Leave And Worker's Comp - Practice Questions

Front 1

Which ofthe following statements regarding paid family leave is true?

Back 1

( ) a. Paid family leave runs concurrently with state disability leave.
( ) b. Employees covered by SDr are also covered by paid family leave.
( ) c. Paid family leave has a 1O-day waiting period.
( ) d. Employees must have worked a minimum 1,250 hours to be eligible for paid
family leave.

Front 2

An employee in California is eligible for workers' compensation when?

Back 2

( ) a. When the employee has worked 1,250 hours
( ) b. When the three-day waiting period is satisfied
( ) c. Ca1/0SHA has approved the injury and illness prevention program
( ) d. On the date of hire

Front 3

All of the following individuals are covered under workers' compensation in California
except:

Back 3

( ) a. independent contractors
( ) b. temporary staff workers
( ) c. illegal or undocumented workers
( ) d. police officers

Front 4

Which of the following statements regarding CFRA is NOT true?

Back 4

( ) a. The employee must work in California within a 75-mile radius of 50 or more
employees.
( ) b. An employer must have its headquarters located in California.
( ) c. Eligibility is determined by all hours worked.
( ) d. Any classification of employee, including part-time, fulltime and temporary, may
be considered.

Front 5

The following employee may be eligible for CFRA EXCEPT:

Back 5

The following employee may be eligible for CFRA EXCEPT:

Front 6

All of these methods may be used to calculate the 12-month eligibility period for CFRA
EXCEPT:

Back 6

( ) a. an employer's fiscal year
( ) b. anniversary date of the employee's hire
( ) c. an employee's birth date
( ) d. employee's initial benefits eligibility date

Front 7

Which of the following statements is true for a CFRA or PDL leave of absence?

Back 7

( ) a. A medical certification is always required.
( ) b. Employers may require the health care provider identify the serious health
condition when CFRA leave is to care for a family member.
( ) c. A minimum 30 days' notice is always required.
( ) d. Employees need not specifically request a CFRA or PDL leave of absence in
order to qualify for either of these leaves.

Front 8

The following may be considered serious health conditions under CFRA EXCEPT:

Back 8

( ) a. workers' compensation injury
( ) b. pregnancy
c. pneumonia
d. Alzheimer's disease

Front 9

California imposes what limitation on new-child bonding leave?

Back 9

( ) a. Bonding leave time must be completed within 12 weeks from the start of the
leave.
( ) b. Parents who work for the same employer must be married to be eligible for leave.
( ) c. Unmarried parents who work for the same employer can take a combined total of
12 weeks ofleave.
( ) d. Request for new-child bonding leave must be initiated 14 days in advance.

Front 10

An employee is eligible for pregnancy disability leave (PDL) in all of these cases EXCEPT:

Back 10

( ) a. when the employer only has five employees
( ) b. when the employee is eligible for FMLA
( ) c. When the employee has been employed less than a week
( ) d. When the employer is not covered by FEHA

Front 11

Which of the following is true regarding the relationship between PDL with FMLA and
CFRA?

Back 11

( ) a. PDL and CFRA can run concurrently for a maximum of four months.
( ) b. An employee who is not covered by FMLAlCFRA can take a maximum of 12
weeks ofjob-protected leave.
( ) c. The total maximum job-reinstatement period for a combined pregnancy and newchild
bonding leave is seven months.
( ) d. FMLA and CFRA run concurrently during the pregnancy portion of the leave.

Front 12

Which the following are allowed under the CFRA?

Back 12

( ) a. Employers are allowed to recover premium payments when the employee fails to
return from CFRA leave.
( ) b. Intermittent leave can be taken when medically necessary as determined by the
employee.
( ) c. CFRA rights are extended to registered domestic partners but not children of
registered domestic partners.
( ) d. New-child bonding must be completed within six months of the birth or
placement of the child.

Front 13

Which of the following does NOT need to be considered upon reinstatement to a comparable
position?

Back 13

( ) a. Morale of co-workers
( ) b. Pay and benefits
( ) c. Work schedule
( ) d. Geographic location

Front 14

Which of the following provides wage replacement coverage to employees who take unpaid
time off from work to care for a seriously ill spouse, parent, child, or registered domestic
partner?

