HRCI HRCI-PHR Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

HRCI HRCI-PHR Online Questions & Answers

• Question 81:

  Gary is an HR Professional for his organization that has several federal contracts of $100,000 or more. His organization, as required by VEVRAA, files what form by September 30 each year, which provides the details of the veterans employed by the federal contractor?

  A. Gary must file the EEO-VETS form
  B. Gary must file the VEVRAA ACT-1 report
  C. Gary must file the EEO-1 report
  D. Gary must file the VETS-100 form
  D. Gary must file the VETS-100 form

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  Explanation

  Under VEVRAA, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, Gary must file the VETS-100 form by September 30 each year. This form reports information on the veterans employed by Gary's company. Answer options C, B, and A are incorrect. These are not correct forms for the VEVRAA requirements.

• Question 82:

  You are a HR Professional for your organization and you're preparing your team for a series of interviews. You want the team to be familiar with the validity types you'll use and encourage in the series of interviews. One of the requirements for the open position is that the candidates are fluent in both English and Spanish. This is based on the high performers among current employees that have this trait. This is an example of what type of validity?

  A. Criterion-related validity
  B. Predictive validity
  C. Construct-related validity
  D. Content validity
  A. Criterion-related validity

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  Explanation

  The requirement that the candidates are fluent in English and Spanish is a criterion-related validity as current employees that are fluent in both English and Spanish are successful. Answer option D is incorrect. Content validity is an evidence

  that the candidate can perform key aspects of the job in the interview process, such as conversing in English and then in Spanish if these were the requirements of the job.

  Answer option C is incorrect. Construct-related validity measures certain psychological tests to determine if the applicant possesses the desired characteristics to operate successfully in the position.

  Answer option B is incorrect. Predictive-validity is a confirmation of characteristics the candidate is tested for during the interview process, hold true in the actual performance of the candidate once they've been hired.

• Question 83:

  When an individual files a charge of discrimination with the EEOC against an employer, what will the EEOC do?

  A. The EEOC will create a hearing with the complainant and the employer to investigate the charge.
  B. The EEOC will visit the employer to inform them of the charge.
  C. The EEOC will investigate the claim by inspecting the employer's place of business.
  D. The EEOC will send the employer a letter informing them of the charge.
  D. The EEOC will send the employer a letter informing them of the charge.

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  Explanation

  The first thing that the EEOC will do is send the employer a letter informing them of the charge and allow the employer to respond accordingly. Answer option C is incorrect. The EEOC won't visit the place of employment, but will first send a

  letter informing the employer of the charge. Answer option A is incorrect. The EEOC doesn't create a hearing. The employer will first receive the letter allowing them to respond to the charge.

  Answer option B is incorrect. The EEOC won't visit the place of employment, but will first send a letter informing the employer of the charge.

• Question 84:

  You have just hired a job candidate for a position in your company. You are now required by the Immigration and Control Act of 1986, to complete an employment eligibility form to verify the new employee's eligibility to work in the United States. Within how many days must you complete this form?

  A. 3 days
  B. 30 days
  C. 7 days
  D. 10 days
  A. 3 days

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  Explanation

  The HR Professional must complete the I-9 form within three days of hiring the new employee. Some parts of the form are to be completed by the employee and the remainder by the HR Professional. Answer options C, D, and B are incorrect. You must complete the I-9 form within three days.

• Question 85:

  Sally is an HR employee for her company. She is primarily interested in serving only in an organizational role where she focuses on creating HR policies and procedures. What is the limitation Sally may subject herself to, if she focuses only on the organizational role?

  A. She'll only be involved in the organization's strategic planning efforts.
  B. She won't be involved in the organization's strategic planning or change efforts.
  C. Her organizational impact will be limited to identifying problems, creating policy initiatives, and launching HR programs.
  D. Her organizational impact will be limited to promoting employee performance.
  B. She won't be involved in the organization's strategic planning or change efforts.

