ASA CERTIFIED STAFFING
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
An employee may qualify for subsidized health coverage from a public health insurance
exchange under which of the following circumstances?
A. The employer offers a minimum essential coverage plan but the plan does not
provide "minimum value"
B. The employees share of the premium for self-only coverage under the employers
plan exceeds a specified percentage of the employee wages.
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above - Correct Answers -C
Staffing agencies ________________ to protect the clients from workers compensation
tort liability through indemnification provisions in the contract. - Correct Answers -may
be able to
Under FMLA's Military caregiver leave, eligible employees who are the spouse, son,
daughter, parent or next of kin of a covered service member to take up to 26 weeks of
leave during a 12 month period to care for a service member who is undergoing medical
treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious illness or injury. True or False. -
Correct Answers -True
Under ADA, employers ______________ use a qualification test ( such as lifting a
certain number of pounds) to screen out candidates with a disability. - Correct Answers
-may not
Generally, when may a staffing firm be held responsible for sexual harassment
committed by its clients? - Correct Answers -If the staffing firm knows or should know of
the harassment.
While placing a job offer, your client indicates the position is exempt. What do you need
to consider to determine if the position should be classified as exempt? - Correct
Answers -The wage & the primary job duties.
, ABC staffing firm regularly contracts applicants' former employers as part of a routine
reference check, and then provides reference information to their clients. Under these
circumstances, which of the following is required to exclude the reference information
from being considered a consumer report?
A. Written notification to the candidate of the right to request the nature and substance
of any information in the candidates file at the time the information is requested.
B. Written disclosure to the candidate of the nature and substance of all information in
the file (sources need not to be disclosed) within five days of request.
C. Written confirmation by the candidate of any oral consent within three business days.
D. Prior consent (oral or written) from the candidate to make the reference check.
F. Prior consent from the candidate to communicate the reference information to the
prospective employer. - Correct Answers -All of the above
Staffing firms, and not clients, have primary responsibility for keeping records reflection
hours worked by temporary employees. True or False? - Correct Answers -True
By limiting temporary workers assignments to no more than________, employers can
protect themselves from benefits liability - Correct Answers -There is no specific
assignment limit that will fully protect a client from benefits liability.
Staffing firms that classify workers as "independent contractors" expose
_____________ to liability for unpaid employment taxes. - Correct Answers -themselves
and possibly their clients
Select the statement that is true:
1. PEOs are generally recognized as the employer for unemployment insurance
purposes.
2. Unemployment rules for PEOs vary from state to state.
3. PEO clients are generally recognized as the employer for unemployment insurance
purposes. - Correct Answers -2. Unemployment rules for PEOs vary from state to state.
Under the affordable care act, which of the following statements best describes a "full
time employment."? - Correct Answers -An employee who works on average, 30 or
more hours per week or 130 hours per month.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963: - Correct Answers -prohibits employers from paying
unequal wages to men and women who perform jobs that require substantially equal
skill, effort and responsibility.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
An employee may qualify for subsidized health coverage from a public health insurance
exchange under which of the following circumstances?
A. The employer offers a minimum essential coverage plan but the plan does not
provide "minimum value"
B. The employees share of the premium for self-only coverage under the employers
plan exceeds a specified percentage of the employee wages.
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above - Correct Answers -C
Staffing agencies ________________ to protect the clients from workers compensation
tort liability through indemnification provisions in the contract. - Correct Answers -may
be able to
Under FMLA's Military caregiver leave, eligible employees who are the spouse, son,
daughter, parent or next of kin of a covered service member to take up to 26 weeks of
leave during a 12 month period to care for a service member who is undergoing medical
treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious illness or injury. True or False. -
Correct Answers -True
Under ADA, employers ______________ use a qualification test ( such as lifting a
certain number of pounds) to screen out candidates with a disability. - Correct Answers
-may not
Generally, when may a staffing firm be held responsible for sexual harassment
committed by its clients? - Correct Answers -If the staffing firm knows or should know of
the harassment.
While placing a job offer, your client indicates the position is exempt. What do you need
to consider to determine if the position should be classified as exempt? - Correct
Answers -The wage & the primary job duties.
, ABC staffing firm regularly contracts applicants' former employers as part of a routine
reference check, and then provides reference information to their clients. Under these
circumstances, which of the following is required to exclude the reference information
from being considered a consumer report?
A. Written notification to the candidate of the right to request the nature and substance
of any information in the candidates file at the time the information is requested.
B. Written disclosure to the candidate of the nature and substance of all information in
the file (sources need not to be disclosed) within five days of request.
C. Written confirmation by the candidate of any oral consent within three business days.
D. Prior consent (oral or written) from the candidate to make the reference check.
F. Prior consent from the candidate to communicate the reference information to the
prospective employer. - Correct Answers -All of the above
Staffing firms, and not clients, have primary responsibility for keeping records reflection
hours worked by temporary employees. True or False? - Correct Answers -True
By limiting temporary workers assignments to no more than________, employers can
protect themselves from benefits liability - Correct Answers -There is no specific
assignment limit that will fully protect a client from benefits liability.
Staffing firms that classify workers as "independent contractors" expose
_____________ to liability for unpaid employment taxes. - Correct Answers -themselves
and possibly their clients
Select the statement that is true:
1. PEOs are generally recognized as the employer for unemployment insurance
purposes.
2. Unemployment rules for PEOs vary from state to state.
3. PEO clients are generally recognized as the employer for unemployment insurance
purposes. - Correct Answers -2. Unemployment rules for PEOs vary from state to state.
Under the affordable care act, which of the following statements best describes a "full
time employment."? - Correct Answers -An employee who works on average, 30 or
more hours per week or 130 hours per month.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963: - Correct Answers -prohibits employers from paying
unequal wages to men and women who perform jobs that require substantially equal
skill, effort and responsibility.
