HR Flashcards
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?
C. Excelsior List
There are four components of the HR Impact Model, which affect how a HR Professional may operate within a given environment. Which one of the following is
NOT a component of the HR Impact Model?
B. Client
Holly is a senior worker in her organization and she is a member of the union. Her position will be eliminated in sixty days and she will be released from the company. Rather than being unemployed, Holly asks the union to move her to a less senior position and release a junior employee. If the union agrees to this, what will this term be known as?
Bumping
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?
Decision
As an HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. What legal case found that a test that has an adverse impact on a protected class is still lawful as long as the test can be shown to be valid and job related?
Washington versus Davis, 1976
Your organization has a retirement benefits plan that is covered by ERISA . Under ERISA, which of the following is your organization required to do for the plan participants?
Provide each participant with plan information, specifically about the features and funding of the plan through a summary plan description at no cost.
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?
Disparate treatment
As a Senior HR Professional, you should be familiar with non-monetary rewards that your company provides for its employees. Which of the following is an example of non-monetary reward?
On-site cafeteria
Your organization will be using the point factor technique in their evaluations of job performance. You need to communicate what the point factor technique accomplishes as you’re the HR Professional for your organization. Which one of the following best describes the point factor technique?
Specific compensable factors are identified and then performance levels within the factors are documented. The different factors and levels are weighted
What is the FairPay amount that defines, what a person makes, to be considered highly compensated?
$100,000 or more
Your manager has approached you regarding her desire to outsource certain functions to an external firm. She would like for you to create a document to send to three vendors asking them for solutions for these functions that your organization is to outsource. What type of a procurement document would you create and send to the vendors in this instance?
Request for Proposal
Kelly’s organization has posted a new job opening for their organization. This job opening is for a woman to be the restroom attended, for all women’s restrooms and locker rooms, in their organization. Kelly believes, however, that the requirement for the applicant to be a female is a violation of the Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. Which one of the following is the best answer for this scenario?
This is an example of an exception by bona fide occupational qualification to the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
You are an HR Professional for your organization. You and your supervisor are reviewing the EEO reporting requirements for your company to comply with the reports your firm should file. Which EEO Report is a survey, collected every other year on even calendar years?
EEO-3 Report
The JHG Company has used discriminatory hiring practices in the past but they adjusted their practices and are following federal laws now to ensure that fair hiring practices are met. However, the JHG Company has an employee referral program as a primary source to recruit new employees. What danger may the
JHG Company be exposed to in this scenario?
Perpetuating past discrimination practices
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 in the interview process for a graphic designer is, for the graphic designer to use a software program and to create a simple brochure. This is an example of what type of validity?
Content validity
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of pregnancy, child birth, or other related medical conditions. This law affects organizations having what minimum number of employees?
Organizations with 15 or more employees
The GHF Corporation is looking to hire four software developers. The average pay for software developers, with the desired skill set, is $76,000. The GHF
Corporation believes that by offering $80,000 for the starting salary they’ll attract better performers than their competitors. What is this scenario an example of?
Leading the market
You are an HR Professional for your organization. Your organization employs 120 people in the United States. You are required to file the EEO-1 report for your organization by what date?
September 30 of each year
As an HR Professional, you are required to post an OSHA poster in a conspicuous place that is easily visible to employees. What OSHA poster lists each of the employee’s rights?
OSHA 3165 poster
Consider your role as a HR Professional in your organization. In your duties you’re to keep abreast of market trends, practices in HR, employee attitudes, and your business needs. What component of the HR Impact Model is addressed in this situation?
Catalyst
As an HR Professional, you must be familiar with certain theories and insights about organizational culture, organizational development, and management. Who addressed organizational culture as “that’s the way we do things around here”?
Edgard Schein
As an HR Professional you need to be familiar with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967. What is the maximum age this act applies to people?
