SPHR Exam Dumps - HRCI certification Questions and Answers

Answer option B is correct.

Chapter: Workforce Planning and Employment

Objective: Strategic Workforce Planning

Answer option C is correct.Performance feedback bias such as the halo/horn effect, leniency, and central tendency can (but don't always) exist whenever managers are asked to make a discriminatory judgment, including in rating performance and selecting new hires. Note that not all discrimination is unlawful; it is in fact necessary to make distinguishing decisions on the job. Discrimination becomes unlawful when the performance is not rated according to neutral, job-related standards.

Chapter: Human Resource Development

Objective: Review Questions

Answer option A is correct.Comparing employee performance is a non-narrative style of performance review involving comparing one employee to another in the same job category.

Chapter: Human Resource Development

Objective: Review Questions

Answer option A is correct.High-involvement organizations are those in which employees are encouraged to remain active, accountable members of the company. Allowing employees to come up with creative solutions to problems, clearly linking rewards to behavior (B) encouraging decision-making from the ground up (D) and demonstrating management trust through data sharing (C) are other characteristics of HIOs. See Chapters 3 and 7 for more information.

Chapter: Employee and Labor Relations

Objective: Employee Relations

Answer option C is correct.A nonexempt employee who is waiting for an assignment while at work must be paid for the time spent waiting. See Chapter 6 for more information.

Chapter: Compensation and Benefits

Objective: Compensation

Answer option C is correct.

Chapter: Compensation and Benefits

Objective: Total Rewards Defined

Answer option A is correct.The WARN Act was passed by Congress to provide protection to workers in the event of mass layoffs or plant closings. According to the act, 60 days advance notice is given to either the individual worker or their union representatives. The purpose of providing time to workers is to obtain new employment or training before the loss of their jobs. This act is administered by the department of labor, and enforced through the federal court. Answer option B is incorrect. The Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) is a law that provides benefits to coal miners who have been disabled by pneumoconiosis as a result of their work in the mines. Benefits are also paid to surviving dependents if the miner dies from the disease. Answer option D is incorrect. OSHA stands for Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It was created by Congress of the United States under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon, on December 29, 1970. Its mission is to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and occupational fatality by issuing and enforcing standards for workplace safety and health. The agency is headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor. OSHA issues guidelines and regulations for the safe use of a computer. Answer option C is incorrect. Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) is a law that provides rules for compensation benefits to federal employees for work-related injuries or illnesses. FECA contains legal provision for giving compensation to their surviving dependents if a work-related injury or illness results in the employee's death.

Chapter: Workforce Planning and Employment

Objective: Organization Exit/Off-Boarding Processes

Answer option C is correct.Group incentives share common elements including the reward of individuals based on their collective efforts. Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, profit-sharing, and gainsharing (D) are all examples of group incentives. Deferred compensation (A) refers to tax-deferred retirement plans, and a sales bonus (B) is a type of commission paid to workers.

Chapter: Compensation and Benefits

Objective: Review Questions

Answer option C is correct.

Chapter: Compensation and Benefits

Objective: Compensation