IPMA- HR- COMPREHENSIVE MODULES 1- 8 (ACTUAL
2025/2026) QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
In the U.S., Japan, German, France and other countries,
__________is/are placing significant financial pressures on
government-provided retirement security plans.
a. A baby boom
b. An aging population
c. Increasing standards for quality-of-live in old age
d. The trend for retires to retire at earlier ages, while they are
still healthy - ----Answers_-----b. An aging population
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides that:
a. Employees must be able to return to their former job
following the leave
b. The FMLA leave clock begins after all vacation and personal
days have been used
c. The leave must be taken as one 12-week block
d. Health benefits must be continued during the leave at the
same level and conditions - ----Answers_-----d. Health
benefits must be continued during the leave at the same level
and conditions
The purpose of a flexible benefits plan is to:
a. Allow employees to contribute pretax dollars to buy
additional benefits
,b. Continuously update benefits options as employee needs
and desires change
c. Employers are well prepared to make decisions about how
to spend their health care dollar
d. Employees use these funds for preventive health care thus
lowering the overall insurance costs for the employer - ----
Answers_-----d. Employees use these funds for preventive
health care thus lowering the overall insurance costs for the
employer.
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Anti-discrimination laws require that part-time employees
must receive benefits if the organization offers full time
employees benefits
b. Employers are required to provide part-time employees
government-mandated benefits, but other benefits are
voluntary for the employer
c. Part-time employees are typically not interested in benefits
because they are usually covered by a spouse's or parents'
insurance policies
d. Most employers provide part-time employees pro-rated
medical benefits, but no time-off benefits because these
employees already work a reduced schedule - ----Answers_-
----b. Employers are required to provide part-time employees
government-mandated benefits, but other benefits are
voluntary for the employer
,The two major groups of workers who have contributed the
most to the high cost of health benefits are uninsured workers
and:
a. Women of childbearing age
b. Employees with chronic disease
c. Retirees
d. Employees with unhealthy lifestyles - ----Answers_-----c.
Retirees
You are asked to advise your organization on how to use HR
technology to make benefits administration less expensive.
The present HR system is entirely paper based. Your research
shows that the greatest use of technology by other companies
is in:
a. Web-based benefits enrollment
b. Conducting employee services
c. Monitoring usage of health benefits
d. Calculating and monitoring paid-time off - ----Answers_---
--a. Web-based benefits enrollment
A union shop requires:
a. That an employee joins the union, usually 30 to 60 days after
being hired
b. Employees who refuse to join the union to pay equivalent
amounts equal to union dues and fees for the union's
representative services
c. Individuals to join the union before they can be hired
, d. Non-union employees to be excluded from the protection of
the union contract - ----Answers_-----a. That an employee
joins the union, usually 30 to 60 days after being hired
All of the following are reasons for the decline in union
membership in the U.S. EXCEPT:
a. The shrinking of the industrial sector
b. The shift of low paying U.S. jobs to other countries
c. The increasing proportion of white-collar workers in the
economy
d. Unions lack success in passing worker-friendly legislation -
----Answers_-----d. Unions lack success in passing worker-
friendly legislation
An employee of a unionized organization who is elected to
serve as the first-line representative of unionized workers is:
a. Union organizer
b. Member representative
c. Union steward
d. Business - ----Answers_-----c. Union steward
As a result of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978:
a. Federal contractors cannot hire replacement workers
during a strike
b. Pension funds of federal unions are guaranteed by
government
2025/2026) QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
In the U.S., Japan, German, France and other countries,
__________is/are placing significant financial pressures on
government-provided retirement security plans.
a. A baby boom
b. An aging population
c. Increasing standards for quality-of-live in old age
d. The trend for retires to retire at earlier ages, while they are
still healthy - ----Answers_-----b. An aging population
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides that:
a. Employees must be able to return to their former job
following the leave
b. The FMLA leave clock begins after all vacation and personal
days have been used
c. The leave must be taken as one 12-week block
d. Health benefits must be continued during the leave at the
same level and conditions - ----Answers_-----d. Health
benefits must be continued during the leave at the same level
and conditions
The purpose of a flexible benefits plan is to:
a. Allow employees to contribute pretax dollars to buy
additional benefits
,b. Continuously update benefits options as employee needs
and desires change
c. Employers are well prepared to make decisions about how
to spend their health care dollar
d. Employees use these funds for preventive health care thus
lowering the overall insurance costs for the employer - ----
Answers_-----d. Employees use these funds for preventive
health care thus lowering the overall insurance costs for the
employer.
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Anti-discrimination laws require that part-time employees
must receive benefits if the organization offers full time
employees benefits
b. Employers are required to provide part-time employees
government-mandated benefits, but other benefits are
voluntary for the employer
c. Part-time employees are typically not interested in benefits
because they are usually covered by a spouse's or parents'
insurance policies
d. Most employers provide part-time employees pro-rated
medical benefits, but no time-off benefits because these
employees already work a reduced schedule - ----Answers_-
----b. Employers are required to provide part-time employees
government-mandated benefits, but other benefits are
voluntary for the employer
,The two major groups of workers who have contributed the
most to the high cost of health benefits are uninsured workers
and:
a. Women of childbearing age
b. Employees with chronic disease
c. Retirees
d. Employees with unhealthy lifestyles - ----Answers_-----c.
Retirees
You are asked to advise your organization on how to use HR
technology to make benefits administration less expensive.
The present HR system is entirely paper based. Your research
shows that the greatest use of technology by other companies
is in:
a. Web-based benefits enrollment
b. Conducting employee services
c. Monitoring usage of health benefits
d. Calculating and monitoring paid-time off - ----Answers_---
--a. Web-based benefits enrollment
A union shop requires:
a. That an employee joins the union, usually 30 to 60 days after
being hired
b. Employees who refuse to join the union to pay equivalent
amounts equal to union dues and fees for the union's
representative services
c. Individuals to join the union before they can be hired
, d. Non-union employees to be excluded from the protection of
the union contract - ----Answers_-----a. That an employee
joins the union, usually 30 to 60 days after being hired
All of the following are reasons for the decline in union
membership in the U.S. EXCEPT:
a. The shrinking of the industrial sector
b. The shift of low paying U.S. jobs to other countries
c. The increasing proportion of white-collar workers in the
economy
d. Unions lack success in passing worker-friendly legislation -
----Answers_-----d. Unions lack success in passing worker-
friendly legislation
An employee of a unionized organization who is elected to
serve as the first-line representative of unionized workers is:
a. Union organizer
b. Member representative
c. Union steward
d. Business - ----Answers_-----c. Union steward
As a result of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978:
a. Federal contractors cannot hire replacement workers
during a strike
b. Pension funds of federal unions are guaranteed by
government
