SHRM-CP Practice Test Questions With
Correct Answers And Rationales
2023
A small start-up software company realizes that the technology skillsets of
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programmers are more advanced than the existing programmers' skillsets. Recognizing
the constant business need for these evolving, state-of-the-art skillsets, which is the
best workforce development strategy to implement?
A. Partner with a local community college to offer programmers the opportunity to
update their skillsets.
B. Offer new hires shorter-term contracts to allow for a continual hiring of programmers
with the most up-to-date skills.
C. Design a rigorous in-house training program to get longer-tenured programmers up
to speed with the newer programmers.
D. Perform a job redesign for the existing employees that will not require new, updated
skills. - Correct Answer-B. Offer new hires short-term contracts to allow for a continual
hiring of programers with the most up-to-date skills.
Rationale: If the skillsets of employees who have been with the company for several
years become inferior to those of new hires, planning for churn by offering smaller
contracts is a better strategy. Repeatedly training an entire staff with new skills that they
may or may not grasp will not be cost-effective to the organization, and there may not
be enough work at the company to support a job redesign.
Which hands-on training method best allows an onboarding manufacturing employee to
practice his job in a risk-free setting?*
A. Apprenticeship
B. Simulation
C. Team Training
D. Role Play - Correct Answer-B. Simulation
Rationale: Simulations can be used to teach production and process skills in a risk-free
environment. A role play is best used to assess and train interpersonal skills.
Apprenticeship is a type of on-the-job training where the trainee will still be exposed to
risk. Team training is used to improve the effectiveness of group interactions.
An HR manager has been asked to design a training program for the company. Which
HR metric should be considered first in designing the program?*
A. Average tenure of employees
B. Percentage of employees with a career plan
C. Total costs for training
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