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 exempted labor unions and agricultural organizations from The Sherman Antitrust Act?

The National Industrial Recovery Act

The National Labor Relations Act

A union is performing a jurisdictional strike in front of a construction site. What is a jurisdictional strike?

It is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to assign a particular work to its members; rather than to members of other unions or to the non-union workers.

It is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to agree to the terms of a new contract although there is already an approved contract in place.

It is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to agree to the terms of a new contract because the current contract between the employer and the union has expired.

It is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to assign all work to its members, rather than to members of non-union workers.

Which of the following HR strategies would be most useful in dealing with a workforce that lacks accountability?

Begin to gather employee feedback through surveys and exit interviews.

Identify training needs through an assessment.

Conduct a skills assessment to determine performance deficiencies.

Begin to gather employee feedback through surveys and exit interviews.

Follow the progressive disciplinary process.

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.

It forces suppliers to join the union.

It's a threat that the union will slow down processing orders for non-union shops.

It's an agreement that an employer will stop doing business with a non-union business.

It's an agreement to rush orders for union-based businesses.

Which of the following union security clauses requires that all employees join the union within a grace period specified by the contract?

Maintenance of membership clause

Beth is a HR Professional for her organization and she's discussing the risk of growing her organization's business. What is risk and why would it be considered in HR for organizational growth?

Risk is an uncertain event or condition that may help or hinder an organization. Adding employees can help positive risks or amplify negative risk events.

Risk is an uncertain event or condition that can have a positive or negative effect on the goals of an organization.

Risk is an adverse event that can halt, hinder, or hurt the objectives of a business.

Risk is a negative event that an organization must consider when adding new employees to grow a company.

Risk is an uncertain event or condition that may help or hinder an organization. Adding employees can help positive risks or amplify negative risk events.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 grants employees the right to do all of the following except which one?

View detailed reports of all workplace accidents.

Be advised of potential safety hazards.

Speak privately to an OSHA inspector during an inspection.

Observe the employer when measuring and monitoring workplace hazards.

View detailed reports of all workplace accidents.

As an HR Professional you must be familiar with several acts of congress, laws, and regulations that address risks in the workplace. Which of the following laws was the first to establish consistent safety standards for workers?

Occupational Safety and Health Act

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

One year from the date of the incident

90 days following the year of the incident

Five years following the year of the incident

Three years following the year of the incident

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

One type of risk, HR Professionals must be aware of and combat is job stress. Which of the following is the best definition of job stress?

Stress is a harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when the requirements of the job don't match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker.

Stress is the degree of physical, emotional, and mental strain upon a worker from the demands and constraints of employment.

Stress is the lack of exercise, sleep, and good diet combined with work demands that are beyond the scope of a person's capabilities.

Stress is a harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when the requirements of the job don't match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker.

Stress is pressure from requirements in a workplace that are beyond the scope of job satisfaction.

An organization has over 5,000 employees who are members of a union. The employees, however, are no longer happy with the union's performance and they would like to decertify the union from their representation. Who will decertify the union in this instance?

The National Labor Relations Board

The union official if fifty percent of the employees sign off on the decertification

The National Labor Relations Board

When designing new seminars and learning programs with ADDIE, you should often use SMART for learning objectives. What does SMART mean?

Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic, Time-bound

Scalable, Measurable, Activities, Realistic, Tested

Scalable, Measurable, Action-oriented, Reviewed, Time-bound

Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic, Tested

Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic, Time-bound

Which of the following are established by Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938?Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

Criteria for exempt and nonexempt employees

Laws for protecting American children against labor exploitation

Criteria for exempt and nonexempt employees

Laws for protecting American children against labor exploitation

As a Senior HR Professional, you must be familiar with certain legal terms, laws, and regulations that affect how you and others operate in the workplace. Basically, there are three types of discrimination that can happen in the workforce. Which of the following is NOT one of the three discrimination types?

Perpetuating past discrimination

What is the purpose of the OSHA consulting service?

Helps employers identify the OSHA standards that apply to their workplace

Does not require compliance with OSHA standards

Fines employers for violating OSHA safety standards

You are the HR Professional for your company in a manufacturing facility that operates in a 24-7 format. What work shift in this type of operation is considered the swing shift?

All weekend shifts of 12 hours or longer

As a HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. This adverse impact lawsuit determined that discrimination need not be deliberate or observable to be real. Employees were segregated by race and were allowed to work only in the lowest paid position. What lawsuit is described?

Albemarle Paper versus Moody, 1975

McDonnell Douglas Corp. versus Green, 1973

Validity demonstrates a clear relationship between performance on the selection procedure and performance on the job. There are three cases for interview question validity. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Questions prompt for stories of past experience in different types of jobs.

Questions are based on job analysis.

Questions prompt for answers that are systematically related to a specific job.

Questions prompt for answers that provide evidence about important job-related skills.

Questions prompt for stories of past experience in different types of jobs.

Robert is the HR Professional for his organization. June, Robert's supervisor, assigns Robert for completing and filing the EEO-1 Report for the organization. What is the EEO-1 Report?

It is a report that all employers with at least 100 employees must submit to the Department of Labor. It defines the total number of employees by job category, ethnicity, race, and gender the organization employs.

It is a report that all employers with at least 100 employees must submit to the Department of Labor. It defines the total number of employees the organization employs.

It is a report that all employers must submit to the Department of Labor defining the race and income of all employees in the organization.

It is a report that all employers must submit to the Department of Labor defining the race, social security identification number, and income of all employees in the organization.

An organization is meeting with its key executives including Janice, an SPHR. In this meeting the organization is looking for direction on the company's strategy. Janice defines five stages of strategic planning for an organization. Which of the following is the correct order of strategic planning for most organizations?

Pre-planning stage, environmental scan, formulate strategy, implement strategy, evaluate strategy and make adjustments

Pre-planning stage, formulate strategy, environmental scan, implement strategy, evaluate strategy and make adjustments

Pre-planning stage, environmental scan, formulate strategy, evaluate strategy and make adjustments, implement strategy

Pre-planning stage, environmental scan, formulate strategy, implement strategy, evaluate strategy and make adjustments

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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 cannot work for competitors without the written permission of the employer.

It means that Herb's firm can research Hans to determine if he's had any lawsuits.

It means that Hans must file all legal complaints with the organization's attorney, before filing a lawsuit against the organization.

It means that Hans and the organization must settle all disputes, if any arise, through a neutral third party rather than through a lawsuit.

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