The four stages in the life cycles of a business are:
When an interviewer asks standardized questions of every applicant for...
Ethical behavior can be established by:
Under the ADEA, it is unlawful to discriminate against employees...
Which level of training evaluation provides data related to sales...
Which of the following quality tools prioritizes categories from the...
Training usually:
An employer refuses to hire a worker because she is a Christian....
A non-exempt worker in a manufacturing facility works 38 hours in the...
The job characteristics model includes:
Research has identified three psychological determinants that...
Which of the following describes research instrument validity?
Child labor laws prohibit a 16-year old from working in one of the...
A(n) __________ job is often described as one performed by many...
The NLRB can waive an election based on all EXCEPT:
According to Stephen Covey’s two principal components of leadership,...
Which job evaluation method DOES NOT truly consider the relative...
Measuring the degree of association that exists between two or more...
Development is different from training because:
Which of the following methods is NOT a mathematical method for...
Which of the following exemplifies Hersey-Blanchard’s situational...
An employee in a defense plant posted a large sign in her office to...
Organizational and recognition picketing are prohibited if a union has...
A company has a contest in which the work unit with the lowest...
An employer is set to lay off 520 employees. The layoff is...
The phases of training consist of:
The Confederate flag evokes a lot of emotion. It is a symbol...
Which statement about the SOX act is FALSE?
Which of the following is NOT a variable pay plan?
A ______ strike occurs during the life of the collective...
Decentralization is recommended for organizations where:
Which of the following actions would most likely be considered to be a...
Environmental scanning should be used to:
Which of the following is NOT a test for just-cause discharge for...
Your star computer programmer holds the keys to the kingdom of your...
Which agency is responsible for ensuring that federal contractors and...
An exemption that allows employers to purposefully exclude a protected...
The most basic activity of sound human resources practices is the...
A unique capability in the organization that creates high value and...
The Employment At-Will doctrine has been eroded by all of the...
The simplest and most popular performance appraisal technique is:
Collective bargaining issues that fall within the NLRA’s definition...
Title VII states that employers CANNOT discriminate based on all...
A common labor relations intervention in which a neutral third party...
The exhibited characteristics of an employee which includes their...
One hundred applicants were interviewed for 10 vacancies in a...
A mature company is expanding into overseas markets. A few U.S....
When a manager rates an employee low on all items because of one item...
Which of the following best illustrates the sensitizing effects of a...
Under the Drug Free Workplace Act federal contractors are...
An inexperienced manager must terminate a problem...
The biggest challenge with psychological testing for human...
Which of the following is a violation of IRCA?
Studying the variations of employment levels in an organization over...
The Confined Space Entry standard may require which of the following?...
Which of the following statement is NOT a strategic role of...
Which of the following statements is an example of a job description?
Mental ability tests are used to measure:
______ are the fastest growing segment of the workforce.
Teams ______ have been ruled to violate provisions of the NLRA.
ABC Manufacturing Company does not have job descriptions. The...
Unlawful pre-employment inquiries include:
All of the following would be considered a human process intervention...
International HR management practices focus heavily on:
Which one of Hoffstede’s cultural dimensions describes how cultures...
An employee travels to Chicago for an overnight trip for work. The...
A national corporation completed its first phase of diversity...
Federal law DOES NOT expressly prohibit discrimination on the basis...
In a refusal-to-hire case involving a salt, the union will have to...
Your employee has returned back to work and his job puts him in danger...
All of these EXCEPT _________ is a provision of the Walsh-Healy Act. ...
One of your managers is a reservist and is out on military leave for...
Which statement is TRUE about an organization that does NOT report a...
Individual performance depends on all BUT one of the following:
_________ validity is preferred by the EEOC.
An employee resigns because the employer has made the working...
The Act which limited the issuance of federal court injunctions...
Which type of organizational structure would be most effective for...
In developing a security program, an HR manager must assess potential...
Many unions resist individual incentive systems because of resistance...
The systematic investigation of the tasks, duties, and...
Development of a business strategy includes:
In a unionized organization which group of employees is more likely to...
Under the WARN Act, a mass layoff is defined as a reduction in...
Job enlargement is the concept of:
The three key elements included in a job analysis are:
Common assessment center activities include:
Under OWBPA, what length of time must an employer give to an employee...
A useful way to measure organizational HR productivity is by unit...
Generally speaking, what types of bonus payments must be included in...
A privately owned consulting firm with a staff of 65 provides health...
The findings of a workflow analysis show that communication between...
Can an employer deduct hourly amounts from an exempt employee’s...
Common components of executive compensation are:
_____ is a potential dependent variable in a regression analysis.
The purpose of _____ is to change the attitudes, values, and beliefs...
This type of bargaining occurs when one party must win and the other...
Which phase of the systems approach to training, focuses on...
According to Hackman and Oldham, which of the following describes task...
According to reinforcement theory, the reinforcement an individual...
