CPHR Knowledge Exam - Practice Exam Questions

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CPHR Knowledge Exam

Practice Exam Questions

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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS: STRATEGY

References

What is typically considered as part of cost planning for a major project?

a. The cost of labour

b. A contingency fund for unexpected situations

c. Historical data from previous projects

d. All of the above

Which strategy is an attempt to increase the viability of an organization?

a. Turnaround strategy

b. Emergent strategy

c. Intended strategy

d. Business strategy

Author: Belcourt, M., &

McBey, K., Year: 2016,

Title: Strategic human

resources planning (6th

ed.)., Publisher:

Toronto: Nelson

Education Ltd., Page(s):

What is Lewin’s model for managing change based on?

a. Comparative analysis

b. Force field analysis

c. Ratio analysis

d. Cost-benefit analysis

Author: Nelson, D. L.,

Campbell Quick, J.,

Armstrong, A., &

Condie, J., Year: 2015,

Title: ORGB (2nd ed.).,

Publisher: Toronto:

Nelson Education Ltd.,

Page(s): 292-293

What does the Delphi technique identify?

a. Human conflict

b. Future trends

c. Turnover percentage

d. Risk exposure

Author: Belcourt, M., &

McBey, K., Year: 2016,

Title: Strategic human

resources planning (6th

ed.)., Publisher:

Toronto: Nelson

Education Ltd., Page(s):

117

Which ethical theory emphasizes the results of behavior?

a. Moral based

b. Deontology

c. Character

d. Consequential

Author: Nelson, D. L.,

Campbell Quick, J.,

Amrstrong, A., &

Condie, J., Year: 2015,

Title: ORGB (2nd ed.).,

Publisher: Toronto:

Nelson Education Ltd.,

Page(s): ch 2 pg 28-29

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What is the first step in the human resources planning model?

a. Analyze supply of labor

b. Forecast demand for labor

c. Complete a trend analysis

d. Conduct an environmental scan

Human Resources

Management in

Canada; 10th edition

Which term is used for an organization that has developed the continuous

capacity to adapt and change?

a. Matrix organization

b. Learning organization

c. Product oriented organization

d. Involvement oriented organization

Organizational

Behaviour: Concepts,

Controversies,

Applications; 6th

edition

What is a balanced scorecard?

a. Standardized form of employee appraisal that relies on several

types of evaluations

b. Weighted checklist created by a department head higher than

that of a direct supervisor

c. Performance measurement examining organizational learning,

financial management, internal operations, and customer

management

d. Series of performance review sessions giving employees feedback

about their past performance or future potential with the

organization

Canadian Human

Resources

Management: A

Strategic Approach;

10th edition

Which term is defined as the systematic, regular monitoring of major

external forces that influence the organization?

a. Demand forecasting

b. Workforce planning

c. Environmental scanning

d. Competitor benchmarking

Managing Human

Resources; 5th edition

10.

Which term is best described as the extent to which an issue requires the

application of ethical principles?

a. Moral intensity

b. Values congruence

c. Distributive justice

d. Social responsibility

Canadian Organizational

Behaviour; 9th edition

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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

References

It is a violation of the Canadian Human Rights Act to make a

hiring decision based on which of the following?

a. Disability

b. Political beliefs

c. Tattoos

d. Smoking habits

Which is the body of labour relations statutes that covers

most employees under federal jurisdiction?

a. Canada Labour Code

b. Occupational Health and Safety Act

c. Federal Labour Relations Act

d. Canadian Human Rights Act

Canadian Industrial Relations; 3rd

edition

Which sections are in the national code of ethics?

a. Confidentiality, conflict of interest, legal

requirements, and rights in the workplace

b. Confidentiality, conflict of interest, legal

requirements, and reinforcements

c. Confidentiality, conflict of interest, competence,

and legal requirements

d. Confidentiality, conflict of interest, competence,

and reinforcements

National Code of Ethics

What is the primary challenge when dealing with generation

Y employees?

a. Their desire for autonomy

b. Their pervasive feeling of boredom

c. Their need for clearly established rules

d. Their need for involvement in decision-making

Canadian Human Resources

Management: A Strategic

Approach; 10th edition – online

When terminating employees, what is ensuring the fairness

and justice of the decision called?

