PHR Exam Questions - Part 11

1. Organizational functions, according to Fayol, conform to one of the six functional areas. Which one of the following is not an area of organizational functions for strategic planning?

A) Sales and marketing
B) Financial activities
C) Human resource management
D) Technical activities



2. Which one of the following is the best example of a disparate treatment of discrimination?

A) All project team members are asked to take turns keeping meeting minutes in a rotation.
B) The meeting minutes will be kept by both men and women in a rotation.
C) The meeting minutes will be kept by female members of the project team because they have neater handwriting.
D) All junior project team members are required to take turns keeping meeting minutes in a rotation.



3. The Department of Labor establishes the rules for unemployment insurance and associated claims. Who administers the unemployment?

A) Each organization
B) The Department of Labor
C) Insurance companies
D) Each state



4. Fred is a union employee who has been summoned by the management to an investigatory hearing regarding his conduct. Fred would like to have a union representative with him at the meeting. What is the name of the right that allows Fred to have a union representative with him at the meeting?

A) Management Rights
B) Bumping Right
C) Right of Way
D) Weingarten Right



5. When an individual files a charge of discrimination with the EEOC against an employer, what will the EEOC do?

A) The EEOC will create a hearing with the complainant and the employer to investigate the charge.
B) The EEOC will visit the employer to inform them of the charge.
C) The EEOC will investigate the claim by inspecting the employer's place of business.
D) The EEOC will send the employer a letter informing them of the charge.