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2024 APHR PRACTICE TEST EXAM WITH ANSWERS 100%
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2024 APHR PRACTICE TEST EXAMWITH ANSWERS 100%
The most common reason for failed overseas assignments is: - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Choosing people who have the technical skills needed to perform
the job, but who lack the necessary personality characteristics and family
support
A function of employee relations is: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Relocation and
outplacement services
Key Jobs: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Have relatively stable content and—perhaps
most important—are common to many organizations. Therefore, it is possible
to obtain market pay survey data on them
Nonkey Jobs: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Have relatively stable content and—
perhaps most important—are common to many organizations. Therefore, it is
possible to obtain market pay survey data on them
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): - CORRECT ANSWERS-Establishes
minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards
affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal,
State, and local governments.
Minimum wage: 7.25
Sustainable competitive advantage - CORRECT ANSWERS-When an
organization is able to perform an activity to a greater degree than its
competitors for an extended period of time
Performance Management duties - CORRECT ANSWERS-Preparation and
administration of appraisals
Discipline
Development of performance measures
The Workers' Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act: - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Organizations with more than 100 employees give 60 days' notice
before any closings or layoffs that will affect at least 50 full-time employees.
,Human Resource Professionals develop pay structures based on: - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Legal Requirements
Market Forces
Company Goals
Equity Theory: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Suggests that people evaluate the
fairness of their situations by comparing them with those of other people
Benchmarking: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Procedure in which an organization
compares its own practices against those of the competition
Rate Ranges: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Permits a company to recognize
differences in employee performance, seniority, training, and so forth in
setting individual pay
An organization has one HR staff person for every ____ employees - CORRECT
ANSWERS-100
Definition of Development - CORRECT ANSWERS-Is more long term in nature.
Often includes education in philosophical and theoretical concepts
Aimed at developing relationships, often for the purposes of improving
leadership skills
More general and non-tangible than specific
Definition of Training - CORRECT ANSWERS-Training is usually a short term
process.
Training usually requires guidance (or instruction) in a series of steps to gain
a skill, or set of predictable knowledge.
Often for non-leadership related activities.
Aimed at a specific task or job role.
Projections of the U.S. labor force - CORRECT ANSWERS-The growth in the
labor market of female and minority populations will exceed the growth of
white non-Hispanic persons
More women will be in the paid labor force than in the past and most will be
working full-time
, The U.S. labor force will be more diverse in racial and ethnic terms than in
the past
The largest number of openings due to growth and replacement needs
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics is: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Service
The use of employee empowerment has had what effect upon recruiting? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-It has shifted the focus away from technical skills to
general cognitive and interpersonal skills
Increasingly, HR professionals are being viewed as: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Strategic partners
The largest number of immigrants to the U.S. workforce will come from: -
CORRECT ANSWERS-North America (Mexico, Canada, Central America, the
Caribbean)
Dot-com companies offer a dynamic, exciting HR work environment for what
reasons? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Their small size give HR professionals the
ability to speak frequently and directly to the CEO
Because of their size and numerous HR needs, HR sees its decisions
implemented, quickly sees the impact on the business, and receives
personal recognition for successful actions
Because of the importance many HR practices play in a growing company,
HR professionals are actively involved in the strategic planning and decision-
making process
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from
discriminating against individuals based on: - CORRECT ANSWERS-sex, race,
color, national origin, and religion
Who does Title VII apply to? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Companies with at least
15 or more employees including federal, state, and local governments
The Americans with Disability Act covers individuals who: - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Have serious disabilities, such as epilepsy, blindness, or paralysis,
that affect their ability to perform major life activities such as walking,
learning and working
Have a history of disability, such as someone who has had cancer but is
currently in remission
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