Back 14

( ) a. California Family Rights Act
( ) b. Paid family leave
( ) c. Family ansi Medical Leave Act
( ) d. State Disability Insurance

Front 15

Which of the following is NOT true regarding time offfor voluntary drug or alcohol
treatment programs?

Back 15

( ) a. Employers must make reasonable accommodations if they have 25 or more
employees.
( ) b. Employee's accommodation does not impose an undue hardship on the employer.
( ) c. Employees may be forced to use accrued vacation or sick time
( ) d. Employees do not need to request time from the employer

Front 16

Kin Care applies to all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 16

( ) a. An executive secretary in a five-person company whose son has chicken pox
( ) b. A claims processor who cannot work due to the flu
( ) c. A traveling auditor who must take his mother to her weekly podiatry appointment
( ) d. A nurse in a large hospital whose husband has bronchitis

Front 17

All of the following is true regarding Kin Care EXCEPT?

Back 17

( ) a. The family member need not have a serious illness
( ) b. Employees can use up to 50 percent of any accrued and available sick leave
entitlement
( ) c. Small employers do not qual!fY for Kin Care
( ) d. Kin Care may be used for a registered domestic partner

Front 18

None of the following are true regarding Kin Care leave entitlement EXCEPT:

Back 18

( ) a. The absence is for an employee with a sprained ankle
( ) b. The absence is for the care and comfort of a child with an ear infection
( ) c. The absence is for a pregnant employee obtaining a sonogram
( ) d. The absence is for an employee's treatment for a broken tooth

Front 19

According to California law, workers' compensation benefits must be provided:

Back 19

( ) a. regardless ofwho is at fault in an accident
( ) b. only in cases where employees followed their organization's safety and health
rules
( ) c. only to workers in construction or "heavy" work industries
( ) d. to off-the-job injuries

Front 20

What is the basis for determining eligibility for a pregnant employee under the pregnancy
disability leave provisions of California law?

Back 20

( ) a. Full-time status
( ) b. Hire date
( ) c. Company size
( ) d. Amount of sick time available

Front 21

What agency governs California's pregnancy disability leave law?

Back 21

( ) a. Employment Development Department
( ) b. Department of Fair Employment and Housing
( ) c. Department of Industrial Relations
( ) d. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Front 22

When an employee is discharged, demoted, suspended or discriminated in any way because
of using protected leave time, this is considered WHICH of the following:

Back 22

( ) a. reparation
( ) b. restoration
( )c.retaliation
()d.remediation

Front 23

Which ofthe following statements regarding crime victims leave is CORRECT?

Back 23

( ) a. The employee is not required to provide the employer with adequate notice before
each scheduled hearing.
( ) b. The crime victim does not need to be the employee.
( ) c. The employer may terminate the employee for failing to provide proper
notice.
( ) d. The employee may not use paid leave time, if available.

Front 24

An employee eligible for crime victims leave can be all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 24

( ) a. brother-in-law
( ) b. step-father
( ) c. grandfather
( ) d. foster father

Front 25

Which of the following provides wage replacement to eligible employees for a maximum of
six weeks in a 12-month period?

Back 25

( ) a. State Disability Insurance
( ) b. Paid family leave
( ) c. Workers' compensation
( ) d. Unemployment insurance

Front 26

Which of the following leave of absence requires a minimum length of service for eligibility?

Back 26

( ) a. California Family Rights Act
( ) b. Pregnancy disability leave
( ) c. Jury duty
( ) d. Workers' compensation

Front 27

A method to determine. eligibility for CFRA can include all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 27

( ) a. date ofhire
( ) b. calculated hours worked in one year
( ) c. size of employer
( ) d. salary of employee

Front 28

Which of the following statements about school activities leave is TRUE?

Back 28

( ) a. Employees may not use any accrued and available paid time off.
( ) b. An employee may use up to eight hours per month with a maximum of forty per
year.
( ) c. It is considered an unplanned absence and therefore does not require notice.
( ) d. It is available to all employees regardless of the size of the employer.

