WGU D352 Topic 2: Questions & Expert-Verified
Answers
_____________ is/are the primary reason(s) U.S.C. section 1981 and the Civil
Rights Act of 1871 were ineffective in improving the rights of black
Americans? Correct Answer - Lack of enforcement
On June 19, 1963, President John F. