APHR REVIEW WITH EVALUATED
QUESTION AND ANSWERS 2025/2026
Employers are required to pay Social Security according to:
a) ERISA
b) FICA
c) OWBPA
d) ADEA - CORRECT ANSWER-b) FICA
employers are legally required by the Federal Insurance Contribution Act of 1935 (FICA)
to provide Social Security to their employees.
Identifying internal and external factors that drive a company's strategies, goals, and
decisions is called __________.
a) forecasting
b) quantitative research
c) environmental scanning
d) operational strategizing - CORRECT ANSWER-C) environmental scanning
When is an employee permitted to waive their rights under the Older Worker Benefit
Protection Act?
a) After being given 45 days to consider the agreement
b) After being given 21 days to consider the agreement
c) Only in circumstances where the employee is part of a group termination
d) Employers are never able to waive their rights under the OWBPA - CORRECT
ANSWER-b) After being given 21 days to consider the agreement
Griggs V. Duke Power established the judicial concept of:
a) protected classes
b) arbitration
c) disparate impact
d) disparate treatment - CORRECT ANSWER-c) disparate impact
The legal requirement that samples collected for drug testing be carefully tracked and
documented is referred to as:
a) double negative
b) false positive
c) chain of custody
d) validity - CORRECT ANSWER-c) chain of custody
Employees may sometimes be terminated for failing drug or alcohol tests. To protect the
reliability of those tests, a log must be kept of each person who was responsible for the
sample from the time it is collected from the employee until it is tested at the appropriate
facility.
, When unemployment levels are high, which of the following is most likely to be the case
during the hiring process?
a) recruitment will be easy
b) recruitment will be difficult
c) turnover will be high
d) turnover will be low - CORRECT ANSWER-a) recruitment will be easy
In these cases, it is likely that there will be a lot of interest from potential candidates, so
recruitment will be relatively easy.
Which executive order added the identity classifier "sex" to the list of protected groups,
thereby making it illegal to discriminate against employees on the basis of sex?
a) EO 11375
b) EO 11246
c) EO 11333
d) EO 11478 - CORRECT ANSWER-a) EO 11375
The correct answer is A. EO 11375, issued by President Johnson in 1967, added "sex"
to the list of protected classes covered by EO 11246.
Which of the following is true regarding the EEOC and the timeliness of complaints?
a) in most cases, complaints must be filed immediately after the alleged incident
b) in most cases, complaints must be filed within 180 days of the alleged incident
c) in most cases, complaints must be filed within 3 years of the alleged incident
d) complaints may be filed at any time; there's no restriction on how long an employee
can wait to file a complaint - CORRECT ANSWER-b) in most cases, complaints must
be filed within 180 days of the alleged incident
Strict time limits apply to claims filed with the EEOC. Most claims must be filed within
180 days from the date of the alleged discrimination.
Griggs v. Duke Power established the judicial concept of:
a) protected classes
b) adverse impact
c) disparate treatment
d) minimum wage - CORRECT ANSWER-b) adverse impact
The case of Griggs v. Duke Power established that discrimination could occur
unintentionally, but that an employer is responsible for that discrimination nonetheless.
In which of the following circumstances would outsourcing be most likely to be a good
decision?
QUESTION AND ANSWERS 2025/2026
Employers are required to pay Social Security according to:
a) ERISA
b) FICA
c) OWBPA
d) ADEA - CORRECT ANSWER-b) FICA
employers are legally required by the Federal Insurance Contribution Act of 1935 (FICA)
to provide Social Security to their employees.
Identifying internal and external factors that drive a company's strategies, goals, and
decisions is called __________.
a) forecasting
b) quantitative research
c) environmental scanning
d) operational strategizing - CORRECT ANSWER-C) environmental scanning
When is an employee permitted to waive their rights under the Older Worker Benefit
Protection Act?
a) After being given 45 days to consider the agreement
b) After being given 21 days to consider the agreement
c) Only in circumstances where the employee is part of a group termination
d) Employers are never able to waive their rights under the OWBPA - CORRECT
ANSWER-b) After being given 21 days to consider the agreement
Griggs V. Duke Power established the judicial concept of:
a) protected classes
b) arbitration
c) disparate impact
d) disparate treatment - CORRECT ANSWER-c) disparate impact
The legal requirement that samples collected for drug testing be carefully tracked and
documented is referred to as:
a) double negative
b) false positive
c) chain of custody
d) validity - CORRECT ANSWER-c) chain of custody
Employees may sometimes be terminated for failing drug or alcohol tests. To protect the
reliability of those tests, a log must be kept of each person who was responsible for the
sample from the time it is collected from the employee until it is tested at the appropriate
facility.
, When unemployment levels are high, which of the following is most likely to be the case
during the hiring process?
a) recruitment will be easy
b) recruitment will be difficult
c) turnover will be high
d) turnover will be low - CORRECT ANSWER-a) recruitment will be easy
In these cases, it is likely that there will be a lot of interest from potential candidates, so
recruitment will be relatively easy.
Which executive order added the identity classifier "sex" to the list of protected groups,
thereby making it illegal to discriminate against employees on the basis of sex?
a) EO 11375
b) EO 11246
c) EO 11333
d) EO 11478 - CORRECT ANSWER-a) EO 11375
The correct answer is A. EO 11375, issued by President Johnson in 1967, added "sex"
to the list of protected classes covered by EO 11246.
Which of the following is true regarding the EEOC and the timeliness of complaints?
a) in most cases, complaints must be filed immediately after the alleged incident
b) in most cases, complaints must be filed within 180 days of the alleged incident
c) in most cases, complaints must be filed within 3 years of the alleged incident
d) complaints may be filed at any time; there's no restriction on how long an employee
can wait to file a complaint - CORRECT ANSWER-b) in most cases, complaints must
be filed within 180 days of the alleged incident
Strict time limits apply to claims filed with the EEOC. Most claims must be filed within
180 days from the date of the alleged discrimination.
Griggs v. Duke Power established the judicial concept of:
a) protected classes
b) adverse impact
c) disparate treatment
d) minimum wage - CORRECT ANSWER-b) adverse impact
The case of Griggs v. Duke Power established that discrimination could occur
unintentionally, but that an employer is responsible for that discrimination nonetheless.
In which of the following circumstances would outsourcing be most likely to be a good
decision?
