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New Supervisor Training: Staffing

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Schedule A is a competitive service hiring authority used to non-competitively hire an individual with intellectual disabilities; severe physical disabilities; or psychiatric disabilities.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

A job announcement is advertised for an Equal Opportunity Investigator in your division, and you are scheduled to be on the interview panel. You believe your first sister-in-law, who with significant experience conducting workplace investigations, would be a perfect fit for the position. What should you do?

a)

Advocate for your sister-in-law in the selection process by passing along her resume to the selecting official or staffing specialist.

b)

Serve as a reference for your sister-in-law. She is not a blood relative, so there is no cause for concern.

c)

Recuse yourself from the selection process.

3.

Your office has a position that must be filled immediately; however, there is no fully classified Position Description (PD).  As a supervisor, what should you do?

a)

Authorize the Staffing Specialist to fill announce the position without a PD; it can be developed later.

b)

Delay filling the position until a position description can be developed and fully classified.

c)

Use the Position Description for a similar PD since the title is not important.

4.

Veterans’ Recruitment Appointments (VRA) can have an initial appointment up to GS-12.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Which of the following would qualify for Military Spouse Authority?

a)

Spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty.

b)

Spouse of a service member who is 30% percent disabled due to a service-connected injury.

c)

Both of these.

6.

At EEOC, once the certificate of eligibles is issued the selecting official has _____ days to make a selection.

a)

7

b)

30

c)

15

7.

Former Peace Corps or AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) are granted a one-year period to be non-competitively appointed to a competitive service federal position. 

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Pathways Programs?

a)

Recent Graduates

     

b)

Presidential Management Fellows (PMF)

c)

Schedule A

9.

For merit promotion announcement certificates for positions covered by the CBA, Selecting Officials at their discretion may interview candidates. However, if an EEOC Bargaining Unit employee on a certificate is interviewed, all other EEOC Bargaining Unit employees on that certificate must be interviewed.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

What should you do if you believe there is an error with a certificate that was issued?

a)

Continue with the selection process and provide your concerns via a notation when the certificate is returned.

b)

Notify the Staffing Specialist.

c)

Nothing. Someone will identify any issues when the certificate is audited.