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Millie is an injured worker who has been back to work on modified duty for approximately 13 months. Which of the following return-to-work strategies would best help Millie get back to full duty?
Your organization has created an affirmative action plan which includes an internal audit and reporting system. According to the Department of Labor there are four actions which should be included in the internal audit and reporting system to be effective. Which of the following is not one of the Department of Labor recommended actions for the internal audit and reporting system?
Which of the following groups have not been identified for protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act as it relates to substance abuse?
Robert is the HR Professional for a construction company. He's working with several site managers to communicate the requirements of OSHA reporting. Robert wants to convey the requirements of OSHA's reporting for work-related injuries. Which one of the following is the OSHA definition of a work-related injury?
Within the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, there are rules for notifying employees of mass layoffs and plant closings. There are, however, three exceptions to the notification time limit. Which one of the following is a valid exception to the notification time limit for a plant closing?
Which of the following provides an anonymous means by which employees can provide ideas for improvements to management?
Mike is the HR Professional for his organization and he's documenting the relationship of contractors and employees in the organization. Mike is focusing on the control aspects as provided by the Internal Revenue Service. What aspect of the contractor control aspect is best described as how the business pays the worker?
An organization is meeting with its key executives including Janice, an SPHR. In this meeting the organization is looking for direction on the company's strategy. Janice defines five stages of strategic planning for an organization. Which of the following is the correct order of strategic planning for most organizations?
Mark is an HR Professional for his organization and he has been given the assignment to create an Affirmative Action Plan for his company. Mark will also be considered to be designated the responsibility for this Affirmative Action Plan. What does the designation of responsibility mean?
Holly is a senior worker in her organization and she is a member of the union. Her position will be eliminated in sixty days and she will be released from the company. Rather than being unemployed, Holly asks the union to move her to a less senior position and release a junior employee. If the union agrees to this, what will this term be known as?
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?
The Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) requires which of the following?
Which of the following are narrative methods of appraisal that require managers to describe the employee's performance?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate approach.
A______________ approach fills corporate positions in the home country with expatriates, whereas management positions in the host country are filled by HCNs.
Which of the following are the key components of gainsharing?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
As part of your implementation of a new course, you will deliver pilot programs to a small group of learners in your organization. Which of the following are the two types of pilot programs that an organization can use within ADDIE?
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?
As an HR Professional you should be familiar with OSHA forms for maintaining employee records. Which OSHA form is used to cover the what, how, when, where, and who or work-related injuries?
Which of the following is additional pay for working in dangerous conditions?
As a Senior HR Professional, you must be familiar with certain legal terms, laws, and regulations that affect how you and others operate in the workplace. One term is protected class. Which of the following statements best describes a protected class?
What is the compa-ratio for an employee that earns $75,000 per year, but the midpoint for the role is $85,000 per year?
It's important for an instructor to have clarity of presentation. Which of the following statements is an example of clarity of presentation?
You are the HR Professional for your organization. You are discussing the status of your company's employees to determine who may be considered nonexempt versus exempt. Which one of the following types of employees can never be considered exempted from overtime provisions?
Nancy is creating training manual for her organization. She wants to use a photo as the course cover, but you think the photo is likely protected under copyright laws. How long does copyright protection last for photos?
As an HR Professional, you must be familiar with many laws and the process of how laws come into existence. One type of law is an administrative law. Which of the following is NOT an example of an administrative law?
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 exempted labor unions and agricultural organizations from The Sherman Antitrust 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?
Each collective bargaining agreement outlines the process to file a grievance. Most agreements define a four-step approach to the grievance procedure. During which one of the following steps of the grievance procedure, might the president of the local union meet with the manager of the plant at which the employee with the grievance works?
A manager always requires a female member of the project team to take the meeting minutes. This is an example of what type of discrimination?
What act prohibits discrimination on the basis of physical and mental disabilities?
Which of the following functional areas covers activities related to planning for and managing entry into and exit from the organization to meet changing business needs?
What law requires organizations to pay their non-exempt employees one and one half times the regularly hour wage for work that exceeds 40 hours in one week?
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?
