GPHR Online Practice Questions and Answers

A company is considering moving its production offshore to Shenzhen, China. The HR Manager is tasked with identifying the supply and demand for skilled labor, the costs of recruiting workers, and the turnover trends in the area. When conducting this environmental scan, which of the following types of influences best describes these indicators?

A. Political factors

B. Economic factors

C. International factors

D. Labor market factors

A good MBO (management by objectives) shares all of the following aspects EXCEPT:

A. Periodic feedback about objectives

B. Goals which align with corporate level goals and strategies

C. Goals are established by the supervisor/manager

D. Goals which are measurable

A U.S. based high tech company has built a RandD office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since the Greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher priority engineering projects and trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited manages in Bangalore.

Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business in the U.S. by adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the corporation in the mid-term. The project is still in the phase of identifying specifications and developing milestones, where the engineering management team is working closely with the product manager. The management team understand that is must create an international assignment program to have this project run smoothly. The team believes that extended business travel would be the most appropriate program.

In order t confirm their belief, the HR manager does extensive research. The analysis shows that extended business travel will result in $10,000,000 additional revenue in the first year and $5,000,000 additional revenue in the second year due to the customization of the product to customer demand. The cost of the program is $400,000 initial investment plus a variable cost of $100,000 per year.

What is the break-even point

A. 2.4 months

B. 4.8 months

C. 6 months

D. 2 months

U. S. based Engineering Manager was sent to England for a short-term six-month assignment to recruit and build a team. He is almost dome with the assignmrnt and describes the entire opportunity as being exciting and challenging. He wants to stay in Europe further and hopes to go on future international assignments.

According to Black and Mendenhall, which of the following stages of the cross-cultural adjustment cycle is the manager in?

A. Culture shock

B. Mastery

C. Adjustment

D. Honeymoon

An organization is in the growth stage of the organizational life cycle. The company is a small staffing firm made up with a founder who largely performs a business development individuals, and 2 junior recruiters who perform most the administrative function. Each recruiter is paired up with a business development individual to target a specific niche in professions-sales and marketing vs. engineering vs. administrative staff (ie clerical, accounting, etc).

Which of the following types of organizational structures is recommended?

A. Centralization

B. Divisional

C. Functional

D. Narrow span of control

What should be the first step when developing a global HR strategic plan ?

A. Identify HR vision and goals

B. Assess HR resources available to implement plan

C. Determine how each HR tactical activity aligns with organizational goals

D. Identify S.M.A.R.T. HR objectives that align with organizational goals

Which of the following is the next step in the change management process after an organization discusses the need for change?

A. Establish a plan and a time line

B. Implement and evaluate change

C. Communicate the change plan

D. Prepare alternative plans

Which of the following is an example of a group incentive pay plan?

A. Piece rate plan

B. Commissions

C. Gainsharing plan

D. Profit-sharing plans

You are in the process of developing a global compensation structure. In order to ensure a balanced strategy, you are evaluating legal differences between sites. Which of the following is NOT a common difference that you should assess?

A. Existence of at-will employment

B. Definition of overtime

C. Rates of taxation for in headquarters

D. Minimum wage

Which of the following is NOT a cultural impact on the performance appraisal process?

A. Appropriate rewards for achievement

B. Aligning company systems to elicit specific individual performance

C. Value of individual vs. group performance

D. Type of feedback given