Your organization has decided to close one of the manufacturing plants, where it employs 250 employees. The closing is not a reflection of the employee's performance, but due to poor sales of the equipment the plant produces. What is the employer required to do for the employees in light of the plant closing?

Offer a written notice of the plant closing at least 60 days prior to the closing date.

Offer the employees an opportunity to resign from their position with two week severance pay.

Offer the employees a transfer to other plants that will remain open.

Offer the employees a final performance assessment.

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?

Imminent danger, catastrophes and fatal accidents, employee complaints, planned inspections in high-hazard industries, follow-up inspections

Imminent danger, planned inspections in high-hazard industries, employee complaints, catastrophes and fatal accidents, follow-up inspections

Imminent danger, catastrophes and fatal accidents, planned inspections in high-hazard industries, employee complaints, and follow-up inspections

Imminent danger, catastrophes and fatal accidents, planned inspections in high-hazard industries, follow-up inspections, and employee complaints

Imminent danger, catastrophes and fatal accidents, employee complaints, planned inspections in high-hazard industries, follow-up inspections

The Taft-Hartley Act, also known as the Labor Management Relations Act, addressed unions and engaged in certain types of secondary boycotts. What is a secondary boycott?

It is an effort to convince others to stop doing business with a particular organization that is the subject of a primary boycott.

It is an effort to create more than one boycott on an organization, on two or more revenue streams.

It is two or more boycotts by two or more union-backed organizations against one company.

It is additional boycotts against companies that do business with a company which the union is boycotting.

HR Professionals must recognize types of unlawful discrimination to be in compliance with US law. One type of discrimination is disparate treatment. Which one of the following is the best definition of disparate treatment?

When an employer treats a candidate differently based on the person's race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, or military or veteran status

When an employer treats all applicants the same regardless of their race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, or military or veteran status.

When an employer creates a quid pro quo status based on an employee's rebuttal of unwelcome sexual advances.

When an employer treats a candidate differently based on the person's race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, or military or veteran status

When an employee treats other employees differently based on their past work efforts.

As a HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. What did the Regents of the University of California versus Bakke lawsuit primarily accomplish?

Universities could not use race as the reason to exclude an applicant to a college admissions program, but the university could use race as one of the reasons to include a person as an applicant to a college admissions program.

Universities could not hire a person based solely on their race.

Universities could not use race as a reason to not hire a person, but could use race as a reason to hire a person.

Universities could not use race as a reason to include or to exclude a person from a college admissions program.

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?

Gary must file the VETS-100 form

Gary must file the EEO-VETS form

Gary must file the VEVRAA ACT-1 report

Gary must file the EEO-1 report

Gary must file the VETS-100 form

As an HR Professional, you must be familiar with collective bargaining agreements and the process that rights are given, contracts, and union and management cooperation. With this in mind, what is a rights arbitration?

It is a formal hearing between management and union members to resolve grievances during the administration of a contract.

It is a lawsuit between the collective management and the collective union.

It is a formal hearing between the management and the union, to resolve grievances during the construction of a contract.

It is a formal hearing between management and union members to resolve grievances during the administration of a contract.

It is a not a lawsuit, but a resolution of laws and their impact on existing contracts.

Jane is preparing for an interview process for an open position within her company. Jane has prepared several questions for the interview. Inher questions, Jane is careful not to ask all of the following questions, except for which one?

Our hours are from 8 AM to 5 PM. Can you meet this requirement of the position?

You are the HR Professional for your organization and you're completing a turnover analysis. You're considering that over the past year your organization has employed 1,238 employees and during that same period your organization has terminated 56 employees. Based on this information what is your organization's turnover for the past year?

Significantly lower than average

Virginia is the HR Professional for her organization and she is reviewing the details of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967. She tells John, one of her staff members, that the ADEA prohibits discrimination on the basis of age for employees and job applicants who are above a certain age. What age does the ADEA apply to employees and job applicants?

All people regardless of their age

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

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.

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

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

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

There are seven stages of internal consulting that a HR Professional must be familiar with. Consider this scenario: Mark is a HR Professional for his organization. He is meeting with Tammy and Tammy's supervisor Eric to learn about a conflict between Tammy and Eric. Mark wants to understand both parties before addressing the scenario. Which of the seven stages is Mark, Tammy, and Eric participating in?

Gaining agreement to the project plan

What of the following statements defines total rewards?

It is the compensation and the benefits a person earns.

It is the total amount of pay a person earns per year.

It is the compensation and the benefits a person earns.

It is the amount of pay a person earns per hour.

It is the compensation a person earns for their time.

All organizations need prevoyance, or planning, as a part of a manager's duty. As an HR Professional what is the primary purpose of planning?

Establishes groundwork for the managers to achieve the goals of the organization

Directs the project team and staff to accomplish the project scope

Establishes groundwork for the managers to achieve the goals of the organization

Communicates the direction of the organization

Establishes groundwork for the managers to achieve their goals

You are a HR Professional for your organization and you're educating your staff on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Which one of the following statements about the Pregnancy Discrimination Act is not true?

An employer is allowed to refuse to hire a pregnant woman because of the imminent time frame of the needed leave to deliver and care for the child.

Pregnancy related benefits cannot be limited to married employees.

Employers must provide the same level of health benefits for spouses of male employees as they do for spouses of female employees.

If an employer provides any benefits to workers on leave, the employer must provide the same benefits for those on leave for pregnancy-related conditions.

An employer is allowed to refuse to hire a pregnant woman because of the imminent time frame of the needed leave to deliver and care for the child.

As a HR Professional you must understand the laws and regulations, which affect employee compensation. Which of the following was the first to address a minimum wage for employees?

Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act

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

Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Lucas has asked his manager to take time off from work because of a holiday his religion celebrates. Fran agrees but tells Lucas that he will be inspecting his project work to ensure that the work is accurate and not suffering because of the requested time off. This is an example of what?

Perpetuating past discrimination

Religious persecution in the workforce

As an HR Professional you must recognize, and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affects your performance as an HR Professional. Which one of the following acts used the terminology 'work now, grieve later' to describe the urgency of performing work?

National Industrial Recovery Act

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?

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

These are the same values in human resources.

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

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

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

Holly and Gary are HR Professionals in their organization and they're working to develop the strategic plan for their organization. Holly and Gary are using SWOT analysis to help understand the needs of human, financial, technological, capital, and other aspects of their organization. What is SWOT?

SWOT is an analysis to define the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats an organization may face.

SWOT is an analysis to define the schedule, weaknesses, opportunities, and timetable of a project endeavor.

SWOT is an analysis to define the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats an organization may face.

SWOT is an analysis to define the strengths, weaknesses, openness, and timeliness of an organization.

SWOT is an analysis to define the seriousness, weaknesses, openness, and timetable of organization development.

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