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NEW QUESTION 1
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

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 2
Which of the following clause protects the employee's job and compensation in the event of a reorganization, acquisition, or merger, for a specifed period of time?

• A. Termination clause
• B. Change of control
• C. Advice of counsel
• D. Disability or death

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 3
What is the FairPay amount that defines, what a person makes, to be considered highly compensated?

• A. $110,000 or more
• B. $150,000 or more
• C. $100,000 or more
• D. $125,000 or more

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 4
Which one of the following best describes Progressive discipline?

• A. Discussion of substandard performance, written warning, final writtenwarning, terminatio
• B. Series of documents of employee's incompetence or insubordination that precedes an employee's terminatio
• C. Discussion of substandard performance, verbal warning, written warning, and final written warnin
• D. Series of documents of employee's substandard performance prior to each step of discipline or terminatio

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 5
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?

• A. Financial control
• B. Locale of work performed
• C. Behavioral control
• D. Type of relationship

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 6
As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing union-based strikes. What is the ally doctrine?

• A. A union may expand upon its primary picketing activity to include employees who are allies of the primary employe
• B. Employers cannot force friends, colleagues, and family members into joining a union picke
• C. Allies of the picketing union can allow allies into the picket lin
• D. A union may expand upon its primary picketing activity to include employers who are allies of the primary employe
• E. A union may serve as an ally to another striking union by allowing their members to join the picket against the primary employe

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 7
As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing unions and management in the bargaining process. What is the zipper clause in regard to negotiations?

• A. Items in a management-union contract can be "zipped" open and closed as often as necessar
• B. Management is locked out of union meeting
• C. Management and union representations are locked out of union employee meeting
• D. Items in a management-union contract are "zipped" closed, once the agreement is signed by both partie

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 8
Deal and Kennedy defined the four dimensions of organizational culture that you should be familiar with, as an HR Professional. What dimension of organizational culture is best defined by the hidden hierarchy of power?

• A. Culture network
• B. Joy
• C. Values
• D. Heroes

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 9
The management and union are proceeding to an arbitration hearing that will be conducted by an arbitration panel. Which one of the following best describes the makeup of the arbitration panel?

• A. There are three arbitrators all of whom are randomly selected to serve from a pool of pre-approved management and union arbitrator
• B. There are three arbitrators all of whom must be approved to participate by the management and the unio
• C. There are three arbitrators, one selected by the management, one selected by the union, and a neutral arbitrator whom both management and union approve o
• D. There are three arbitrators, all of whom are selectedby the party not bringing the grievanc

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 10
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

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 11
OSHA may inspect a workplace at any time. The purpose of these inspections is to maintain safety for all workers. OSHA has established five priorities for workplace inspections. Which one of the following statements is the correct order of most important OSHA priorities to least important OSHA priorities?

• A. Imminent danger, planned inspections in high-hazard industries, employee complaints, catastrophes and fatal accidents, follow-up inspections
• B. Imminent danger, catastrophes and fatal accidents, planned inspections in high-hazard industries, employee complaints, and follow-up inspections
• C. Imminent danger, catastrophes and fatal accidents, planned inspections in high-hazard industries, follow-up inspections, and employee complaints
• D. Imminent danger, catastrophes and fatal accidents, employee complaints, planned inspections in high-hazard industries, follow-up inspections

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 12
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"?

• A. Frederick Herzberg
• B. Allen
• C. Kennedy
• D. Edgard Schein
• E. Edwards Deming

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 13
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. Minimumwage requirement
• C. Laws for protecting American children against labor exploitation
• D. Health insurance requirement

Answer: ABC

NEW QUESTION 14
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination and it is illegal in the US based on what law?

• A. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• B. ADA and Rehabilitation Act of 2008
• C. ADEA of 1967
• D. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1958

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 15
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?

• A. 150 percent of their base pay
• B. It depends on the state where the employee is employed
• C. Non-exempt employees do not receive overtime pay
• D. 50 percent of their base pay

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 16
Pat is interviewing Sammy for a job in his organization. During the interview, Pat asks Sammy for a dinner date. Sammy refuses his offer, but thanks him. Pat tells Sammy that a dinner date would be beneficial to the job selection. Sammy still refuses the dinner date. Based on this conversation, Pat decides not to hire Sammy for the position. This is an example of what type of sexual harassment?

• A. Covert
• B. Quid Pro Quo
• C. Contingent
• D. Hostile Work Environment

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 17
John earns $45,200 per year as a mechanic in your organization. The $42,500 per year
does not include earnings John may have through shift differentials, benefits, overtime, incentives, and bonuses. Which one of the following terms best describes the $45,200 per year that John earns?

• A. Base pay
• B. Market-demand pay
• C. Hygiene factor pay
• D. Variable pay

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 18
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

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 19
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?

• A. Management Rights
• B. Bumping Right
• C. Right of Way
• D. Weingarten Right

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 20
What act prohibits discrimination on the basis of physical and mental disabilities?

• A. ADEA of 1967
• B. Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• C. VEVRAA of 1974
• D. IRCA of 1986

Answer: B

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