LEGL 2700 ROESSING TEST 3 PRACTICE TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Insider. Answer: A person who owns 10% or more of a company
or who is a director or officer of the company
◉ Scienter. Answer: With knowledge
◉ Bona fide occupational qualifications. Answer: A qualification that
permits discriminatory practices in employment if a person's
religion, sex, or national origin is reasonably related to the normal
operation of a particular business
◉ Disparate treatment. Answer: A term of employment litigation
that refers to the illegal discriminatory treatment of an individual in
some protected class
◉ Disparate impact. Answer: A term of employment litigation that
refers to the disproportionate impact of a policy neutral on its face
on some protected class
◉ Business necessity defense. Answer: An affirmative defense under
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. It is raised to disparate impact claims
,and asserts that a facially neutral but discriminatory policy is job
related
◉ Retaliation. Answer: Striking back against someone for what they
did to you
◉ Sexual harassment. Answer: Under Title VII, for an employer or
workplace supervisor to promise benefits or threaten loss if an
employee does not give sexual favors
◉ Hostile work environment. Answer: Under Title VII an
environment where co-workers make offensive sexual comments or
propositions, engage in suggestive touching, show nude pictures, or
draw sexual graffiti
◉ Comparable worth. Answer: Jobs that, although different, produce
substantially equal value for the employer
◉ Affirmative action. Answer: Positive steps taken in order to
alleviate conditions resulting from past discrimination or from
violations of a law
◉ Reverse discrimination. Answer: The advancement and
recruitment of minority workers ahead of similarly qualified non-
minority workers
, ◉ Section 1981. Answer: That provision of the Civil Rights Act of
1866 that forbids racial discrimination in the making of contracts
◉ Disability. Answer: Any physical or mental impairment that
substantially limits a major life activity
◉ Qualified disabled. Answer: A disabled person who can perform
the duties of a job
◉ Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Answer: Prohibits
covered employers from firing, refusing to hire, or otherwise
discriminating against individuals on the basis of their genetic
information or a family member's genetic information
◉ Seniority system. Answer: A plan giving priority to employees
based on the length of time an employee has worked for an
employer
◉ Promise. Answer: A commitment or willingness to be bound to a
contract obligation
◉ Uniform Commercial Code. Answer: The most successful attempt
to have states adopt a uniform law
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Insider. Answer: A person who owns 10% or more of a company
or who is a director or officer of the company
◉ Scienter. Answer: With knowledge
◉ Bona fide occupational qualifications. Answer: A qualification that
permits discriminatory practices in employment if a person's
religion, sex, or national origin is reasonably related to the normal
operation of a particular business
◉ Disparate treatment. Answer: A term of employment litigation
that refers to the illegal discriminatory treatment of an individual in
some protected class
◉ Disparate impact. Answer: A term of employment litigation that
refers to the disproportionate impact of a policy neutral on its face
on some protected class
◉ Business necessity defense. Answer: An affirmative defense under
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. It is raised to disparate impact claims
,and asserts that a facially neutral but discriminatory policy is job
related
◉ Retaliation. Answer: Striking back against someone for what they
did to you
◉ Sexual harassment. Answer: Under Title VII, for an employer or
workplace supervisor to promise benefits or threaten loss if an
employee does not give sexual favors
◉ Hostile work environment. Answer: Under Title VII an
environment where co-workers make offensive sexual comments or
propositions, engage in suggestive touching, show nude pictures, or
draw sexual graffiti
◉ Comparable worth. Answer: Jobs that, although different, produce
substantially equal value for the employer
◉ Affirmative action. Answer: Positive steps taken in order to
alleviate conditions resulting from past discrimination or from
violations of a law
◉ Reverse discrimination. Answer: The advancement and
recruitment of minority workers ahead of similarly qualified non-
minority workers
, ◉ Section 1981. Answer: That provision of the Civil Rights Act of
1866 that forbids racial discrimination in the making of contracts
◉ Disability. Answer: Any physical or mental impairment that
substantially limits a major life activity
◉ Qualified disabled. Answer: A disabled person who can perform
the duties of a job
◉ Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Answer: Prohibits
covered employers from firing, refusing to hire, or otherwise
discriminating against individuals on the basis of their genetic
information or a family member's genetic information
◉ Seniority system. Answer: A plan giving priority to employees
based on the length of time an employee has worked for an
employer
◉ Promise. Answer: A commitment or willingness to be bound to a
contract obligation
◉ Uniform Commercial Code. Answer: The most successful attempt
to have states adopt a uniform law
