ASA Certified Staffing Professional
PRACTICE EXAM Study Guide (2023)
An employee may qualify for subsidized health coverage from a public health insurance exchange under
which of the following circumstances?
A. The employer offers a minimum essential coverage plan but the plan does not provide "minimum
value"
B. The employees share of the premium for self-only coverage under the employers plan exceeds a
specified percentage of the employee wages.
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔C
Staffing agencies ________________ to protect the clients from workers compensation tort liability
through indemnification provisions in the contract. - correct answer ✔✔may be able to
Under FMLA's Military caregiver leave, eligible employees who are the spouse, son, daughter, parent or
next of kin of a covered service member to take up to 26 weeks of leave during a 12 month period to
care for a service member who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious
illness or injury. True or False. - correct answer ✔✔True
Under ADA, employers ______________ use a qualification test ( such as lifting a certain number of
pounds) to screen out candidates with a disability. - correct answer ✔✔may not
Generally, when may a staffing firm be held responsible for sexual harassment committed by its clients? -
correct answer ✔✔If the staffing firm knows or should know of the harassment.
,While placing a job offer, your client indicates the position is exempt. What do you need to consider to
determine if the position should be classified as exempt? - correct answer ✔✔The wage & the primary
job duties.
ABC staffing firm regularly contracts applicants' former employers as part of a routine reference check,
and then provides reference information to their clients. Under these circumstances, which of the
following is required to exclude the reference information from being considered a consumer report?
A. Written notification to the candidate of the right to request the nature and substance of any
information in the candidates file at the time the information is requested.
B. Written disclosure to the candidate of the nature and substance of all information in the file (sources
need not to be disclosed) within five days of request.
C. Written confirmation by the candidate of any oral consent within three business days.
D. Prior consent (oral or written) from the candidate to make the reference check.
F. Prior consent from the candidate to communicate the reference information to the prospective
employer. - correct answer ✔✔All of the above
Staffing firms, and not clients, have primary responsibility for keeping records reflection hours worked by
temporary employees. True or False? - correct answer ✔✔True
By limiting temporary workers assignments to no more than________, employers can protect
themselves from benefits liability - correct answer ✔✔There is no specific assignment limit that will fully
protect a client from benefits liability.
Staffing firms that classify workers as "independent contractors" expose _____________ to liability for
unpaid employment taxes. - correct answer ✔✔themselves and possibly their clients
Select the statement that is true:
, 1. PEOs are generally recognized as the employer for unemployment insurance purposes.
2. Unemployment rules for PEOs vary from state to state.
3. PEO clients are generally recognized as the employer for unemployment insurance purposes. - correct
answer ✔✔2. Unemployment rules for PEOs vary from state to state.
Under the affordable care act, which of the following statements best describes a "full time
employment."? - correct answer ✔✔An employee who works on average, 30 or more hours per week or
130 hours per month.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963: - correct answer ✔✔prohibits employers from paying unequal wages to men
and women who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility.
ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) Section 414 applies to what? - correct answer
✔✔retirement plans & group life insurance.
If a staffing firm is required to have an affirmative action plan, temporary employees must be included in
the plan. True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
Temporary employees are not entitled to join unions. True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False
Which of the following statements is true regarding the "look-back" measurement period? - correct
answer ✔✔Employers can use the look-back method for new 'variable hour' employees.
The Microsoft case is a landmark co-employment case related to what? - correct answer ✔✔Benefit
plans
Staffing firms may terminate employees due to their union activities. True or False? - correct answer
✔✔False
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