SHRM SCP Exam Prep questions with verified detailed || || || || || || || ||
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The NLRB v. Weingarten establishes legal protocols for which type of meeting? - ✔✔A meeting
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with an employee accused of engaging in unlawful harassment.
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What needs to happen with a new hire selection procedure that may have an adverse impact on
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persons based on their gender identity or sexual orientation? - ✔✔The organization needs to
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justify the procedure in accordance with federal law, if possible.
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Which key security concern should an organization consider for storing sensitive personnel
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records in a cloud-based platform? - ✔✔Frequency and performance of security updates
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What are the three basic principles of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)? - ✔✔Free
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collective bargaining, the exclusivity principle, and structural autonomy
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A worker's compensation lawsuit has been filed against a company. The owner is not concerned
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because he has employment practices liability insurance (EPLI). What should the owner know
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about EPLI? - ✔✔It does not cover claims rising under workers' compensation.
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What laws must be considered when administering return-to-work programs? - ✔✔FMLA and
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ADA
Which action best ensures compliance under the Equal Pay Act? - ✔✔Reviewing salaries for
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factors other than gender || || ||
An organization's HR VP is concerned about the effect of a proposed statute on the organization.
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What should he do to express these concerns? - ✔✔Reach out to the representatives who have
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been elected in the districts that the company is located in.
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, What should an organization do if records retention requirements differ among multiple
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jurisdictions? - ✔✔Adhere to the law that requires the longest time period. || || || || || || || || || || ||
A U.S.-based organization prides itself on its equal application of all time and attendance policies.
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Per the EEOC v. Verizon settlement (2011), what needs to occur with these policies? - ✔✔Add
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equity to the policies by including reasonable accommodation exceptions.
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Which OSHA standard is known as the Employee Right-to-Know Law? - ✔✔Hazard
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Communication
Certain bona fide executives are partially exempt from the protections of which act? - ✔✔Age
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Discrimination in Employment Act || || ||
Which reflects a fundamental difference between Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave
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granted to care for a non-military-related family member and military caregiver leave? -
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✔✔Individual leave duration during a single 12-month period || || || || || || ||
A union employee is currently under investigation for a policy violation. The employee has
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brought along an attorney to assist during the investigatory interview. What step should the
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employer representative take next? - ✔✔Inform the employee that the attorney may not attend the
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interview.
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Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, what right can employers exercise? -
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✔✔Refusing the commencement of an OSHA inspection unless a search warrant is produced || || || || || || || || || || || ||
A company is forced to change the status of some full-time employees to part-time following poor
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annual performance. The company intends to change the status of the affected employees back to
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full-time as soon as sales allow. One affected employee is away from work at the time of the
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reclassification due to a temporary disability. How does COBRA coverage apply to the || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
employee? - ✔✔The employee is able to continue benefits for up to 29 months.
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answers
The NLRB v. Weingarten establishes legal protocols for which type of meeting? - ✔✔A meeting
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
with an employee accused of engaging in unlawful harassment.
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What needs to happen with a new hire selection procedure that may have an adverse impact on
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
persons based on their gender identity or sexual orientation? - ✔✔The organization needs to
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justify the procedure in accordance with federal law, if possible.
|| || || || || || || || ||
Which key security concern should an organization consider for storing sensitive personnel
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records in a cloud-based platform? - ✔✔Frequency and performance of security updates
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
What are the three basic principles of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)? - ✔✔Free
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collective bargaining, the exclusivity principle, and structural autonomy
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A worker's compensation lawsuit has been filed against a company. The owner is not concerned
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
because he has employment practices liability insurance (EPLI). What should the owner know
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about EPLI? - ✔✔It does not cover claims rising under workers' compensation.
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What laws must be considered when administering return-to-work programs? - ✔✔FMLA and
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
ADA
Which action best ensures compliance under the Equal Pay Act? - ✔✔Reviewing salaries for
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
factors other than gender || || ||
An organization's HR VP is concerned about the effect of a proposed statute on the organization.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
What should he do to express these concerns? - ✔✔Reach out to the representatives who have
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
been elected in the districts that the company is located in.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
, What should an organization do if records retention requirements differ among multiple
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
jurisdictions? - ✔✔Adhere to the law that requires the longest time period. || || || || || || || || || || ||
A U.S.-based organization prides itself on its equal application of all time and attendance policies.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Per the EEOC v. Verizon settlement (2011), what needs to occur with these policies? - ✔✔Add
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
equity to the policies by including reasonable accommodation exceptions.
|| || || || || || || ||
Which OSHA standard is known as the Employee Right-to-Know Law? - ✔✔Hazard
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
Communication
Certain bona fide executives are partially exempt from the protections of which act? - ✔✔Age
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Discrimination in Employment Act || || ||
Which reflects a fundamental difference between Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave
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granted to care for a non-military-related family member and military caregiver leave? -
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✔✔Individual leave duration during a single 12-month period || || || || || || ||
A union employee is currently under investigation for a policy violation. The employee has
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
brought along an attorney to assist during the investigatory interview. What step should the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
employer representative take next? - ✔✔Inform the employee that the attorney may not attend the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
interview.
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Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, what right can employers exercise? -
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✔✔Refusing the commencement of an OSHA inspection unless a search warrant is produced || || || || || || || || || || || ||
A company is forced to change the status of some full-time employees to part-time following poor
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
annual performance. The company intends to change the status of the affected employees back to
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full-time as soon as sales allow. One affected employee is away from work at the time of the
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reclassification due to a temporary disability. How does COBRA coverage apply to the || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
employee? - ✔✔The employee is able to continue benefits for up to 29 months.
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