Hrci Exam Guide
HRCI Exam Guide
By: Linda Howard
TO ACCOMPANY:
DESSLER, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 11/E
MONDY AND NOE, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 10/E
AND
DESSLER, FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1/E
AH
PRACTICE TEST (200 QUESTIONS)
1. Human Resource departments serve a strategic role in most organizations because:
a. today’s organizations are instituting HR practices aimed at gaining competitive advantage through their employees.
b. Human Resource departments handle downsizing and layoff processes.
c. globalization has reduced competition.
d. the workforce is becoming less diverse.
2. Human Resources departments support organizational strategy implementation in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a. restructuring efforts.
b. instituting incentive plans, such as pay-for-performance plans.
c. developing and marketing the organization’ s products and services.
d. retraining employees for redesigned work.
3. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on:
a. race, color, or ethnic background.
b. race, religion, or sexual orientation.
c. race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
d. race, gender, or religion.
4. Strategic organizational issues related to employee compensation include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. whether to emphasize seniority or performance.
b. how to handle salary compression.
c. whether employees should be paid weekly, biweekly, or monthly.
d. who should distribute pay checks to employees.
5. A specialized approach to organizational change in which the employees themselves formulate the change that is required and implement it, often with the assistance of a trained consultant, is:
a. organizational development.
b. skills training.
c. employee orientation.
d. sensitivity training.
6. Human Resource professionals need to understand the relationship between employee training
By: Linda Howard
TO ACCOMPANY:
DESSLER, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 11/E
MONDY AND NOE, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 10/E
AND
DESSLER, FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1/E
AH
PRACTICE TEST (200 QUESTIONS)
1. Human Resource departments serve a strategic role in most organizations because:
a. today’s organizations are instituting HR practices aimed at gaining competitive advantage through their employees.
b. Human Resource departments handle downsizing and layoff processes.
c. globalization has reduced competition.
d. the workforce is becoming less diverse.
2. Human Resources departments support organizational strategy implementation in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a. restructuring efforts.
b. instituting incentive plans, such as pay-for-performance plans.
c. developing and marketing the organization’ s products and services.
d. retraining employees for redesigned work.
3. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on:
a. race, color, or ethnic background.
b. race, religion, or sexual orientation.
c. race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
d. race, gender, or religion.
4. Strategic organizational issues related to employee compensation include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. whether to emphasize seniority or performance.
b. how to handle salary compression.
c. whether employees should be paid weekly, biweekly, or monthly.
d. who should distribute pay checks to employees.
5. A specialized approach to organizational change in which the employees themselves formulate the change that is required and implement it, often with the assistance of a trained consultant, is:
a. organizational development.
b. skills training.
c. employee orientation.
d. sensitivity training.
6. Human Resource professionals need to understand the relationship between employee training