Front 29

All ofthe following are covered under the volunteer civil service leave in California EXCEPT:

Back 29

( ) a. hospital volunteer
( ) b. volunteer paramedic
( ) c. volunteer firefighter
( ) d. peace officer

Front 30

Which of the following is NOT true for California's volunteer firefighter training?

Back 30

( ) a. Employee must show proof that he/she is engaged in volunteer duties
( ) b. Employer must have 50 or more employees
( ) c. Employee may take up to 14 weeks in a calendar year
( ) d. Employer may require employee to use any available paid time off

Front 31

State Disability Insurance is funded typically through:

Back 31

( ) a. Employer contributions determined by employee's salary
( ) b. Employer taxes and fees
( ) c. Employee contributions determined by employee's salary
( ) d. Employee voluntary deduction

Front 32

WHICH of the following agencies administers State Disability Insurance?

Back 32

( ) a. Department of Labor
( ) b. Employment Development Department
( ) c. Department of Fair Housing and Employment
( ) d. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Front 33

A state-mandated partial wage replacement program to provide short-term benefits to eligible
workers due to non-work related illness and injury is WHICH benefit?

Back 33

( ) a. Paid family leave
( ) b. Workers' compensation insurance
( ) c. Unemployment insurance
( ) d. State Disability Insurance

Front 34

The weekly benefit amount for State Disability Insurance is equal to:

Back 34

( ) a. 667:i%
( ) b. 70%
( ) c. 55%
( ) d. 60%

Front 35

Which of the following statements relative to California's State Disability Insurance program
is true?

Back 35

( ) a. Certain exclusionary classes of individuals are not required to contribute to SDI
funds including school district and local government personnel, state employees,
and certain domestic service workers.
( ) b. sm benefits are entirely funded by employers.
( ) c. SDI benefiis are considered wages, and therefore are taxable.
( ) d. The EDD administers two types of disability insurance plans: a state-mandated
plan and voluntary plans.

Front 36

All of the following are exempt from SDI EXCEPT:

Back 36

( ) a. A part-time bank teller
( ) b. A public school teacher
( ) c. A full-time nanny
( ) d. A state university professor

Front 37

Which of the following statements relative to paid family leave is true?

Back 37

( ) a. The required waiting period must be taken seven days in a row.
( ) b. There is no minimum number of hours, days or weeks that an employee must take
off to receive paid family leave benefits.
( ) c. The maximum paid family leave time is six consecutive calendar weeks within a
12-month period.
( ) d. An employee may concurrently qualify for paid family leave and state disability
benefits.

Front 38

Voluntary plans for SDI contain all of the following provisions EXCEPT:

Back 38

( ) a. Approval must be sought and completed by the director of the EDD.
( ) b. The majority of employees agree to the plan presented.
( ) c. Benefits are paid directly from the state to the employee.
( ) d. Employer will pay an assessment to the state based on wages.

Front 39

The waiting period for paid family leave is:

Back 39

( ) a. l4 calendar days
( ) b. 10 calendar days
( ) c. lO business days
( ) d. 7 calendar days

Front 40

Paid family leave benefits may run concurrently with WHICH coverage?

Back 40

( ) a. California Family Rights Act
( ) b. Workers' compensation
( ) c. Pregnancy disability leave
( ) d. School activities leave

Front 41

Which of the following statements about paid family leave is TRUE?

Back 41

( ) a. Eligible employees must have worked at least 1,250 hours in a l2-month period.
( ) b. Eligible employees must work for an employer with 50 or more employees in a
75-mile radius.
( ) c. Eligible employees fund this benefit through payroll deductions.
( ) d. Eligible employees must take a minimum of two-week increments ofPFL.

Front 42

Which of the following situations would NOT be approved for PFL?

Back 42

( ) a. An employee visiting her elderly father in a nursing home
( ) b. An employee spending time caring for her newborn baby
( ) c. An employee whose domestic partner requires surgery
( ) d. An employee whose daycare provider has quit

Front 43

Which statement concerning workers' compensation in California is true?

Back 43

( ) a. Wor!eers in California are covered by workers' compensation 90 days after hire or
after they satisfactorily complete their introductory period, whichever comes first.
( ) b. Workers whose employment is covered by a verbal or a written contract of
employment are not covered.
( ) c. Workers' compensation coverage is extended to illegal or undocumented workers.
( ) d. Self-employed individuals are covered."

