PHRi Professional in Human Resources - International Question and Answers

Which of the following is NOT a potential difference in benefits practices that Human Resources should evaluate when developing a global compensation and benefits strategy?

A Product Manager has been identified to travel 2 weeks every month to the Asia Engineering office on extended business travel for an eight-month period. The other 2 weeks of the month, she works at the U.S. Based headquarters. Which of the following training programs is the MOST critical to ensure success on the job ?

Which of the following statements describes a false positive in the selection process?

Which one of the following best describes Progressive discipline?

John's organization has collected several applications for an employment position within his organization. The data collected from these applications must be kept secure and private, especially in light of the Privacy Act of what year?

Individuals have various styles of learning. Which of the following types of learners is best suited for lectures?

OSHA may inspect a workplace at any time. The purpose of these inspections is to maintain safety for all workers. OSHA has established five priorities for workplace inspections. Which one of the following statements is the correct order of most important OSHA priorities to least important OSHA priorities?

Which of the following factors is NOT a significant variable in how an individual may re-adjust after returning home ?

You are a HR Professional for your organization. You have presented an idea to your staff. The staff members then discuss their ideas based on your presentation. All of the ideas are recorded and collectively ranked from most important to least important (or some other ordinal scale). Through this process a selection or forecast can be made for the organization. What forecasting technique have you used in this scenario?

According to Black and Mendenhall, which of the following factors is NOT a function of the individual that determines the degree of adjustment required in order to adapt to a new environment?

Which of the following decribes an employee’s motivational potential, according to the job characteristics mode?

What are the 4P’s in Marketing?

You are preparing an on-assignment checklist for an individual going on an international assignment. Which of the following items is the LEAST important to pursue ?

Which of the following is the least important factor to consider when evalusting a third-party contractor to outsource benefits administrstion?

Which of the following are types of training evaluation? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

Mark is an HR Professional for his organization and he has been given the assignment to create an Affirmative Action Plan for his company. Mark will also be considered to be designated the responsibility for this Affirmative Action Plan. What does the designation of responsibility mean?

Mark is a HR Professional for his organization and he has been given the assignment to create an Affirmative Action Plan for his company. As Mark creates this document, which one of the following is not required to be in the Affirmative Action Plan?

As an HR Professional you must recognize and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affect your performance as an HR Professional. What term describes the illegal agreement of the management to give an individual a job, as long as the person does not join or be involved with a labor union?

An oraganization is in the growth stage of the oraganizational life cycle. If 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 oranizational structure. Although the foreign locations are relatively new, each office has focused on building both technical talent within is own site. Therefore , each location is fully operational each running fairly independently. However, once a year the executive team form 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?

A U.S. Based manufacturing company has decided to expand overseas to South Korea. Which of the following is an example of environmental scanning ?

Which of the following selection methods is an effective tool to determine the psychological readiness of an individual for an international assignment ?

Which of the following is NOT A measurement technique that measures the effectiveness of an internal process?

Stress is often a significant issue in workplaces. Author Ravi Tangri asserts that stress costs organizations up to $300 billion per year. Which one of the following stresses is the largest contributor to organizational cost of waste?

Which of the following criteria is NOT a factor in determining the level of control of a non-U.S. corporation?

You are a HR Professional for your organization and you're preparing your team for a series of interviews. You want the team to be familiar with the validity types you'll use and encourage in the series of interviews. One of the requirements for the open position is that the candidates are fluent in both English and Spanish. This is based on the high performers among current employees that have this trait. This is an example of what type of validity?

Which of the following functions does a job description NOT serve?

A union is performing a jurisdictional strike in front of a construction site. What is a jurisdictional strike?

The JHG Company has used discriminatory hiring practices in the past but they adjusted their practices and are following federal laws now to ensure that fair hiring practices are met. However, the JHG Company has an employee referral program as a primary source to recruit new employees. What danger may the JHG Company be exposed to in this scenario?

Which of the following is a shared characteristic of all four levels of learning, as identified by Kirkpatrick?

As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing unions and management in the bargaining process. There are three primary types of bargaining that management and unions participate in. Which one of the following bargaining types aims to generate a variety of options before settling on one?

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

Which of the following is NOT a common mistake in selection procedures?

Robert is the HR Professional for his organization. June, Robert's supervisor, assigns Robert for completing and filing the EEO-1 Report for the organization. What is the EEO-1 Report?

Let’s assume you need to develop a strategic employer branding program. Which of the following is one of the LEAST effective methods in prositive employer branding?

If an employee wants to participate in a union, they'll often have union dues to pay. The employer is obligated to deduct the payment from the employee's paycheck and give it to the union only if which condition is met?

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

As an HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. What legal case found that a test that has an adverse impact on a protected class is still lawful as long as the test can be shown to be valid and job related?

A U.S. based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since the Greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher priority engineering projects and trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited manages in Bangalore.

Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business in the U.S. by adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the corporation in the mid-term. The project is still in the phase of identifying specifications and developing milestones, where the engineering management team is working closely with the product manager. The management team understand that is must create an international assignment program to have this project run smoothly. The team believes that extended business travel would be the most appropriate program.

In order t confirm their belief, the HR manager does extensive research. The analysis shows that extended business travel will result in $10,000,000 additional revenue in the first year and $5,000,000 additional revenue in the second year due to the customization of the product to customer demand. The cost of the program is $400,000 initial investment plus a variable cost of $100,000 per year. What is the break-even point？