a. Distributive justice

b. Procedural justice

c. Interactional justice

d. Retributive justice

Human Resources Management in

Canada; 11th edition

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What is the result of cultural diversity within organizational

teams?

a. Teams that immediately share a common identity

and functions more smoothly

b. An increase in the organization’s revenues from

clients who share the cultural norms of team

members

c. A shift in the behaviours and thinking of team

members to conform with local norms and to value

similar types of rewards

d. A potential for conflict if team members have not

been provided with appropriate training to help

them respect cultural differences

Human Resource Management;

12th edition

Which is an example of ethical misconduct in human

resources activities?

a. Making errors in an offer letter

b. Failing to update the code of conduct

c. Showing favoritism in hiring and promotion

d. Being absent from health and safety meetings

Human Resource Management;

2nd edition

Which relationship best supports mentoring opportunities?

a. Senior leadership as managers to junior employees

b. Direct supervisors as mentors to junior employees

c. Qualified external coaches as mentors to

employees

d. Co-workers from different departments as mentors

to employees

Strategic Human Resources

Planning

What substantial change in hiring practices resulted from

the landmark Meiorin decision?

a. Employers may use a three-step test to defend a

discriminatory employment practice or policy

b. Employers can use a bona fide occupational

requirement as a proactive equity tool

c. Female and male firefighters are no longer

required to take an aerobic test

d. Female and male firefighters are now required to

take the same aerobic test

Recruitment and Selection in

Canada; 6th edition, p. 93

10.

What factual information is included as personal

information under the Personal Information Protection and

Electronic Documents Act?

a. Included in the individual tax file

b. Related to the employment of an individual

c. Recorded or not, about an individual

d. Recorded in an individual’s health file

Canadian Human Resources

Management: A Strategic

Approach

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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS: ENGAGEMENT

References

1. Which are goal directed forces that people experience?

Canadian

Organizational

Behaviour; 9th

Edition

a. Drives

b. Needs

c. Prime movers

d. Personal behaviours

2. Which is a key benefit of a successful employee suggestion program for an

organization?

Fundamentals of

Organizational

Behaviour

a. Ensures employee retention in mid-level positions while allowing healthy

turnover in entry-level positions

b. Enables employees to understand how difficult management positions are, thus

increasing employee engagement

c. Attracts the right employees to the organization by ensuring only those willing

to make proactive suggestions will be hired

d. Allows management to monitor employees’ feelings and concerns while making

it clear that employees can communicate concerns and get responses

3. Which workplace characteristics is typical of baby boomers

Fundamentals of

Organizational

Behaviour

a. Flexible

b. Compliant

c. Team oriented

d. Able to multi task

4. What themes are included when increasing employment engagement?

Stewart, E., and al.

(2017) Essentials of

Managing Human

Resources, 6th

Edition, page 77

a. Satisfaction with the job, prospects for future growth, an opportunity for

challenging work

b. Compensation expectations, assessment of the benefits package, and feelings

about the physical work space

c. Degree of boredom employees have in their work, ability to relate to coworkers,

and pension matching

d. 360˚ feedback with managers, expectations for promotion, and difficulty in

communicating with managers

5. Which statement describes the six sigma methodology?

Belcourt, M and al.

(2017) Managing

Human Resources,

Eight Canadian

Edition, page 6

a. It is a set of principles and practices whose core ideas include understanding

customer needs, doing things right the first time, and striving for continuous

improvement

b. It is a method for reprogramming the way employees intuitively want to work

with the best process for productivity

c. It refers to creating a plan for employees based on their current skills and

retraining to fit the new job requirements

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d. It was developed in Japan to break down job requirements, easily creating a

training program that could be used in all cultures

6. Which action accurately describes the field of study known as organizational

behaviour?

Ref: Nelson, D. and

al. (2015) ORGB,

Second Canadian

Edition; Page 4.

a. Articulating the morals and values of an organization’s senior management

b. Analyzing how day-to-day behaviours affect productivity

c. Understanding how core values align with the corporate strategic goals

d. Understanding the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in

organizations

7. Which managerial strategy assumes that work can be intrinsically motivating if the

organization is structured properly?

