HRCI HRCI Certifications SPHR Questions & Answers

• Question 451:

  Project managers must balance and control five factors in every project: time, cost, quality, scope, and what other factor?\

  A. Communication

  B. Budget

  C. Human resources

  D. Risk

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 452:

  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?

  A. Interest-based bargaining

  B. Integrative bargaining

  C. Parallel bargaining

  D. Single-unit bargaining

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 453:

  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?

  A. What I learn today needs to be able to help me solve problems in the workplace tomorrow.

  B. I am an adult, I can direct myself.

  C. Learning is hard work and time-exhaustive.

  D. I am a worker and what I learn must work in the real world.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 454:

  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

• Question 455:

  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?

  A. Results-based

  B. Rating method

  C. Comparative method

  D. Narrative method

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 456:

  An organization is considering a new office in another country. This foreign country is considered to be a high-context culture. What does this mean?

  A. People rely more on the words of the conversation to discern what is meant.

  B. People rely more on para-lingual aspects of the conversation to discern what is meant.

  C. People rely more on nonverbal clues and relationships to discern what is meant.

  D. People rely on the hierarchy of conversation to discern what is meant.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 457:

  Henry is the HR Professional for his organization and he's discussing the status of Amy's employment. Amy earns $87,500 per year and receives a paycheck via direct deposit every two weeks. Amy was hired under the offer of a salary position, but she feels that she is working far more than the agreed 40 hours per week. Based on these scenarios, do you believe Amy is exempt or non-exempt?

  A. Amy is not exempt because she is working more than ten percent of her total agreed hours per week.

  B. Amy is not exempt because she is offered bonuses as part of her pay.

  C. Amy is exempt because she is paid on a salary basis.

  D. Amy is exempt because she earns more than $1,000 per week.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 458:

  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. Candidate List

  B. Constituent List

  C. Union prospectus List

  D. Excelsior List

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 459:

  Characteristics of high-involvement organizations include all of the following except which?

  A. Team learning

  B. Pay-for-performance system that clearly links employee behavior to rewards

  C. Data-sharing from the top down

  D. Decision-making from the bottom up

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 460:

  There are four negative risk responses an organization can elect to use. Your organization is completing a project where some electrical work is deemed too dangerous to be completed internally. You advise that the project manager hire a licensed electrician to complete the dangerous assignment. What type of risk response have you advised in this scenario?

  A. Avoidance

  B. Transference

  C. Mitigation

  D. Acceptance

  Correct Answer: B