A strategic response to the increasing use of mobile technology in the applicant job search would include all of the following except which?

Using Facebook and LinkedIn for technical job openings

Posting current openings online using videos

Creating mobile-friendly company websites

Outsourcing the positions to social-media recruitment firms

As an HR Professional, you need to be familiar with learning concepts. One such concept is orientation to learning. Which of the following statements best describes orientation to learning?

What I learn today needs to be able to help me solve problems in the workplace tomorrow.

I am an adult, I can direct myself.

Learning is hard work and time-exhaustive.

I am a worker and what I learn must work in the real world.

What is an Excelsior list?

A list of all employees in the bargaining unit provided by the employer to the union within 7 days of the scheduling of an election by the NLRB

A list of all employees in the bargaining unit provided by the union to the employer within 7 days of the scheduling of an election by the NLRB

A list of all employees in the bargaining unit provided by the employer to the union within 7 days of the scheduling of an election by the NLRB

A list of the employees who do not want the union to represent them

A list of the employees who have signed authorization cards for the union

Which of the following scenarios is the best example of a kinesthetic learning experience?

Learning to bake a cake by following a new recipe

Reading a book and highlighting important phrases, terms, and ideas

Listening to audio lectures from a previously attended lecture

Learning to bake a cake by following a new recipe

Observing a peer complete a new task

''Thanks for such a great presentation! You'll always have a job with us.'' This is an example of what?

The duty of good faith and fair dealing

Jan is the HR Professional for your organization. An employee within the organization has filed a charge with the EEOC that discrimination has been done by your organization against her. The EEOC has investigated the case and has found that there is no reasonable cause against your company. The person filing the charge, however, still believes that discrimination has occurred. How long does this person have, to file a lawsuit against your company?Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant cannot file a lawsuit to sue.

Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant can still file a lawsuit within 90 days of the EEOC's findings.

Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant cannot file a lawsuit to sue.

Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant can still file a lawsuit within 180 days of the EEOC's findings.

Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant can still file a lawsuit within 90 days of the EEOC's findings.

Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant can still file a lawsuit within 30 days of the EEOC's findings.within 30 days of the EEOC's findings.

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 the worth of responsibilities.

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 value for which employees are generally paid through incentives.

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

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

When the NLRA imposes a voluntary-recognition bar, this means what?

No election will take place for a reasonable period of time.

The union withdrew its petition for an election.

The NLRB has certified a bargaining representative.

No election will take place for a reasonable period of time.

A representation election took place in the previous 12 months.

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

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

Which of the following Supreme Court cases found that an employer can be held liable for the sexual harassment of its employees?

Burlington Industries v. Ellerth

Payne v. The Western & Atlantic Railroad Company

Shelly is a graphic designer in your company and she has been called to military duty. While she is on duty you learn that Shelly has been moonlighting graphic design for other companies. Because she has been moonlighting while on military leave from your employment, are you required to reinstate her upon her pending return from military duty?

Yes, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 allows military personnel to moonlight during off-duty hours.

No, moonlighting constitutes other employment so the original employer is not obligated to reinstate her.

No, moonlighting is a breach of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, as military personnel are to be on employment leave and not generate an income other than what their military duty provides. The employer is therefore exempt from the reinstatement obligations.

Yes, moonlighting is another form of employment, but you are required to reinstate her if her income from moonlighting is less than what she would have earned without the military duty.

OSHA defines occupational safety and health hazards and how employers are to respond to certain scenarios that could happen in the workplace. One such standard is The General Duty Standard, Section 5. What does this standard mandate for employers?

Requires employers to provide jobs and a workplace environment that are free from recognized safety and health hazards

Requires employers to provide emergency action plans to inform employees of appropriate procedures to follow during a fire or evacuation

Requires employers to provide jobs and a workplace environment that are free from recognized safety and health hazards

Requires employers to provide a safe, operational, level of noise and noise prevention in the workplace

Requires employers to provide a fire prevention plan to handle and store dangerous chemicals from the threat of fire or combustion

Marcy is an hourly-paid employee in the JKJ Company. Her supervisor Tom has asked Marcy to not begin working on a presentation until he leaves a meeting. The meeting happens to last six hours and Marcy doesn't have other work to do while Tom is in the meeting. Marcy decides to read a book while she waits. According to the Fair Labor Standards Act should Marcy be paid for reading the book? Choose the best answer:

Yes, this is an example of engaged to wait.

No, this is an example of engaged to wait.

Yes, this is an example of engaged to wait.

No, this is an example of employment lag time.

As an HR Professional for your company, you have been asked to participate in strategic planning. During the strategic planning conversation, Frank is discussing the Four P's of Marketing. What are the Four P's of Marketing?

Product, Price, Placement, and Promotion

People, Product, Payment, and Promotion

People, Price, Placement, and Promotion

People, Payment, Placement, and Projections

Fred is creating a user manual for his organization. On the cover of the manual he has added a picture of a flower that he found on a website. You ask Fred if he has permission to use the flower and what rights are retained for the flower picture. Fred informs you that the photo came from a website so it's in the public domain. Are photos and images from web sites considered to be in the public domain?

No, photos and images from web sites are still protected by copyright laws.

Yes, all images, not words or text, are copyright free online.

Yes, the Internet is owned by the government so anything online is in the public domain.

No, photos and images from web sites are protected by International Electronic Copying Laws.

The Fair Labor Standards Act does provide some instances of when travel time is payable to nonexempt employees. Which of the following is an example of a nonexempt employee being reimbursed for travel time?

A plumber who is traveling between job sites

An employee who must travel to the worksite for overtime work

A daily train commute from the employee's home to the city

An airplane pilot who is waiting for a customer to fly

The motivation theory that suggests people are motivated by the reward they will receive when they succeed and that they weigh the value of the expected reward against the effort required to achieve it is known as what?

McClelland's acquired needs theory

McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y

The correlation coefficient is a statistical measurement that is useful for which of the following?

Describing standards of quality

Determining whether one variable affects another

Compensating for data that may be out of date

Determining which variables are outside acceptable ranges

Describing standards of quality

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