According to Knowles, there are five key assumptions about how adults learn. One of the assumptions is the learner's readiness to learn. Which of the following statements is best associated with the assumption of the learner's readiness to learn?
When an individual files a charge of discrimination with the EEOC against an employer, what will the EEOC do?
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?
Rex is the Senior HR Professional for his organization and he's working with Jan, an HR Professional, in an exercise for a project team. The exercise gives the project team members assignments to do collectively and individually to construct a game. What type of organizational development activity is this?
Mary is in an interview with the BAH Company and she asks the company about the stability of the company and its future plans. Tom, the interviewer, assures Mary that the company is solid and has long-term plans for growth and opportunity. Tom, however, knows that the plant and position that Mary is interviewing for will be closed in six months. Tom offers Mary the position of plant manager because he needs someone to manage the facility until they close the plant, but he doesn't tell Mary of his plans. This is an example of which of the following?
An emphasis on bilingual safety communication represents which of the following OSH objectives?
Which of the following requires employees to act within the authority granted by the employer?
Which of the following is an action taken by the employer to stop employees from working?
An employee with a bachelor's degree, an employee who speaks English as a second language, and an individual over the age of 40 are all examples of what?
According to the OSHA inspection priorities, which type of workplace hazard receives first priority for an inspection?
Which of the following requires an employee to act with reasonable care and skill in the course of performing work for the employer?
A key consideration for courts in cases involving workplace searches is which of the following?
Which of the following Acts establishes mandatory safety and health standards for mine operators and monitors operations throughout the United States?
Which of the following addresses the way a physical environment is designed and how efficient and safe that design is for the people in that environment?
Which of the following has established standards for personal protective equipment (PPE)?
If employees no longer want the union to represent them, they may petition the NLRB for which of the following?
Drag and drop the types of Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans that correspond to their descriptions.
Employee pension rights are protected by which of the following acts or regulations?
Which of the following provides an informal setting for a group of employees to meet with their manager to learn more about the company?
Which of the following Acts is used to ensure the safety of workers in coal and other mines?
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?
The Taft-Hartley Act, also known as the Labor Management Relations Act, addressed unions and engaged in certain types of secondary boycotts. What is a secondary boycott?
You are leading a brief presentation for your company about the ERISA program your company participates in. What is ERISA used for?
Which of the following is the amount of compensation that the employer and the employee agree will be paid for the performance of particular duties?
Which of the following is developed over centuries as a result of legal decisions made by judges in individual cases?
An organization is considering services it can successfully provide to its customers. One of the services, however, is deemed to be difficult to offer with a high degree of certainty of success. The organization has decided not to offer the service because of the risk in offering the service, and failing. What risk response is used in this scenario?
Which of the following is a form of principled bargaining in which the parties look at all the issues and are able to make mutually agreeable trade-offs between those issues?
Which of the following occurs when an employer makes untrue promises or claims to a candidate?
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?
What term is used to describe the values, worth, work ethics, attitude, and collective sense of an identity in an organization?
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?
Shelly is a graphic designer in your company and she has been called to military duty. While she is on duty you learn that Shelly has been moonlighting graphic design for other companies. Because she has been moonlighting while on military leave from your employment, are you required to reinstate her upon her pending return from military duty?
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?
Arbitrators chosen by all parties to resolve any disputes arising between them in the future are known as what?
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?
An organization would like to hire a 15-year old for some duties in their business. Which one of the following rules would be breaking the requirements of the child labor provisions of the FLSA?
Human resources is often seen as a three-dimensional component of an organization. Which dimension of human resources focuses on long-term, future-focused approach to the methods to achieve human resource and organizational goals?
As an HR Professional, you need to be familiar with learning concepts. One such concept is orientation to learning. Which of the following statements best describes orientation to learning?
You are the HR Professional for your organization. You have just hired a new employee for your company. What form are you and the newly hired employee required to complete to show the employee's identity and eligibility to work in the United States?
As an HR Professional, you should be familiar with OSHA rules, standards, and regulations. Should an organization violate an OSHA standard, there are often penalties that the employer must pay. What is the maximum fine an employer may face for a deliberate and intentional violation of an OSHA standard?
