HRCI HRCI Certifications SPHR Questions & Answers

• Question 41:

  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?

  A. Double Breasting Picketing

  B. Common situs picketing

  C. Wildcat strikes

  D. Sympathy strike

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 42:

  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?

  A. Defamation

  B. Fraudulent misrepresentation

  C. Constructive discharge

  D. Respondeat superior

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 43:

  "When the workplace is permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule and insult that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim's employment and create an abusive working environment, Title VII is violated." This is a statement made with regard to which of the following sexual- harassment court cases?

  A. Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.

  B. Faragher v. City of Boca Raton

  C. Burlington Industries v. Ellerth

  D. Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 44:

  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is to the Occupational Safety and Health Act as the National Labor Relations Board is to which of the following?

  A. The Norris-La Guardia Act

  B. The National Labor Relations Act

  C. The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

  D. The Labor-Management Relations Act

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 45:

  An employee has resigned. During the exit interview, the employee tells HR that the reason for the resignation is that for the last 3 months the supervisor has been hostile, refused to provide instructions on work assignments, given the employee all the most unpleasant tasks in the department, and verbally reprimanded the employee in front of co-workers and customers. The employee may have a cause of legal action based on which of the following?

  A. Fraudulent misrepresentation

  B. The employer's duty of good faith and fair dealing

  C. Constructive discharge

  D. Promissory estoppel

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 46:

  Which of the following is an example of a reference guide?

  A. An employee handbook

  B. An SOP

  C. A policy manual

  D. A troubleshooting manual

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 47:

  During a unionizing campaign, management may do which of the following in response to union allegations?

  A. Ask employees what the union is saying about the company.

  B. Point out the consequences of unionization based on past facts.

  C. Encourage nonunion employees to talk about the reasons they don't want the union.

  D. Tell employees that the company will have to move the jobs to another country if the union is elected.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 48:

  If employees no longer want the union to represent them, they may petition the NLRB for which of the following?

  A. Statutory bar

  B. Decertification

  C. Deauthorization

  D. Contract bar

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 49:

  In the _______ supervisors meet with their staff for updates and coordination of activities.

  A. Department staff meetings

  B. Brown-bag lunches

  C. Town hall meetings

  D. Managers meetings

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 50:

  During a representation election, votes can be challenged by whom?

  A. By management or the union before the votes are cast

  B. By management only

  C. By the union only

  D. By management or the union at any time

  Correct Answer: A