HRCI PHRca Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing union-based strikes. What term is assigned to a group of employees who are not directly affected by a group of striking employees, but they choose not to cross a picket line of strike?

ACommon situs picketing

BScabs

CSympathy strike

DWildcat strikes

Answer : C

Question 2

John earns $45,200 per year as a mechanic in your organization. The $42,500 per year does not include earnings John may have through shift differentials, benefits, overtime, incentives, and bonuses. Which one of the following terms best describes the $45,200 per year that John earns?

ABase pay

BMarket-demand pay

CHygiene factor pay

DVariable pay

Answer : A

Question 3

An employee with a bachelor's degree, an employee who speaks English as a second language, and an individual over the age of 40 are all examples of what?

AA diverse work group

BEffective knowledge management programs

CNon-discriminatory hiring practices

DProtected class groups

Answer : A

Answer option A is correct. Diversity simply means ''the differences among people.'' Although diversity encompasses protected-class characteristics (D) and can be a measure of non-discriminatory hiring practices (C), it represents the differences of all employee behaviors and classifications. Knowledge management programs (B) refer to the ability of the employer to retain and apply the collective knowledge of their workers to achieve strategic aims.

Chapter: Employee and Labor Relations

Objective: Review Questions

Question 4

As an HR Professional you must be familiar with the project management processes and the stakeholders of projects. All projects can map to the project management lifecycle. Which one of the following best describes the project management lifecycle?

AIt is the aggregation of the nine knowledge areas of project management: integration management, scope, schedule, costs, quality, human resources, communication, risk, and procurement.

BIt is the life of the management of the project -from initiation, planning, execution, controlling, through closing.

CIt is the life of a project to interact with all areas including scope, schedule, costs, quality, human resources, communication, risk, and procurement.

DIt is a unique life of each project -from its initiation through its closing.

Answer : B

Question 5

As an HR Professional you must be familiar with the strategic business management of your organization. Henry Fayol identified five functions of business management which still apply to businesses today. Which one of the following answers correctly identifies the five functions of a manager?

APrevoyance, to command, to execute, to close, and to control

BPrevoyance, to organize, to command, to coordinate, and to control

CTo plan, to organize, to control, to propose, and to close

DInitiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing

Answer : B

Question 6

The Taft-Hartley Act, also known as the Labor Management Relations Act, addressed unions and engaged in certain types of secondary boycotts. What is a secondary boycott?

AIt is an effort to convince others to stop doing business with a particular organization that is the subject of a primary boycott.

BIt is an effort to create more than one boycott on an organization, on two or more revenue streams.

CIt is two or more boycotts by two or more union-backed organizations against one company.

DIt is additional boycotts against companies that do business with a company which the union is boycotting.

Answer : A

Question 7

What is the compa-ratio for an employee that earns $75,000 per year, but the midpoint for the role is $85,000 per year?

A$10,000 difference

B1:88

C113 percent

D88 percent

Answer : D

HRCI Professional in Human Resources - California PHRca Exam Practice Test