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Questions # 21:

Martha is the HR Professional for her organization and she's working with her team to complete non-quantitative job evaluations. Martha wants to stress the available types of non-quantitative job evaluation techniques that are appropriate for her team to be communicated to managers. Which one of the following is not a non-quantitative job evaluation technique that Martha should share?

Options:

A.

Whole job ranking


B.

Job slotting


C.

Factor comparison


D.

Job classification


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Questions # 22:

Which of the following requires employers to pay social security tax for employees and to withhold the tax amount from employee paychecks?

Options:

A.

Fair Labor Standards Act(FLSA)


B.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)


C.

Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)


D.

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)


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Questions # 23:

Your organization is aiming toreduce 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?

Options:

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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Questions # 24:

Under OSHA regulations, employers donothave the right to do which of the following?

Options:

A.

Request a variance to an OSHA standard while waiting for repairs


B.

Consult with OSHA to correct hazards without fear of a citation and penalty


C.

File a Notice of Contest within 30 days of the citation


D.

Refuse to allow an OSHA inspector on the premises


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Questions # 25:

John is the HR Professional for his organization. He is interviewing Sally for a sales position and he has asked Sally to provide an instance of how she worked with a tough customer in the past, how Sally resolved the situation, and what the outcome of the experience was. This is what type of interviewing technique?

Options:

A.

Prescreen interview


B.

Behavior-based interview


C.

Directive interview


D.

Stress interview


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Questions # 26:

Which of the following Acts provides benefits to coal miners?

Options:

A.

Black Lung Benefits Act


B.

Federal Employees Compensation Act


C.

Occupational Safety and Health Act


D.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act


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Questions # 27:

Asan HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing union-based strikes. What term is assigned to a group of employees who are not directly affected by a group of striking employees, but they choose not to crossa picket line of strike?

Options:

A.

Common situs picketing


B.

Scabs


C.

Sympathy strike


D.

Wildcat strikes


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Questions # 28:

Sally is an HR Professional for an organization and she's working with Holly another HR Professional. Holly is concerned with effectiveness of a new policy. Sally is concerned with the efficiency of the new policy. What is the difference between effectiveness and efficiency?

Options:

A.

These are the same values in human resources.


B.

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.


C.

Efficiency is being effective when doing things. Effectiveness is doing the rightthings efficiently.


D.

Efficiency is knowing what to do. Effectiveness is doing what you know you should.


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Questions # 29:

“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?

Options:

A.

Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.


B.

Faragher v. City of Boca Raton


C.

Burlington Industries v. Ellerth


D.

Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services


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Questions # 30:

Robert is the HR Professional for a construction company. He's working with several site managers to communicate the requirements of OSHA reporting. Robert wants to convey the requirements of OSHA's reporting for work-related injuries. Which one of the following is the OSHA definition of a work-related injury?

Options:

A.

Any loss of life or limbresulting from an event in the work environment.


B.

Any wound or damage to the body resulting from an event in the work environment.


C.

Any physical damage to one's body resulting from an event in the work environment.


D.

Any pain, suffering, or damageto a person as a result of working in an employee position.


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