GPHR Global Professional in Human Resource Questions and Answers

A company decides to pursue an international assignment program to fill a new position in its new office in Beijing, China With the assistance of the human resources professional, the management team has finalized a list of job-specific selection criteria of the ideal candidate for the fole.

During the interviewing process, they utilize various tools to isolate out the success factors. After deciding on the candidate and the individual accepting the offer, the human resources professianal works with vendors to provide cross-cultural training before and during the assignment and plans all the logistical details for the relocation. The human resource professional also assists the individual by providing contacts and setting up meeting to orientate the expatriate before and during the assignment, ie mentors, expatriate community, ect. In this scenario, which of the following actions items were forgotten to ensure a successful interational assignment?

Which of the following is one of the primary outcomes of a job analysis?

Which of the following statements is ture?

Which of the following elements of a competency model allows for clear feedback to employees regarding their career growth?

Let’s assume you are training assemblers on how to use the production database to enter and track data on the status of work in process. In addition, in compliance with internal ISO 9001 procedures, you must evaluate the status of the training for the individual as (1) performs with close supervision, (2) performs with minimal supervision, (3) capable of supervising others, or (4) extended training.

Which of the following level of learning (as described by Bloom’s taxonomy) would best describe an individual who “performs with minimal supervision”?

Which of the following takes into account the effects of inflation when analyzing data from a pulished survey?

Which of the following describes a framework a framework that links business strategies with day-to-day activities?

Which of the following is NOT a potential difference in benefits practices that Human Resources should evaluate when developing a global compensation and benefits strategy?

A high tech company has decided to adopt a fun culture that inspires hard work and innovation. There are wacky, colorful pieces of furniture all around the offices, free lunch is provided on a daily basis in their state-of-the-art kitchen managed by gourmet chefs; all engineers are required to spend one day a week to work on something new and of their own creation. According to Trompenaars, which of the following types of corporate cultures describe this organization?

Which of the following functional HR goals do NOT align with the organization’s long-term objective to expand international operational capacity?

An Organization’s sales team is made up of two individuals to sell its products internationally. In lieu of the small group, the company has decided to utilize representatives from other inability to communicationicate its technical aspects. Which of the following elements should the sales team work with marketing on to resolve this promblem?

A U.S. Based manufacturing company has decided to expand overseas to South Korea. Which of the following is an example of environmental scanning ?

A company has decided to terminate the employment of an executive for performance reasons. The HP Manager to create a severance package. Which of the following factors would NOT be considered when creating the final severance package?

Which of the following is NOT an external third-party source for recruiting ?

A Product Manager has been identified to travel 2 weeks every month to the Asia Engineering office on extended business travel for an eight-month period. The other 2 weeks of the month, she works at the U.S. Based headquarters. Which of the following training programs is the MOST critical to ensure success on the job ?

When communicating cross-culturally, which of the following filters is the LEAST likely to impact and distort the message sent?

According to the McKinsey 7-S framework, which of the following is identified as a hard S?

According to Gregersen and Black, which of the following type of expatriate is the most likely to work through problems by constantly weighing the pros and cons of basing decision s on localized values vs. the corporation’s standardized procedures and processes?

Utilizing Briscoe and Hall’s framework of defining competencies, which of the following is disadvantage of utilizing a strategies-based approach to defining competencies?

Which of the following is the mostimportant step when outsourcing the sert up of a new HRIS (human resource information system)?

Which of the following situations describes a plan to provide an employee with job enlargement?

Which of the following BEST identifies the stages in the strategic planning process ?

Which of the following is NOT a variable that differs between replacement planning and succession planning?

Human resource management is conducted to achieve______goals.

Which of the following is NOT A measurement technique that measures the effectiveness of an internal process?

You are preparing a pre-departure checklist for an individual going on an international assignment. Which of the following items is the LEAST important to pursue?

A U.S. based Engineering Manager was sent to England for a short-term six-month assignment to recruit and build a team. He is done with the assignment and has returned home. When going out with family and friends, he describes the entire opportunity as being exciting and challenging. He wishes he could have stayed in Europe longer. Which of the following repatriation programs is the MOST appropriate to ensure a successful repatriation ?