Human Resource Management Chapter 3 Exam
Name: __________________________ Date: _____________
1. Which of the following is the best example of disparate impact?
A) A Hispanic applicant is told he will not be hired because the company does not hire
Hispanics.
B) A black employee is fired for testifying in a criminal case against an employer.
C) White applicants with high test scores are rejected due to an affirmative action plan.
D) Black applicants are disproportionately rejected compared to other applicants based on a paper-and-pencil test.
E) The ratio of White and Black employees is roughly equal to their relevant populations in the local community.
2. Under what act is sexual harassment covered?
A) Pregnancy Discrimination Act
B) Americans With Disabilities Act
C) Civil Rights Act of 1964
D) The fourteenth amendment
E) Rehabilitation Act
3. Aasif is a devout Muslim. He has asked to be allowed to take his break at a different time than his co-workers so that he can pray at a specific time during the workday. Allowing Aasif to take a different break causes some disruption to the workflow, but his co-workers are able to make up the difference. While his co-workers take their breaks, Aasif performs specific tasks that are helpful to the group. Aasif different break time is a(n) _________.
A) functional conflict
B) business necessity
C) reasonable accommodation
D) undue hardship
4. Which type of discrimination is generally considered unintentional?
A) Disparate impact
B) BFOQ discrimination
C) Disparate treatment
D) Pattern discrimination
E) Practice discrimination
5. The Acme Global Corporation needed to hire 45 new advertising sales agents. The applicant pool consisted of 100 African American males and 100 White males. Of the 200 applicants,
Acme Global hired 20 of the African American males and 25 of the White males. Is there evidence of disparate impact?
A) Yes, the selection rate of 20 percent is less than 80 percent, so the four-fifths rule is not met
B) Yes, the selection rate of 25 percent is less than 80 percent, so the four-fifths rule is not met
C) No, the selection rate of 25 percent is more than 20 percent, so the four-fifths rule is met
D) No, the selection rate of 20 percent is equal to 80 percent of the 25 percent selection rate, so the four-fifths rule is met
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6. Whitney is hiring a courier whose primary job duties will be to deliver messages and materials via bicycle throughout the city. In hiring, Whitney favors an applicant who has information technology skills and can help debug computer problems. Whitney's action violate the
__________ part of the OUCH test.
A) Objective
B) Uniform in Application
C) Consistent in Effect
D) Has Job Relatedness
7. Why might complaints of age discrimination grow when the economy is slow?
A) Older employees provide a large pool of talented workers.
B) Companies work very hard to retain their best talent in a recession.
C) Companies may try to lower their labor costs by laying off higher paid workers.
D) Companies may try to provide more opportunities to younger workers.
E) Older workers are least affected by a slow economy.
8. The BFOQ argument ____________________ in a disparate impact case or in a disparate treatment case.
A) cannot be used as a legal defense
B) can be used as a legal defense
C) is the key to winning
D) cannot be used at all
9. Only the ______________ can bring a federal suit alleging a pattern or practice of discrimination.
A) Governor of your state
B) OFCCP
C) Attorney General
D) police
10. The VEVRAA only applies to ___________________.
A) retail stores
B) county governments
C) non-profits
D) federal contractors
11. ______ is a situation where the organization takes an adverse employment action against an employee because the employee brought discrimination charges against the organization or supported someone who brought discrimination charges against the company.
A) Discrimination
B) Turnover
C) Participation
D) Transparency
E) Retaliation
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12. ______ are monetary damages awarded by the court that are designed to punish the injuring party when they intentionally inflicted harm on others.
A) Inflictory judgment
B) Viscous circumstances
C) High level term
D) Compensatory damages
E) Punitive damages
13. Congress passed the _________ after noticing that companies tended to lay off older workers with higher salaries, in favor of hiring younger workers who would work for less money.
