CAE LATEST ACTUAL ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔Common elements of bylaws: - ✔✔Statement of purpose, forms/types/qualifications
for membership, dues structure, list of elected officers/duties/rules
Voting qualifications/procedures
Description of standing committees
Accounting/fiscal reporting procedures
Procedures for amending bylaws and for dissolution
✔✔Bylaws - ✔✔Bylaws are an agreement between an association and its members and
staff. Rules adopted and maintained to define and direct internal structure and
management.
✔✔Articles of Incorporation - ✔✔Articles of Incorporation is an agreement between the
state and the association.
✔✔Policies/Procedures - ✔✔Policies/Procedures are an agreement between an
association and staff.
✔✔Perspective for Test Taking - ✔✔CSE of a:
501(c)6 (for lobbying, PACs) and a corresponding 501(c)3 (for fundraising, education)
national membership association
at least 35-60 full-time staff
✔✔Federal Labor Laws - ✔✔All Labor Laws apply to 1 or more employees with these
exceptions:
OSHA - Starts at 11. Think Ocean's 11 (injuries and illness)
ADA - Starts at 15
ADEA - Starts at 20 (Applies to people over 40. Think 40/2=20)
15+ - Title 7 Civil Rights Act and Title 1 Americans with Disabilities Act = Titles =Teens
20+ - Age Discrimination Employment Act (40+ years old), where 1/2 of 40 is 20
20+ - COBRA = Co20
FMLA - Starts at 50 (Family Medical Leave Act=Fifty=Family)
100+ - EEO-1 Report (file annually with EEOC if org. is a federal contractor)
, 100+ - Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ACt (WARN)=Warning, you are
over 100 FTEs
✔✔FMLA - ✔✔*Family and Medical Leave Act*
Entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for
specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance
coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.
*50+ FTEs*
✔✔Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - ✔✔Title I of the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits private employers, State and local governments,
employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals
with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement,
compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
The ADA covers employers with 15 or more employees, including State and local
governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations.
*15+ Employees*
✔✔ADEA - ✔✔*Age Discrimination in Employment Act*
The federal law governing age discrimination. It was enacted in 1967 to promote the
employment of older workers based on ability rather than age, prevent discrimination,
and help solve the problems that arise with an aging workforce.
*20-49 FTEs*
✔✔CCPA - ✔✔*Consumer Credit Protection Act*
Created in 1968 to help guarantee American consumers fair and honest credit
practices. Protects employees from discharge by their employers because their wages
have been garnished for any one debt, and it limits the amount of an employee's
earnings that may be garnished in any one week.
✔✔ADA - ✔✔*Americans with Disabilities Act*
Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation,
public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities.
*15+ FTEs*
✔✔NLRA - ✔✔*National Labor Relations Act*
Enacted in 1935 to prohibit discrimination due to union activity and protect the rights of
employees and employers, to collective bargaining.
✔✔Taft-Hardy Act - ✔✔An amendment to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) that
places restrictions on those involved in collective bargaining.
Restricts financial transactions such as payments or lending of money to employees
involved in bargaining.
Authorizes suites for damages for violations that occur during collective bargaining by a
union when activities affect commerce.
SET A+
✔✔Common elements of bylaws: - ✔✔Statement of purpose, forms/types/qualifications
for membership, dues structure, list of elected officers/duties/rules
Voting qualifications/procedures
Description of standing committees
Accounting/fiscal reporting procedures
Procedures for amending bylaws and for dissolution
✔✔Bylaws - ✔✔Bylaws are an agreement between an association and its members and
staff. Rules adopted and maintained to define and direct internal structure and
management.
✔✔Articles of Incorporation - ✔✔Articles of Incorporation is an agreement between the
state and the association.
✔✔Policies/Procedures - ✔✔Policies/Procedures are an agreement between an
association and staff.
✔✔Perspective for Test Taking - ✔✔CSE of a:
501(c)6 (for lobbying, PACs) and a corresponding 501(c)3 (for fundraising, education)
national membership association
at least 35-60 full-time staff
✔✔Federal Labor Laws - ✔✔All Labor Laws apply to 1 or more employees with these
exceptions:
OSHA - Starts at 11. Think Ocean's 11 (injuries and illness)
ADA - Starts at 15
ADEA - Starts at 20 (Applies to people over 40. Think 40/2=20)
15+ - Title 7 Civil Rights Act and Title 1 Americans with Disabilities Act = Titles =Teens
20+ - Age Discrimination Employment Act (40+ years old), where 1/2 of 40 is 20
20+ - COBRA = Co20
FMLA - Starts at 50 (Family Medical Leave Act=Fifty=Family)
100+ - EEO-1 Report (file annually with EEOC if org. is a federal contractor)
, 100+ - Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ACt (WARN)=Warning, you are
over 100 FTEs
✔✔FMLA - ✔✔*Family and Medical Leave Act*
Entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for
specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance
coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.
*50+ FTEs*
✔✔Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - ✔✔Title I of the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits private employers, State and local governments,
employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals
with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement,
compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
The ADA covers employers with 15 or more employees, including State and local
governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations.
*15+ Employees*
✔✔ADEA - ✔✔*Age Discrimination in Employment Act*
The federal law governing age discrimination. It was enacted in 1967 to promote the
employment of older workers based on ability rather than age, prevent discrimination,
and help solve the problems that arise with an aging workforce.
*20-49 FTEs*
✔✔CCPA - ✔✔*Consumer Credit Protection Act*
Created in 1968 to help guarantee American consumers fair and honest credit
practices. Protects employees from discharge by their employers because their wages
have been garnished for any one debt, and it limits the amount of an employee's
earnings that may be garnished in any one week.
✔✔ADA - ✔✔*Americans with Disabilities Act*
Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation,
public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities.
*15+ FTEs*
✔✔NLRA - ✔✔*National Labor Relations Act*
Enacted in 1935 to prohibit discrimination due to union activity and protect the rights of
employees and employers, to collective bargaining.
✔✔Taft-Hardy Act - ✔✔An amendment to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) that
places restrictions on those involved in collective bargaining.
Restricts financial transactions such as payments or lending of money to employees
involved in bargaining.
Authorizes suites for damages for violations that occur during collective bargaining by a
union when activities affect commerce.
