HRCI- SPHR Practice Exam 2025/2026
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One of your production managers uses incentives to reward employees for
meeting operational objectives. This is the best example of which of the
following leadership styles?
A. Charismatic leadership
B. Transactional leadership
C. Laissez-faire leadership
D. Authoritarian leadership - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B. Transactional leaders are
characterized by a "this for that" style. These leaders use both rewards and
discipline when necessary to accomplish organizational and departmental
objectives.
Consensual romantic relationships at work represent what type of risk?
A. Intimate partner violence
B. Unlawful treatment
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,C. Sexual harassment
D. None, because it's consensual - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. Relationships at
work, even those that are consensual, have the potential for issues in
which HR will have to intervene. This includes the risk of sexual
harassment should the relationship become unwanted by either party.
The international gas utility company for which you direct HR does not have
an organized health and safety program for its workers. What should be
your first step?
A. Focus on becoming compliant with international, federal, state, and local
safety standards.
B. Identify the employees who are most at risk and begin safety efforts with
them.
C. Obtain approval for a company-wide incentive program based on zero
accidents or injuries.
D. Meet with the workers' compensation brokers to assess the costs of lack
of a safety program.
See the answer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B. In this high-risk industry, it would be
prudent for human resources to begin building a safety program for those
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,workers who are most at risk. This effort may include data collection,
incentives, and compliance efforts as part of the overall intervention
strategy.
The food distribution center for which you work has seen an increase in the
number of loading-dock workers reporting ankle injuries. What strategy
would be most effective to reduce or eliminate the risk?
A. Require employees to wear high-top steel-toed work boots.
B. Review the injury records for patterns of unsafe behaviors.
C. Conduct a root-cause analysis with a committee made up of dock
workers.
D. Ask the occupational clinic to come in and provide safety training. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔C. Any time there is an increase in injuries and accidents, HR
should take the time to analyze for root causes. From this, hazard
abatement strategies may be developed and could include new personal
protective equipment requirements or worker training.
The major Internet provider for which you are the VP of human resources
has just experienced the largest customer and employee data breach in the
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, history of the United States. In an effort to comply with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC), you should first do what?
A. Evaluate the areas where the company's data is still at risk for hackers
B. Research credit monitoring services to offer affected individuals.
C. Wait to notify investors until the executive team can sell their shares of
company stock.
D. Assess the depth of the data breach and notify investors as soon as is
practicable. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. When a data breach of this magnitude
occurs, it is important for HR to help the company respond in accordance
with governing agencies but also in a manner that protects the interests of
both the company and the affected individuals.
Which of the following are examples of the physical assets that must be
secured to prevent a cybersecurity attack?
A. The employees
B. The buildings
C. The workstations
D. The power lines - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. Physical assets such as
workstations and servers can be tracked and monitored as part of a
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Exam Questions and Answers | A+
Score Assured
One of your production managers uses incentives to reward employees for
meeting operational objectives. This is the best example of which of the
following leadership styles?
A. Charismatic leadership
B. Transactional leadership
C. Laissez-faire leadership
D. Authoritarian leadership - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B. Transactional leaders are
characterized by a "this for that" style. These leaders use both rewards and
discipline when necessary to accomplish organizational and departmental
objectives.
Consensual romantic relationships at work represent what type of risk?
A. Intimate partner violence
B. Unlawful treatment
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,C. Sexual harassment
D. None, because it's consensual - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. Relationships at
work, even those that are consensual, have the potential for issues in
which HR will have to intervene. This includes the risk of sexual
harassment should the relationship become unwanted by either party.
The international gas utility company for which you direct HR does not have
an organized health and safety program for its workers. What should be
your first step?
A. Focus on becoming compliant with international, federal, state, and local
safety standards.
B. Identify the employees who are most at risk and begin safety efforts with
them.
C. Obtain approval for a company-wide incentive program based on zero
accidents or injuries.
D. Meet with the workers' compensation brokers to assess the costs of lack
of a safety program.
See the answer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B. In this high-risk industry, it would be
prudent for human resources to begin building a safety program for those
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,workers who are most at risk. This effort may include data collection,
incentives, and compliance efforts as part of the overall intervention
strategy.
The food distribution center for which you work has seen an increase in the
number of loading-dock workers reporting ankle injuries. What strategy
would be most effective to reduce or eliminate the risk?
A. Require employees to wear high-top steel-toed work boots.
B. Review the injury records for patterns of unsafe behaviors.
C. Conduct a root-cause analysis with a committee made up of dock
workers.
D. Ask the occupational clinic to come in and provide safety training. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔C. Any time there is an increase in injuries and accidents, HR
should take the time to analyze for root causes. From this, hazard
abatement strategies may be developed and could include new personal
protective equipment requirements or worker training.
The major Internet provider for which you are the VP of human resources
has just experienced the largest customer and employee data breach in the
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, history of the United States. In an effort to comply with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC), you should first do what?
A. Evaluate the areas where the company's data is still at risk for hackers
B. Research credit monitoring services to offer affected individuals.
C. Wait to notify investors until the executive team can sell their shares of
company stock.
D. Assess the depth of the data breach and notify investors as soon as is
practicable. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D. When a data breach of this magnitude
occurs, it is important for HR to help the company respond in accordance
with governing agencies but also in a manner that protects the interests of
both the company and the affected individuals.
Which of the following are examples of the physical assets that must be
secured to prevent a cybersecurity attack?
A. The employees
B. The buildings
C. The workstations
D. The power lines - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. Physical assets such as
workstations and servers can be tracked and monitored as part of a
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