As a HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on
human resource practices today. This adverse impact lawsuit determined that
discrimination need not be deliberate or observable to be real. Employees were segregated
by race and were allowed to work only in the lowest paid position. What lawsuit is
described?

A.

Griggs versus Duke Power, 1971

B.

Albemarle Paper versus Moody, 1975

C.

Washington versus Davis, 1976

D.

McDonnell Douglas Corp. versus Green, 1973

You are a HR Professional for your organization and you're preparing your team for a
series of interviews. You want the team to be familiar with the validity types you'll use and
encourage in the series of interviews. One of the requirements in the interview process for
a graphic designer is, for the graphic designer to use a software program and to create a
simple brochure. This is an example of what type of validity?

A.

Construct-related validity

B.

Predictive validity

C.

Criterion-related validity

D.

Content validity

As an HR Professional, you should be familiar with OSHA rules, standards, and
regulations. Should an organization violate an OSHA standard, there are often penalties
that the employer must pay. What is the maximum fine an employer may face for a
deliberate and intentional violation of an OSHA standard?

A.

$100,000

B.

$10,000

C.

$50,000

D.

$70,000

Fran is a HR Professional for her organization and she is interviewing applicants for a
warehouse position. One of the candidates has written on his application that he speaks
Spanish. Fran interviews this candidate in Spanish and interviews all other candidates in
English. This is an example of what?

A.

Disparate treatment

B.

Disparate impact

C.

Accommodation

D.

Perpetuating past discrimination

As an HR Professional you must recognize, and be aware of several pieces of legislation
that affects your performance as an HR Professional.Which one of the following acts
exempted labor unions and agricultural organizations from The Sherman Antitrust Act?

A.

The Clayton Act

B.

The Railway Labor Act

C.

The National Labor Relations Act

D.

The National Industrial Recovery Act

As a HR Professional you must understand the laws and regulations, which affect
employee compensation. Which of the following was the first to address sanitary working
conditions?

A.

Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act

B.

Portal-to-Portal Act

C.

Davis-Bacon Act

D.

Fair Labor Standards Act

As a HR Professional you must understand the laws and regulations, which affect
employee compensation. Which of the following was the first to address a minimum wage
for employees?

A.

Portal-to-Portal Act

B.

Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act

C.

Davis-Bacon Act

D.

Fair Labor Standards Act

Which of the following are established by Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938? Each
correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose three.

A.

Criteria for exempt and nonexempt employees

B.

Minimumwage requirement

C.

Laws for protecting American children against labor exploitation

D.

Health insurance requirement

Mike is the HR Professional for his organization and he's documenting the relationship of
contractors and employees in the organization. Mike is focusing on the control aspects as
provided by the Internal Revenue Service. What aspect of the contractor control aspect is
best described as how the business pays the worker?

A.

Behavioral control

B.

Contractual relationship

C.

Type ofrelationship

D.

Financial control

As an HR Professional you must be familiar with several laws and pieces of legislation that
affects your practices. What act makes it illegal to discriminate against older workers with
respect to benefits or to target older workers for layoffs?

A.

OWBPA

B.

OASDI

C.

HIPAA

D.

MHPA