Strategic

Compensation in

Canada; 5th edition

a. High involvement

b. Low-cost business

c. Classical

d. Human relations

8. Which is the most common informal network in an organization?

Organizational

Behaviour: Concepts,

Controversies,

Applications; 5th

edition

a. Grapevine

b. Newsletter

c. Small group network

d. Social media

9. Which suggests that individuals are more likely to attempt a particular behaviour if

they believe that they can do it and believe that they will receive a reward they

value?

Strategic

Compensation in

Canada; 5th edition

a. Attribution theory

b. Entitlement theory

c. Expectancy theory

d. Reinforcement theory

10. Which is the most important component of a team’s effectiveness?

Organizational

Behaviour: Concepts,

Controversies,

Applications; 6th

edition

a. Formation of subgroups within the team

b. Management of strong differences of opinion

c. Receipt of support from the organization

d. Indifferent employees

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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS: WORKFORCE PLANNING & TALENT MANAGEMENT

References

In which environment do job knowledge tests tend to have higher validity?

a. Fast paced jobs

b. High complexity jobs

c. Single task jobs

d. Entry level jobs

Recruitment and

Selection in

Canada; 4th edition

Which succession planning approach includes coaching, assistant-to

positions, and committee assignments?

a. Job site development

b. Offsite development

c. Encapsulated development

d. Management development

Human Resource

Management; 2nd

edition

Which is the first priority of an effective succession management program?

a. To have a plan to replace the organization’s leaders

b. To prepare for expected and unexpected turnover

c. To train current managers to replace leaders

d. To anticipate mergers and acquisitions

Strategic Human

Resource Planning;

4th edition

What human resources forecasting activity focuses on the flow or

sequencing of several work activities?

a. Process-based

b. Event-based

c. Chart-based

d. Transaction-based

Strategic Human

Resource Planning;

6th edition, p. 81

What does a yield ratio provide?

a. The average cost comparison of two methods of hire

b. The determination of costs of recruitment and selection

c. Time and costs related to hiring people

d. The percentage of applications who advance to the next stage of

the selection process

Managing Human

Resources; 8th

edition, p. 180

Which statement best describes the benefits of using a peer appraisal?

a. Leadership, interpersonal, and other skills can be identified

b. It allows subjectivity in the assessment of coworkers

c. Managers gain greater control of the ratings of employees

d. All biases are identified within the evaluation process

Managing Human

Resources; 8th

edition, p. 295

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Which technique determines what a worker does and what is

accomplished?

a. Task inventory

b. Job elements method

c. Functional job analysis

d. Position analysis questionnaire

Recruitment and

Selection in

Canada; 5th edition

Which is an advantage of piece work?

a. It works well with changing technology

b. It promotes work of high quality standards

c. It reduces the need for supervision of work

d. It is effective with tasks that are interdependent

Strategic

Compensation in

Canada; 6th

edition, p. 137

Which benefit are non-unionized workers more likely to have than their

unionized counterparts?

a. Merit pay

b. Pension plan

c. Paid sick leave

d. Dental coverage

Strategic

Compensation in

Canada; 4th edition

Which is a formalized method for resolving disputes regarding the

interpretation of terms in a collective agreement?

a. Primary boycott

b. Right to strike

c. Arbitration panel

d. Grievance procedure

Canadian Human

Resources

Management: A

Strategic Approach;

7th edition

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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS: LABOUR AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

References

Which labour-management dispute process involves a neutral

third-party issuing a final binding decision?

a. Arbitration

b. Conciliation

c. Mediation

d. Dispute resolution

Managing Human Resources;

7th edition

In labour relations, which is the principle whereby management

retains all rights it held before unionization except those changed

by the collective agreement?

a. Residual rights

b. Rights of parties

c. Union concessions

d. Management authority

Industrial Relations in Canada;

2nd edition

Which aspect of a collective agreement allows both parties to

interpret and give meaning to various clauses and transforms the

document into a “living organism”?

a. Management rights

b. Grievance procedure

c. Disciplinary procedure

d. Employee security provisions

Human Resources

Management

In response to a union organizing campaign, employers have the

legal right to take which action?

a. To give all employees an immediate, unprecedented

wage increase

b. To warn employees that layoffs most certainly will occur

if they unionize

c. To prohibit the distribution of union literature on

company property on company time

d. To state the company’s position on unionization during a

regular mandatory monthly staff meeting

Human Resource

Management in Canada

What is arbitration?

