Which of the following is mandated by provincial Acts when the profession is regulated?
Rules of professional conduct
HR's role as a business partner
Membership fees
Professional exam criteria
Which of the following is the cornerstone of equity legislation?
Human Rights Codes/Acts
Pay Equity Act
Employment Equity Act
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
A set of standards of conduct and moral judgements that help determine right and wrong behaviour is referred to as:
Policies
Values
Professional Guidelines
Ethics
If an HR manager personally benefited from awarding a training contract to a good friend, this could be considered:
An inappropriate incentive
A conflict of Interest
An illegal act
An expression of interest
Which of the following is NOT one of the duties HR professionals have when acting as an independent practitioner?
To account for project progress
To terminate the contract if it is running over budget
To cease providing services when the client terminates the contract
To clearly define the nature and scope of the project
Which of the following would be considered a violation of professional standards?
Collect interest on unpaid consulting fees
Represent more than one side of a dispute
Refuse services to a client wishing to engage in unethical practices
Refrain from intervening in the personal matters of employers or clients
Which of the following is NOT included in our professional scope of practice?
Teaching HR
Developing policies
Providing legal advice
Conducting HR research
Our professional obligation to balance interests means:
Balancing right and wrong
Balancing all parties' needs and interests
Balancing costs and quality
Balancing timelines and priorities
Disabled workers are covered by all of the following legislations EXCEPT:
Employment equity
Employment standards
Pay equity
Occupational health and safety
An organization that has legislated authority to carry out the governing legislation of a profession is referred to as:
A professional association
A regulatory agency
A board of examiners
A public authority
Professional self-regulation legislation that limits the use of the professional designation to those who have met all designation criteria is referred to as:
Right to practice legislation
) Right to title legislation
Restricted practice legislation
Professional privilege legislation
The process of collecting information about a job for developing a job description is known as:
Organizational analysis
Task analysis
Person analysis
Job analysis
Statistics can be broken down into two types: Inferential Statistics and Descriptive Statistics. Which of the following is a "descriptive" statistical term?
Correlation
Mean
Analysis of Variance
Regression
Which of the following is NOT a cause of unethical behaviour?
Personal gain
Role conflict
Competition
Negative reinforcement
What are the core functions of management?
Leading, Organizing, Motivating, Monitoring
Analyzing, Forecasting, Problem Solving, Strategizing
Controlling, Organizing, Planning, Leading
Assessing, Delegating, Measuring, Rewarding
When an assessment measures a skill that is not relevant to candidate performance, it is known to have:
Criterion deficiency
Criterion error
Criterion contamination
Criterion interference
Which of the following industries are NOT federally regulated?
Rail transportation
Fishing
Telecommunications
Forestry
How many employees does an organization need to have before it is covered by the Employment Equity Act?
25
50
100
150