SHRM CP-LAWS & ACTS EXAM
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS ALL PASSED
Employee Polygraph Protection Act if 1988 - Correct Answer ✔✔ was designed to
protect individuals seeking employment from being required to submit polygraph tests.
This act does not apply to any government agency or federal contractor or
subcontractor with FBI, national defense, or national security contracts.
Worker Adjustment & Retraining Act - Correct Answer ✔✔ Also known as WARNA,
which was passed in 1988, is designed to ensure employees have an opportunity to
seek other employment before their employment is terminated as a part of a mass layoff
or plant closing.
Davis Bacon Act - Correct Answer ✔✔ is designed to prevent employees working in the
construction industry from receiving substandard wages.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ designed to prevent employees
from receiving substandard wages to prevent organization from employing children
except in very specific situations.
Portal-to-Portal Act - Correct Answer ✔✔ is an amendment to the FLSA, designed to
define the difference between compensable time and time that is not compensable.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Correct Answer ✔✔ was designed to protect investors from the
possibility of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations.
Griggs v. Duke Power Company established what? - Correct Answer ✔✔ the concept
now known as disparate or adverse impact.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ is a US labor law
that forbids employment discrimination against anyone at least 40 years of age in the
United States.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures - Correct Answer ✔✔ These
guidelines incorporate a single set of principles which are designed to assist employers,
labor organizations, employment agencies, and licensing and certification boards to
comply with requirements of Federal law prohibiting employment practices which
discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. They are
designed to provide a framework for determining the proper use of tests and other
selection procedures.
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS ALL PASSED
Employee Polygraph Protection Act if 1988 - Correct Answer ✔✔ was designed to
protect individuals seeking employment from being required to submit polygraph tests.
This act does not apply to any government agency or federal contractor or
subcontractor with FBI, national defense, or national security contracts.
Worker Adjustment & Retraining Act - Correct Answer ✔✔ Also known as WARNA,
which was passed in 1988, is designed to ensure employees have an opportunity to
seek other employment before their employment is terminated as a part of a mass layoff
or plant closing.
Davis Bacon Act - Correct Answer ✔✔ is designed to prevent employees working in the
construction industry from receiving substandard wages.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ designed to prevent employees
from receiving substandard wages to prevent organization from employing children
except in very specific situations.
Portal-to-Portal Act - Correct Answer ✔✔ is an amendment to the FLSA, designed to
define the difference between compensable time and time that is not compensable.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Correct Answer ✔✔ was designed to protect investors from the
possibility of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations.
Griggs v. Duke Power Company established what? - Correct Answer ✔✔ the concept
now known as disparate or adverse impact.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ is a US labor law
that forbids employment discrimination against anyone at least 40 years of age in the
United States.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures - Correct Answer ✔✔ These
guidelines incorporate a single set of principles which are designed to assist employers,
labor organizations, employment agencies, and licensing and certification boards to
comply with requirements of Federal law prohibiting employment practices which
discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. They are
designed to provide a framework for determining the proper use of tests and other
selection procedures.