a. A legislative return to work that orders employees back

to work after a strike

b. A final binding decision on the process of how

employees will be returning to work after a strike

c. The process whereby an impartial third party makes a

final and binding decision on all outstanding issues in

dispute

d. A resource provided under the Employment Standards

Act to make final decisions on outstanding issues

regarding working conditions

Industrial Relations in Canada;

2nd edition

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Which type of collective bargaining requires union and

management negotiators to take a mutual gains approach for a

win-win resolution?

a. Conciliation bargaining

b. Distributive bargaining

c. Integrative bargaining

d. Interest-based bargaining

Essentials of Managing

Human Resources; 6th

edition, p. 340

Why do unions argue in favour of seniority provisions in

collective agreements?

a. Seniority provisions protect the rights of older

employees

b. Seniority ensures best qualified workers are promoted

c. Seniority prevents discrimination in the workplace

d. Seniority is a fair and legitimate means of making

employment related decisions

Management of Human

Resources

What is considered by authorities to be the heart of the collective

agreement and the safety valve that gives flexibility?

a. Primary boycott

b. Right to strike

c. Arbitration panel

d. Grievance procedure

Managing Human Resources

Which term refers to the authority to exercise exclusive

jurisdiction over conditions of employment?

a. Negotiations

b. Management rights

c. Collective bargaining

d. Pattern bargaining

Human Resources

Management in Canada

What is the formal process to deal with disputes arising from a

collective agreement?

a. Grievance procedure

b. Problem-solving mechanism

c. Certificate appeal system

d. Internal complaint procedure

Canadian Human Resources

Management: A Strategic

Approach; 7th edition

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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS: TOTAL REWARDS

References

Which pension plan has a predetermined outcome?

a. Contributory plan

b. Defined benefit plan

c. Defined contribution plan

d. Non-contributory plan

(REF1) Author:

Belcourt, M., Singh,

P., Snell, S. A., Morris,

S. S., Bohlander, G.,

Year: 2017, Title:

Managing human

resources (8th

Canadian ed.).,

Publisher: Toronto:

Nelson Education

Ltd., Page(s): 405

Which term refers to a method used to analyze whether a lead, lag, or

match compensation level strategy is the most efficient for a given

organization?

a. Merit pay grid

b. Graphic rating scale

c. Utility analysis

d. Compa ratio

(REF1) Author: Long,

R. J., Singh, P., &

Belcourt, M., Year:

2018, Title: Strategic

compensation in

Canada (6th edition).,

Publisher: Toronto,

ON: Nelson Education

Ltd., Page(s): 198

Which of the following includes extrinsic and intrinsic factors and is

implemented by an organization in order to influence employee

behaviour?

a. Performance pay

b. Reward system

c. Base pay

d. Incentive plan

Strategic

Compensation in

Canada; 4th edition

Which is the most cost-effective compensation strategy for a company

whose cost of turnover and recruitment are low?

a. Utility

b. Lag

c. Lead

d. Match

Strategic

Compensation in

Canada; 5th edition

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What is the study of people’s vital statistics such as age, gender, race

and ethnicity, and location?

a. Demography

b. Multiculturalism

c. Social responsibility

d. Ethical responsibility

The Future of

Business; 3rd edition

How are employer contributions to workers compensation insurance

determined?

a. Contributions are determined solely by the safety risk within

the industry

b. Contributions are based on the number of employees in the

organization

c. Contributions are assessed as a percentage of payroll and vary

with the nature of the industry

d. Contributions are based on past injury claims made by the

organization

Managing Human

Resources; 7th

edition

What is the Fleishman job analysis system designed to do?

a. Classify jobs according to ability requirements

b. Generate the specific traits relevant to the job

c. Identify employee traits relevant to the target job

d. Distinguish between superior and inferior performance

Recruitment,

Selection and

Deployment of

Human Resources: A

Canadian

Perspective,

Recruitment and

Selection in Canada

Which employer paid benefit premium is considered a taxable benefit

to the employee?

a. Group life insurance

b. Group dental insurance

c. Long-term disability insurance

d. Short-term disability insurance

Strategic

Compensation in

Canada; 3rd edition

Which is a contextual variable used to determine the managerial

strategy for building an appropriate reward system?

