HRCI GPHR Global Professional in Human Resource HRCI Exam Practice Test

A company has selected a young Operations manager to start a factory operation in Malaysia over a three-year period. The assignment may extend another couple of years depending on the required transition. Which of the following programs is likely the MOST valuable to this international assignee while on assignment?

An organization is in the growth stage of the organizational life cycle. It has five locations, one in the U.S. (headquarters), two in Asia, one in South America, and one in Europe. The company has decided to utilize a geographic organizational structure. Although the foreign locations are relatively new, they are fully operational each running fairly independently. However, once a year the executive team from headquarters visits each office to meet with the managers at each site to discuss the coming fiscal year's strategic goals and objectives. According to Hannon's framework, which of the following human resource strategies BEST aligns with this type of organizational structure?

Let's assume you are a HR Manager at a high tech start-up company in its late stages with 3 rounds of funding. The firm's cash balance is $13 million, with a burn rate off $1 million/per month. It anticipates a break-even within 1 1/2 years, and there are no plans for acquisition or IPO within the next year. The company is an opto-electronics company, which is a highly specialized niche within the telecommunications industry. You are building out a team for Operations, which will be made up of experienced individuals from top competitor. What is the most appropriate compensation philosophy for this organization?

You are in the process of developing a global compensation structure. Which of the following factors dose NOT contribute to a balanced and consistent compensation strategy?

Let's assume you are training assemblers on how to use the production database to enter and track data on the status of work in process. In addition, in compliance with internal ISO 9001 procedures, you must evaluate the status of the training for the individual as (1) performs with close supervision, (2) performs with minimal supervision, (3) capable of supervising others, or (4) extended training.

Which of the following level of learning (as described by Bloom's taxonomy) would best describe an individual who ''performs with minimal supervision''?

A company is in the process of defining its global competency model. One of the competencies that have come into question is the ability to build consensus as a key attribute todefine a successful global leader. The reason it has come into question is that in some countries, like Japan, it is a sign of weakness for leaders to build consensus around all decisions made. This scenario is an example of which of the following types of tensions common in global expansion?

According to the McKinsey 7-S framework, which of the following is identified as a hard S?