Question 1

You are a HR Professional for your organization and you're educating your staff on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Which one of the following statements about the Pregnancy Discrimination Act is not true?

Options :

A : Pregnancy related benefits cannot be limited to married employees.

B :

Employers must provide the same level of health benefits for spouses of male employees as they do for spouses of female employees.

C :

If an employer provides any benefits to workers on leave, the employer must provide the same benefits for those on leave for pregnancy-related conditions.

D :

An employer is allowed to refuse to hire a pregnant woman because of the imminent time frame of the needed leave to deliver and care for the child.

Answer: D

Question 2

A U.S. Based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher priority engineering projects and has trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited managers in Bangalore. Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business by adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the corporation in the mid-term. However, the site still lacks technical knowledge in a particular area. Which of the following types of international assignments is the most appropriate in order to fill this knowledge gap ?

Options :

A : Localized transfer

B : International commuting

C : Short-term assignment

D : Long-term expatriation

Answer: C

Question 3

Which of the following describes the global compensation and benefits strategy that would BEST align with an organization that has decided to pursue a polycentric staffing approach?

Options :

A : Utilization of headquarters policies with little adaptation to local considerations

B : Consistent local and global policies

C : Consistent policies within a region, but may not thoroughly consistent across regions

D : Consistent local policies, but may not be consistent across the organization globally

Answer: D

Question 4

A business has two locations and is currently in the domestic stage of globalisation. The headquarters are in the United States, where R&D is concentrated, and another site has been built in Asia to manufacture the product. The company has set a goal of becoming a truly multinational corporation in five years. Will pursuing international assignments most likely benefit this company?

Options :

A : Management Control

B : Knowledge sharing

C : Increased collaboration globally

D : Better strategic decision-making

Answer: C

Question 5

An organization is in the growth stage of the organizational life cycle. It has five locations, one in the U.S. (headquarters), two in Asia, one in South America, and one in Europe. The foreign operations are relatively new, fully operational only within the last 5 years. During this time, each office has caucused on building both 07354595222F45DC264FB46B89E568BD technical and managerial talent within its own site. Once a year the executive team from headquarters visits each office to meet with the managers at each site to discuss the coming fiscal year’s strategic goals and objectives. Which of the following stages of globalization BEST descries the phase this company is in?

Options :

A : International

B : Transnational

C : Multinational

D : Domestic

Answer: C