HPM 10.3

Question 1

Seniority Points
In promotional examinations for CHP uniformed classifications, each competitor will be allowed additional credit of ________________________ for each full year served in the next lower rank than that for which the examination is given.

Answer 1

one-quarter of a point

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Question 2

EMPLOYMENT OF RETIRED ANNUITANTS
Persons retired from CalPERS are permitted to work up to _____ hours in any fiscal year without reinstating from retirement.

Answer 2

960

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Question 3

The maximum travel distance from residence to work location for commanders using a state vehicle shall not exceed ____ miles.

The maximum travel distance from residence to work location for non-command employees using a state vehicle shall not exceed ____ miles.

Answer 3

70/50

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Question 4

An employee serving a 12-month probationary period must work a minimum of _______ hours during the 12-month period.

Answer 4

1,680

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Question 5

Short-term military leave is leave for _____________ (________________) or less.

Answer 5

six months (180 calendar days)

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Question 6

The federal FMLA of 1993 requires employers to provide up to ____________ of unpaid, job-protected leave during a 12-month period for eligible employees for specified family and medical reasons.

Answer 6

12 weeks

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Question 7

Personnel may voluntarily resign their position by submitting a ________ or _______ resignation to their commander. Either form of resignation is equally binding.

Answer 7

written or oral

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Question 8

Automatic resignation is the separation of an employee who is AWOL for _______ or more consecutive working days, whether the absence is voluntary or involuntary.

Answer 8

five

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Question 9

If an absence is due to tardiness in reporting for work, only the actual time absent during duty hours may be docked. The minimum time an employee can be docked is ________________.

Answer 9

one-tenth of an hour. One-tenth of an hour is six minutes (.10 of an hour).

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Question 10

Subject to departmental operational needs and reasonable notice to the employee’s supervisor, eligible employees shall be permitted to attend family or school-related activities in which their child is participating. Employees shall be permitted to use at least _________ per calendar year of Family Activity Leave.

Answer 10

20 hours

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Question 11

An employee who donates an organ to another person is eligible for up to ____________ of Donor Leave in any one-year period. An employee who donates bone marrow to another person is eligible for up to ___________ of Donor Leave in any one-year period.

Answer 11

30 workdays/5workdays

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Question 12

Officers who are required by their supervisor or designee to conduct business telephone calls outside their work hours of less than _____________ duration shall receive compensation in accordance with the BU 5 MOU ($10 Business Call).

Answer 12

30 minutes

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Question 13

Evening/Swing Shift is four or more hours which fall between _____________________.
Night/Graveyard Shift is four or more hours which fall between _____________________.

Answer 13

6: 00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m.
11: 00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

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Question 14

Officers who are assigned to perform the duties of an Officer-In-Charge (OIC) for _____________ or more, overseeing _____ or more employees, during a shift will receive 5 percent of the daily base salary.

Answer 14

6 hours/2 or more employees

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Question 15

How many hours of family sick leave may be utilized in a year?

Answer 15

48 hours

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Question 16

Sergeants in a two-sergeant or three-sergeant command utilize “____________” rather than “___________”.

Answer 16

“On-Call” rather than “standby.”

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Question 17

Employees shall give at least ______ working day’s notice of the intent to take time off to vote.

Answer 17

two working days

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Question 18

Employees may be granted a maximum of ______ hours of work time to vote provided there is insufficient time to go outside of working hours..

Answer 18

two

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Question 19

Non-Uniformed employees may earn up to ______ hours of CTO.

Answer 19

240

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Question 20

A former uniformed employee must apply for reinstatement to a uniformed position within _________ years of separation.

Answer 20

three

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Question 21

An employee may use up to a maximum of ____ hours of leave credits per month to supplement SDI benefits.

Answer 21

40

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Question 22

An employee must notify the supervisor of a need for family medical leave (FMLA). The notice should be at least ____ days prior to the commencement of the leave. If the leave is not foreseeable, the employee must give timely verbal notice to the supervisor as soon as practical, usually within ____ business days.

Answer 22

30/2

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Question 23

Under the Family School Partnership Act, employees shall be permitted to attend family or school related activities in which their child is participating up _____ hours a year.

Answer 23

40

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Question 24

Officers shall only be forced to utilize CTO versus paid overtime when ________________________.

Answer 24

on travel status, non-enforcement related.

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Question 25

A ____ day advance written notice provided to the employee is required for a mandatory transfer of any employee.

Answer 25

60 day

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Question 26

FMLA is a _________ law and is administered and enforced by the ____________________________.

Answer 26

Federal law / U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration.

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Question 27

CFRA is a ________ law administered and enforced by the _________________________________.

Answer 27

State / Fair Employment and Housing Commission.

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Question 28

Eligible employees whose spouse is on a leave from a period of military conflict will be allowed to take up to ________ of unpaid leave. Available leave credits (excluding sick leave) may be used to receive payment.

Answer 28

10 days

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Question 29

Prior to declaring intention to seek public office, and employee shall submit a _________________________.

Answer 29

CHP 318, Notice of Intent to Engage in Secondary Employment.

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Question 30

Meal periods should not be granted earlier than _________ after the beginning of an employee’s shift and no later than ___________ before the end of shift.

Answer 30

3 hours / 3 hours

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Question 31

It is Departmental Policy that CTO be authorized when Sergeants are required to work overtime performing:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Answer 31

1. Travel no connected to enforcement duty
2. When on training status
3. When assigned to desk or office duties
4. Monthly Pistol Qualifications
5. When instructing at the Academy

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