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The questions for SHRM-SCP were last updated at Feb 20,2025.
- Exam Code: SHRM-SCP
- Exam Name: SHRM Certified Professional
- Certification Provider: Scrum
- Latest update: Feb 20,2025
The C-Suite of a company with 600 employees intends to hire 150 employees in the next 12 months. The Chief Operating Officer and the HR Director are both responsible for the expansion initiative. The company headquarters is located in a small underdeveloped city. The local school system is slightly above the state average in terms of funding and graduation levels. The local economy is based on small businesses and manufacturing. The wage base in the city is significantly lower than that of the nearest
larger city. The HR director is concerned about the ability to attract new candidates. The new positions will be administrative, business development, technical, and managerial. The HR director intends to propose that some current employees can be developed for promotion. The HR staff of two employees is excited about the project.
Which method would best prepare current employees for intended promotion into the specialized positions?
- A . Create job-specific trainings for all employees based on the ADDIE model with features of vertical and horizontal loading
- B . Create a talent recruitment strategy and develop individual development plans for all employees
- C . Develop a management training program for succession planning and to create a pool of prospective replacements.
- D . Develop a career management plan which includes identifying high-potential employees and
preparing an individual development plan for them.
A company is consistently having trouble hiring designers in its creative department, a key unit within marketing that produces all the graphic and pictorial art deliverables for clients. After a couple of months, the recruiting team finds a strong candidate. The candidate requests working first as an independent contractor and then transitioning to permanent employment. After two weeks, work is going smoothly, and the creative unit manager is working with the HR manager to extend an employment offer. Company policy requires all new candidates must successfully pass a drug screen as a condition of employment, but when the candidate is tested, the candidate tests positive for marijuana. The HR manager questions the candidate, who states that the drug was used while he was on a consultancy job in a state where recreational use of marijuana is legal.
The creative unit manager requests that the HR manager make an exception to the company policy and allow the hiring process to continue.
How should the HR manager address the request?
- A . Clarify that passing the drug test is an established employment requirement
- B . Acquiesce to the creative manager’s request
- C . Compare the law of the state with the company’s drug use policy
- D . Advice the candidate that the contract will have to be terminated.
A company is consistently having trouble hiring designers in its creative department, a key unit within marketing that produces all the graphic and pictorial art deliverables for clients. After a couple of months, the recruiting team finds a strong candidate. The candidate requests working first as an independent contractor and then transitioning to permanent employment. After two weeks, work is going smoothly, and the creative unit manager is working with the HR manager to extend an employment offer. Company policy requires all new candidates must successfully pass a drug screen as a condition of employment, but when the candidate is tested, the candidate tests positive for marijuana. The HR manager questions the candidate, who states that the drug was used while he was on a consultancy job in a state where recreational use of marijuana is legal.
The senior executive team requests that the HR manager research industry leanings regarding hiring policies and drug use during personal time.
How should the HR manager gather the information?
- A . Utilize HR analytics to provide predictive context and explain the productivity issues that drug use can present
- B . Determine the specific end goal of the executives on the requested information regarding drug use during personal time
- C . Present a list of alternative competent candidates that tested negative to illegal drugs
- D . Provide the information to the executive board and hire the candidate, on the premise that drugs
cannot be used on duty.
The Deal multinational corporation practices an ethnocentric international business strategy. However, several global trends may necessitate a change in the corporation’s strategy.
Which of the following global trends has been marked by an increase in Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and reverse innovations?
- A . An upsurge in the economic power of developed economies.
- B . A change in influence from developed economies to emerging economies.
- C . The vast importance of technology over geography and population.
- D . The impact of a global pandemic and recession.
As part of an organization’s strategy to communicate the complete value of what it offers to employees, which of the following is the most effective option a compensation and benefits manager should select?
- A . Make the salary structure, salary ranges and salary grades public and accessible to all employees.
- B . Communicate the higher percentage of health insurance costs that the employer shoulders.
- C . Provide detailed messages to employees on the benchmarking process of determining equitable compensation.
- D . Provide a customized hidden paycheck to employees.
A conglomerate export its products to foreign countries, where it establishes production facilities. However, its products, procedures, unique business processes, and strategy are developed in the home country.
With regard to the Bartlett and Ghoshal’s Typology of Multinational Companies, this conglomerate is practicing a/an ——– strategy?
- A . Multidomestic
- B . International
- C . Transnational
- D . Global
Which of the following options states how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) amended the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)?
- A . Increased the qualifying events that may permit 36 months of coverage
- B . Extended the eligibility time period for employee COBRA applications
- C . Increased the list of who is considered a qualified dependent
- D . Required coverage of an employee’s adult children up to age 26.
At the end of a training class on conducting research on consumer preferences in detergent brands, a training participant is asked to produce a consumer research plan for a popular detergent brand.
Which of the following levels of learning is the employee being asked to demonstrate?
- A . Comprehension
- B . Synthesis
- C . Knowledge
- D . Analysis
The Three-Tree landscaping firm is aiming to hire a handful of qualified staff and has posted openings that offer pay ranges that exceed the industry average. This is in a bid to develop an operative workforce as quick as possible.
The Three-Tree firm is most likely in what phase of its organizational life-cycle?
- A . Introduction
- B . Growth
- C . Maturity
- D . Decline
The most successful organizational change strategy is one that emphasizes?
- A . bureaucratic authority
- B . shared authority
- C . rational-legal authority
- D . a structured approach