HRCI certification SPHR Exam Questions and Answers PDF

Answer option C is correct.The Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 required 20 percent withholding from some distributions. OBRA capped executive pay (B), required that group health coverage be offered when children are placed for adoption before the adoption is finalized (D), and required health plans to honor qualified medical child-support orders (A).

Chapter: Compensation and Benefits

Objective: Review Questions

Answer option C is correct.Group incentives share common elements including the reward of individuals based on their collective efforts. Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, profit-sharing, and gainsharing (D) are all examples of group incentives. Deferred compensation (A) refers to tax-deferred retirement plans, and a sales bonus (B) is a type of commission paid to workers.

Chapter: Compensation and Benefits

Objective: Review Questions

Answer option B is correct.Government contractors with 50 or more employees and contracts of $50,000 or more each year must complete Affirmative Action Plans. (C) was the original compliance requirement for Title VII and was changed to 15 employees by the EEOA of 1972. The criteria in (D) apply to employers that must comply with the Rehabilitation Act and federal contractors that must take affirmative action for all terms and conditions of employment based on executive orders. (A) is not a compliance requirement.

Chapter: Workforce Planning and Employment

Objective: Review Questions

Answer option A is correct.Peer-to-peer coaching is useful when a management work group has shared values or objectives. Assigning a one-on-one peer coach or using a team approach maximizes the diversity of skills available in any particular peer group. A mentor relationship (B) implies a hierarchy (the mentor and a subordinate), an executive coach (C) is used for more one-on-one upper level management development, and strategic planning (D) is a broad organization-wide string of activities related to the planning the direction of the company.

Chapter: Human Resource Development

Objective: Review Questions