a. Job design

b. Job location

c. Control system

d. Organization size

Strategic

Compensation in

Canada; 4th edition,

Strategic

Compensation in

Canada 3rd edition

What is a difference between a defined benefit pension plan and a

defined contribution pension plan?

a. Retirement age

b. Employer tax implications

c. Employee contribution limits

d. Predictability of pension amounts

Canadian Human

Resources

Management: A

Strategic Approach

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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS: LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

References

How will increased use of new technologies for training delivery benefit

organizations?

a. Improve customer satisfaction

b. Support retention of millennials

c. Allow trainers to understand how products are being used

d. Bring geographically dispersed employees to one central training

location

Employee Training &

Development

What are the four levels of training evaluation in Kirkpatrick’s hierarchical

model?

a. Reactions, behaviours, competency, results

b. Reactions, learning, behaviours, results

c. Learning, behaviours, skills, results

d. Learning, motivation, behaviours, results

Saks, A. and Haccoun,

R. (2016) Managing

Performance through

Training and

Development; 7th

edition, page 340

Which activity identifies the skills and knowledge that need to be covered in job

training?

a. Job analysis

b. Task analysis

c. Cost-benefit analysis

d. Organizational analysis

Human Resources

Management in

Canada; 12th edition

Management is aware of a manufacturing issue. What should be examined in

the training needs analysis to assist with resolving this problem?

a. Employee personnel history records

b. Employee time cards and absentee reports

c. Production records, quality control reports, and grievances

d. Workplace hazard audits

Canadian Human

Resources

Management: A

Strategic Approach;

10th edition

Which activity is most likely to facilitate the transfer of learning?

a. Ensuring that all employees attend the same training program

b. Providing trainees with opportunities to apply to their job what they

have learned

c. Creating opportunities for trainees to apply for more senior positions

after training is complete

d. Allowing employees to update their job description after training is

complete

Managing

Performance Through

Training and

Development; 4th

edition

How does a kinesthetic learner like to learn?

a. Using videos and other visual aids

b. Using a combination of videos and discussion

c. Using both talking and listening exercises

d. Using physical and tactile activities

Human Resources

Management in

Canada; 11th edition

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What provides a focus for both trainees and trainers, and the benchmark for

evaluating success of the training program?

a. Training objectives

b. Task analysis

c. Performance analysis

d. Training needs assessment

Human Resources

Management in

Canada; 11th edition,

Human Resources

Management in

Canada; 12th edition

Which method of training is most effective for improving a manager’s problem-

solving skills?

a. Role play

b. Case study

c. Behavioural modeling

d. Self-directed learning

Managing

Performance Through

Training and

Development; 6th

edition

Which is the most common method for training non-managerial employees?

a. On the job training

b. Internship program

c. Mentorship program

d. Self-directed training

Managing Human

Resources; 7th

edition

In which way will employees learn a desired behaviour most effectively?

a. Being rewarded for the desired behaviour and being punished for

undesirable behaviour

b. Attending a lecture about the merits of the desired behaviour with their

coworkers

c. Observing others perform the desired behaviour and managing their

own behaviour

d. Participating in a group discussion about the advantages associated

with the desired behaviour

Managing

Performance Through

Training and

Development; 3rd

edition

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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS: HEALTH, WELLNESS AND SAFE WORKPLACE

References

What is the structure of a joint health and safety committee?

a. Management representatives and equal or more workers

b. Management representatives, Worker’s Compensation Board

representative and workers

c. Management representatives outnumbering workers

d. Management representatives and operational experts such as

engineers

Management of

Occupational Health

& Safety; 4th edition

Which scenario may constitute sufficient grounds to terminate an employee who

is being medically accommodated?

a. The employee has rejected the support and advice of his/her union

b. The employee has been disruptive in a manner consistent with a

disability

c. The employee does not return to full duties within one year of

returning to work

d. The employee has not adhered to the medical therapy prescribed by

his/her physician

Management of

Occupational Health

& Safety; 5th edition

Which approach is most effective when developing a disability management

program?

a. Systems

b. Preventative

c. Full recovery

d. Early intervention

Management of

Occupational Health

& Safety; 5th edition

Developing a policy to deal with sexual harassment addresses an environmental

change stemming from which area?

a. Team dynamics

b. Legal requirements

c. Workforce diversity

d. Organizational culture

Management of

Occupational Health

& Safety; 5th edition

Which is a barrier for injured employees returning to work?

a. Impact on their safety record

b. Coworkers resentment of job accommodations

c. Assessment by the return to work coordinator

d. The fear of not returning to their pre-injury job

Management of

Occupational Health

& Safety; 5th ed.

