Quiz 3

A  Once a female employee has children, it would be typical to assume that she would like to work fewer hours.

B  The prohibition against sex discrimination includes making stereotypical assumptions about women simply because they might be the primary caregiver to children at home

C  An employer can voluntarily provide time off to new mothers, but cannot extend identical benefits to new fathers.

D  Employers can categorize certain jobs as single-sex only unless a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) applies.

E  Customer preferences and market realities can be bases for BFOQ.

A  the Fair Employment Act

B  Executive Order 8802

C  Executive Order 9981

D  Executive Order 11246

E  the U.S. Rehabilitation Act

A  It applies to many, but not all, employers.

B  It demands that employees provide equal pay for equal work.

C  Victims may go to federal court, as long as they do so within two years of the alleged unlawful employment practice.

D  Not all forms of compensation are covered by the act.

E  Victims need to file a complaint with the EEOC under the Equal Pay Act.

A  The Equal Pay Act of 1963

B  The Civil Rights Act of 1964

C  The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

D  The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

E  The Rehabilitation Act of 1973

A  guarantee freed slaves the rights of citizenship.

B  encourage the settlement of the Western United States by the development of a system of highways.

C  outlaw major forms of discrimination against women.

D  provide for the gradual elimination of several seats on the Supreme Court of the United States.

E  break a cycle of debt during the Reconstruction following the Civil War.

A  family status

B  age

C  color

D  occupation

E  national origin

A  reverse discrimination

B  desegregation

C  subtle discrimination

D  conscious discrimination

E  indirect discrimination

A  Religion-based discrimination

B  Sex-based discrimination

C  National origin-based discrimination

D  Color-based discrimination

E  Race-based discrimination

A  race discrimination

B  racial bias

C  racial categorization

D  race norming

E  racial profiling

A  Today, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has broad significance for all racial minorities, religious organizations, and women.

B  At its core, the bill was designed to integrate individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of American society.

C  President John F. Kennedy made passage of the Civil Rights Act a key part of his presidency.

D  President Johnson carried Kennedy’s wish forward through aggressive lobbying of Congress to pass the bill.

E  The bill was strongly opposed by many in Congress, including avowed segregationists who saw the bill as an intrusion on states’ rights.

A  are assumptions held by only one individual.

B  often lead to unfair decisions being made.

C  are never accurate descriptions of particular groups.

D  are often verified prior to making decisions based upon them.

A  work schedule modifications.

B  work duty modifications.

C  dress code modifications.

D  pay level modifications.

A  Minorities are hired as often as their Caucasian counterparts.

B  Women do not earn salaries as high as that of their male counterparts.

C  Women and men have equal access to mentoring opportunities.

D  Disabled individuals are hired as often as those who are not disabled.

A  greater creativity in decision making

B  better service to customers

C  more satisfied workers

D  higher productivity of operations

A  assignment of their essential job functions to other employees.

B  providing auxiliary equipment like telephone amplifiers.

C  physical changes to the company facilities (e.g. wheelchair ramp).

D  providing auxiliary equipment like telephone amplifiers.

A  surface diversity trait.

B  stereotype.

C  faultline.

D  deep-level diversity trait.

A  a way in which people are similar or different from each other.

B  an attribute along which a group is split into subgroups.

C  a generalization about a particular group of people.

D  a difference in values, attitudes or beliefs.

A  Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

B  Americans with Disabilities Act

C  There is currently no federal law protecting lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender individuals.

D  Family and Medical Leave Act

A  Age Discrimination Act

B  Americans with Disabilities Act

C  Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

D  Occupational Safety and Health Act

A  ethnic minorities are more likely to experience a satisfying work environment than their Caucasian counterparts.

B  Caucasian Americans are more likely to be absent from work than their African American counterparts.

C  African Americans are more likely to turnover than their Caucasian counterparts.

D  the sales performance of Hispanics is equal to their Caucasian counterparts.

A  There is a very high probability that problems experienced on an expatriate assignment are due to cultural differences and misunderstandings.

B  For the most effective international experiences, train individual employees thoroughly in one culture before moving on to another.

C  Culture changes, sometimes quickly; do not assume that what was true a year ago is true today.

D  Keep in mind that local employees in the foreign country are too immersed in the culture to help you understand their culture. For a more objective viewpoint, other expatriates are more useful.

A  Younger employees tend to find negotiation tactics like bluffing to be more unethical than their older counterparts.

B  When judging the ethicality of hypothetical situations, women and men use similar standards when judging the ethicality of monetary issues.

C  Younger employees are more upset by unethical behaviors than older employees.

D  Men and women have similar standards when judging the ethicality of breaking organizational rules.