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Senior Professional in Human Resources Questions 191–195 (page: 40)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

Which of the following exceptions to the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act describes a type of employment where employees are paid based on the volume of their production?

  1. Professionally developed test of abilities
  2. Bona fide occupational qualification
  3. Piece-rate systems
  4. Seniority systems

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Answer option C is correct. A piece rate system describes a job where compensation is according to their production volume. Answer option D is incorrect. Seniority systems or merit systems are designed to not reward or discriminate unlawfully. Answer option A is incorrect. Professionally developed test of abilities determine skills that may have an unintended discriminatory impact upon people on the basis of gender, religion, or national origin. Reference:
Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide, Sybex, ISBN: 978-0-470- 43096-5. Chapter Four: Workforce Planning. Official PHR and SPHR Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US Body of Knowledge.
Chapter: Workforce Planning and Employment
Objective: Federal Employment Legislation



The Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the payment of wages or benefits, to men and women who perform substantially equal work for the same employer, in the same establishment, and under similar working conditions. The law defined substantial equality of job content on four factors. Which one of the following is not one of the four factors this law defines?

  1. Skill
  2. Working conditions
  3. Education
  4. Effort

Answer(s): C


Reference:

PHR Exam Prep, Pearson Education, ISBN: 978-0-7897-3677-2. Chapter Six: Total Rewards. Official PHR and SPHR Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586- 44149-4, Section III, The US HR Body of Knowledge.
Chapter: Core Knowledge Requirements for HR Professionals
Objective: Employee Records Management



During the organization of a union, it's possible that the union will gain recognition from the management. The management is then obliged to give the NLRB a list of employees who are eligible to vote in the unionization election. What is the name of the list of such employees called?

  1. Candidate List
  2. Constituent List
  3. Union prospectus List
  4. Excelsior List

Answer(s): D


Reference:

PHR Exam Prep, Pearson Education, ISBN: 978-0-7897-3677-2. Chapter Seven:
Employee and Labor Relations. Official PHR and SPHR Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US HR Body of Knowledge.
Chapter: Employee and Labor Relations
Objective: Union Organization



Characteristics of high-involvement organizations include all of the following except which?

  1. Team learning
  2. Pay-for-performance system that clearly links employee behavior to rewards
  3. Data-sharing from the top down
  4. Decision-making from the bottom up

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Answer option A is correct. High-involvement organizations are those in which employees are encouraged to remain active, accountable members of the company. Allowing employees to come up with creative solutions to problems, clearly linking rewards to behavior (B) encouraging decision-making from the ground up (D) and demonstrating management trust through data sharing (C) are other characteristics of HIOs. See Chapters 3 and 7 for more information.
Chapter: Employee and Labor Relations
Objective: Employee Relations



There are four negative risk responses an organization can elect to use. Your organization is completing a project where some electrical work is deemed too dangerous to be completed internally. You advise that the project manager hire a licensed electrician to complete the dangerous assignment. What type of risk response have you advised in this scenario?

  1. Avoidance
  2. Transference
  3. Mitigation
  4. Acceptance

Answer(s): B


Reference:

Professional in Human Resources Certification Guide, Sybex, ISBN: 978-0-470-43096-
5. Chapter 5: Human Resource Development. Official PHR and SPHR Certification Guide, HR
Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US Body of Knowledge.
Chapter: Risk Management
Objective: Risk Management



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