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PHR Professional in Human Resources practice test

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Question 1 Employment law and compliance

Question 1: Employment law and compliance

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on which of the following protected characteristics?

Question 2 Recruitment and selection

Question 2: Recruitment and selection

A structured interview improves the validity of the selection process primarily because it does which of the following?

Question 3 Compensation and benefits

Question 3: Compensation and benefits

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a nonexempt employee who works more than 40 hours in a workweek must generally be paid overtime at what rate?

Question 4 Employee relations

Question 4: Employee relations

A progressive discipline policy is designed primarily to do which of the following?

Question 5 Training and development

Question 5: Training and development

The Kirkpatrick model evaluates training programs at four levels. The first level, reaction, measures which of the following?

Question 6 Compliance and leave laws

Question 6: Compliance and leave laws

Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, an eligible employee of a covered employer is generally entitled to how much unpaid leave for a qualifying reason in a 12-month period?

Question 7 Job analysis

Question 7: Job analysis

A job description and a job specification are both products of job analysis. A job specification specifically describes which of the following?

Question 8 HR operations and metrics

Question 8: HR operations and metrics

An organization had 200 employees at the start of the year and 30 employees left during the year. Assuming an average headcount of 200, what is the annual employee turnover rate?

Question 9 Workplace safety

Question 9: Workplace safety

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, employers have a general duty to do which of the following?

Question 10 Performance management

Question 10: Performance management

A performance appraisal error in which a rater allows one outstanding trait of an employee to positively influence the rating of all other unrelated traits is known as which of the following?

Question 11 Equal employment opportunity

Question 11: Equal employment opportunity

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer to provide a reasonable accommodation to a qualified individual with a disability unless doing so would result in which of the following?

Question 12 Recruitment strategy

Question 12: Recruitment strategy

An organization that fills an open position by promoting or transferring an existing employee is using which recruitment source?

Question 13 Compensation structures

Question 13: Compensation structures

A pay structure feature in which jobs of similar value are grouped together and assigned a common pay range is known as which of the following?

Question 14 Employee engagement

Question 14: Employee engagement

An employee engagement survey is most useful when the organization does which of the following with the results?

Question 15 Labor relations

Question 15: Labor relations

The National Labor Relations Act guarantees most private-sector employees the right to do which of the following?

Question 16 HR strategy

Question 16: HR strategy

Workforce planning is best described as the process of doing which of the following?

Question 17 Onboarding

Question 17: Onboarding

An effective new-hire onboarding program primarily aims to do which of the following?

Question 18 Compliance and recordkeeping

Question 18: Compliance and recordkeeping

Form I-9 is used by employers to verify which of the following for new employees?

Question 19 Total rewards

Question 19: Total rewards

Which of the following is generally classified as an indirect form of compensation rather than direct pay?

Question 20 Harassment prevention

Question 20: Harassment prevention

When an HR professional receives a complaint of workplace harassment, the most appropriate first step is to do which of the following?

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