HRCI PHR - Professional in Human Resources Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

Mathematical forecasting is also known as quantitative forecasting. Which one of the following statements best describes mathematical forecasting techniques?



Answer : D

Mathematical forecasting subscribes to the belief that the best predictor of future performance is past performance. This is related to human resources through behavior-based interviews.

Answer options C, B, and A are incorrect. These are not good definitions of mathematical forecasting.


Question 2

Mike is the HR Professional for his organization and he's documenting the relationship of contractors and employees in the organization. Mike is focusing on the control aspects as provided by the Internal Revenue Service. What aspect of the contractor control aspect is best described as how the business pays the worker?



Answer : D

How the organization pays the worker is defined as a financial control for the individual. This affects the decision and determination that the person may be an employee and not a contractor.

Answer option A is incorrect. Behavioral control defines who does the work, who controls the work, who directs the work, and how each action is done.

Answer option C is incorrect. The type of relationship should be defined in the written contract, assuming one exists, between the person and the organization.

Answer option B is incorrect. There is not a control aspect called 'contractual relationship' as provided by the IRS so this choice is not valid.


Question 3

Pauline is a HR Professional for her organization and she's meeting with the sales manager Jim. Jim wants to know if Randy, one of his sales people, is considered exempt or not because he's doing outside sales. Pauline tells Jim that there are just two qualifiers for Randy to be considered exempt in his role as an outside salesperson. The first is that Randy's primary duty must be making sales. What is the other consideration?



Answer : C

Randy must primarily do sales outside of the employer's place of business to be considered an exempt employee.

Answer option D is incorrect. The amount Randy earns doesn't directly affect his role as an exempt sales person.

Answer option A is incorrect. Randy doesn't have to earn all of his income from commission.

Answer option B is incorrect. Randy doesn't need a contract to do sales.


Question 4

Fred is a union employee who has been summoned by the management to an investigatory hearing regarding his conduct. Fred would like to have a union representative with him at the meeting. What is the name of the right that allows Fred to have a union representative with him at the meeting?



Answer : D

The Weingarten Right is a right based on the US Supreme Court case NLRB v. Weingarten in 1975. This case establishes the right of a union member employee to have a union representative present at investigatory meetings with management.

Answer option B is incorrect. The bumping right is the right of a senior employee whose position may be eliminated, and who opts to take the position of a less senior employee instead of losing the employment altogether.

The less senior employee is 'bump' out of employment by the senior employee.

Answer option C is incorrect. Right of way is not a valid term for this scenario.

Answer option A is incorrect. Management rights describe the ability of management to manage their organization the way they see fit unless the management approach contradicts a union labor contract.


Question 5

Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination and it is illegal in the US based on what law?



Answer : A

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Answer option D is incorrect. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1958, also known as the Equal Pay Act, prohibits sex-based wage discrimination.

Answer option C is incorrect. ADEA of 1967 prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of age (40 years or older).

Answer option B is incorrect. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act of 2008 make important changes to the definition of the term 'disability' by rejecting the holdings in several Supreme Court decisions and portions of EEOC's ADA regulations.


Question 6

There are four components of the HR Impact Model, which affect how a HR Professional may operate within a given environment. Which one of the following is NOT a component of the HR Impact Model?



Answer : B

Client is not one of the four components of the HR Impact Model. The four components are catalyst, consultation, policies and procedures, and programs and processes. Answer options C, A, and D are incorrect. Catalyst, consultation and programs and processes are the components of the HR Impact Model.


Question 7

As an HR Professional you must recognize, and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affects your performance as an HR Professional. Which one of the following acts used the terminology "work now, grieve later" to describe the urgency of performing work?



Answer : C

The Railway Labor Act was a critical win for the management, in that it helped keep trains, and later airlines, from striking - to disrupt travel of citizens. The act was created to keep the trains moving - with a few exceptions, such as safety.

Answer option A is incorrect. The Clayton Act clarified language in the Sherman Antitrust Act, and deemed labor unions and agricultural unions exempt from the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Answer option D is incorrect. The National Industrial Recovery Act guaranteed laborers the right to organize and bargain collectively.

Answer option B is incorrect. The National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, guaranteed the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organization, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choice.


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