Frank is an employee at the HBF Corporation, and he has recently been terminated because of poor company income. Frank visits the company's blog and saw a comment from his manager, which says, "We had to let Frank go today because he kept screwing up sales order. He's incompetent!" This is an example of which one of the following?
One of the requirements of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 is that employers must grant a leave of absence for military service. Typically, how long must an employer grant leave to the individual for military service?
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?
What component of the strategic planning process is responsible for creating the company's vision statement?
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. The purchase of the insurance policy is what type of risk response?
Your organization is looking for methods to improve communication between the management and the employees within the company. Which one of the following methods is best described as a small but representative sampling of employees - led in a conversation by a neutral moderator about an identified topic?
Your company would like to hire KJ, who is 17, for a summer job. How late can KJ work according to the Fair Labor Standards Act during the summer months?
What plan captures and projects how human resources will contribute to achieving the organization's strategic plan?
As a Senior HR Professional you should be familiar with employment laws and their effect on your company. What did the lawsuit Payne v. The Western & Atlantic Railroad Company establish?
This nonmathematical forecasting technique brings the participants together to share and discuss their ideas about the forecast. The ideas are then ranked based on the groups input. What technique is discussed?
There is a document the federal government has created that you would like to use in your training class. You'll be teaching how the form is designed, its purpose, and what all parts of the form provide. The form will be included in your overhead presentation, in the course manual, and as a handout in the classroom. Is this legal?
You need to participate in enterprise risk management and complete an HR-audit. Which of the following is the best definition of an HR-audit in regard to risk management?
As a Senior HR Professional, you should be familiar with the Balanced Scorecard. Which perspective of the Balanced Scorecard describes the criticality of customer focus and customer satisfaction?
Safety in the workplace is directly linked to security of the workplace. When completing a risk assessment of the workplace and its security, there are four general categories of organizational assets that are measured for impact of identified risks. Which of the following is not one of the four asset categories that are analyzed for impact in the workplace security?
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Financial
Media
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There are four levels of evaluation according to Kirkpatrick's Theory. Which of the following is NOT one of the four levels of evaluation?
Which of the following is a productivity type of statistical HR measurement?
Part of organizational development is a commitment to quality. What quality control tool shows categories of failures from largest to smallest in a bar chart?
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?
What type of dispute resolution believes that conflict is good and is used to resolve long-standing, deep-rooted conflicts within an organization?
Check the different types of workers that correspond to their worker categories.
As an HR Professional, you must recognize and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affect your performance as an HR Professional. The National Labor Relations Board identified five categories of unfair labor practices. Which one of the following is not one of the five categories of unfair labor practices?
n the concept of the glass ceiling there are three types of barriers that may prevent women and minorities from reaching senior levels of an organization. Which barrier is related to limited educational opportunities?
Your organization has decided to implement a suggestion box for employees to anonymously voice their opinions about issues and concerns within the organization. While this approach is good, what must management do with these suggestions for employees to see the value?
Which of the following is used to determine current market trends and competition for different skills and knowledge and to assist the employer in setting pay levels?
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?
As an HR Professional you must be familiar with several laws and pieces of legislation that affects your practices. What act makes it illegal to discriminate against older workers with respect to benefits or to target older workers for layoffs?
A statement of cash flows is a financial report that tells you which of the following?
Validity demonstrates a clear relationship between performance on the selection procedure and performance on the job. There are three cases for interview question validity. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
You are the HR Professional for your company in a manufacturing facility that operates in a 24-7 format. What work shift in this type of operation is considered the swing shift?
As a Senior HR Professional you often need to advice management on how best to communicate with employees. One approach you recommend for manager is to give employees access to decision makers to provide support, answer questions, and provide feedback. What communication model are you recommending in this instance?
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of pregnancy, child birth, or other related medical conditions. This law affects organizations having what minimum number of employees?
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?
Which of the following ensures that employees in different locations are paid at rates competitive in the labor market for specific jobs and locations?
A high-involvement organization is an example of what type of OD intervention?
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?
Which of the following is not a sign of union organizing activity by employees?
