CLMS CERTIFICATION PRACTICE
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE STUDY GUIDE
An employee may take FMLA leave to care for a covered
service member and also for another FMLA qualifying
reason during a single 12-month period. Correct Answer
True- Regulations provide that an eligible employee is
entitled to a combined total of 26 workweeks of military
caregiver leave and leave for any other FMLA-qualifying
reason in a single 12-month period. At no time, may any
other leave besides military caregiver leave be great than
the original 12 workweeks.
Example: in a single 12-month period, an employee taking
a 26-week absence could take 12 weeks to care for a new
born child and 14 weeks of military caregiver leave.
However, the reverse is not true. An employee cannot
take 16 weeks of leave to care for a new born child and 10
weeks of military caregiver leave.
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding
leave for a seriously injured a service member? Correct
Answer The illness or injury must occur out of the country.
The illness or injury does not need to occur out of country
but must be incurred in the line of duty or be a pre-existing
injury that was aggravated by service in the line of active
duty.
,Any employee may take FMLA leave to take a grandchild
to a therapy appointment if the child's parent is deployed
on a military training in another state and the military
member is a qualified relationship to the grandparent.
Correct Answer False- the qualifying exigency must arise
out of the foreign deployment or the employee's spouse,
son, daughter, or parent.
On July 6, Julia took ten weeks of military caregiver leave
to care for her husband, James, who was severely injured
as a result of an explosion in the line of duty.
He sustained head, neck , and leg injuries.
On Oct. 1, James is diagnosed with a brain injury,
resulting from the same accident.
How much additional leave is Julia entitled to take
between Oct.5 and Dec. 31 of that year? Correct Answer
16 weeks- Military's caregiver leave provides an additional
14 weeks of leave An employee may take a combined
total of 26 workweeks in a 12-month period. The calendar
year is not a factor. Julia may take as much a s 16
additional weeks until July 5 of the next year. Reasons
other than Military caregiver leave my not total more than
12 weeks.
Between July 6 and Dec. 31 of last year, Julia takes 22
workweeks of leave to care for her husband under military
caregiver leave. On Oct. 5 of last year, her sister was
injured while on active duty. How much leave was julia
,entitled to take to care for her sister within the same 12
months, ending n July of this year? Correct Answer 4 work
weeks,. 26 weeks is the cumulative amount of time
allowed in any 12-month period of all instance of military
care giver leave.
If an employer tracks FMLA leave using the "calendar
year" counting method, they must also track the 26 weeks
of military caregiver leave using a calendar year to ensure
a consistent process and treatment of employees. Correct
Answer False-The 12-month period for military caregiver
leave is tracked starting on the first day the employee
takes leave for this reason and ends 12 months later,
regardless of the 12-month period established for other
FMLA leave reasons. This method is called "Rolling
Forward".
Under the FMLA, which of the following DOES NOT
qualify as an exigency for military families. Correct Answer
Pre-deployment vacation-An employee may take a short-
notice deployment leave u to seven days to address
issues that my arise prior to being deployed. However,
they may not simply take a vacation if the deployment has
advance notice.
Molly works FT and lives in OR
Molly is pregnant need 8 weeks for complications
includes 2 weeks of parental leave and 6 weeks of post
part leave.
, Shortly after RTW Molly's mom is ill and she request 4
weeks of leave to care for her mom. Her mom passes
away at the end fo the second week of leave.
Will Molly be approved for all 4 weeks of her leave request
given that her mother passed away before the end of the
leave? Correct Answer Yes, the period of absence when
Molly's mother was alive is covered under both federal and
sate leave. The final two weeks of leave will be covered
only under state leave as bereavement is an approved
leave reason under state of OFLA, but not under the
federal FMLA
Tony lives in Massachusetts and has child bornin
February. He and his spouse then adopt twin in August.
How much leave time is Tony entitled to under
Massachusetts parental Leave? Correct Answer Eight
weeks in Feb and 16 weeks in August. Mass Parental
Leave allows apparent to take 8 weeks of leave for each
child birth or adoption. Tony has 3 children arrive in one
year and is eligible to take eight weeks of leave in
February for his biological child and eight weeks of leave
for each adopted twin n August for a total of 24 weeks of
leave.