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Return to work case management refers to which action?

a. Providing job enrichment to employees

b. Developing an injured employee’s career plan

c. Staffing a replacement for an injured employee

d. Coordinating services for appropriate care to employees

Management of

Occupational Health

& Safety; 5th ed.

Which is an approach to workplace safety that relies on the cooperation of the

employer and employees?

a. Procedural trust model

b. Health and safety model

c. Employer-employee model

d. Share responsibility model

Canadian Human

Resources

Management: A

Strategic Approach;

10th edition

A joint health and safety committee is usually required in a workplace once

there are how many employees?

a. 15

b. 20

c. 25

d. 40

Canadian Human

Resources

Management: A

Strategic Approach;

10th edition- online,

Canadian Human

Resources

Management: A

Strategic Approach

Which is a cause of repetitive strain injury?

a. Increase variability in job tasks and routines

b. Fatigue due to increased work hours

c. Manufacturing work environments and work hardening

d. Unnatural posture and force application to hinge joints

Management of

Occupational Health

& Safety; 6th edition

What is a company practicing when it takes all reasonable steps to avoid an

accident?

a. Due process

b. Due diligence

c. Medical accommodation

d. Hazard identification

Management of

Occupational Health

and Safety; 7th

edition, p. 11

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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS: HR METRICS, REPORTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

References

Which selection tool or method most fairly assesses minority

applicants?

a. Top down selection

b. Rational weighting

c. Informal interviewing

d. Structure interviewing

Recruitment and Selection in

Canada; 5th edition

An organization is experiencing lower customer retention as a

result of higher employee attrition rates. Which term best

describes the statement?

a. Leading indicator

b. Lagging indicator

c. Efficiency

d. Attitudes

Strategic Human Resource

Planning; 5th edition

Which approach can provide objective comparative data with

best in class organizations to enhance organizational

performance?

a. Benchmarking

b. Utility analysis

c. Cost benefit analysis

d. Human resources scorecard

Strategic Human Resource

Planning; 6th edition, page 384

Which practice is allowable by organizations under privacy

legislation?

a. Conducting surveillance and monitoring employees

without the employees’ knowledge

b. Creating a policy that restricts access to employee

files, including employees wanting to access their

own files

c. Collecting information about the birth country of all

employees, regardless of position, to facilitate

international transfers

d. Communicating to employees that they have no

privacy rights with any material delivered or received

through company email or voicemail

Managing Human Resources; 7th

edition

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users accept that the practice questions provided within are not guaranteed to be on the National Knowledge Exam

(NKE).

What is the first step an employer should take to reduce the

likelihood of legal challenges to its performance appraisal

system?

a. Develop performance criteria through job analysis

b. Develop safeguards to prevent immediate dismissal

based on poor performance

c. Ensure that performance appraisals are approved by

human resources personnel

d. Ensure that managers and supervisors observe

employee behaviour closely

Managing Human Resources; 6th

edition

What measures the relevance of the test to the individual

being tested?

a. Face validity

b. Predictive validity

c. Concurrent validity

d. Generalizability

Recruitment and Selection; 6th

edition, p. 45

What is the process that examines long-term projects and

chooses the ones offering the best returns while enhancing

the organization’s value?

a. Project budgeting

b. Breakeven analysis

c. Cash management

d. Capital budgeting

The Future of Business; 3rd edition

Which statistic should be used to examine the midpoint that

splits a salary distribution in half?

a. Mean

b. Mode

c. Standard deviation

d. Median

Strategic Compensation in Canada;

3rd edition

What is present value?

