SHRM EXAM SCRIPT 2026 TALENT
MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
COMPLETE SOLUTION VIEW
◉ What is an environmental scan and how does it pertain to
strategic planning?
Answer: An environmental scan has to do with the gathering of
information that will help to project company growth and
development. An environmental scan helps a company to review
historical data to begin the process of preparing for expected or
planned growth in the company.
◉ Why do HR professionals need to understand the legal process?
Answer: Legislation influences the relationship between employers
and employees, and the human resources professional is responsible
for understanding this relationship. The legislation that will affect a
business often will affect the business's relationship with its
employees.
◉ What is the first step that must be taken for an idea to be
presented as a bill to congress?
Answer: When an idea for a bill originates from an individual or
business outside of Congress, the idea must first be submitted to a
,member of congress (or MOC). This MOC may be either a senator or
representative.
◉ What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977?
Answer: Establishes the rules for preventing bribery and penalizing
occurrences of it within corporations that exist in several countries.
◉ What are the steps in the strategic planning process?
Answer: Environmental Scanning, Formulating strategy,
Implementing strategy, Making adjustments to strategy
◉ Democratic Leadership Style:
Answer: a type of leadership style in which members of the group
take a more participative role in the decision-making process.
◉ Coaching Leadership Style:
Answer: Coaching leaders are very effective in settings where
performance or results need improvement. They help others to
advance their skills; they build bench strength, and provide a lot of
guidance. The coaching leadership style is most effective when
followers are more responsible, experienced, and agreeable.
◉ Transactional Leadership Style:
, Answer: a style of leadership that focuses on supervision,
organization, and performance; transactional leadership is a style of
leadership in which leaders promote compliance by followers
through both rewards and punishments.
◉ Transformational Leadership Style:
Answer: a style of leadership where a leader works with
subordinates to identify needed change, creating a vision to guide
the change through inspiration, and executing the change in tandem
with committed members of a group.
◉ What standard budget responsibilities does HR have?
Answer: Payroll taxes, travel expenses, repairs and maintenance, &
employee benefits.
◉ The FLSA retains a certification of age for all employees for how
long?
Answer: Until their employment is terminated.
◉ When is a company required to pay their employee more than the
federal minimum wage?
Answer: When state minimum wage is higher than the federal
minimum wage, the company is required to pay the state minimum
wage over the federal .
MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
COMPLETE SOLUTION VIEW
◉ What is an environmental scan and how does it pertain to
strategic planning?
Answer: An environmental scan has to do with the gathering of
information that will help to project company growth and
development. An environmental scan helps a company to review
historical data to begin the process of preparing for expected or
planned growth in the company.
◉ Why do HR professionals need to understand the legal process?
Answer: Legislation influences the relationship between employers
and employees, and the human resources professional is responsible
for understanding this relationship. The legislation that will affect a
business often will affect the business's relationship with its
employees.
◉ What is the first step that must be taken for an idea to be
presented as a bill to congress?
Answer: When an idea for a bill originates from an individual or
business outside of Congress, the idea must first be submitted to a
,member of congress (or MOC). This MOC may be either a senator or
representative.
◉ What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977?
Answer: Establishes the rules for preventing bribery and penalizing
occurrences of it within corporations that exist in several countries.
◉ What are the steps in the strategic planning process?
Answer: Environmental Scanning, Formulating strategy,
Implementing strategy, Making adjustments to strategy
◉ Democratic Leadership Style:
Answer: a type of leadership style in which members of the group
take a more participative role in the decision-making process.
◉ Coaching Leadership Style:
Answer: Coaching leaders are very effective in settings where
performance or results need improvement. They help others to
advance their skills; they build bench strength, and provide a lot of
guidance. The coaching leadership style is most effective when
followers are more responsible, experienced, and agreeable.
◉ Transactional Leadership Style:
, Answer: a style of leadership that focuses on supervision,
organization, and performance; transactional leadership is a style of
leadership in which leaders promote compliance by followers
through both rewards and punishments.
◉ Transformational Leadership Style:
Answer: a style of leadership where a leader works with
subordinates to identify needed change, creating a vision to guide
the change through inspiration, and executing the change in tandem
with committed members of a group.
◉ What standard budget responsibilities does HR have?
Answer: Payroll taxes, travel expenses, repairs and maintenance, &
employee benefits.
◉ The FLSA retains a certification of age for all employees for how
long?
Answer: Until their employment is terminated.
◉ When is a company required to pay their employee more than the
federal minimum wage?
Answer: When state minimum wage is higher than the federal
minimum wage, the company is required to pay the state minimum
wage over the federal .
