Free PHRi: Professional in Human Resources - International Exam Questions and Answers

Which of the following is a measure of recruiting effectiveness in the long term?

• AA. Cost per applicant hired
• BB. Quantity of applicants
• CC. Average time required to recruit applicants
• DD. Turnover of hires

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, each office has focused on building both technical talent within its own site. Therefore, each location is 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. Which of the following factors does NOT play a factor in determining the global staffing approach in this scenario?

• AA. Global growth strategy of organization
• BB. Fairly locally responsive strategy by headquarters
• CC. Strategic plans identified by headquarters
• DD. Relative maturity of each global location

Which of the following is NOT a step in the Strategy Implementation stage of Strategic Planning?

• AA. Short-term organizational objectives are established
• BB. Actions plans are developed
• CC. Resource allocation
• DD. Long-term objectives are established and strategies defined

Your organization is likely to be purchased by a competitor. The Management has asked you, in confidence, to complete environmental scanning to determine the effects of the purchase on your organization's culture, customers, and employees. What is environmental scanning?

• AA. Environmental scanning is a review of the opportunities and threats that a condition may have on an organization.
• BB. Environmental scanning is the process of assessing the effects of an organization change on both macro and micro elements in an organization.
• CC. Environmental scanning is a review of the cultural achievability of a new project, organizational change, or market influence on at least three factors in an organization.
• DD. Environmental scanning is an internal review of an external catalyst.

Your organization has a no-solicitation rule in effect for all employees. How does this rule affect the internal organization of unions?

• AA. Unions can only solicit for members with the managements approval, when there's a no-solicitation rule in effect.
• BB. Unions cannot solicit for membership when there's a no-solicitation rule in an organization.
• CC. Unions can solicit for membership with the permission of more than 30 percent of the organization.
• DD. Unions are exempted from no-solicitation rules.

Which of the following clause protects the employee's job and compensation in the event of a reorganization, acquisition, or merger, for a specified period of time?

• AA. Termination clause
• BB. Change of control
• CC. Advice of counsel
• DD. Disability or death

You are an HR Professional for your organization. You and your supervisor are reviewing the EEO reporting requirements for your company to comply with the reports your firm should file. Which EEO Report is a survey, collected every other year on even calendar years?

• AA. EEO-4 Report
• BB. EEO-5 Report
• CC. EEO-3 Report
• DD. EEO-1 Report

Which of the following is NOT a significant benefit for employers to clearly communicate the direct and indirect compensation strategy to their employees?

• AA. Better understanding of equity in structure
• BB. Minimize confusion over issues such as vacation policy
• CC. Clear understanding of compensation and performance through performance appraisals
• DD. Understanding the amount of money employers pay to maintain health care benefits

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?

• AA. Management Rights
• BB. Bumping Right
• CC. Right of Way
• DD. Weingarten Right

As an HR Professional you must address risk in the work place. There are two general categories of risk: pure risk and business risk. Which one of the following is an example of pure risk?

• AA. Loss of investment
• BB. Loss of life or limb
• CC. Safety training for workers in construction
• DD. Fines and penalties for breaking regulations