As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing union-based strikes. An organization utilizes union labor and non-union labor in their operations. The union goes on a strike; so the organization shifts work to the non-union labor to offset the effects of the strike. If the union labor decides to picket the operations of the non-union labor, what term is assigned to this process?
Which of the following collects data from employers throughout the United States in order to put this information on its website?
The motivation theory that suggests people are motivated by the reward they will receive when they succeed and that they weigh the value of the expected reward against the effort required to achieve it is known as what?
Within the first 90 days of his employment, a security guard physically assaulted an alleged shoplifter. Upon investigation, it was found that he had been previously convicted of a violent crime, but the employer failed to conduct a background check. This is an example of which of the following?
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.
Which of the following decisions result in a workforce reduction or transfer of employees to other jobs?
Which of the following tests is used to determine whether candidates are physically capable of performing specific job duties?
Which of the following communicates the executive team's expectations for the way the organization conducts business?
The concept _________ reviews processes to eliminate waste, relies on teamwork, and involves all members of the organization in meeting customer needs.
Which of the following departments of an organization develops new products and redesigns old ones to meet changing market demands?
Which of the following is a practice of forecasting possible risks to the organization and taking steps to mitigate their impact on operations?
Which of the following addresses illegal immigration into the United States?
Which of the following types of interview has a list of questions prepared in advance and is used for all candidates?
Which of the following is the correct definition of “a major life activity” under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Mark made a federal complaint against what he believes was illegal activity in the workplace to a federal agency. Now Mark's employer has reduced his work hours dramatically and Mark believes it is revenge for the federal complaint he made. What term describes the type of evidence Mark must have to file another complaint against the company that has affected his employment?
Please refer to the following table for this question. A company advertised for 100 sales representative positions. They received 650 applications and hired the 100 employees as follows:
In which groups has adverse impact occurred?
Your organization uses the balanced scorecard to assess overall performance within the company. Which of the following is the correct definition of components in the balanced scorecard method?
Which of the following is the middle value when values are arranged from high to low?
Which of the following organizational structures would be most effective for a company with three distinct commodities for sale?
Which of the following occurs when two or more organizations are combined into a single entity?
Which of the following creates a variety of affirmative action obligations for employers with federal government contracts?
Ethics, offshoring, data security, and philanthropy are all examples of HR's role in which of the following functions?
You are the senior HR Professional for your company. Management has asked you to identify how you'll measure results for human resources performance through one of four tactical accountability measures. Which of the following tactical accountability measures is not a valid measurement approach for HR performance?
Gathering information about employee attitudes and opinions through surveys and focus groups provides _______ employee levels of engagement.
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 identifies an individual with a disability, as a person who has one or more of the following characteristics except for which one?
Electronic storage of records must include specific controls to ensure which of the following?
On November 13, 2000 CFR Part 60-2 was revised to address affirmative action to make the rules more accessible and easier to implement. Which of the following statements is not part of this significant update to the Affirmative Action program in CFR Part 60-2?
James is a highly productive salesperson who is required to share a team bonus with his co-workers if certain sales goals are met each month. He is frustrated with this compensation structure, because he believes his teammates do not contribute as much as he does to the final numbers. This is an example of what?
Which of the following moves an entire function out of the organization to be handled by a company specializing in the function?
Which of the following should be included in a supervisory training program?
Which of the following Acts provides protection to workers in the event of mass layoffs or plant closings?
Which of the following factors can adversely affect transfer of training?
Which of the following Acts requires employers to pay nonexempt employees who perform regular duties before or after their regular hours or for working during their lunch period?
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?
e FLSA defined the maximum work week for nonexempt employees as _______ hours per week.
What is the maximum working hours per week for nonexempt employees as defined in The Fair Labor Standards Acts?
Which of the following is a requirement of the Uniform Guidelines on employee selection procedures?
In which of the following types of interview does the interviewer ask broad questions and allow the candidate to guide the conversation?
Which of the following is a process that occurs due to mergers, outsourcing or changing business needs?
Which of the following Acts requires employers to provide 60 days' notice when 500 employees or 33 percent of the workforce are laid off?
