WGU C202 MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
() / A+ GRADE
1. What is the goal of affirmative action?
Answer To seek to remedy past practices that innately caused an adverse
effect on applicants
2. A female employer is accused of having an employment practice that
negatively impacts women. The employer responds that she has the same
requirements for male and female applicants and wants to hire other women.
Why is this case a potential demonstration of adverse impact?
Answer Adverse impact is unintentional and relates to policies
applied to all employees.
3. Which protected classes must a company set hiring goals for under Exec-
utive Order 11246?
,Answer Minorities and women
,4. Which legislation promotes practices that reduce discrimination against a
wide variety of protected classes?
Answer Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
5. What is the minimum number of employees an organization must have to
be required to follow the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993?
Answer 50
6. Which law guarantees that a woman can take unpaid time off following the
birth of her child without fear of losing her job?
Answer The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
7. What is the goal of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act of 1994?
Answer To prevent discrimination against employees who may be called
into active military service
8. Which situation is an example of a managerial ethical dilemma?
Answer Being asked to directly supervise a family member
9. A human resource manual specifies that employees cannot be terminated
or punished for refusing to follow an illegal request made by a supervisor.
Which standard is being applied to resolve this ethical dilemma?
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OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
() / A+ GRADE
1. What is the goal of affirmative action?
Answer To seek to remedy past practices that innately caused an adverse
effect on applicants
2. A female employer is accused of having an employment practice that
negatively impacts women. The employer responds that she has the same
requirements for male and female applicants and wants to hire other women.
Why is this case a potential demonstration of adverse impact?
Answer Adverse impact is unintentional and relates to policies
applied to all employees.
3. Which protected classes must a company set hiring goals for under Exec-
utive Order 11246?
,Answer Minorities and women
,4. Which legislation promotes practices that reduce discrimination against a
wide variety of protected classes?
Answer Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
5. What is the minimum number of employees an organization must have to
be required to follow the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993?
Answer 50
6. Which law guarantees that a woman can take unpaid time off following the
birth of her child without fear of losing her job?
Answer The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
7. What is the goal of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act of 1994?
Answer To prevent discrimination against employees who may be called
into active military service
8. Which situation is an example of a managerial ethical dilemma?
Answer Being asked to directly supervise a family member
9. A human resource manual specifies that employees cannot be terminated
or punished for refusing to follow an illegal request made by a supervisor.
Which standard is being applied to resolve this ethical dilemma?
3 jy/ jy54
, 4 jy/ jy54
