PHR Exam Questions - Part 22

1. Management and union representatives are working through a collective bargaining agreement. What term is used in this process to describe arbitration that is used to resolve conflicts around contract language in the collective bargaining agreement?

A) Decisions
B) Permanent arbitration
C) Interest arbitration
D) Ad hoc arbitration



2. Your organization is likely to be purchased by a competitor. The Management has asked you, in confidence, to complete environmental scanning to determine the effects of the purchase on your organization's culture, customers, and employees. What is environmental scanning?

A) Environmental scanning is a review of the opportunities and threats that a condition may have on an organization.
B) Environmental scanning is the process of assessing the effects of an organization change on both macro and micro elements in an organization.
C) Environmental scanning is a review of the cultural achievability of a new project, organizationalchange, or market influence on at least three factors in an organization.
D) Environmental scanning is an internal review of an external catalyst.



3. As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing union-based strikes. An organization utilizes union labor and non-union labor in their operations. The union goes on a strike; so the organization shifts work to the non-union labor to offset the effects of the strike. If the union labor decides to picket the operations of the non-union labor, what term is assigned to this process?

A) Double Breasting Picketing
B) Common situs picketing
C) Wildcat strikes
D) Sympathy strike



4. Which of the following is a process that occurs due to mergers, outsourcing or changing business needs?

A) Involuntary exit
B) Plant closing
C) Voluntarily exit
D) Outplacement



5. Jan is the HR Professional for your organization. An employee within the organization has filed a charge with the EEOC that discrimination has been done by your organization against her. The EEOC has investigated the case and has found that there is no reasonable cause against your company. The person filing the charge, however, still believes that discrimination has occurred. How long does this person have, to file a lawsuit against your company?

A) Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant cannot file a lawsuit to sue.
B) Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant can still file a lawsuit within 30 days of the EEOC's findings.
C) Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant can still file a lawsuit within 90 days of the EEOC's findings.
D) Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant can still file a lawsuit within 180 days of the EEOC's findings.