A reduced FMLA leave schedule means which of the following?
Roberta's company routinely tests all employees for illegal drug usage. Juan is refusing to participate in the drug test because he is an employee with a physical impairment that substantially limits his major life activities. Juan insists that the drug testing is a violation of the ADA's restrictions on medical examinations. Does the ADA prohibit illegal drug testing?
A Total Rewards philosophy can help achieve an organization's strategic goals by doing which of the following?
Which of the following is designed to increase diversity in an organization?
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 ___________ learning curve begins slowly, with smaller learning increments, but increases in pace and with larger increments as learning continues.
A company that wants to reduce the cost of its unemployment insurance should do which of the following?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
Wine Cellar Barrels recently became aware of several negative reviews online related to the company's customer service. Management has tasked HR with designing a strategic training initiative to address the interpersonal skills of the call center staff. HR's first step should be which of the following?
Which of the following types of evaluations are designed to identify what the participants want, know, and need?
Before selecting an HRIS system, which of the following questions should be answered?
Which of the following focuses on preventive care and controlling health costs?
What common law term best describes an employee's obligation to act with reasonable care and skill for the employer?
Which one of the following statements is true of a hostile work environment?
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?
There are several union actions that are considered unfair labor practices. One such practice is that unions may require employers to pay for services that are not rendered. For example, a union cannot require an organization to continue to pay employees to do jobs that have been rendered obsolete by changes in the technology. Which of the following terms defines this unfair labor practice?
You are an HR Professional for your organization. You and your supervisor are reviewing the EEO reporting requirements for your company to comply with the reports your firm should file. Which EEO Report is a survey, collected every other year on even calendar years?
The lawsuit Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Service, Inc. is a unique sexual harassment case. What was the relevance of this case which makes it unique to human resource professional?
One aspect of organizational development is leadership development. According to Pano's model, there are five components needed to bridge the gap between management and leadership. Which component in Pano's Model of Leadership Development states that for you to lead, you must have the permission of the people whom you lead?
Which of the following union security clauses specifies that all employees must either join the union or pay union dues if they choose not to join the union?
An organization would like to bid on a project, but they don't have enough employees available to complete the work. The organization approaches a competitor with the opportunity to partner on the project to win the work. What type of risk response is used in this instance?
As an HR Professional, you must be familiar with collective bargaining agreements and the process that rights are given, contracts, and union and management cooperation. With this in mind, what is a rights arbitration?
A corporation is a legal entity that has rights and obligations. The corporation has a responsibility to act in the best interests of its owners. What term describes the obligation of the corporation to act in the best interest of its shareholders?
Ned is an HR professional for his organization and he's analyzing how employees complete certain tasks on the assembly line. There have been some complaints and claims over the past few months of repetitive stress injuries and cumulative trauma injuries to employees on the assembly line. Ned is examining how the work is completed and looking for unnatural body movements by the workers. What is Ned actually studying?
Which of the following points is important to effective lobbying: that is, attempting to influence or persuade an elected official to pass, defeat, or modify a piece of legislation?
As a Senior HR Professional you often have to participate in strategic planning for your department and organization. Strategic planning has four phases to its completion. Which of the following is not one of the four phases of strategic planning?
One of your employees has requested a leave from employment because of a call to military service. You are obligated to allow the leave, but it turns out that the military service was cancelled. Are you obligated to reemploy the individual under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994?
Which of the following is a communication that damages an individual's reputation in the community, preventing them from obtaining employment?
As an HR Professional you must be familiar with particular labor-based acts of congress. One such act is the Taft-Hartley Act which addressed right-to-work states and unions. What does right-to-work states mean for unions and employees?
Jane is preparing for an interview process for an open position within her company. Jane has prepared several questions for the interview. In her questions, Jane is careful not to ask all of the following questions, except for which one?
Jan is the HR Professional for her organization and she's meeting with the management to discuss the results of a balanced scorecard review. In particular, the management is asking Jan for her opinion how the organization can enhance organizational performance through education of the organization's employees. Which specific component of the balanced score is the management likely to be concerned with, in this scenario?
If an employer ignores stress in employees what symptom are employees likely to develop?