Practice Free SHRM-CP Exam Online Questions
What is the key issue in understanding the difference between a company’s global and domestic operations?
- A . Culture
- B . Economy
- C . Currency
- D . Offshoring
Which of the following is inaccurate about union elections?
- A . 50% + 1 of employees in the bargaining unit must vote in favor of the union for a decertification to take effect
- B . If more than 50% of the employees sign authorization cards, the employer may be required to recognize the union, absent of an NLRB representation election
- C . If at least 30% of the bargaining unit employees sign a deauthorization petition, the NLRB will have a secret ballot election
- D . Decertification elections are barred for 1 year following the union’s certification by the NLRB and
during the first 3 years of a collective-bargaining agreement, except during a 30-day "window period."
Environmental scanning is most effective when;
- A . It emphasizes forecasting and anticipates the future rather than describing current conditions
- B . It engages purely in data collection and statistics of demographic, economic and political indicators that affect operations
- C . It is a one-time activity carried out at the initial stage of strategic planning to gather information on internal, external trends and events that impact an organization’s competitiveness
- D . It obtains and analyzes the interaction of events, trends and costs that impact human capital and deployment
Assigning goals appears to generate greater goal commitment in;
- A . all cultures around the globe.
- B . in low individualism cultures.
- C . in low power distance cultures.
- D . in high power distance cultures.
Which HR task is typically required by a multidomestic corporation?
- A . Facilitating knowledge exchange throughout the organization
- B . Building a common corporate culture across all operations and management.
- C . Coordinating HR activities between headquarters and the international offices
- D . Tight administrative control on global operations to maintain standardization
The key difference between the general FMLA leave and the military caregiver FMLA leave is;
- A . requirements pertaining to employer eligibility.
- B . group health insurance coverage requirements.
- C . medical certification requirements.
- D . requirements pertaining to duration.
What does Stars symbolize in BCG matrix?
- A . Introduction
- B . Growth
- C . Maturity
- D . Decline
The Public Relations department of a retail organization is diverse-it is made up of employees who are dissimilar in their routines and their stages of life. Zion is a 23-year-old single parent of 2 boys who is working for minimum wage. John-Paul is 59 years old, has a wealthy inheritance and works only because he has extensive goals and feels a sense of accomplishment from work. Naomi is single, 48 years old and has few acquaintances or hobbies outside the office. You have decided to attempt to apply Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to motivate each of these individuals.
HR would expect that Zion is trying to satisfy which need?
- A . social
- B . esteem
- C . physiological
- D . self-actualization
Before an employee is employed into the admin department, s/he has to take a test. It has been determined that there is a correlation between test scores and job performance as candidates who obtain high scores perform better on the job. If this conclusion was obtained at the same time the test was given, this is called —— validity
- A . concurrent
- B . content
- C . criterion
- D . construct
Which of the following HR metrics is an indicator of productivity?
- A . Revenue per employee
- B . Performance and potential (the 9-box grid)
- C . Cost per hire
- D . Ratio of HR professionals to employees