1. What type of analysis in an Affirmative Action Plan would create an organizational chart that includes information about incumbents' race, gender, and wages?

2. Management and human resource professionals must be aware of unlawful interference with union activities. One such method to remember what employers may do is called the TIPS approach. What does TIPS mean?

3. Your organization has decided to close one of the manufacturing plants, where it employs 250 employees. The closing is not a reflection of the employee's performance, but due to poor sales of the equipment the plant produces. What is the employer required to do for the employees in light of the plant closing?

4. An organization has over 5,000 employees and a union has been trying to persuade the employees to join their union. Before the employees can vote in a union election, what percentage of the employee population must sign an authorization card for the union?

5. What is an Excelsior list?

6. Your company is going through a corporate restructuring process. Which of the following best describes corporate restructuring?

7. Which of the following methods of quantitative analysis would be most effective for an organization with data that is out of date?

8. What term describes a manager who makes himself visible, being present for employees, and getting out of his office to interact with employees?

9. During an interview test John scored highly as being an individual who possesses empathy for others. John has been awarded the job and is now performing in the organization. Evidence since John's hiring has shown that John is indeed someone who is empathetic to others. This is an example of what type of validity?

10. As an HR Professional you must be familiar with particular labor-based acts of congress. One such act is the Taft-Hartley Act which addressed right-to-work states and unions. What does right-to-work states mean for unions and employees?

11. Which of the following requires employers to pay social security tax for employees and to withhold the tax amount from employee paychecks?

12. As an SPHR, you are to participate in enterprise risk management. Risk is an uncertain event or condition that may have a positive or negative effect on the enterprise. In HR, what is the first action you must do to participate in enterprise risk management?

13. Which of the following is NOT a types of partnership arrangements?

14. E-Verify is a system-wide approach to helping employers comply with post-hire documentation regulations. Recertifying (D) and requesting updated documents (B) may be appropriate on a case-by-case basis but neither is a long-term solution to the problem. Which of the following is not required by IRCA? "

15. Henry is the Senior HR Professional for his organization which manufactures automobile parts. His organization has plants throughout the US. Management has informed Henry that a plant in Alabama will be closing. 650 jobs will be eliminated as a result. How many days is Henry's organization required to give notice before the plant may close?

16. Your organization uses ADDIE for developing new seminars and training. During the design of the course, you need to follow four distinct steps to create a good training design. Which of the following is NOT one of the four steps of design?

17. Project managers must balance and control five factors in every project: time, cost, quality, scope, and what other factor?\

18. What is the purpose of an HR budget?

19. Which of the following provides incentives to sales employees by paying them a percentage of the sale price for products and services sold to a customer?

20. Which of the following refers to salaries that are below the minimum of the salary range?

21. Which of the following is another term for a profit and loss statement?

22. As a Senior HR Professional, you should be familiar with non-monetary rewards that your company provides for its employees. Which of the following is an example of non-monetary reward?

23. Lee is a worker in a facility that offers a ten percent shift premium. Lee's hourly rate for the day shift is $12, but he's volunteered to work the next month on the swing shift. What will Lee's hourly rate be for the next month?

24. Robert is the HR Professional for his organization and he's preparing for several interviews with candidates for an open position in his company. Several interviewers will participate in the interview process and Robert is meeting with all interviewers to discuss the process. Robert wants to define and document the interview process for all interviewers to abide by the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures. What is the purpose of the meeting and the documentation of the interview process?

25. Which of the following is illegal except in the construction industry?