HRCI HRCI Certifications PHR Questions & Answers

• Question 161:

  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?

  A. Provide each participant with plan information, specifically about the features and funding of the plan through a summary plan description at a cost of no more than $7 per participant, per year.

  B. Provide each participant with plan information, specifically about the features and funding of the plan through a summary plan description at no cost.

  C. Provide each participant with monthly plan information, specifically about the features and funding of the plan through a summary plan description at no more than $7 per participant, per month.

  D. Provide each participant with monthly plan information, specifically about the features and funding of the plan through a summary plan description at no cost.

  Correct Answer: B

  The plan administrator is required to provide participants, at no cost, with plan information about the features and funding of the plan.

  Answer option A is incorrect. The information must be provided to the participants from the plan administrator at no cost.

  Answer option D is incorrect. Monthly information is not mandated so this choice isn't the best answer.

  Answer option C is incorrect. Monthly information is not mandated, and the information must be provided at no cost to the plan participants.

• Question 162:

  As an HR Professional, you must be familiar with the collective bargaining agreements and the process that rights are given, contracts, and union and management cooperation. Consider an arbitration process between the management and the union. What term is assigned to the resolution of the disagreement, by an arbitrator's interpretation of the language of the contract?

  A. Resolution

  B. Interpretation

  C. Decision

  D. Outcome

  Correct Answer: C

  The technical term of arbitration, based on the interpretation of the language of the contract, is called a decision. Answer option D is incorrect. Outcome is not the valid term to describe the interpretation of the language of the contract, which is

  called a decision. Answer option A is incorrect. Resolution is not the valid term to describe the interpretation of the language of the contract, which is called a decision.

  Answer option B is incorrect. Interpretation is not the valid term to describe the interpretation of the language of the contract, which is called a decision.

• Question 163:

  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?

  A. Bumping

  B. Displacement

  C. Releasing

  D. Re-organization

  Correct Answer: A

  This is an example of bumping. Bumping is when a senior employee's position is being eliminated and she elects to move to a less senior position and force a less senior worker out of employment. Answer options C, B, and D are incorrect. These are'nt valid terms for this scenario. Bumping is the correct choice.

• Question 164:

  During the organization of a union, it's possible that the union will gain recognition from the management. The management is then obliged to give the NLRB a list of employees who are eligible to vote in the unionization election. What is the name of the list of such employees called?

  A. Constituent List

  B. Union prospectus List

  C. Excelsior List

  D. Candidate List

  Correct Answer: C

  The list of employees who are eligible to vote in the union election, is called the Excelsior List. It's so called, based on the outcome of the lawsuit Excelsior Underwear, Inc. v. NLRB in 1996. Answer option D is incorrect. The list is called the Excelsior List, not the candidate list. Answer option A is incorrect. The list is called the Excelsior List, not the constituent list. Answer option B is incorrect. The list is called the Excelsior List, not the union prospectus list.

• Question 165:

  There are four components of the HR Impact Model, which affect how a HR Professional may operate within a given environment. Which one of the following is NOT a component of the HR Impact Model?

  A. Consultation

  B. Client

  C. Catalyst

  D. Programs and processes

  Correct Answer: B

  Client is not one of the four components of the HR Impact Model. The four components are catalyst, consultation, policies and procedures, and programs and processes. Answer options C, A, and D are incorrect. Catalyst, consultation and programs and processes are the components of the HR Impact Model.