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SHRM Exam: Learning and Development
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SHRM Exam: Learning and Development
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1. Employment interviews and written tests are considered to be what?
2. HR manager Sue makes sure that her HR staff has access to leading best practices and theories. What key element of Sue’s leadership is she demonstrating according to Kouzes and Posner?
3. Why are written job descriptions a good strategic tool?
4. A home appliance manufacturer guarantees its installers a base wage plus an extra $25 for each job completed to specifications. The employer is using a:
5. Which of the following is a common action taken in the United States to lower budgets that would most likely violate compensation laws in other countries?
6. You have been asked to develop a 5-year budget for the HR function. In what way would the existence of the organization’s strategic plan be of help to you in the development of the multiyear budget?
7. If a leave under FMLA can be reasonably anticipated, how much notice must the employee give the employer?
8. The Equal Pay Act prohibits wage discrimination on the basis of what?
9. Which is considered to be an HR strategic task in an organization?
10. The key benefit to developing long-term goals is:
11. Since 1978 the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures have required that many employers do what?
12. An employee elects a $500 annual deferment in his Section 125 Flexible Benefits Plan. His employer pays an FSA claim for $500 in March. In April, the employee terminates his employment after deferring only $290 to his plan. What happens in this situation?
13. Which of the following laws does not directly relate to a company’s compensation or benefits programs?
14. Which is considered to be an HR strategic task in an organization?
15. Which of the following is not a pay differential?
16. Training for job selection interviewers is:
17. What is an employment brand?
18. Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory is based on which two categories of needs?
19. Reviewing applicant résumés to determine who meets the minimum qualifications for a job opening is:
20. What are the two primary dimensions of behavioral situational theories of leadership?
21. HR manager Sue makes sure that her HR staff has access to leading best practices and theories. What key element of Sue’s leadership is she demonstrating according to Kouzes and Posner?
22. What is an employment brand?
23. Why should a job offer always be in writing?
24. Why is it important to measure turnover, retention rate, and reasons why people leave the payroll?
25. Employment interviews and written tests are considered to be what?