A) Equal Pay Act
B) Age Discrimination in Employment Act
C) The Social Security Act
D) Affirmative Action
14. Sarah filed a sexual harassment complaint against her supervisor. Afterward, she noticed that managers were treating her differently and putting increased pressure on her. Eventually, the situation became intolerable for Sarah and she voluntarily resigned from the organization. It is likely that Sarah experienced __________ for alleging sexual harassment.
A) disparate impact
B) constructive discharge
C) quid pro quo sexual harassment
D) undue hardship
15. What is a basic ability to think in unique and different ways and apply those thought processes to existing problems?
A) Thoughtfulness
B) Barnstorming
C) Overtness
D) Creativity
E) Logic
16. Bill, a Hispanic, gets 55 points on an exam and gets promoted based on the results of the exam while Sam, a White male in the same company, gets 62 points on the same exam and does not get promoted. What illegal activity might have occurred?
A) Reasonable accommodation
B) Race-norming
C) Undue hardship
D) Disparate impact
E) Top hat management
17. What type of organization would be affected by Executive Order 11246?
A) Federal contractors receiving more than $10,000 per year
B) State contractors receiving more than $50,000 per year
C) Private employers with 15 or more employees
D) City government with 50 or more employees
E) Nonprofit employers with 15 or more employees
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18. One difference between the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act is:
A) the ADA is broader and covers more employers.
B) the Rehabilitation Act only covers people with physical disabilities.
C) the ADA is less expensive to implement.
D) the Rehabilitation Act was overturned by the Supreme Court.
19. Rebecca has diabetes and is considered disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Her boss allows her to take breaks to eat, to take her medication, and to test her blood-sugar levels.
These actions by her employer are _________.
A) illegal discrimination
B) compensatory damages
C) reasonable accommodations
D) bona fide occupational qualifications
20. The Acme Global Corporation wanted to hire two engineers from other countries to work in the
Acme Global U.S. plants. However, the annual limits on the number of workers who can apply for work visas in engineering had already been reached. The law that prevented Acme Global from hiring the immigrant workers was the ________.
A) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
B) Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
C) Immigration Reform and Control Act
D) Immigration and Nationality Act
21. There are 100 white male applicants for the job and 60 were selected. There were 20 African
American male applicants for the job and 10 were selected. Is there evidence for disparate impact against African Americans based on the 4/5ths rule?
A) Yes, because the white male hiring rate was above the black male hiring rate.
B) Yes, because the hiring rate of African American males is more than 80 percent of the
White male hiring rate.
C) No, because the black male hiring rate was above the white male hiring rate.
D) Yes, because there were fewer African American applicants.
E) No, because the hiring rate of African American males is within 80 percent of white males.
22. Which of the following would be an example of quid pro quo sexual harassment?
A) Sue offers Betty a raise if Betty goes out with her. Betty objects.
B) Sarah and Mary kiss each other. Bill is offended by that act.
C) Explicit pictures are posted on the manager's door.
D) John likes Ann but doesn't want to be rejected, so he doesn't ask her out.
E) Harry and Sue are employees who are out on a date. They like each other.
23. Spencer gave all his employees low ratings on their performance appraisals. While the employees had met their objectives for the quarter and several had exceeded their sales goals,
Spencer felt that everyone could have worked harder than they did. He does not have any evidence that his employees slacked off during the quarter, he just has a feeling that more could have been done. Spencer's performance appraisals violate the __________ part of the OUCH test.
A) Objective
B) Uniform in Application
C) Consistent in Effect
D) Has Job Relatedness
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24. When you assess actions to determine if each is directly related to the primary aspects of the job, you are reviewing the __________ component of the OUCH test.
A) O - objective
B) U – uniform in application
C) C – consistent in effect
D) H – has job relatedness
25. Allison told Neal, her assistant, that if he wanted her to recommend him for a promotion, he would need to accompany her to a conference and share a hotel room with her. This behavior is
_______.
A) quid pro quo sexual harassment
B) hostile environment sexual harassment
C) constructive discharge
D) dysfunctional conflict
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