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The questions for SHRM-SCP were last updated at Feb 18,2025.
- Exam Code: SHRM-SCP
- Exam Name: SHRM Certified Professional
- Certification Provider: Scrum
- Latest update: Feb 18,2025
An organization has identified several areas in which productivity is not meeting goals. The HR director is charged with finding a way to help increase productivity in the identified areas. After examining employee surveys from the underperforming areas, the HR director concludes that management is performing adequately but teams are still not working together as needed. The HR director also examines compensation in the area to see if below-average base pay is causing employees to lack motivation, but she finds that base salaries are competitive in the area.
Which is the best option for the HR director to use to increase productivity?
- A . Replace a portion of the underperforming teams with external candidates.
- B . Reorganize the department to mix up underperforming teams.
- C . Offer group incentive pay based on group performance targets.
- D . Offer individual incentive pay based on individual performance targets.
The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 applies to what kind of organization? (choose all that apply)
- A . Private organizations receiving federal grants
- B . Organizations with federal contracts of at least $100,000
- C . Organizations with federal contracts of at least $10,000
- D . Private and public organizations with federal contracts subject to OFCCP.
Based on the organization’s new strategic plan, the HR business plan calls for implementing a new team-building course. The HR function, however, is unable to use internal instructional designers due to prior project commitments.
What should the HR manager do?
- A . Add permanent HR staff
- B . Revise the business plan.
- C . Rearrange project commitments.
- D . Outsource the project
Jane’s retirement plan is funded by the employer. She has been promised that she will receive a specific monthly dollar amount at retirement. Her pension benefit is calculated based on a formula where her benefit is equal to 3 percent of her average salary for the last 5 years of employment multiplied by her total years of service. Jane’s plan is a ——-
- A . Rabbi Trust
- B . Defined benefit plan
- C . Defined contribution plan
- D . Qualified plan
How does the self-service component of an HRIS shift HR’s focus from transactional to transformational?
- A . By shifting benefit profiles and option updates to managers and employees
- B . By identifying potential succession management problems before they occur
- C . By using the Internet to improve communication across time zones
- D . By supporting the use of virtual teams working around the globe
An organization’s attempts to differentiate its product in the marketplace have failed, and sales are below projections.
Which of the following changes should be implemented?
- A . Cut costs across the board, reduce the price below that of the competition, and depend on volume for profits.
- B . Isolate the differentiating product factors, reduce costs in other areas, and reduce the product’s price.
- C . Increase the marketing effort to raise awareness of the product’s uniqueness and raise the price.
- D . Withdraw the product from the market, redesign it to enhance its uniqueness, and reintroduce it at the same price.
A small organization has recently doubled the size of its workforce to 150 employees. The HR director has received approval to purchase an HRIS to help deal with the increase in reporting requirements. There is an IT expert in-house.
What is the best course of action for this HR director in regard to the purchase and implementation of the HRIS?
- A . Purchase a robust HRIS software package that allows specific information
- B . Customize an off-the-shelf HRIS software package.
- C . Outsource all HRIS functions, as on-site IT is not available
- D . Purchase the HRIS software package after benchmarking with a consultant
Which principle of employment at-will affects employers in countries that recognize this employment right?
- A . The employee is not legally bound to any financial liability incurred for abandoning the job
- B . The employer is able to recover damages or costs incurred by the departure of an employee.
- C . Severance payments must be agreed upon in writing when the employee is first hired.
- D . Employers are not required to identify a legitimate business decision for taking adverse action.
According to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act—–?
- A . an employer is legally culpable if genetic information is obtained inadvertently
- B . employers who self-insure coverage can use genetic information to screen out employees for health benefits under the safe harbor rule
- C . an employer may use genetic information to make an employment decision if it is relevant to an individual’s current ability to work
- D . it is not illegal if an employer obtains genetic information accidentally or pursuant to the FMLA
An organization is extremely risk-averse, and its technology policies aim at retaining the greatest degree of physical and legal control.
Which option for acquiring software offers the most control to the organization?
- A . Software as a subscription hosted on the public cloud
- B . Perpetual license software hosted on private cloud servers.
- C . Subscription software hosted on private cloud servers.
- D . Proprietary software hosted on the organization’s on-site servers