a. A determination of present amounts based on future

cash flows

b. An asset arising from the payment of cash that has

not been used by the end of the present period

c. A measure of the proportion of present capital

provided by creditors

d. The company’s present ability to pay obligations as

they become due

Author: Rich, J. S., Jones, J. P.,

Mowen, M. M., Hansen, D. R.,

Jones, D., & Tassone, R., Year: 2017,

Title: Cornerstones of financial

accounting (2nd Cdn. ed.).,

Publisher: Toronto: Nelson

Education Ltd., Page(s): 811

A flexible activity budget does which of the following?

a. Includes only fixed costs

b. Includes fixed and variable costs

c. Computes expected costs at different levels of

activity

d. Pertains to a particular level of activity

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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTION ANSWER GUIDE

Strategy

Answer

d. All of the above

a. Turnaround strategy

b. Force field analysis

b. Future trends

d. Consequential

b. Forecast demand for labour

b. Learning organization

c. Performance measurement examining organizational learning,

financial management, internal operations, and customer management

c. Environmental scanning

a. Moral intensity

Professional Practice

Answer

a. Disability

a. Canada Labour Code

c. Confidentiality, conflict of interest, competence, and legal

requirements

b. Their pervasive feeling of boredom

a. Distributive justice

d. A potential for conflict if team members have not been provided with

appropriate training to help them respect cultural differences

c. Showing favoritism in hiring and promotion

a. Senior leadership as managers to junior employees

a. Employers may use a three-step test to defend a discriminatory

employment practice or policy

c. Recorded or not, about an individual

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Engagement

Answer

b. Needs

d. Allows management to monitor employees’ feelings and concerns

while making it clear that employees can communicate concerns and get

responses

a. Affective

a. Satisfaction with the job, prospects for future growth, and

opportunity for challenging work

a. It is a set of principles and practices whose core ideas include

understanding customer needs, doing things right the first time and

striving for continuous improvement

d. Understanding the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups

in organizations

a. High involvement

a. Grapevine

c. Expectancy theory

b. Receipt of support from the organization

Workforce Planning & Talent Management

Answer

b. High complexity jobs

a. Job site development

a. To have a plan to replace the organization’s leaders

a. Process-based

d. The percentage of applicants who advance to the next stage of the

selection process

a. Leadership, interpersonal, and other skills can be identified

c. Functional job analysis

d. It is effective with tasks that are interdependent

a. Merit pay

d. Grievance procedure

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Labour and Employee Relations

Answer

a. Arbitration

a. Residual rights

b. Grievance procedure

c. To prohibit the distribution of union literature on company property on

company time

c. The process whereby an impartial third party makes a final and binding

decision on all outstanding issues in a dispute

d. Interest-based bargaining

d. Seniority is a fair and legitimate means of making employment related

decisions

d. Grievance procedure

b. Management rights

a. Grievance procedure

Total Rewards

Answer

b. Defined benefit plan

c. Utility analysis

b. Reward system

b. Lag

a. Demography

c. Contributions are assessed as a percentage of payroll and vary with the

nature of the industry

a. Classify jobs according to ability requirements

a. Group life insurance

d. Organization size

d. Predictability of pension amount

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users accept that the practice questions provided within are not guaranteed to be on the National Knowledge Exam

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Learning & Development

Answer

d. Bring geographically dispersed employees to one central training

location

b. Reactions, learning, behaviours, results

b. Task analysis

c. Production records, quality control reports, and grievances

b. Providing trainees with opportunities to apply to their job what they

have learned

d. Using physical and tactile activities

a. Training objectives

b. Case study

a. On the job training

c. Observing others perform the desired behaviour and managing their

own behaviour

Health, Wellness & Safe Workplace

Answer

a. Management representatives and equal or more workers

d. The employee has not adhered to the medical therapy prescribed by

his/her physician

a. Systems

b. Legal requirements

d. The fear of not returning to their pre-injury job

d. Coordinating services for appropriate care to employees

d. Share responsibility model

b. 20

d. Unnatural posture and force application to hinge joints

b. Due diligence

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Human Resources Metrics, Reporting and Financial Management

Answer

d. Structure interviewing

b. Lagging indicator

a. Benchmarking

d. Communicating to employees that they have no privacy rights with any

material delivered or received through company email or voicemail

a. Develop performance criteria through job analysis

a. Face validity

d. Capital budgeting

d. Median

a. A determination of present amounts based on future cash flows

c. Computes expected costs at different levels of activity.