HRCI APHR PRACTICE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTION AND SOLUTION SET
◉ Certificate Program - Does not require work experience, education, or
re-certification
◉ The Clayton Act (1914) - prohibits mergers and acquisitions that
would less competition, a single person cannot be a director of two or
more competing corporations, and restricts use of injunctions against
labor, and legalized peaceful strikes, picketing, and boycotts.
◉ The Consumer Credit Protection Act (1968) - Limits the amount of
wages that can be garnished or withheld in any one week and prohibits
employee dismissal because of garnishments.
◉ The Copeland "Anti-Kickback" Act (1934) - Precludes a federal
contractor or subcontractor from inducing an employee to give up any
part of their wages to the employers for the benefit of having a job.
◉ The Copyright Act (1976) - Protection of "original works" for authors
so others may not print, duplicate, distribute, or sell their work.
,◉ The Copyright Terms Extension (1998) - Further extended copyright
protection to the duration of the author's life plus 70 years for general
copyrights and to 95 years for works made for hire and works
copyrighted before 1978.
◉ The Davis-Bacon Act (1931) - Requires contractors and
subcontractors working on federal government construction projects
($2000+) to pay their employees "prevailing wages". Only applies to
laborers and mechanics. Allows trainees and apprentices to be paid less.
◉ The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
(2010) - Regulates the financial markets and protects consumers.
Includes a non-binding vote for stakeholders on executive compensation,
golden parachutes, and return of executive compensation based on
inaccurate financial statements.
◉ The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA)
(2001) - Adjust pension vesting schedules, increasing retirement plan
limits, permitting pretax catch-up contributions by participants older
than 50.
◉ The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) (1986) -
Provides rules for access, use, disclosure, interpretation, and privacy
protections of electronic communications, and they provide the
possibility of both civil and criminal penalties for violations. Ex:
monitoring employee emails, messages, recording calls, and cameras in
the workplace. The employer needs to give proper notice.
,◉ Employee Polygraph Protection Act (1988) - Federal law that
prohibits the use or suggestion of lie detector tests in most employment
situations
◉ The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (1974) - sets
minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and
health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in
these plans.
◉ The Equal Pay Act (1963) - An amendment to the Fair Labor
Standards Act, this act requires equal pay for men and women doing
equal work.
◉ The FAA Modernization and Reform Act (2012) - Includes measures
that amend the Railway Labor Act to change union certification election
processes in the railroad and airline industries and impose greater
oversight of the regulatory activities of the National Mediation Board.
Requires a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review and audit
of NMB operations every 2 years.
◉ The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT) (2003) -
Amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide financial
privacy of employees and job applicants. Requirements in third part
investigations of employee misconduct charges.
, ◉ The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) (1970) - This law protects
consumers against inaccurate credit reporting and requires lenders and
creditors to correct errors. It permits consumer credit reporting agencies
to issue credit reports to users only for specified purposes and only
under certain circumstances, requires creditors to inform the consumer if
credit has been denied because of information on the consumer's credit
report (and also gives consumers the right to the source of such
information), and provides the consumer with mechanisms by which to
request a copy of his or her credit report and to challenge information
contained therein.
◉ The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (1938) - This federal law
covers employers engaged in interstate commerce, regulates child labor,
maximum hours, and minimum wages. The law, among other things,
specifically prohibits children under the age of 14 from most types of
work, making exceptions for, e.g., lawn care, newspaper delivery, and
entertainment, and restricts the employment of children between the
ages of 15-18 in various ways. It also requires employers to pay
employees who agree to work more than 40 hours per week no less than
one and a half (1½) times their regular pay for all hours over 40.
◉ FLSA: Record Keeping - • Personal information
• Hour & day work week begins
• Total hours worked per work day & per work week
• Regular hourly pay rate for any week involving overtime
• Total overtime pay for work week
• Deductions from or addition to wages
QUESTION AND SOLUTION SET
◉ Certificate Program - Does not require work experience, education, or
re-certification
◉ The Clayton Act (1914) - prohibits mergers and acquisitions that
would less competition, a single person cannot be a director of two or
more competing corporations, and restricts use of injunctions against
labor, and legalized peaceful strikes, picketing, and boycotts.
◉ The Consumer Credit Protection Act (1968) - Limits the amount of
wages that can be garnished or withheld in any one week and prohibits
employee dismissal because of garnishments.
◉ The Copeland "Anti-Kickback" Act (1934) - Precludes a federal
contractor or subcontractor from inducing an employee to give up any
part of their wages to the employers for the benefit of having a job.
◉ The Copyright Act (1976) - Protection of "original works" for authors
so others may not print, duplicate, distribute, or sell their work.
,◉ The Copyright Terms Extension (1998) - Further extended copyright
protection to the duration of the author's life plus 70 years for general
copyrights and to 95 years for works made for hire and works
copyrighted before 1978.
◉ The Davis-Bacon Act (1931) - Requires contractors and
subcontractors working on federal government construction projects
($2000+) to pay their employees "prevailing wages". Only applies to
laborers and mechanics. Allows trainees and apprentices to be paid less.
◉ The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
(2010) - Regulates the financial markets and protects consumers.
Includes a non-binding vote for stakeholders on executive compensation,
golden parachutes, and return of executive compensation based on
inaccurate financial statements.
◉ The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA)
(2001) - Adjust pension vesting schedules, increasing retirement plan
limits, permitting pretax catch-up contributions by participants older
than 50.
◉ The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) (1986) -
Provides rules for access, use, disclosure, interpretation, and privacy
protections of electronic communications, and they provide the
possibility of both civil and criminal penalties for violations. Ex:
monitoring employee emails, messages, recording calls, and cameras in
the workplace. The employer needs to give proper notice.
,◉ Employee Polygraph Protection Act (1988) - Federal law that
prohibits the use or suggestion of lie detector tests in most employment
situations
◉ The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (1974) - sets
minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and
health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in
these plans.
◉ The Equal Pay Act (1963) - An amendment to the Fair Labor
Standards Act, this act requires equal pay for men and women doing
equal work.
◉ The FAA Modernization and Reform Act (2012) - Includes measures
that amend the Railway Labor Act to change union certification election
processes in the railroad and airline industries and impose greater
oversight of the regulatory activities of the National Mediation Board.
Requires a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review and audit
of NMB operations every 2 years.
◉ The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT) (2003) -
Amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide financial
privacy of employees and job applicants. Requirements in third part
investigations of employee misconduct charges.
, ◉ The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) (1970) - This law protects
consumers against inaccurate credit reporting and requires lenders and
creditors to correct errors. It permits consumer credit reporting agencies
to issue credit reports to users only for specified purposes and only
under certain circumstances, requires creditors to inform the consumer if
credit has been denied because of information on the consumer's credit
report (and also gives consumers the right to the source of such
information), and provides the consumer with mechanisms by which to
request a copy of his or her credit report and to challenge information
contained therein.
◉ The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (1938) - This federal law
covers employers engaged in interstate commerce, regulates child labor,
maximum hours, and minimum wages. The law, among other things,
specifically prohibits children under the age of 14 from most types of
work, making exceptions for, e.g., lawn care, newspaper delivery, and
entertainment, and restricts the employment of children between the
ages of 15-18 in various ways. It also requires employers to pay
employees who agree to work more than 40 hours per week no less than
one and a half (1½) times their regular pay for all hours over 40.
◉ FLSA: Record Keeping - • Personal information
• Hour & day work week begins
• Total hours worked per work day & per work week
• Regular hourly pay rate for any week involving overtime
• Total overtime pay for work week
• Deductions from or addition to wages