Front 44

Workers' compensation treats which of the following as work-related and therefore covered?

Back 44

( ) a. After parking in the company's parking lot, an employee closes his car door on
his hand and breaks a finger.
( ) b. An employee on his way to work stops for a latte and bums his tongue.
( ) c. After several drinks at a local tavern, an employee is injured in an automobile
accident while driving to the airport on a company business trip.
( ) d. An employee is hit in the head during a baseball game at the company picnic.

Front 45

Which statement relative to medical provider networks (MPN) is true?

Back 45

( ) a. Employers are required to establish an MPN for the exclusive treatment of their
injured workers.
( ) b. An MPN must be made up of25 percent primarily non-occupational treating
physicians~
( ) c. Once established, an MPN must be submitted to the DWC administrative director
for approval, which must be given within 90 days.
( ) d. The adoption of an MPN precludes an employee from the right to pre-designate a
physician of choice for the treatment of a work-related injury or illness.

Front 46

This agency is responsible for enforcing California laws and regulations pertaining to
workplace safety and health:

Back 46

( ) a. Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC)
( ) b. Division of Occupational Safety and Health Programs (CalJOSHA)
( ) c. Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)
( ) d. Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC)

Front 47

This agency licenses and regulates workers' compensation insurance carriers and investigates
insurance fraud:

Back 47

( ) a. State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF)
( ) b. Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC)
( ) c. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB)
( ) d. Department ofInsurance (CDI)

Front 48

The Workers' Compensation Notice must be given to new employees WHEN:

Back 48

( ) a. Upon hire and aunually thereafter
( ) b. By the end of the first pay period
( ) c. When a work-related injury or accident occurs
( ) d. During new-hire orientation

Front 49

An example of a cumulative injury would be which of the following?

Back 49

( ) a. A mechanic burned by a welding tool
( ), b. A warehouse packer cut using a utility knife
( ) c. A typist having wrist pain using a computer
( ) d. A carpenter breaking his ann after falling from a scaffold

Front 50

Which of the following is NOT considered a workers' compensation injury?

Back 50

( ) a. A corporate trainer injured in a car accident while on her way to work
( ) b. An executive slipping on ice in the parking lot while returning from lunch
( ) c. A recruiter burned while preparing a candidate lunch
( ) d. A secretary tripping and falling in the hall on the way to the lunch room

Front 51

All of the following businesses are exempt from maintaining a Cal/OSHA 300 Log EXCEPT:

Back 51

( ) a. Bank
( ) b. Real estate agency
( ) c. Department stores
( ) d. Hospital

Front 52

Personally identifying data on the Cal/OSHA 300 Log may be released to all of the following
people EXCEPT:

Back 52

( ) a. Workers' compensation claim processors
( ) b. Employee's co-workers
( ) c. Consultant reviewing a new injury and illness prevention program
( ) d. CallOSHA inspector reviewing a potential hazard

Front 53

The sununary page for CaIlOSHA's Form 300A is required to be posted for the following
period:

Back 53

( ) a. Feb. 1 to Feb. 28
( ) b. Jan. 15 to Feb. 28
( ) c. Jan. 15 to April 30
( ) d. Feb. I to April 30

Front 54

The Form 300A summary page should be retained and updated by the employer for the
following period:

Back 54

( ) a. 3 years
( ) b. 1 year
( ) c. 5 years
( ) d. 10 years

Front 55

This is the form that must be furnished if the injury or illness results in medical treatment
beyond first aid or in any lost time beyond the injury date?

Back 55

( ) a. DWCForm 1
( ) b. CallOSHA Form 301
( ) c. DLSR Form 5020
( ) d. CallOSHA Form 300

Front 56

An injured worker must file a workers' compensation claim within WHICH time frame?

Back 56

( ) a. 5 days
( ) b. 1 year
( ) c. 90 days
( ) d. 240 weeks

Front 57

An incident that results in a fatality requires an employer to contact CaVOSHA by WHEN?

