprise. In HR, what is the first action you must do to participate in enterprise risk management?
A code of conduct is primarily used by companies that wish to do which of the following?
Marcy is an hourly-paid employee in the JKJ Company. Her supervisor Tom has asked Marcy to not begin working on a presentation until he leaves a meeting. The meeting happens to last six hours and Marcy doesn't have other work to do while Tom is in the meeting. Marcy decides to read a book while she waits. According to the Fair Labor Standards Act should Marcy be paid for reading the book? Choose the best answer:
Which of the following Supreme Court cases found that an employer can be held liable for the sexual harassment of its employees?
Nancy is an HR Professional who likes to use directive interviews when interviewing prospective employees. Which one of the following is most indicative of a directive interview?
Harry is the Senior HR Professional for his organization and he's working with Bill on the total rewards package he can offer. Bill is confused about monetary rewards and nonmonetary rewards. Which of the following is an example of a nonmonetary reward for compensation?
Which report do local and state governments require employers to file in odd-numbered years?
Total quality management focuses all employees on producing products that meet customer needs. This is achieved by doing what?
John is the HR Professional for his organization. He is interviewing Sally for a sales position, and he has asked Sally to provide an instance of how she worked with a tough customer in the past, how she resolved the situation, and what the outcome of the experience was. This is what type of interviewing technique?
A manager must choose someone to work over the weekend shift over a national holiday. He decides that Mary should work the weekend shift because she is from India and likely doesn't celebrate the national holiday. This is an example of what type of discrimination?
You are the HR Professional for your organization and you're reviewing the performance appraisal systems your company can use. Which performance appraisal approach uses a paired comparison method in the review?
Organizations must assess the safety of their workplaces and consider the ability of a business to continue despite risk impact. When assessing business continuity risks, the HR Professional must consider several different types of disasters, their probability, and impact on an organization. What category of disaster is best described as acts of terrorism, major thefts, sabotage, or labor disputes?
Your organization is likely to be purchased by a competitor. The Management has asked you, in confidence, to complete environmental scanning to determine the effects of the purchase on your organization's culture, customers, and employees. What is environmental scanning?
Your organization has a retirement benefits plan that is covered by ERISA. Under ERISA, which of the following is your organization required to do for the plan participants?
What common law term best describes an employee's obligation to act with reasonable care and skill for the employer?
As an HR Professional you must recognize, and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affects your performance as an HR Professional. Which one of the following acts used the terminology "work now, grieve later" to describe the urgency of performing work?
Fran is a HR Professional for her organization and she is interviewing applicants for a warehouse position. One of the candidates has written on his application that he speaks Spanish. Fran interviews this candidate in Spanish and interviews all other candidates in English. This is an example of what?
Which of the following occurs in violation of a contract clause prohibiting strikes during the term of the contract?
An effective progressive disciplinary process begins with which of the following?
The Federal Labor Standards Act is something that all HR Professionals should be familiar with. This act clearly defines four areas that affect all employees. Which one of the following is not one of the four areas of employment covered by this act?
Fred is a union employee who has been summoned by the management to an investigatory hearing regarding his conduct. Fred would like to have a union representative with him at the meeting. What is the name of the right that allows Fred to have a union representative with him at the meeting?
You are reviewing an Affirmative Action Plan for your organization and you realize that you need to identify someone within your company who has the necessary authority and resources to implement the Affirmative Action Plan. What is the Affirmative Action Plan title of this individual?
A training class is being held on how to install a new light fixture for a project. There are 2,433 light fixtures to install in the project, so all project team members will need to learn how to install the light fixture. The project manager wants to ensure that all fixtures are installed identically. In the training, participants learn how to install the fixture by following a step-by-step direction. All of the participants can now install the light fixture relatively easily and quickly. There's not much more to learn in the installation, so their learning tapers off in regard to the light fixture installation. This is an example of what type of learning curve?
Which of the following defines a list of jobs not suitable for children between the ages of 16 and 18?
Which of the following is a certain block of time during the work week when employees perform work related duties?
Which of the following tests is designed to measure an individual's knowledge and ability to apply skills in various areas, such as mathematics, typing, etc?
A Total Rewards philosophy can help achieve an organization's strategic goals by doing which of the following?
Which of the following Acts remains a major influence on basic compensation issues for businesses in the United States?
Which of the following acts requires federal contractors or subcontractors with contracts of $25,000 or more to list all nonsenior management job openings with state employment agencies?
Which of the following is a requirement of the Uniform Guidelines on employee selection procedures?
In the evaluation phase, the ___________ evaluation method focuses on how well the training resulted in learning new skills and competencies.
Which of the following provides additional pay for work that is considered beyond the minimum requirements of the job?
Which of the following is the process used traditionally to determine the value of jobs relative to each other within the organization?
To determine the numbers and types of jobs necessary to realize business goals, HR must assess the KSAs available within the organization during a staffing needs analysis. What other factor is necessary to complete the assessment?
Which of the following processes requires job evaluators to compare the value of jobs to one another?
Job evaluation
Classification method
Job sharing
Ranking method
Lisa is developing a new training course for company using the ADDIE approach for the seminar. Her assistant, Hans, asks what ADDIE means. Which of the following is the correct definition of ADDIE?
As an HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. What did the legal case, the United Steelworkers of America versus Weber regard?
A key consideration for courts in cases involving workplace searches is which of the following?
Which performance appraisal approach starts by identifying the most critical responsibilities and correlates it to a particular type of behavior - where each identified responsibility and behavior are assessed for performance?
A union is performing a jurisdictional strike in front of a construction site. What is a jurisdictional strike?
Which of the following contains legal provisions for giving compensation to surviving dependents if a work-related injury or illness results in the employee's death?
Which of the following communicates the executive team's expectations for the way the organization conducts business?
Which of the following is similar to a general partnership but is formed for a limited time frame?
Which of the following occurs when two or more organizations are combined into a single entity?
Fill in the blank with the appropriate qualitative analysis technique.
The_____________ group technique is a structured meeting format designed to elicit participation from all members of the group in order to arrive at the best possible solution to the problem at hand.
In a self-audit of your employee's I-9 forms, several errors were found. These errors included incomplete sections, questionable documents accepted for verification, and over-documentation. Of the following corrective and prevention strategies, which should you recommend to your employer?
For employers with 15 or more employees, records of all job announcements, applications, and resumes must be kept for one year under which of the following acts?
Before selecting an HRIS system, which of the following questions should be answered?
Which of the following methods of quantitative analysis would be most effective for an organization with data that is out of date?
Holly is the HR Professional for her organization and she's examining the type of exemptions for computer employees. What is the minimum rate that the computer employee must earn to be considered exempt?
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TESTED 18 May 2024