8 weeks for first child
8 weeks for first twin
8 weeks for 2nd twin
allowed 8 weeks per child
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE STUDY GUIDE
An employee may take FMLA leave to care for a covered
service member and also for another FMLA qualifying
reason during a single 12-month period. Correct Answer
True- Regulations provide that an eligible employee is
entitled to a combined total of 26 workweeks of military
caregiver leave and leave for any other FMLA-qualifying
reason in a single 12-month period. At no time, may any
other leave besides military caregiver leave be great than
the original 12 workweeks.
Example: in a single 12-month period, an employee taking
a 26-week absence could take 12 weeks to care for a new
born child and 14 weeks of military caregiver leave.
However, the reverse is not true. An employee cannot
take 16 weeks of leave to care for a new born child and 10
weeks of military caregiver leave.
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding
leave for a seriously injured a service member? Correct
Answer The illness or injury must occur out of the country.
The illness or injury does not need to occur out of country
but must be incurred in the line of duty or be a pre-existing
injury that was aggravated by service in the line of active
duty.
,Any employee may take FMLA leave to take a grandchild
to a therapy appointment if the child's parent is deployed
on a military training in another state and the military
member is a qualified relationship to the grandparent.
Correct Answer False- the qualifying exigency must arise
out of the foreign deployment or the employee's spouse,
son, daughter, or parent.
On July 6, Julia took ten weeks of military caregiver leave
to care for her husband, James, who was severely injured
as a result of an explosion in the line of duty.
He sustained head, neck , and leg injuries.
On Oct. 1, James is diagnosed with a brain injury,
resulting from the same accident.
How much additional leave is Julia entitled to take
between Oct.5 and Dec. 31 of that year? Correct Answer
16 weeks- Military's caregiver leave provides an additional
14 weeks of leave An employee may take a combined
total of 26 workweeks in a 12-month period. The calendar
year is not a factor. Julia may take as much a s 16
additional weeks until July 5 of the next year. Reasons
other than Military caregiver leave my not total more than
12 weeks.
Between July 6 and Dec. 31 of last year, Julia takes 22
workweeks of leave to care for her husband under military
caregiver leave. On Oct. 5 of last year, her sister was
injured while on active duty. How much leave was julia
,entitled to take to care for her sister within the same 12
months, ending n July of this year? Correct Answer 4 work
weeks,. 26 weeks is the cumulative amount of time
allowed in any 12-month period of all instance of military
care giver leave.
If an employer tracks FMLA leave using the "calendar
year" counting method, they must also track the 26 weeks
of military caregiver leave using a calendar year to ensure
a consistent process and treatment of employees. Correct
Answer False-The 12-month period for military caregiver
leave is tracked starting on the first day the employee
takes leave for this reason and ends 12 months later,
regardless of the 12-month period established for other
FMLA leave reasons. This method is called "Rolling
Forward".
Under the FMLA, which of the following DOES NOT
qualify as an exigency for military families. Correct Answer
Pre-deployment vacation-An employee may take a short-
notice deployment leave u to seven days to address
issues that my arise prior to being deployed. However,
they may not simply take a vacation if the deployment has
advance notice.
Molly works FT and lives in OR
Molly is pregnant need 8 weeks for complications
includes 2 weeks of parental leave and 6 weeks of post
part leave.
, Shortly after RTW Molly's mom is ill and she request 4
weeks of leave to care for her mom. Her mom passes
away at the end fo the second week of leave.
Will Molly be approved for all 4 weeks of her leave request
given that her mother passed away before the end of the
leave? Correct Answer Yes, the period of absence when
Molly's mother was alive is covered under both federal and
sate leave. The final two weeks of leave will be covered
only under state leave as bereavement is an approved
leave reason under state of OFLA, but not under the
federal FMLA
Tony lives in Massachusetts and has child bornin
February. He and his spouse then adopt twin in August.
How much leave time is Tony entitled to under
Massachusetts parental Leave? Correct Answer Eight
weeks in Feb and 16 weeks in August. Mass Parental
Leave allows apparent to take 8 weeks of leave for each
child birth or adoption. Tony has 3 children arrive in one
year and is eligible to take eight weeks of leave in
February for his biological child and eight weeks of leave
for each adopted twin n August for a total of 24 weeks of
leave.
8 weeks for first child
8 weeks for first twin
8 weeks for 2nd twin
allowed 8 weeks per child
