SHRM CP PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Process (UGESP) requires that testing
be focused on what? -- Answer ✔✔ Reliability & Validity
What is the purpose of establishing required qualities of reliability and validity? --
Answer ✔✔ To avoid discrimination against protected classes.
The WARN Act was designed to do what? -- Answer ✔✔ Offer rights for workers who
have been laid off
What is common situs picketing? -- Answer ✔✔ Is the result of two employers sharing a
business location when one of the employers is engaged in a labor dispute with
employees.
What is an unfair labor practice? -- Answer ✔✔ Any activity from an employer or a
union that hinders employees from exercising their rights.
What hazards are considered to be standard environmental health hazards according to
OSHA? -- Answer ✔✔ Ergonomic design, stress, plants, & vibrations.
Under what circumstance are employers legally allowed to check and review employees'
emails? -- Answer ✔✔ Employers may legally do so as long as they provide a written
policy informing employees of the potential for email searches. Without a written
policy, employers could legally file concerns about invasion of employee privacy.
How does The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) define
stress? -- Answer ✔✔ A harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when the
requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the
worker.
,What are the steps for Enterprise Risk Management? -- Answer ✔✔ ERM are focused
primarily on identifying risk and pursuing means of managing and reducing risk. ERM
does not include identifying the employees who are responsible for the risk.
The phrase holy trinity refers to which of the following organizational controls? --
Answer ✔✔ Common law doctrines for worker's compensation. The unholy trinity
refers to the common law doctrines of the fellow servant rule, the doctrine of
contributory negligence, and the voluntary assumption of risk that traditionally reflected
worker's compensation guidelines in the U.S.
What does OSHA 300 represent? -- Answer ✔✔ Log of Work-Related Injuries and
Illnesses
What is a disadvantage to e-learning? -- Answer ✔✔ It has a higher dropout rate than
other forms of training.
Which part of a SWOT analysis reflects the external environment? -- Answer ✔✔
Opportunities & Threats
What is secondary risk? -- Answer ✔✔ Risk created by a risk management tactic.
When supporting a huge business initiative that will add 90 new positions in 90 days,
what is HR's first best course of action in supporting the initiative? -- Answer ✔✔
Review all job descriptions, current salaries & benefits, and existing policies to support
the initiative.
What are the four categories of intervention, according to Cummings and Worley? --
Answer ✔✔ Techno-structural, Human Resource Management, Human Process, and
Strategic.
In the workplace, the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator is primarily used for what? --
Answer ✔✔ It is primarily used as a personality test to enable individuals to understand
their personalities better and to assist staff members in appreciating how to interact
with their co-workers more effectively.
, What does the instructional design acronym known as ADDIE stand for? -- Answer ✔✔
Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.
What is facilitation? -- Answer ✔✔ Facilitation is an instructional method that enables
employees to work together on problem-solving techniques while under the guidance of
a facilitator, or third-party expert in helping different groups interact effectively.
What is a vestibule training method? -- Answer ✔✔ An instructional training method in
which employees are trained in simulated situations.
What is the purpose of total rewards strategy? -- Answer ✔✔ The purpose is one of
reviewing the budget and finding out how much of the budget is available for establishing
rewards that will retain employees.
What major factors are in the process of establishing employee compensation within an
organization? -- Answer ✔✔ IRS Rules, Conditions in the labor market, Current
economic situations, and competition from other companies.
What is covered by FLSA? -- Answer ✔✔ Minimum wage, Exemption conditions for
employees, Work conditions for children under 18, and overtime.
What does The McNamera-O'Hara Service Contact Act cover? -- Answer ✔✔ Federal
Service Contracts
What is a benchmark position? -- Answer ✔✔ Benchmark positions are simply the types
of positions that are common within all organizations, such as administrative assistants.
How long does someone need to be employed at a company before they are eligible for
FMLA leave? -- Answer ✔✔ 12 months (does not have to be consecutive).
COBRA states that a company must provide a defined amount of health benefits for its
it employees, if it employs at least how many employees? -- Answer ✔✔ 20
What is a deferred employee compensation program? -- Answer ✔✔ Deferred
compensation is a portion of an employee's compensation that is set aside to be paid at
ANSWERS
The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Process (UGESP) requires that testing
be focused on what? -- Answer ✔✔ Reliability & Validity
What is the purpose of establishing required qualities of reliability and validity? --
Answer ✔✔ To avoid discrimination against protected classes.