There is no age limit in the act
You are the HR Professional for your organization and you’re working with the management to define the role of contractors versus employees in your organization. According to the Internal Revenue Service, there are three categories of control that help determine whether a person is a contractor or an employee. Which one of the following is not one of the three levels of control as defined by the IRS for employee versus contractor?
Locale of work performed
As an HR Professional you should be familiar with OSHA forms for maintaining employee records. OSHA form 301 is used to document the incident that caused the work-related injury or illness. How long is an organization required to keep the form on record?
Five years following the year of the incident
Which one of the following best describes Progressive discipline?
Discussion of substandard performance, verbal warning, written warning, and final written warning.
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?
Amy is exempt because she is paid on a salary basis.
You are a HR Professional for your organization and your supervisor is asking you about the details of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and what it means to your company. He wants to know what the total damages could be if an organization is found liable by a jury trial. What is the maximum amount that could be awarded to a victim of discrimination if the organization is found liable?
$300,000
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?
Granted employers with fewer than 100 employees, permission to prepare a job group analysis that uses EEO-1 categories as job groups
Herb is the HR Professional for his organization. He is preparing to hire a new employee, Hans, to the firm. Herb has asked Hans to agree, in writing, to mandatory arbitration as part of the employment offer. What does this agreement mean?
It means that Hans and the organization must settle all disputes, if any arise, through a neutral third party rather than through a lawsuit.
As an HR Professional, you should be familiar with OSHA rules, standards, and regulations. Should an organization violate an OSHA standard, there are often penalties that the employer must pay. What is the maximum fine an employer may face for a deliberate and intentional violation of an OSHA standard?
$70,000
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?
Sharing
Robert is the HR Professional for his organization and he’s speaking with the federation chairman about the labor and the direction of unions. What is a federation?
A federation is a group of national unions.
As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing unions and management in the bargaining process. There are three primary types of bargaining that management and unions participate in. Which one of the following bargaining types aims to generate a variety of options before settling on one?
Interest-based bargaining
As an HR Professional you must recognize and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affect your performance as an HR Professional. What term describes the illegal agreement of the management to give an individual a job, as long as the person does not join or be involved with a labor union?
Yellow dog contract
Which one of the following presents the seven stages of internal consulting in the correct order?
Exploring the situation, Gathering agreement to the project plan, Gathering data, analyzing, and identifying findings, Developing recommendations, Presenting
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the payment of wages or benefits, to men and women who perform substantially equal work for the same employer, in the same establishment, and under similar working conditions. The law defined substantial equality of job content on four factors.
Which one of the following is not one of the four factors this law defines?
Education
Which of the following is the process of constantly working with employees to enhance their ability to perform their jobs productively?
Performance management
Which of the following are established by Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose three.
A. Criteria for exempt and nonexempt employees
B. Minimum wage requirement
C. Laws for protecting American children against labor exploitation
You are completing a Form I-9 with a newly hired employee. Which one of the following documents is not allowed as a proof of identity and employment eligibility for the newly hired employee?
Driver’s license
Amy is a sales person for your company and she earns her pay based on commission. Amy’s pay is known as variable pay or what other term?
At risk pay
Jennifer is the HR Professional for her organization. Her supervisor, Dan, has asked Jennifer to find the Compa-ratio for Sam. Sam earns $40,000 as a mechanic, but the midpoint for a mechanic is actually $50,000. What is the Compa-ratio for Sam?
80 percent
You are a HR Professional for your organization. You have presented an idea to your staff. The staff members then discuss their ideas based on your presentation. All of the ideas are recorded and collectively ranked from most important to least important (or some other ordinal scale). Through this process a selection or forecast can be made for the organization. What forecasting technique have you used in this scenario?
Nominal group technique
Which of the following are narrative methods of appraisal that require managers to describe the employee’s performance? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose three.
B. Field review
C. Essay review
D. Critical incident review
There are seven stages of internal consulting that an HR Professional must be familiar with. Consider this scenario: Frances has developed an HR training plan for her organization. The plan is comprehensive, aggressive, and will provide organizational development for all levels of employees in the company. Frances is presenting her plan to her organization’s management. What level of internal consulting is Fran participating in?
