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Human Resource Management Practice Test: Workforce Diversity, Equal Employment Opportunity, and Affirmative Action
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Human Resource Management Practice Test: Workforce Diversity, Equal Employment Opportunity, and Affirmative Action
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1. Under the Rehabilitation Act, if the contract or subcontract exceeds ________, or if the contractor has ________ or more employees, a written affirmative action program must be prepared.
2. Holly, an IT specialist at a bank, is eight months pregnant and experiencing some medical complications. As a result, Holly's doctor has ordered Holly to remain home on bed-rest for the last month of her pregnancy. According to the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Holly is entitled to receive ________.
3. Adverse impact is determined through application of ________.
4. Elway Tire Company is a large manufacturing firm based in Texas. The highly diverse workforce at Elway requires the HR managers to ensure that all employment practices comply with local, state, and federal laws. Elway is expanding its operations and has recently hired 400 new technicians, of whom 300 were white and 100 were Hispanic. There were 1,500 qualified applicants for the jobs, of whom 1,000 were white and 500 were Hispanic. The HR manager needs to determine if adverse impact exists. Which of the following is a true statement given the facts provided?
5. Which of the following is NOT true about the Age Discrimination in Employment Act?
6. Which Executive Order amended EO 11246 and changed the word creed to religion and added sex discrimination to the other prohibited items?
7. When dealing with the national origin provision of the Civil Rights Act, IRCA reduces coverage from fifteen employees to ________.
8. The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination during ________.
9. Which of the following was stipulated by Executive Order 11246?
10. According to Professor Ella Bell, what term refers to the stress of coping with membership in two cultures simultaneously?
11. Which act codified the concepts of business necessity and job related?
12. The ________ is a requirement designed to ensure that a soldier who is a returning employee is not penalized for the time spent on active duty.
13. In Phillips v Martin Marietta, the court ruled that the employer discriminated against a woman when it denied her employment because she ________.
14. When EEOC regulations conflict with state or local civil rights regulations, which will be followed?
15. In which case did the Supreme Court allow seniority and promotion systems to stand, although they unintentionally hurt minority workers?
16. What is the most significant regulation issued by EEOC?
17. Comparable worth is best defined as ________.
18. Tom is a pilot for Southwest Airlines. According to court rulings, at what age must Tom retire from his job as a commercial pilot?
19. The impact of Dothard v Rawlingson was that ________ must be job related.
20. Denise, an accounts manager for a restaurant chain, has filed a discrimination charge with the EEOC. What is the most likely next step in the EEOC process?
21. The Age Discrimination Act differs from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in that it ________.
22. What term means that an employer treats some people less favorably than others because of race, religion, sex, national origin, or age?
23. All of the following selection procedures are most likely discriminatory with regard to national origin EXCEPT denying employment based upon ________.
24. Which Supreme Court decision upheld that any test used in the selection process must be validated if it is found its use has had an adverse impact on women and minorities?
25. Which of the following cases involved reverse discrimination?