IPMA-HR Public Sector Essentials Exam 2026-2027 90
QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS,
ELABORATED & DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
acceptance rate - CORRECT ANSWER: percentage of applicants hired divided by total number
of applicants offered jobs
adverse impact - CORRECT ANSWER: if the selection rate for any race, sex, or ethnic group is
less than 80% for the group having the highest selection rate
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967) - CORRECT ANSWER: covers compensation,
terms, conditions, and other privileges (i.e. health benefits)
alternative work arrangements - CORRECT ANSWER: nontraditional schedules that provide
flexibility to employees
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) - CORRECT ANSWER: organizations with 15 or more
employees must make reasonable accommodations that allow a qualified job applicant with
disability to complete the applicant process or carry out duties of the job, amended 2008 to
expand protections and clarify
applicant pool - CORRECT ANSWER: all persons who are actually evaluated for selection
impacted by representative of organization and industry, screening, job specifications, and info
available through the ATS
applicant population - CORRECT ANSWER: subset of the labor force population that is
available for selection using a particular recruiting approach
, attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) theory - CORRECT ANSWER: job candidates are attracted
to, selected by firms where similar types of individuals are employed and individual who are
different quit their jobs to work elsewhere
balanced scorecard - CORRECT ANSWER: a framework used to report a diverse set of
performance measures
behavioral interview - CORRECT ANSWER: applicants give specific examples of how they
have performed a certain task or handled a problem in the past
Civil Rights Act (1991) - CORRECT ANSWER: provides monetary damages in cases of
international employee discrimination, authorizes compensatory and punitive damages, obtaining
attorney fees and possibility of jury trials, directs EEOC to expand its tech assistance and
outreach activities
Civil Service Reform Act (1978) - CORRECT ANSWER: prohibits any employee who has
authority to take certain personnel actions from discriminating for or against, Office of Personnel
Management interpret prohibit discrimination based on conduct to include sexual orientation,
prohibits reprisal for whistle-blowing, enforced by the Office of the Special Counsel and Merit
System Protection Board
cognitive ability tests - CORRECT ANSWER: tests that measure an individuals thinking,
memory, reasoning, verbal and mathematical abilities
competency interview - CORRECT ANSWER: questions are designed to provide interviewer
with benchmark against which to measure an applicant's response
compilational fit - CORRECT ANSWER: occurs when several lower level factors (work group,
personal lives, or work site teamwork) prompt increase in higher-level congruence
compositional fit - CORRECT ANSWER: when people involved in creating fit are doing so at
different levels of a firm
QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS,
ELABORATED & DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
acceptance rate - CORRECT ANSWER: percentage of applicants hired divided by total number
of applicants offered jobs
adverse impact - CORRECT ANSWER: if the selection rate for any race, sex, or ethnic group is
less than 80% for the group having the highest selection rate
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967) - CORRECT ANSWER: covers compensation,
terms, conditions, and other privileges (i.e. health benefits)
alternative work arrangements - CORRECT ANSWER: nontraditional schedules that provide
flexibility to employees
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) - CORRECT ANSWER: organizations with 15 or more
employees must make reasonable accommodations that allow a qualified job applicant with
disability to complete the applicant process or carry out duties of the job, amended 2008 to
expand protections and clarify
applicant pool - CORRECT ANSWER: all persons who are actually evaluated for selection
impacted by representative of organization and industry, screening, job specifications, and info
available through the ATS
applicant population - CORRECT ANSWER: subset of the labor force population that is
available for selection using a particular recruiting approach
, attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) theory - CORRECT ANSWER: job candidates are attracted
to, selected by firms where similar types of individuals are employed and individual who are
different quit their jobs to work elsewhere
balanced scorecard - CORRECT ANSWER: a framework used to report a diverse set of
performance measures
behavioral interview - CORRECT ANSWER: applicants give specific examples of how they
have performed a certain task or handled a problem in the past
Civil Rights Act (1991) - CORRECT ANSWER: provides monetary damages in cases of
international employee discrimination, authorizes compensatory and punitive damages, obtaining
attorney fees and possibility of jury trials, directs EEOC to expand its tech assistance and
outreach activities
Civil Service Reform Act (1978) - CORRECT ANSWER: prohibits any employee who has
authority to take certain personnel actions from discriminating for or against, Office of Personnel
Management interpret prohibit discrimination based on conduct to include sexual orientation,
prohibits reprisal for whistle-blowing, enforced by the Office of the Special Counsel and Merit
System Protection Board
cognitive ability tests - CORRECT ANSWER: tests that measure an individuals thinking,
memory, reasoning, verbal and mathematical abilities
competency interview - CORRECT ANSWER: questions are designed to provide interviewer
with benchmark against which to measure an applicant's response
compilational fit - CORRECT ANSWER: occurs when several lower level factors (work group,
personal lives, or work site teamwork) prompt increase in higher-level congruence
compositional fit - CORRECT ANSWER: when people involved in creating fit are doing so at
different levels of a firm
