HRCI HRCI Certifications SPHR Questions & Answers

• Question 301:

  You are the SPHR for your organization. There has been some issues in your company about how much authority functional managers are allowed to have over personnel decisions. Your structure currently has all decision-making authority in higher levels of the organization. Which of the following terms best describes your organizational structure?

  A. Centralized organization

  B. Projectized

  C. Strong matrix structure

  D. Functional structure

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 302:

  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?

  A. Enhancing

  B. Mitigation

  C. Transference

  D. Sharing

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 303:

  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?

  A. Yes, if the company has a policy of re-hiring military personnel post-duty even if it is for less than one year.

  B. No, as this is one caveat to the law that allows employers to hire replacement employments for military personnel for up to one year when they are called away for military duty. Even if the duty is cancelled the employer must be able to retain business.

  C. No, because the individual requested leave, you do not have to accept the individual back for up to one year.

  D. Yes, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 requires it.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 304:

  Which of the following activities is not a responsibility of the operations function of a business?

  A. Scheduling production runs to coincide with customer demand

  B. Ensuring that products or services meet quality standards

  C. Determining what new products will be produced

  D. Designing the product

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 305:

  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?

  A. Job shadowing

  B. Ergonomics

  C. OSHA compliance

  D. Mitigation

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 306:

  Stephanie is an HR Professional and she's writing a review of new HR software for her HR blog. Unfortunately the review is not positive and the owner of the software is threatening to sue Stephanie because she broke copyright laws when she shared the review and included screen captures. What protects Stephanie from the lawsuit?

  A. Stephanie is actually protected from infringement of the copyright laws because of digital use rights.

  B. Stephanie is actually guilty of the copyright infringement when she shared the screen captures.

  C. Stephanie cannot share screen captures on the web as this is an infringement on digital rights.

  D. Stephanie is actually protected from infringement of the copyright laws because of fair use rights.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 307:

  The concept of a learning organization is fundamental to organizational development. One of the key leaders in this thought is Peter Senge and his five principles as defined in the The Fifth Discipline. One of his disciplines defined is personal mastery. Which of the following statements best defines personal mastery?

  A. A forward-looking perspective that inspires and secures a commitment to working toward a common vision

  B. Deeply-rooted, firmly-held beliefs and assumptions that impact how we perceive the world around us

  C. Subject matter expertise that an individual possesses and demonstrates

  D. The ability to identify patterns and to recognize how those patterns can be impacted or changed

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 308:

  An organization requires that all new managers must complete the first six months of their assignment traveling to different geographical locales. Female employees feel that this requirement restricts them from management positions because they have family obligations that would prevent them from traveling. The requirement to travel for six months is likely an example of what type of discrimination in this instance?

  A. Disparate impact

  B. Political requirement

  C. Sexual harassment

  D. Disparate treatment

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 309:

  Your organization has decided to close one of the manufacturing plants, where it employs 250 employees. The closing is not a reflection of the employee's performance, but due to poor sales of the equipment the plant produces. What is the employer required to do for the employees in light of the plant closing?

  A. Offer the employees a transfer to other plants that will remain open.

  B. Offer a written notice of the plant closing at least 60 days prior to the closing date.

  C. Offer the employees a final performance assessment.

  D. Offer the employees an opportunity to resign from their position with two week severance pay.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 310:

  You are the Senior HR Professional for your organization and you're leading a workshop on HR practices for your department. Your first topic is the Davis Bacon Act. What did the Davis Bacon Act accomplish?

  A. It established the minimum retirement age of 65.

  B. It established the minimum working age to be 15.

  C. It was the first legislation to regulate minimum wages.

  D. It abolished the requirements for workers to be forced to retire.

  Correct Answer: C