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Business Acumen for Compensation Professional Questions and Answers

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Questions # 11:

What choices are most commonly faced by companies in the decline phase of the business lifecycle?

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Whether to improve productivity, obtain new operating capital or generate new sales growth

Whether to reinvest in existing products, create new products or maximize profits with current products as long as possible

Whether to acquire competitors with greater market share or merge with more successful companies

Whether to increase sales, maximize distribution capacity or increase efficiency to meet growing demand

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Questions # 12:

A fine jewelry chain distinguishes itself from the competition by focusing on carefully selected customers and building bonds to meet or exceed their needs and expectations. What strategy is this company using?

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Operational excellence

Product/service leadership

Customer intimacy

Brand loyalty

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Questions # 13:

What best describes a use of strategic analysis?

Options:

Pricing your products appropriately

Understanding your business and its competitive strengths and weaknesses

Forecasting profit, growth and investment performance to develop realistic budgets

Evaluating prior year performance for the narrative portion of annual financial reports

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Questions # 14:

When trying to achieve compromise and collaboration to achieve your goals, on which stakeholder(s) should you focus most of your efforts?

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The most senior leader with the highest level of authority

No one person. Identify your stakeholders and work to achieve consensus among the majority.

Influencers and decision-makers who have the respect of employees and are both proponents and opponents of your objectives

Individuals with power in the organization who have the authority to overrule the concerns of opponents

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Questions # 15:

The Alpha Company was once a strong company that commanded a high percentage of the market it operated in. In recent years, Alpha has been losing market share to competitors in its primary line of business and has been unable to find a competitive strategy to grow and return to profitability. Given its market position, how is Alpha most likely finding the monetary resources to continue operations?

Options:

By using cash from other segments of the business

By using its high credit rating from prior years to receive a line of credit until the strategy begins to work

By selling its products and services at a loss until revenue increases and slowly raising prices until it begins to break even

By identifying and duplicating the strategy used by its main competitor.

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Questions # 16:

What best describes a benefit of business acumen with regard to career development?

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The ability to display confidence and decisiveness that will inspire others and make you a better leader

A greater likelihood of promotion, especially when you are competing with individuals with more experience

Increased marketability, which will lead to qualification for opportunities outside of human resources

It is critical to your career development and a deficiency is very likely to hinder career advancement and success.

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Questions # 17:

Understanding basic organization design principles is an example of what key competency for compensation professionals?

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Financial Management

HR Management

Resource Management

Policy Management

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Questions # 18:

What is the top line or starting point of an organization’s income?

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Gross profit

Revenue

Net income

Operating profit

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Questions # 19:

Which of the following best describes the most likely perspectives of different groups in the organization that compensation professionals must be aware of?

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Investors and Finance want to see money spent wisely. Legal must ensure compliance, and HR and operating departments want to see their needs taken into account to attract, retain and motivate a high quality workforce.

Operating departments and HR understand the company must live within its means and Finance cannot allocate funds to a budget if it is likely that profitability will be adversely affected.

Investors want to maximize gains and want to see compensation tightly controlled and Legal needs to ensure that compensation plans do not attract undue scrutiny.

Operating departments view compensation as it applies to them, HR must balance available resources to attract, retain and motivate employees and Finance knows the value of a motivated workforce and will provide the budget necessary to achieve it.

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Questions # 20:

As a general rule, what are individual contributors most likely to ask about their compensation?