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  Explanation

  HR professionals who restrict themselves to just one quadrant of the HR Impact Model often limit their effectiveness as an HR Professional. In this instance, Sally won't contribute to strategic planning and change efforts.

  Answer option A is incorrect. Sally won't be involved in the strategic planning efforts. Answer option D is incorrect. Sally's focus won't be on employee performance, but on policies. HR Professionals who focus on programs and processes

  promote employee performance. Answer option C is incorrect. HR Professionals should also be involved in the programs and processes quadrant of the HR Impact Model to help promote new programs and processes.

• Question 86:

  Heather's organization works with a labor union work force. Heather has heard rumors that the union has been trying to create a hot cargo agreement with a supplier. What is a hot cargo agreement?

  A. It's an agreement that an employer will stop doing business with a non-union business.
  B. It's a threat that the union will slow down processing orders for non-union shops.
  C. It's an agreement to rush orders for union-based businesses.
  D. It forces suppliers to join the union.
  A. It's an agreement that an employer will stop doing business with a non-union business.

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  Explanation

  A hot cargo agreement is an agreement an employer makes to stop doing business with other, usually non-union based businesses. Answer options D, B, and C are incorrect. These are'nt valid definitions of a hot cargo agreement.

• Question 87:

  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
  C. Decision

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  Explanation

  The technical term of arbitration, based on the interpretation of the language of the contract, is called a decision. Answer option D is incorrect. Outcome is not the valid term to describe the interpretation of the language of the contract, which is

  called a decision. Answer option A is incorrect. Resolution is not the valid term to describe the interpretation of the language of the contract, which is called a decision.

  Answer option B is incorrect. Interpretation is not the valid term to describe the interpretation of the language of the contract, which is called a decision.

• Question 88:

  Fran is a HR Professional for her organization and she is interviewing applicants for a warehouse position. One of the candidates has written on his application that he speaks Spanish. Fran interviews this candidate in Spanish and interviews all other candidates in English. This is an example of what?

  A. Disparate treatment
  B. Disparate impact
  C. Accommodation
  D. Perpetuating past discrimination
  A. Disparate treatment

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  Explanation

  Technically this is an example of disparate treatment. Fran has treated this applicant differently than the other applicants because the person says he speaks Spanish. Answer option D is incorrect. There is no evidence of past discrimination

  in this example to make this choice correct.

  Answer option B is incorrect. The disparate impact happens when a seemingly neutral policy has a disproportionately negative effect on the protected class. Answer option C is incorrect. Accommodation is not a valid term for this scenario.

• Question 89:

  On November 13, 2000 CFR Part 60-2 was revised to address affirmative action to make the rules more accessible and easier to implement. Which of the following statements is not part of this significant update to the Affirmative Action program in CFR Part 60-2?

  A. Reduced the number of additional required elements of the written Affirmative Action Plan from 10 to 4
  B. Reaffirmed that affirmative action isn't to establish quotes, but to create goals
  C. Granted employers with fewer than 100 employees, permission to prepare a job group analysis that uses EEO-1 categories as job groups
  D. Workforce analysis was replaced with a one-page organizational profile
  C. Granted employers with fewer than 100 employees, permission to prepare a job group analysis that uses EEO-1 categories as job groups

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  Explanation

  The update to CFR Part 60-2 was revised and allowed employers with fewer than 150 employees, not 100, permission to prepare a job group analysis that uses EEO-1 categories as job groups. Answer options D, B, and A are incorrect. These statements are part of the CFR Part 60-2 revision.

• Question 90:

  The Department of Labor establishes the rules for unemployment insurance and associated claims. Who administers the unemployment?

  A. Each organization
  B. The Department of Labor
  C. Insurance companies
  D. Each state
  D. Each state

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  Explanation

  Unemployment insurance claims are managed locally within each state, but federal rules do apply. Answer option B is incorrect. Unemployment claims are not managed by the department of labor. Answer option C is incorrect. Insurance

  companies do provide unemployment insurance, but it's the local state government that manages the claims.

  Answer option A is incorrect. Each organization does not manage the unemployment claims.