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SPHR Questions - Part 39
1. What term is used to describe the values, worth, work ethics, attitude, and collective sense of an identity in an organization?
A) Organizational persona
B) Organizational politics
C) Organizational branding
D) Organizational culture
2. You are the HR Professional for your organization. You have just hired a new employee for your company. What form are you and the newly hired employee required to complete to show the employee's identity and eligibility to work in the United States?
A) IRCA-00
B) I-9
C) 1099
D) IRCA-86
3. enterprise. In HR, what is the first action you must do to participate in enterprise risk management?
A) Determine your responsibilities as the risk owner.
B) Identify the risk events.
C) Identify the effects of the risk events.
D) Mitigate the risk events.
4. You are a 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 report is collected on odd-number of years from state and local governments?
A) EEO-3 Report
B) EEO-4 Report
C) EEO-5 report
D) EEO-1 Report
5. An organization is considering services it can successfully provide to its customers. One of the services, however, is deemed to be difficult to offer with a high degree of certainty of success. The organization has decided not to offer the service because of the risk in offering the service, and failing. What risk response is used in this scenario?
A) Sharing
B) Transference
C) Mitigation
D) Avoidance
A) Organizational persona
B) Organizational politics
C) Organizational branding
D) Organizational culture
2. You are the HR Professional for your organization. You have just hired a new employee for your company. What form are you and the newly hired employee required to complete to show the employee's identity and eligibility to work in the United States?
A) IRCA-00
B) I-9
C) 1099
D) IRCA-86
3. enterprise. In HR, what is the first action you must do to participate in enterprise risk management?
A) Determine your responsibilities as the risk owner.
B) Identify the risk events.
C) Identify the effects of the risk events.
D) Mitigate the risk events.
4. You are a 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 report is collected on odd-number of years from state and local governments?
A) EEO-3 Report
B) EEO-4 Report
C) EEO-5 report
D) EEO-1 Report
5. An organization is considering services it can successfully provide to its customers. One of the services, however, is deemed to be difficult to offer with a high degree of certainty of success. The organization has decided not to offer the service because of the risk in offering the service, and failing. What risk response is used in this scenario?
A) Sharing
B) Transference
C) Mitigation
D) Avoidance
1. Right Answer: D
Explanation: Answer option D is correct.The characteristics of an organization's culture are defined by its collective identity, worth, work ethics, and other characteristics.Answer option B is incorrect. Politics describe the internal politics that are often known, but not documented within an organization.Answer option C is incorrect. Branding describes the name, logo, colors, and feel of an identity.Answer option A is incorrect. Organization persona isn't a valid term for organizational development.Reference: Professional in Human Resources Certification Guide, Sybex, ISBN: 978-0-470-43096-5. Chapter 5: Human Resource Development. Official PHR andSPHR Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Human Resource DevelopmentObjective: Organization Development
2. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Answer option B is correct.The I-9 form is a requirement of the Immigration and Control Act of 1986. It must be completed within three days of hiring the employee. Some parts are completed by the newly hired candidate and the other parts are completed by the HR Professional.Answer options C, A, and D are incorrect. These are not valid forms for the Immigration and Control Act of 1986.Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149, Section III, The US HR Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Workforce Planning and EmploymentObjective: Organization Exit/Off-Boarding Processes
3. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Answer option B is correct.The first step for the HR professional in enterprise risk management is to identify the risk events.Answer option C is incorrect. The effects of the risk events will happen as part of quantitative risk analysis, but you must first identify the risk events.Answer option D is incorrect. Risk mitigation aims to lower the probability and/or impact of the risk events, but you must first identify the risk events.Answer option A is incorrect. Risk responsibilities will be determined as part of the risk response planning, but the risks must first be identified.Reference: Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide, Sybex, ISBN: 978-0-470-43096-5. Chapter Four: Workforce Planning and Employment.Chapter: Business Management and StrategyObjective: Strategic Management
4. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Answer option B is correct.The EEO-4 Report, formally known as the state and local government report, is collected on odd years.Answer option D is incorrect. The EEO-1 Report is collected yearly for firms with 100 or more employees. It reports the race, ethnicity, gender, and job distribution of the organization.Answer option A is incorrect. EEO-3 Report, formally known as the Local Union Report, is collected on even years.Answer option C is incorrect. This report, formally known as the Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report, is collected by the EEOC, the Office for CivilRights, and the national Center for Education Statistics of the Department of Education. It is collected on even-number of years for school districts with 100 or more employees.Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149, Section III, The US HR Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Workforce Planning and EmploymentObjective: Federal Employment Legislation
5. Right Answer: D
Explanation: Answer option D is correct.This is an example of the avoidance risk response. Avoidance are preventive actions, workarounds, and decisions to avoid a negative risk event.Answer option B is incorrect. Transference is a risk response that transfers the risk to a third party - usually for a fee.Answer option C is incorrect. Mitigation is a risk response to reduce the probability and/or impact of a negative risk event.Answer option A is incorrect. Sharing is a risk response that shares a positive risk event with another party.Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US HR Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Risk Management -Objective: Risk Management
Explanation: Answer option D is correct.The characteristics of an organization's culture are defined by its collective identity, worth, work ethics, and other characteristics.Answer option B is incorrect. Politics describe the internal politics that are often known, but not documented within an organization.Answer option C is incorrect. Branding describes the name, logo, colors, and feel of an identity.Answer option A is incorrect. Organization persona isn't a valid term for organizational development.Reference: Professional in Human Resources Certification Guide, Sybex, ISBN: 978-0-470-43096-5. Chapter 5: Human Resource Development. Official PHR andSPHR Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Human Resource DevelopmentObjective: Organization Development
2. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Answer option B is correct.The I-9 form is a requirement of the Immigration and Control Act of 1986. It must be completed within three days of hiring the employee. Some parts are completed by the newly hired candidate and the other parts are completed by the HR Professional.Answer options C, A, and D are incorrect. These are not valid forms for the Immigration and Control Act of 1986.Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149, Section III, The US HR Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Workforce Planning and EmploymentObjective: Organization Exit/Off-Boarding Processes
3. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Answer option B is correct.The first step for the HR professional in enterprise risk management is to identify the risk events.Answer option C is incorrect. The effects of the risk events will happen as part of quantitative risk analysis, but you must first identify the risk events.Answer option D is incorrect. Risk mitigation aims to lower the probability and/or impact of the risk events, but you must first identify the risk events.Answer option A is incorrect. Risk responsibilities will be determined as part of the risk response planning, but the risks must first be identified.Reference: Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide, Sybex, ISBN: 978-0-470-43096-5. Chapter Four: Workforce Planning and Employment.Chapter: Business Management and StrategyObjective: Strategic Management
4. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Answer option B is correct.The EEO-4 Report, formally known as the state and local government report, is collected on odd years.Answer option D is incorrect. The EEO-1 Report is collected yearly for firms with 100 or more employees. It reports the race, ethnicity, gender, and job distribution of the organization.Answer option A is incorrect. EEO-3 Report, formally known as the Local Union Report, is collected on even years.Answer option C is incorrect. This report, formally known as the Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report, is collected by the EEOC, the Office for CivilRights, and the national Center for Education Statistics of the Department of Education. It is collected on even-number of years for school districts with 100 or more employees.Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149, Section III, The US HR Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Workforce Planning and EmploymentObjective: Federal Employment Legislation
5. Right Answer: D
Explanation: Answer option D is correct.This is an example of the avoidance risk response. Avoidance are preventive actions, workarounds, and decisions to avoid a negative risk event.Answer option B is incorrect. Transference is a risk response that transfers the risk to a third party - usually for a fee.Answer option C is incorrect. Mitigation is a risk response to reduce the probability and/or impact of a negative risk event.Answer option A is incorrect. Sharing is a risk response that shares a positive risk event with another party.Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US HR Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Risk Management -Objective: Risk Management
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