Back 57

( ) a. 24 hours
( ) b. 5 business days
( ) c. 8 hours
( ) d. 3 business days

Front 58

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding MPNs?

Back 58

( ) a. MPNs are comprised of both occupational and nonoccupational physicians.
( ) b. MPNs are reasonably located to the place of business.
( ) c. MPNs preclude an employee's right to pre-designate a physician.
( ) d. MPNs allow the employer to control the cost and care of an employee's
workplace injury.

Front 59

TTD (total temporary disability) benefits are typically limited to WHICH time frame?

Back 59

( ) a. 2 years
( ) b. 6 months
( ) c. 240 weeks
( ) d. 18 months

Front 60

Which of the following is covered by the Labor Code?

Back 60

( ) a. Provides monetary incentives for large employers in California
( ) b. Requirement that employers create light duty modifications for each injured
worker and return them to work
( ) c. Workers' Compensation Return to Work Fund provides monetary benefits to
injured workers directly
( ) d. Provides state reimbursement to small employers for creating workplace
modifications for an injured worker

Front 61

An employer who, within 60 days of an injured worker becoming permanent and stationary,
fails to offer himlher modified or alternative work for a period of at least 12 months will have
the remaining disability payments increased by how much?

Back 61

( ) a. 7%
( ) b. 10%
c. 15%
( ) d. 3%

Front 62

When a workers' compensation physician makes a determination of the direct cause of the
injury and the percentage of the causation is directly related to or arising out of the course of
employment, this is known as:

Back 62

( ) a. permanent and stationary
( ) b. apportionment
( ) c. vocational rehabilitation
( ) d. rating for permanent disabilities

Front 63

Which ofthe following statements about voting time off is NOT true?

Back 63

( ) a. Time off must be granted to an eligible employee for any election.
( ) b. An employee maybe granted as much as two hours oftime off to vote.
( ) c. Notification from the employee must occur at least two days in advance.
( ) d. Time off to vote is paid time.

Front 64

When providing required information about employees' rights to take CFRA, which is NOT
an acceptable form of communication?

Back 64

( ) a. Leave of absence guidelines
( ) b. Employee handbook
( ) c. Internet policy posting
( ) d. Employment application

Front 65

The Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act applies to all of the following types of
leave EXCEPT:

Back 65

( ) a. California Family Rights Act
( ) b. Pregnancy disability leave
( ) c. Paid family leave
( ) d. School activities leave

Front 66

Under victims of domestic violence and sexual assault leaves, employees may request time
offto attend to all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 66

( ) a. Apply for subsidized assistance, such as food stamps
( ) b. Install Cal; alarm and tracking device in personal vehicle
( ) c. Attend therapy sessions with psychologist
( ) d. Pack up and move personal affects to a new home

Front 67

Until a workers' compensation injury or illness is accepted or denied, what is the employer's
liability for medical care?

Back 67

( ) a. $2,000
( ) b. $ 25,000
( ) c. $ 10,000
( ) d. $5,000

Front 68

When an injured worker is designated as having a partial permanent disability, the employer
will not be responsible for supplemental displacement benefits when any of the following
conditions are met EXCEPT:

Back 68

( ) a. The employer offers the employee alternative work accommodating the work
restrictions
( ) b. The employer offers the employee a temporary assignment of 60 days
( ) c. The employer offers the employee a new position accommodating the work
restrictions at a 15 percent pay reduction
( ) d. The employer offers the employee alternative work accommodating the work
restriction at a new location 10 miles from the former facility

Front 69

All of the following constitute workers' compensation fraud EXCEPT:

Back 69

( ) a. A dockworker collecting disability for an injury while working as a real estate
agent
( ) b. An executive failing to report earned wages of a worker remodeling his office
( ) c. An HR manager delaying the filing of an injury with the insurance company until
fault is investigated
( ) d. A machine operator requesting a change in physicians every seven days

Front 70

According to the Adjusters Certification Standards, WHEN does a claim adjuster need to
complete training?

Back 70

( ) a. 120 hours of training in 12 months
( ) b. 50 hours of classroom training in 12 weeks
( ) c. 160 hours of training in 12 months
( ) d. 80 hours of classroom training in 24 months