Published - Fri, 03 Mar 2023

SPHR Questions - Part 49

1. Which of the following focuses on preventive care and controlling health costs?

A) Exclusive Provider Organization
B) Health Maintenance Organization
C) Physician Hospital Organization
D) Preferred Provider Organization

2. You are the HR Professional for your organization and management has asked you about the requirements for the Americans with Disabilities Act. Specifically, management wants to know the threshold of number of employees that require an organization to participate in the act. What is the minimum number of employees that an organization must have in order to be required to participate in the ADA law?

A) 50 employees or more
B) 15 employees or more
C) All companies are covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
D) 100 employees or more

3. Martha is the HR Professional for her organization and she's working with her team to complete non-quantitative job evaluations. Martha wants to stress the available types of non-quantitative job evaluation techniques that are appropriate for her team to be communicated to managers. Which one of the following is not a non-quantitative job evaluation technique that Martha should share?

A) Job slotting
B) Factor comparison
C) Whole job ranking
D) Job classification

4. appropriate for a company with ongoing yet sporadic needs for a specific job to be done?

A) Temp worker
B) Intern program
C) On-call worker
D) Seasonal worker

5. You are the Senior HR Professional for your organization and you're leading a workshop on HR practices for your department. Your first topic is the Davis BaconAct. What did the Davis Bacon Act accomplish?

A) It established the minimum retirement age of 65.
B) It established the minimum working age to be 15.
C) It was the first legislation to regulate minimum wages.
D) It abolished the requirements for workers to be forced to retire.

1. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Answer option B is correct.Health Maintenance Organizations focus on preventive care and controlling health costs. They determine whether patients need to be seen by a specialist.Answer option D is incorrect. Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) utilizes a network of health-care providers for patient services.Answer option C is incorrect. Physician Hospital Organization is an entity formed by physicians and hospitals whose objective is to negotiate contracts with payer organizations.Answer option A is incorrect. In the Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO), physicians may see only those patients who are part of this organization.Chapter: Compensation and Benefits

2. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Answer option B is correct.The ADA covers all companies with 15 employees or more.Answer option C is incorrect. Only companies that have 15 employees or more are covered by the ADA.Answer option A is incorrect. The ADA covers all companies with 15 employees or more, not 50.Answer option D is incorrect. The ADA covers all companies with 15 employees or more, not 100.Reference: Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide, Sybex, ISBN: 978-0-470-43096-5. Chapter Four: Workforce Planning. Official PHR andSPHR Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Workforce Planning and EmploymentObjective: Federal Employment Legislation

3. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Answer option B is correct.Factor comparison is a quantitative job evaluation technique that identifies specific compensable factors and then establishes level of performances within each of those compensable factors.Answer option C is incorrect. Whole job ranking is a non-quantitative job evaluation technique where jobs are ranked from lowest to highest.Answer option D is incorrect. Job classification is a non-quantitative job evaluation technique where jobs are categorized into different levels.Answer option A is incorrect. Job classification is a non-quantitative job evaluation technique that sorts new jobs into an existing job hierarchy.Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US HR Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Compensation and BenefitsObjective: Compensation

4. Right Answer: C
Explanation: Answer option C is correct.An on-call worker is the best solution for situation in which the employer needs the same job to be done on a sporadic basis. This allows the employer to rely on the same person to do the job, reducing training requirements. An intern program (B) would not be appropriate because it is a short-term training solution.Seasonal workers (D) are generally required only at specific times of the year. Temp workers (A) provided by agencies may not be available when needed because they may be on other assignments. See Chapter 4 for more information.Chapter: Workforce Planning and EmploymentObjective: Strategic Workforce Planning

5. Right Answer: C
Explanation: Answer option C is correct.The Davis Bacon Act in 1931 was the first piece of legislation to establish the minimum wage.Answer options A and D are incorrect. The Davis Bacon Act did not address the retirement age.Answer option B is incorrect. The Davis Bacon Act did not establish the minimum age to allow people to begin employment.Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US Body of Knowledge.Chapter: Compensation and BenefitsObjective: Total Rewards Defined

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