CLMS Certification Exam Prep (NEW 2025/ 2026 Update) Questions and Verified Answers 100% Correct Graded A

QUESTION
If an employer tracks FMLA leave using the "calendar year" counting method, they must also
track the 26 weeks of military caregiver leave using a calendar year to ensure a consistent
process and treatment of employees.
Answer:
False-The 12-month period for military caregiver leave is tracked starting on the first day the
employee takes leave for this reason and ends 12 months later, regardless of the 12-month period
established for other FMLA leave reasons. This method is called "Rolling Forward".
QUESTION
Under the FMLA, which of the following DOES NOT qualify as an exigency for military
families.
Answer:
Pre-deployment vacation-An employee may take a short-notice deployment leave u to seven
days to address issues that my arise prior to being deployed. However, they may not simply take
a vacation if the deployment has advance notice.
QUESTION
Molly works FT and lives in OR
Molly is pregnant need 8 weeks for complications
includes 2 weeks of parental leave and 6 weeks of post part leave.
Shortly after RTW Molly's mom is ill and she request 4 weeks of leave to care for her mom. Her
mom passes away at the end fo the second week of leave.
Will Molly be approved for all 4 weeks of her leave request given that her mother passed away
before the end of the leave?
Answer:
Yes, the period of absence when Molly's mother was alive is covered under both federal and sate
leave. The final two weeks of leave will be covered only under state leave as bereavement is an
approved leave reason under state of OFLA, but not under the federal FMLA