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PHR Exam Dumps - Professional in Human Resources

Question # 4

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.

OWBPA

B.

OASDI

C.

HIPAA

D.

MHPA

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Question # 5

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?

A.

Consultation

B.

Client

C.

Catalyst

D.

Programs and processes

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Question # 6

Which one of the following is the best example of a disparate treatment of discrimination?

A.

All project team members are asked to take turns keeping meeting minutes in a rotation.

B.

The meeting minutes will be kept by both men and women in a rotation.

C.

The meeting minutes will be kept by female members of the project team because they have neater handwriting.

D.

All junior project team members are required to take turns keeping meeting minutes in a rotation.

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Question # 7

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

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Question # 8

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?

A.

April 15 of each year

B.

The anniversary date of your organization reaching 100 employees

C.

January 1 of each year

D.

September 30 of each year

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Question # 9

Mark is an HR Professional for his organization and he has been given the assignment to create an Affirmative Action Plan for his company. Mark will also be considered to be designated the responsibility for this Affirmative Action Plan. What does the designation of responsibility mean?

A.

It means that Mark will be the person that reports on the plan's implementation to management

B.

It means that Mark will be the person that reports on the plan's implementation to the Department of Labor

C.

It means that Mark will be the person responsible for actually implementing the plan

D.

It means that Markwill be the manager for all Affirmative Action scenarios and issues within his company

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Question # 10

You are leading a brief presentation for your company about the ERISA program your company participates in. What is ERISA used for?

A.

It protects the interests of those who participate in employee benefit plans

B.

It protects the workers of employee compensation plans

C.

It protects private organizations that have profit sharing plans for employee compensation

D.

It allows private organizations to create investments for workers in profit-sharing plans

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Question # 11

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?

A.

This is an example of an exception by bonafide occupational qualification to the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

B.

This is an example of a violation of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

C.

The sex of applicants is excluded from the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

D.

This is not a violation of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because there is an equal paying and titled job for the men's restroom and locker rooms in the company

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Question # 12

what nonmathematical forecasting technique uses rounds of anonymous surveys among participants to determine consensus on the direction of employment trends, candidate selection, or other forecasting topics?

A.

Delphi Technique

B.

Qualitative forecast

C.

Management forecast

D.

Trend analysis

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Question # 13

John's organization has collected several applications for an employment position within his organization. The data collected from these applications must be kept secure and private, especially in light of the Privacy Act of what year?

A.

1964

B.

1968

C.

1974

D.

2007

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Question # 14

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?

A.

Effort

B.

Working conditions

C.

Skill

D.

Education

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Question # 15

Your organization is looking for methods to improve communication between the management and the employees within the company. Which one of the following methods is best described as a small but representative sampling of employees - led in a conversation by a neutral moderator about an identified topic?

A.

Focus group

B.

Workshop

C.

Pilot group

D.

Brainstorming session

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Question # 16

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.

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Question # 17

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?

A.

Administrative assistants

B.

Sales people

C.

Manual workers

D.

Managers

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Question # 18

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 identifies an individual with a disability, as a person who has one or more of the following characteristics except for which one?

A.

Has a record of such impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities

B.

Is regarded as having such impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities

C.

Is believed by employers that an individual having a physical or mental impairment substantially limitsone or more major employment activities

D.

Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities

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Question # 19

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?

A.

This is an example of a team incentive

B.

This is an example of profit sharing

C.

This is an example of gainsharing

D.

This is an example of a short-term incentive

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Question # 20

Which of the following is a communication that damages an individual's reputation in the community, preventing them from obtaining employment?

A.

Gainsharing

B.

Constructive discharge

C.

Duty of loyalty

D.

Defamation

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Question # 21

If a union wants to organize, it typically moves through five steps to the organizing process. Which one of the following is not one of the five stages of unionization of work force?

A.

The financing

B.

The campaign

C.

Obtaining recognition

D.

The election

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Question # 22

Diane is the HR Professional for her organization and she's examining the ranges for the compensation levels of her company. Which one of the following statements best describes what a range for compensation is?

A.

A range specifies the lowest/minimum and the highest/maximum compensation rates for which positions with each grade are federally mandated that employees be paid.

B.

A range specifies the lowest/minimum and the highest/maximum compensation rates for which positions with each grade are generally paid.

C.

A rangespecifies the lowest/minimum and the highest/maximum compensation rates for the worth of responsibilities.

D.

A range specifies the lowest/minimum and the highest/maximum value for which employees are generally paid through incentives.

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Question # 23

Which of the following is a process that occurs due to mergers, outsourcing or changing business needs?

A.

Involuntary exit

B.

Plant closing

C.

Voluntarily exit

D.

Outplacement

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Question # 24

Which one of the following best describes Progressive discipline?

A.

Discussion of substandard performance, written warning, final writtenwarning, termination.

B.

Series of documents of employee's incompetence or insubordination that precedes an employee's termination.

C.

Discussion of substandard performance, verbal warning, written warning, and final written warning.

D.

Series of documents of employee's substandard performance prior to each step of discipline or termination.

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