HRCI HRCI Certifications SPHR Questions & Answers

• Question 531:

  Your company is going through a corporate restructuring process. Which of the following best describes corporate restructuring?

  A. Outsourcing activities that have high costs, but low rewards

  B. Elimination of waste by reducing high-paid staff

  C. Elimination of waste by reducing redundancy in staffing

  D. Elimination of waste by examining business units to eliminate redundancy and reduce overall costs

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 532:

  As an HR Professional, you must recognize and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affect your performance as an HR Professional. The National Labor Relations Board identified five categories of unfair labor practices. Which one of the following is not one of the five categories of unfair labor practices?

  A. To interfere, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of their rights to engage in concerted or union activities or refrain from them.

  B. To refuse individuals to organize and meet for the potential labor union creation process.

  C. To dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of a labor organization.

  D. To discriminate against employees for engaging in concerted or union activities or refraining from them.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 533:

  As an HR Professional you must be familiar with several laws and pieces of legislation that affects your practices. What act makes it illegal to discriminate against older workers with respect to benefits or to target older workers for layoffs?

  A. HIPAA

  B. OASDI

  C. MHPA

  D. OWBPA

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 534:

  Which of the following is a productivity type of statistical HR measurement?

  A. Revenue per employee

  B. Job satisfaction

  C. Turnover and retention

  D. Cost per hire

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 535:

  You are the HR Professional for your company in a manufacturing facility that operates in a 24-7 format. What work shift in this type of operation is considered the swing shift?

  A. 4PM to 12AM

  B. All weekend shifts of 12 hours or longer

  C. 8AM to 4PM

  D. 12AM to 8AM

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 536:

  As a HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. This adverse impact lawsuit determined that discrimination need not be deliberate or observable to be real. Employees were segregated by race and were allowed to work only in the lowest paid position. What lawsuit is described?

  A. Griggs versus Duke Power, 1971

  B. Washington versus Davis, 1976

  C. Albemarle Paper versus Moody, 1975

  D. McDonnell Douglas Corp. versus Green, 1973

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 537:

  Which of the following prohibits employers from hiring undocumented workers?

  A. IRCA

  B. FECA

  C. FLSA

  D. OSHA

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 538:

  Validity demonstrates a clear relationship between performance on the selection procedure and performance on the job. There are three cases for interview question validity. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

  A. Questions are based on job analysis.

  B. Questions prompt for answers that are systematically related to a specific job.

  C. Questions prompt for answers that provide evidence about important job-related skills.

  D. Questions prompt for stories of past experience in different types of jobs.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 539:

  If a union wants to organize, it typically moves through five steps to the organizing process. Which step of union organization would require the union to collect at least 30 percent of signed authorization cards from employees?

  A. Obtain recognition

  B. The campaign

  C. Make a connection

  D. Confirm interest

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 540:

  Robert is the HR Professional for his organization. June, Robert's supervisor, assigns Robert for completing and filing the EEO-1 Report for the organization. What is the EEO-1 Report?

  A. It is a report that all employers with at least 100 employees must submit to the Department of Labor. It defines the total number of employees by job category, ethnicity, race, and gender the organization employs.

  B. It is a report that all employers with at least 100 employees must submit to the Department of Labor. It defines the total number of employees the organization employs.

  C. It is a report that all employers must submit to the Department of Labor defining the race and income of all employees in the organization.

  D. It is a report that all employers must submit to the Department of Labor defining the race, social security identification number, and income of all employees in the organization.

  Correct Answer: A