HRCI SPHR HRCI Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

Which of the following Acts provides benefits to coal miners?

ABlack Lung Benefits Act

BFederal Employees Compensation Act

COccupational Safety and Health Act

DSarbanes-Oxley Act

Answer : A

Answer option A is correct.

Chapter: Risk Management

Objective: Risk Management

Question 2

How can an employer determine whether a job creates an ergonomic hazard for an employee?

AReview the MSDS.

BObserve the incumbent performing the job duties.

CReview and analyze the OSHA logs.

DReview and analyze the workers' compensation records.

Answer : B

Answer option B is correct.

Although a review and analysis of OSHA logs (C) or workers' compensation records (D) can be used to determine any injury patterns occurring in the workplace, observing the incumbent (B) performing the work is necessary to determine whether there is an ergonomic hazard in the job. An MSDS (A) describes chemical hazards unrelated to ergonomics.

Chapter: Risk Management

Objective: Review Questions

Question 3

Millie is an injured worker who has been back to work on modified duty for approximately 13 months. Which of the following return-to-work strategies would best help Millie get back to full duty?

APaying to have her evaluated by an independent medical examiner

BReasonably accommodating her into a more permanent position

CTerminating her employment as she is no longer qualified to do the work for which she was hired

DContinuing the modified duty assignment until she is released to full duty

Answer : A

Answer option A is correct.

An IME will allow Millie to be evaluated by an impartial third party. Modified duty is a short-term solution to be used when an injured worker is able to return to work but not to full duty (D). A reasonable accommodation strategy (B) may become necessary, but only after Millie's diagnosis and treatment plan is clearly understood. Terminating her employment (C) prior to identifying the extent of her qualifications and limitations is not advisable.

Chapter: Risk Management

Objective: Review Questions

Question 4

Which of the following addresses the way a physical environment is designed and how efficient and safe that design is for the people in that environment?

AErgonomics

BFair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

CDrug-Free Workplace Act

DMine Safety and Health Act (MSHA)

Answer : A

Answer option A is correct.

Chapter: Risk Management

Objective: Risk Assessment

Question 5

A key consideration for courts in cases involving workplace searches is which of the following?

AWhether the employee had a reasonable expectation of privacy

BWhether the employer had a policy regarding workplace searches

CHow the employer handled similar situations in the past

DThe specific laws of the state where the employer is conducting business

Answer : A

Answer option A is correct.

The courts will determine whether the employee had a reasonable expectation of privacy based on the employer policy (B), how situations have been handled in the past (C), and state-by-state regulations of employee privacy laws (D).

Chapter: Risk Management

Objective: Review Questions

Question 6

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is to the Occupational Safety and Health Act as the National Labor Relations Board is to which of the following?

AThe Norris-La Guardia Act

BThe National Labor Relations Act

CThe Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

DThe Labor-Management Relations Act

Answer : B

Answer option B is correct.

The NLRB was established by the NLRA to enforce provisions of the act related to conducting elections and preventing unfair labor practices. The LMRA, LMRDA and the Norris-La Guardia Act (D, C, A) are all examples of legislation influencing the application of unions in the workplace.

Chapter: Employee and Labor Relations

Objective: Review Questions

Question 7

''When the workplace is permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule and insult that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim's employment and create an abusive working environment, Title VII is violated.'' This is a statement made with regard to which of the following sexual-harassment court cases?

AHarris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.

BFaragher v. City of Boca Raton

CBurlington Industries v. Ellerth

DOncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services

Answer : A

Answer option A is correct.

Harris v. Forklift Systems Inc. was referenced in the case of same-sex harassment brought to the Supreme Court in Oncale v. Sundowner (D). Oncalehelped determine that gender is of little consequence when harassment meets the statutory requirements defined in Harris. Faragher v. City of Boca Raton (B) and Burlington Industries v. Ellerth (C) were also important cases aiding in interpreting the concept of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Chapter: Employee and Labor Relations

Objective: Review Questions

HRCI SPHR - Senior Professional in Human Resources HRCI Exam Practice Test