A new employee who has only worked for two weeks enters your office...
What percentage of targeted employees must sign authorization cards...
The primary drawback to the ranking method is:
Which of the following is considered a threat of reprisal on the part...
Federal law prohibits someone with epilepsy from working as an...
A validity study; either predictive or concurrent, in which the...
In the representation election process, if 300 employees are in the...
Content validity is the extent to which a selection device...
A technique that avoids group think in forecasting HR needs is:
The process for assigning non-financial and financial goals to human...
A technology firm is experiencing high turnover among its systems...
How does a no-fault attendance policy interact with ADA & FMLA?
The following data was found on a salary survey for lab...
You are determining whether an employee has met the...
Which of the following is an example of construct validity?
Under the FLSA, what is the minimum salary requirement for the outside...
According to John P. Kotter, which of the following describes a...
Under USERRA, it is TRUE that ___________.
Which of the following methods of calculating the 12-weeks of...
A manager always hires young women as receptionists. This is an...
Your employee was injured in an auto accident. She was given a...
Organizations compute accident frequency and severity rates for...
In the strategic HR planning process, which of the following should be...
To qualify under ERISA, a pension plan is required to do all of...
A 5-year average employee is suddenly plagued with panic...
The MOST appropriate method for training senior management to handle...
Which of the following DOES NOT apply to Individuals trying...
After a series of scandals in the top spot (extramarital affairs,...
Recognition picketing is unlawful if,
An employer has established a policy requiring that only English be...
Which clause in a labor contract identifies the unilateral right to...
HR staff and line management are collaborating on the design and...
Employers are responsible to ensure physical facilities are ADA...
_____ means that an employer's hiring practice or policy results in a...
In an age discrimination case, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an...
Collective bargaining agreement should guarantee specific rights to...
The following are illegal subjects of negotiation EXCEPT for:
Mike is an employee who never seems to be satisfied. When his...
Backing a semi-trailer into a loading dock slot is an example of:
Employees on an international assignment generally need more training...
To decertify a union _____% of the employees ________ must sign...
ABC Healthcare Company runs three shifts on a seven-day-a-week...
Which OSHA standard provides guidelines for preparing an emergency...
A data entry operator earns $12.00 per hour. The pay range...
All of the following are examples of the balance sheet approach to...
Perquisites can provide ALL BUT ONE of the following benefits to...
The management of a company conducting an internal investigation...
Which Supreme Court decision established the requirement of employers...
Policies are:
This method of job analysis can be quite time-consuming, and because...
Which of the following statements regarding Scanlon plans is FALSE?
Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of replacement...
Which of the following learning strategies relies on deductive...
The _____ pension plan is one in which an employee is promised a...
In which type of organization structure are both flexibility and...
A graphical tool representing the "big picture" of how the performance...
The right to purchase a specific number of shares of company stock...
The supervisor who ignores the tardiness of a usually prompt employee...
Which of the following types of union security clauses require all new...
TBC___________.
Under the NLRA, when can the actions of a single individual be...
Which statement is TRUE regarding when an entitlement culture would be...
In which of the following organizational structures would it be...
Employee discipline should be viewed as:
The core principles for the HR Profession as defined by SHRM...
One of the major criteria used in deciding the composition of a...
Under the NLRA a company must grant union recognition to:
Asking a candidate to talk about their responses to actual situations...
Identifying that a performance deficiency does exist and the means for...
Under ARRA, enacted February 2009, employees involuntarily terminated...
How often can an employer ask for recertification from an employee on...
_______ is (are) used by managers to determine which employees are...
All employers with _____ or more employees (except state and local...
Regarding domestic partner benefits, which statement is...
What indicates the what, why, where and how a job is done?
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cultivating ethical...
During this stage of the organizational life cycle, HR activities are...
Which of the following learning curves illustrates how a trainee...
Validly identifying the personal traits that will predict how...
A _______ approach is an intrinsic feature of the staffing approach in...
A salaried administrative assistant is earning over $450.00...
Your employee has requested FMLA leave to take care of her aging...
When a discrimination complaint is received by the EEOC or a similar...
The phases in the labor relations process are:
In what type of plan is a predetermined portion of profits is...
Which motivation theory could directly support paying high performing...
An organization needed to hire 50 customer service representatives for...
Which of the following statements about defined contribution plans is...
This level of organizational culture includes written and spoken...
Concerning company maintained bulletin boards, what is the best...
What factors must be considered to determine if an action is ethical?
You have an employee with an obvious physical challenge. You...
Shortly after being named “Employee of the Month”, a shoes...
Bias claims against organizations using the forced distribution...
This portion of an affirmative action plan identifies the number of...
Product organizations like SHRM and Nike have a culture of...
A performance appraisal method that combines the benefits of...
The NLRB allows temporary workers to join a union with regular FTE's...
You are promoting an employee. The employee's salary will...
XYZ Company has more than 100 participants. When does ERISA...