SHRM CERTIFICATION Key Revision Questions and Correct Answers 2024

What kind of culture includes intangibles like beliefs, attitudes, and values? - Implicit What should be considered prior to terminating a long-term employee who has been previously successful? - Transfer What is the primary reason to develop workforce diversity programs? - Increase productivity What are the five compensable factors? - SEWRS (supervision, effort, working conditions, responsibility, skills) What financial benefit does an employer reap in providing incentive pay rather than an increase in base pay? - Does not add to the salary burden What are work stoppages that are neither sanctioned nor stimulated by a union? - Wildcat What concept holds that an organization operates within a complex environment affected by and affecting different interests? - Stakeholder theory What principle provides that employees should be treated fairly, given clear expectations, and provided an opportunity to defend themselves for a dischargeable offense? - Due process The evaluation level of learning marks changes in what? - Knowledge What time period(s)' needs are addressed in an organizational needs assessment? - Present and future What strategy primarily emphasizes the organization's needs when considering an employee's career path? - Career management What budgeting method categorizes according to enterprise activities as opposed to standard departments? - Activity-based What is the role of HR when conducting an investigatory interview? - Risk manager for the organization What branding proposition answers the question why a talented person would want to work here? - EVP (Employee Value Proposition) What should be HR's relationship with the corporate attorney? - Proactive and reactive This good type of conflict means team members argue about how work should be done and how to best measure success. - Task A change in who reports to who in an organization is an example of this kind of OD strategy. - Structural