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Certified Executive Compensation Professional Questions and Answers

Question 1

What best describes the two primary elements of compensation?

Options:

A.

Fixed pay and variable pay

B.

Base pay and annual incentives

C.

Direct and indirect compensation

D.

Salary and hourly rate   

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Question 2

Which of the following are the two primary elements of benefits?

Options:

A.

Mental health coverage and health care coverage

B.

Pay for time not worked and income protection programs

C.

Unemployment and disability

D.

Defined contribution and defined benefits plans   

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the most likely perspectives of different groups in the organization that compensation professionals must be aware of?

Options:

A.

Investors and Finance want to see money spent wisely. Legal must ensure compliance, and HR and operating departments want to see their needs taken into account to attract, retain and motivate a high quality workforce.

B.

Operating departments and HR understand the company must live within its means and Finance cannot allocate funds to a budget if it is likely that profitability will be adversely affected.

C.

Investors want to maximize gains and want to see compensation tightly controlled and Legal needs to ensure that compensation plans do not attract undue scrutiny.

D.

Operating departments view compensation as it applies to them, HR must balance available resources to attract, retain and motivate employees and Finance knows the value of a motivated workforce and will provide the budget necessary to achieve it.

Question 4

Which of the following is primarily focused on giving special attention to employee actions, efforts, behavior or performance?

Options:

A.

Compensation

B.

Benefits

C.

Career opportunities

D.

Recognition    

Question 5

What best describes a key competency of compensation professionals regarding HR management of the organization’s employees?

Options:

A.

Ensuring they are appropriately selected, developed, appraised and rewarded

B.

Monitoring individual employee career paths and succession planning

C.

Communicating regularly with line management on performance management

D.

Ensuring that all regulatory and voluntary payroll deductions are properly administered

Question 6

Using efficient and cost-effective approaches to integrate technology into the workplace is most likely to do what?

Options:

A.

Reduce compensation expense

B.

Improve program efficacy

C.

Select the best vendors

D.

Compensate employees competitively

Question 7

The Alpha Company was once a strong company that commanded a high percentage of the market it operated in. In recent years, Alpha has been losing market share to competitors in its primary line of business and has been unable to find a competitive strategy to grow and return to profitability. Given its market position, how is Alpha most likely finding the monetary resources to continue operations?

Options:

A.

By using cash from other segments of the business

B.

By using its high credit rating from prior years to receive a line of credit until the strategy begins to work

C.

By selling its products and services at a loss until revenue increases and slowly raising prices until it begins to break even

D.

By identifying and duplicating the strategy used by its main competitor.

Question 8

Which of the following is the best definition of variable pay?

Options:

A.

Compensation that is given in the form of perquisites such as a company car, fitness membership, paid training, etc.

B.

Compensation that is nondiscretionary and does not vary according to performance or results

C.

Compensation that is contingent on discretion, performance or results

D.

Compensation that is determined by the organization's pay structure   

Question 9

What do profits, equity and debt all have in common?

Options:

A.

They are all reported on the balance sheet.

B.

They are all sources of capital.

C.

They all incur the same costs to the business.

D.

Nothing. Each of these is a different financial metric.

Question 10

Understanding basic organization design principles is an example of what key competency for compensation professionals?

Options:

A.

Financial Management

B.

HR Management

C.

Resource Management

D.

Policy Management

Question 11

Which of the following is a true statement regarding the talent development needs of employees?

Options:

A.

If employees believe their skills will fall behind their professional peers, they will be afraid to look for another job.

B.

Obtaining and developing skills provides leverage for the employee to seek more compensation.

C.

Opportunities for career advancement are important to employees in their decisions to either join or leave an organization.

Question 12

What type of pay increase is given when an organization finds that its compensation program is behind competitive market rates?

Options:

A.

General

B.

Cost of living

C.

Automatic

D.

Merit   

Question 13

Which financial statement or combination of statements provide(s) the most comprehensive view of the company’s financial situation?

Options:

A.

The balance sheet

B.

The income statement

C.

The cash flow statement and the income statement

D.

The cash flow statement, along with the balance sheet and income statement

Question 14

What best describes a use of strategic analysis?

Options:

A.

Pricing your products appropriately

B.

Understanding your business and its competitive strengths and weaknesses

C.

Forecasting profit, growth and investment performance to develop realistic budgets

D.

Evaluating prior year performance for the narrative portion of annual financial reports

Question 15

The “return” represented by the Total Shareholder Return (TSR) metric is the increase in what?

Options:

A.

Earnings

B.

Shares

C.

Market capitalization

D.

Increased market value and reinvested dividends paid

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