HRCI HRCI Certifications SPHR Questions & Answers

• Question 271:

  As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing unions and management in the bargaining process. What is the zipper clause in regard to negotiations?

  A. Items in a management-union contract can be "zipped" open and closed as often as necessary.

  B. Items in a management-union contract are "zipped" closed, once the agreement is signed by both parties.

  C. Management and union representations are locked out of union employee meetings.

  D. Management is locked out of union meetings.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 272:

  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?

  A. Management Rights

  B. Weingarten Right

  C. Bumping Right

  D. Right of Way

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 273:

  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 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.

  B. 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.

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

  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: C

• Question 274:

  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?

  A. Railway Labor Act

  B. National Industrial Recovery Act

  C. National Labor Relations Act

  D. Clayton Act

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 275:

  As a Senior HR Professional you should be familiar with the rights of employees and how it relates to the performance and relationship with management and the organization. In this light, what are Weingarten Rights?

  A. It is the right of the employee to refuse to work overtime hours that may have been requested by management.

  B. It is the right of an employee to have a union representative present at any investigatory interview that the employee believes may lead to a disciplinary action.

  C. It is the right of an exempt employee to refuse to work more than 40 hours per week in seven-day time period.

  D. It is the right of the employee to leave the organization's employment at anytime without retribution by withholding or delaying payments due for work.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 276:

  According to the WARN Act, an employer with 200 employees is required to provide 60 days' notice of a mass layoff when which of the following is true?

  A. The employer is seeking additional funding and will lay off 70 employees if the funding falls through.

  B. A major client unexpectedly selects a new vendor for the company's products, and the company lays off 75 employees.

  C. The employer lays off 5 employees a week for 3 months.

  D. A flood requires that one of the plants be shut down for repairs, and 55 employees are laid off.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 277:

  If an employer ignores stress in employees what symptom are employees likely to develop?

  A. Tumors

  B. Turnover

  C. Burnout

  D. De-motivation

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 278:

  Which of the following statements about substance-abuse policies is not true?

  A. An effective policy describes what happens to employees who test positive.

  B. An effective policy describes when tests will occur and what drugs will be tested.

  C. Federal law requires all employers to implement substance-abuse policies.

  D. Substance-abuse policies identify who will be tested.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 279:

  Which of the following occurs in violation of a contract clause prohibiting strikes during the term of the contract?

  A. Wildcat strike

  B. Lockout

  C. Strike

  D. Involuntary exit

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 280:

  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?

  A. Maintenance of membership clause

  B. Closed shop

  C. Agency shop clause

  D. Union shop clause

  Correct Answer: C