SHRM CP Quiz Comprehensive
Questions with Verified
Answers Graded A+
Freedom of Association - Answer: Right for workers to unite to promote desired employment
conditions as a group
4 Layers of Diversity - Answer: 1. Personality
2. Internal Dimensions
3. External Dimensions
4. Organizational Dimensions
Summary Offense - Answer: Gross misconduct in which no prior warnings are required for
termination so long as a proper investigation and hearing was preformed
3 reasons to approach diversity as a strategic initative - Answer: 1. To make it a priority
2. To allow for its complexity
3. To address organizational resistance to change
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Structural Org - Answer: look at how the org is helped or hindered by its structure
,Interventions include movement of decision making authority,
mergers/acquisitions/divestitures
Interpersonal Org - Answer: focus on work relationships between employees
Process/Technological Org - Answer: focus on activities such as work flow and departmental
coordination
Most critical piece of effective performance management - Answer: Clarity of performance
standards
For effective information management, a balance must be struck between: - Answer: Openness
and security
Porter's 3 Successful generic strategies - Answer: 1. Cost Leadership
2. Differentiation
3. Focus
2 functions of an HR audit - Answer: 1. Help management understand what is happening in HR
2. Allow HR to determine which programs should be eliminated or enhanced
Zero based Budgeting - Answer: Everyone's budget starts at zero and departments must present
a case on how their budget will help the org's goals. Each department is then given a priority
rating
Incremental budgeting - Answer: aka line item budgeting, is based on the prior year's budget
being increased by a set percentage
,According to Goleman, what leadership attribute separates good leaders from great leaders? -
Answer: Emotional intelligence
4 T's that help an org increase global mindsets - Answer: Travel, Teams, Training, & Transfers
Trait Engagement - Answer: The inherent personality-based elements that predispose an
individual to being engaged
Primary goal of supply analysis - Answer: Obtain a snap shot of the current talent pool
Primary focus of organizational development - Answer: Managing change and disrupting the
status quo
Pull Learning - Answer: a continuous process where training is pulled seamlessly through
computers anywhere, at anytime
Behavioral Engagement - Answer: The effort employees put into their jobs - occurs when both
Trait & State engagement are in place
Exempt status salary minimum - Answer: Exempt individuals must make a minimum of
$455/week
ADA applies to companies with X number of employees - Answer: 15
Upside risk - Answer: Provides an opportunity that arises out of uncertainty of outcomes (i.e. an
early completion date)
What does Reservation mean in the context of diversity and inclusion? - Answer: laws mandate
a percentage quota or other special considerations for specified minority groups or ethnic
, communities, is often based on the concept that historic national discrimination against a given
minority requires counterbalancing favorable "affirmative actions."
Cultural determinism - Answer: the idea that all human actions are the product of culture,
which denies the influence of other factors like physical environment and human biology on
human behavior
Short Term Assignee - Answer: An assignee that goes to another country for a period of less
than 1 year without moving family
Globalist - Answer: Someone that spends their entire career on international assignments
Repatriate - Answer: One who returns from assignment
International Assignee - Answer: Traditional expat
Just in time Assignee - Answer: Ad hoc, contract assignees
E-Procurement - Answer: use of electronic communications and transaction processing when
buying (or contracting for/tendering) supplies and services
Leader vs. Manager - Answer: Manager - Plans activities, organizes resources, directs tasks
Leader - Models group values, challenges the status quo, inspires & motivates others
Trait Theory of Leadership - Answer: Leaders are assigned based on inherent personality
personalist traits, wisdom, & political skills
+ Some traits do commonly appear with leaders
- No proven correlation of success
Questions with Verified
Answers Graded A+
Freedom of Association - Answer: Right for workers to unite to promote desired employment
conditions as a group
4 Layers of Diversity - Answer: 1. Personality
2. Internal Dimensions
3. External Dimensions
4. Organizational Dimensions
Summary Offense - Answer: Gross misconduct in which no prior warnings are required for
termination so long as a proper investigation and hearing was preformed
3 reasons to approach diversity as a strategic initative - Answer: 1. To make it a priority
2. To allow for its complexity
3. To address organizational resistance to change
BEST SHRM COURSE ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Answer: Search on Google -> Certexamdb
Structural Org - Answer: look at how the org is helped or hindered by its structure
,Interventions include movement of decision making authority,
mergers/acquisitions/divestitures
Interpersonal Org - Answer: focus on work relationships between employees
Process/Technological Org - Answer: focus on activities such as work flow and departmental
coordination
Most critical piece of effective performance management - Answer: Clarity of performance
standards
For effective information management, a balance must be struck between: - Answer: Openness
and security
Porter's 3 Successful generic strategies - Answer: 1. Cost Leadership
2. Differentiation
3. Focus
2 functions of an HR audit - Answer: 1. Help management understand what is happening in HR
2. Allow HR to determine which programs should be eliminated or enhanced
Zero based Budgeting - Answer: Everyone's budget starts at zero and departments must present
a case on how their budget will help the org's goals. Each department is then given a priority
rating
Incremental budgeting - Answer: aka line item budgeting, is based on the prior year's budget
being increased by a set percentage
,According to Goleman, what leadership attribute separates good leaders from great leaders? -
Answer: Emotional intelligence
4 T's that help an org increase global mindsets - Answer: Travel, Teams, Training, & Transfers
Trait Engagement - Answer: The inherent personality-based elements that predispose an
individual to being engaged
Primary goal of supply analysis - Answer: Obtain a snap shot of the current talent pool
Primary focus of organizational development - Answer: Managing change and disrupting the
status quo
Pull Learning - Answer: a continuous process where training is pulled seamlessly through
computers anywhere, at anytime
Behavioral Engagement - Answer: The effort employees put into their jobs - occurs when both
Trait & State engagement are in place
Exempt status salary minimum - Answer: Exempt individuals must make a minimum of
$455/week
ADA applies to companies with X number of employees - Answer: 15
Upside risk - Answer: Provides an opportunity that arises out of uncertainty of outcomes (i.e. an
early completion date)
What does Reservation mean in the context of diversity and inclusion? - Answer: laws mandate
a percentage quota or other special considerations for specified minority groups or ethnic
, communities, is often based on the concept that historic national discrimination against a given
minority requires counterbalancing favorable "affirmative actions."
Cultural determinism - Answer: the idea that all human actions are the product of culture,
which denies the influence of other factors like physical environment and human biology on
human behavior
Short Term Assignee - Answer: An assignee that goes to another country for a period of less
than 1 year without moving family
Globalist - Answer: Someone that spends their entire career on international assignments
Repatriate - Answer: One who returns from assignment
International Assignee - Answer: Traditional expat
Just in time Assignee - Answer: Ad hoc, contract assignees
E-Procurement - Answer: use of electronic communications and transaction processing when
buying (or contracting for/tendering) supplies and services
Leader vs. Manager - Answer: Manager - Plans activities, organizes resources, directs tasks
Leader - Models group values, challenges the status quo, inspires & motivates others
Trait Theory of Leadership - Answer: Leaders are assigned based on inherent personality
personalist traits, wisdom, & political skills
+ Some traits do commonly appear with leaders
- No proven correlation of success