Gaining agreement to the project plan
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?
It’s an agreement that an employer will stop doing business with a non-union business.
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination and it is illegal in the US based on what law?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
As a HR Professional you must understand the laws and regulations, which affect employee compensation. Which of the following was the first to address sanitary working conditions?
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
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?
OWBPA
Your organization employees 475 people and you are the HR Professional for the organization. You’re teaching your staff about the EEOC laws and the rights your employees have under these laws. In your state what term is assigned by the EEOC to the local offices that enforcethe EEOC laws and any local or state anti-discrimination laws?
Fair Employment Practices Agencies
You are the HR Professional for your organization. You’re leading a presentation on equal employment opportunity terminology for your staff. Beth, a staff member, wants to know what a charge is -in regard to equal employment opportunity. What is a charge?
A charge is a formal complaint submitted to an agency that alleges unlawful discrimination.
Organizational functions, according to Fayol, conform to one of the six functional areas. Which one of the following is not an area of organizational functions for strategic planning?
Human resource management
Which one of the following is the best example of a disparate treatment of discrimination?
C. The meeting minutes will be kept by female members of the project team because they have neater handwriting.
The Department of Labor establishes the rules for unemployment insurance and associated claims. Who administers the unemployment?
Each state
Fred is a union employee who has been summoned by the management to an investigatory hearing regarding his conduct. Fred would like to have a union representative with him at the meeting. What is the name of the right that allows Fred to have a union representative with him at the meeting?
Weingarten Right
When an individual files a charge of discrimination with the EEOC against an employer, what will the EEOC do?
The EEOC will send the employer a letter informing them of the charge.
Yolanda is an HR Professional for her organization that has 250 employees. Yolanda is working with Thomas, a manager in the company. Thomas reports that
Carrie, one of his staff members, will be leaving the organization for a leave absence due to a pregnancy issue. Thomas wants to know if he can terminate Carrie’s employment because she won’t be able to complete her work due to the pregnancy issue. What’s the best answer for this scenario?
Yolanda should tell Thomas that Carrie must be treated the same way as any other temporarily disabled employee.
Your organization is aiming to reduce costs by stopping wastes in the production cycle. The company has created a plan that will reward employees 50 percent of the savings from the waste stoppage. What type of compensation plan is your organization offering to employees in this instance?
This is an example of gainsharing
What is the compa-ratio for an employee that earns $75,000 per year, but the midpoint for the role is $85,000 per year?
88 percent
As a HR Professional you must understand the laws and regulations, which affect employee compensation. If a non-exempt employee works more than 40 hours per week, what is their overtime pay rate?
150 percent of their base pay
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?
Confirm interest
The HR Professional must take measures to ensure that he is involved with all areas of the HR Impact Model. What component of the HR Impact Model serves as the process integrator of all components?
Catalyst
Mark is a HR Professional for his organization and he has been given the assignment to create an Affirmative Action Plan for his company. As Mark creates this document, which one of the following is not required to be in the Affirmative Action Plan?
Compliance Reviews
You are the HR Professional for your organization. You are discussing the status of your company’s employees to determine who may be considered nonexempt versus exempt. Which one of the following types of employees can never be considered exempted from overtime provisions?
Manual workers
You are the HR Professional for your organization. You have just hired a new employee for your company. What form are you and the newly hired employee required to complete to show the employee’s identity and eligibility to work in the United States?
I-9
Your organization will be using the factor comparison technique in their evaluations of job performance. You need to communicate what the factor comparison technique accomplishes as you’re the HR Professional for your organization. Which of the following best describes the factor comparison technique?
Factor comparison is an evaluation technique that involves the ranking of each compensable factor of each job. A monetary value is assigned for each factor
As an HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. What did the legal case, the United
Steelworkers of America versus Weber regard?
The United States Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not bar employers from favoring women and minorities.