The WARN Act was designed to do what? -- Answer ✔✔ Offer rights for workers who
have been laid off
What is common situs picketing? -- Answer ✔✔ Is the result of two employers sharing a
business location when one of the employers is engaged in a labor dispute with
employees.
What is an unfair labor practice? -- Answer ✔✔ Any activity from an employer or a
union that hinders employees from exercising their rights.
What hazards are considered to be standard environmental health hazards according to
OSHA? -- Answer ✔✔ Ergonomic design, stress, plants, & vibrations.
Under what circumstance are employers legally allowed to check and review employees'
emails? -- Answer ✔✔ Employers may legally do so as long as they provide a written
policy informing employees of the potential for email searches. Without a written
policy, employers could legally file concerns about invasion of employee privacy.
How does The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) define
stress? -- Answer ✔✔ A harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when the
requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the
worker.
,What are the steps for Enterprise Risk Management? -- Answer ✔✔ ERM are focused
primarily on identifying risk and pursuing means of managing and reducing risk. ERM
does not include identifying the employees who are responsible for the risk.
The phrase holy trinity refers to which of the following organizational controls? --
Answer ✔✔ Common law doctrines for worker's compensation. The unholy trinity
refers to the common law doctrines of the fellow servant rule, the doctrine of
contributory negligence, and the voluntary assumption of risk that traditionally reflected
worker's compensation guidelines in the U.S.
What does OSHA 300 represent? -- Answer ✔✔ Log of Work-Related Injuries and
Illnesses
What is a disadvantage to e-learning? -- Answer ✔✔ It has a higher dropout rate than
other forms of training.
Which part of a SWOT analysis reflects the external environment? -- Answer ✔✔
Opportunities & Threats
What is secondary risk? -- Answer ✔✔ Risk created by a risk management tactic.
When supporting a huge business initiative that will add 90 new positions in 90 days,
what is HR's first best course of action in supporting the initiative? -- Answer ✔✔
Review all job descriptions, current salaries & benefits, and existing policies to support
the initiative.
What are the four categories of intervention, according to Cummings and Worley? --
Answer ✔✔ Techno-structural, Human Resource Management, Human Process, and
Strategic.
In the workplace, the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator is primarily used for what? --
Answer ✔✔ It is primarily used as a personality test to enable individuals to understand
their personalities better and to assist staff members in appreciating how to interact
with their co-workers more effectively.
, What does the instructional design acronym known as ADDIE stand for? -- Answer ✔✔
Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.
What is facilitation? -- Answer ✔✔ Facilitation is an instructional method that enables
employees to work together on problem-solving techniques while under the guidance of
a facilitator, or third-party expert in helping different groups interact effectively.
What is a vestibule training method? -- Answer ✔✔ An instructional training method in
which employees are trained in simulated situations.
What is the purpose of total rewards strategy? -- Answer ✔✔ The purpose is one of
reviewing the budget and finding out how much of the budget is available for establishing
rewards that will retain employees.
What major factors are in the process of establishing employee compensation within an
organization? -- Answer ✔✔ IRS Rules, Conditions in the labor market, Current
economic situations, and competition from other companies.
What is covered by FLSA? -- Answer ✔✔ Minimum wage, Exemption conditions for
employees, Work conditions for children under 18, and overtime.
What does The McNamera-O'Hara Service Contact Act cover? -- Answer ✔✔ Federal
Service Contracts
What is a benchmark position? -- Answer ✔✔ Benchmark positions are simply the types
of positions that are common within all organizations, such as administrative assistants.
How long does someone need to be employed at a company before they are eligible for
FMLA leave? -- Answer ✔✔ 12 months (does not have to be consecutive).
COBRA states that a company must provide a defined amount of health benefits for its
it employees, if it employs at least how many employees? -- Answer ✔✔ 20
What is a deferred employee compensation program? -- Answer ✔✔ Deferred
compensation is a portion of an employee's compensation that is set aside to be paid at
