Practice Free SHRM-CP Exam Online Questions
Jobs like Human Resources and Benefits Management that often have the primary duties of interpreting and implementing company policies or making decisions that bind the company to significant business contracts fall under;
- A . Executive exemption
- B . Professional exemption
- C . Administrative exemption
- D . Learned professional exemption
HR tactical goals and action plans are communicated through which of the following strategic tools?
- A . BCG Matrix plan
- B . Human capital management plan
- C . Needs assessment
- D . Corporate objectives
"There is no one best way to organize, lead or direct a company. We must not be confined to a rigid structure. The right course of action is always dependent on the style of leadership, the capabilities of followers, and a variety of internal and external forces."
This statement is most likely referring to what organizational theory?
- A . Institutional theory
- B . Open systems theory
- C . Contingency theory
- D . Resource dependency theory
Tim has been recently employed as an HR Generalist in a non-profit organization. He needs to understand how to gain credibility in the organization.
What activity would help the most?
- A . Seeking HR management positions that expose him to the organization’s culture and ethics
- B . Talking to HR peers at professional conferences about effective employee engagement in their firms
- C . Observing how people relate to other team members in team deliberations and activities
- D . Reviewing the organization’s vision, mission and values statements
Which of the following is not true of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)?
- A . A waiver of exit for an individual employee is extended to a consideration period of 45 days instead of 21 days
- B . A waiver of an age discrimination claim cannot be enforced if the 21-day consideration period and the 7-day reconsideration period is not included
- C . An employer is permitted to reduce benefits based on age, as long as the cost of providing the
reduced benefits to older employees is the same as the cost of providing benefits to younger employees - D . The EEOC enforces both the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the OWBPA.
Actions that an organization takes to expand market share are examples of?
- A . environmental scanning
- B . corporate strategy
- C . functional objectives
- D . operational efficiencies
A manufacturing organization has expanded to 4 southern states.
The first step in developing appropriate salary grades for the job positions in the southern states will be?
- A . Conduct a job evaluation using an objective method
- B . Review and update job descriptions
- C . Determine the appropriate salary ranges by compa-ratio calculations
- D . Establish direct compensation and indirect compensation based the company’s philosophy
__________ reflect(s) the collective learning in organizations such as how to coordinate production
skills, integrate multiple streams of technologies, and market and merchandise diverse products and services.
- A . Core competencies
- B . Horizontal integration
- C . Culture of knowledge, skills, abilities
- D . Primary value chain activities
"There are two employees who continuously spread their cloudy moods in the work-team and when they work in groups, others literally catch their emotions like viruses".
The speaker is referring to?
- A . Emotional labor
- B . Emotional intelligence
- C . Emotional burnout
- D . Emotional contagion
What is the indispensable notion behind the stakeholder theory?
- A . A business has interconnected relationships that accounts for complex interests that impact and are impacted by the business.
- B . A firm is required to share its implicit and explicit value with its employees, suppliers, and local communities.
- C . A business must first reach a maturity stage in profits and then embark on initiatives that will benefit people and planet.
- D . Stakeholders must receive tangible financial value based on company’s net worth and its corporate
social responsibility strategy.