IPMA-HR Everything Exam 1025 Questions And
Correct Answers 2024
-Filing requirements and limitations period
-Jurisdiction - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Requirements that must be met in order to properly file an
EEOC appeal
10 Most Common Mistakes Employers Make While Conducting Workplace
Investigations - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-failure to develop and disseminate effective complaint
mechanisms
2-ignoring complaints
3-failure to plan
4-lack of objectivity
5-allowing investigation to become a witch hunt
6-failure to conduct addl investigative work
7-failure to reach a conclusion
8-reaching legal conclusions
9-failure to draft a detailed report
10-failure to close out an investigation
1978 - CSRA - Civil Service Reform Act - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Built on the foundation of the
Pendleton Act and altered the framework of public HR management. Created OPM,
MSPB, FLRA, and Senior Executive Service.
2 Basic School of thought on How to Increase Employee Motivation - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-
need or content theories (hierarchy, ERG, learned needs)
-cognitive/process theories (expectancy, equity, goal setting, reinforcement, social
learning)
2 Basic Types of Sexual Harassment - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Quid Pro Quo
-Hostile Environment
2 Most Common Approaches to Discipline - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Positive and Progressive
,2 Primary Reasons for Genetic Screening - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-Make workers aware of
genetic problems, so medical treatments can begin
2-Terminate employees who may make extensive use of health insurance benefits
2 Steps for Succession Planning - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1 - Develop preliminary replacement
charts to ensure that the right individuals with sufficient capabilities and experience to
perform the targeted jobs are available at the right time;
2 - assessment of the capabilities and interest of current employees provides
information that can be placed into the preliminary replacement charts.
2 Theories of Motivation in a Compensation Design System -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Expectancy Theory
Equity Theory
2 Types of Arbitration - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Interest
-Contract
2 Types of Collective Bargaining - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1 - Positional Bargaining
2 - Interest Based Bargaining
2 Types of Elections - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-Representation
2-Decertification
2 Types of Mediation - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Facilitative and Evaluative
20% - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Average percentage that a learner retains one month after training
3 Acts that constitute the core of US Labor Law - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1 - Wagner Act
2 - Taft-Hartley Act
3 - Landrum-Griffin Act
3 Aspects of Graphic Rating Scale - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-descriptive categories (quantity of
work, attendance, dependability)
-job duties (taken from JD)
-behavioral dimensions (decision-making, employee development, communication
effectiveness)
3 Basic Assumptions for Variable Pay/Pay for Performance - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-Some
people contribute more to organizational success than do others; 2-some perform better
and are more productive than are others; 3-employees who perform better or contribute
more should receive greater compensation
,3 Basic Types of Evidence - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Direct
-Circumstantial
-Statistical
3 C's of Collective Bargaining - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Communication
Compromise
Conclusion
3 Categories of Collective Bargaining Issues - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Mandatory, Permissive,
Illegal
3 Components to Diversity Training - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-legal awareness
2-cultural awareness
3-sensitivity training
3 Elements of Organizational Justice - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Distributive, Interactional,
Procedural
3 Factors for Budgeting Benefits - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Census
Utilization
Trend
3 Major Considerations in Determining Essential Functions - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Percentage
of time spent on tasks
Frequency of tasks performed on the job
Importance of tasks performed
3 Rationales for hearing Employment At-Will Cases - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-public policy
exception
2-implied contract exception
3-good-faith and fair-dealing exception
3 Types of Medical Plans - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Indemnity Plan, aka Fee-For-Service Plan
which reimburses the patient or provider as expenses are incurred
-PPO which provides coverage to the enrollees through a network of doctors and
hospitals; enrollees may go outside the network, but incur higher costs
-HMO which also provides benefits but through a contracted network but no payment is
made for services outside the network and referral are necessary.
3 Ways which Employee's Freedom of Speech are Restricted - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-
Controversial Views
, 2-Whistle-Blowing
3-Internet and other communication-based technology
3-Pronged Test to determine if an individuals meets the definition of Disabled -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-has the mental or physical challenge that greatly reduces the ability to
perform important life functions
2-possesses a record of such a challenge
3-is thought to have such a challenge
4 Key Concepts that lead to Fair Treatment and Nondiscriminatory Employment
Decisions - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-Business Necessity
2-Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
3-Burden of Proof
4-Nonretaliatory Practices
4 Levels to Evaluate Training - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Reaction, Learning, Behaviors, Results
4 Reasons for Training - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-required or regular training
-job/technical training
-interpersonal and problem-solving training
-developmental and career training
4 Stages in Calculating Training Costs and Benefits - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-determine
training costs
2-identify potential savings results
3-compute potential savings
4-conduct costs and savings benefits comparisons
4 Stages of Contract Negotiations - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1 - Preparation and initial demands
2 - Negotiations
3 - Settlement or impasse
4 - Strikes and lockouts
4 Ways to Effectively Train Employees - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-Blend in-person training and
online training
2-Provide hands-on training
3-Incorporate mobile training apps
4-Allow employees to learn at their own pace
4 Ways to Measure Training Effectiveness - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1-Learner reaction
2-Measuring gain in knowledge or skill
3-Measuring increased performance back in the workplace
4-Impact on the organization itself
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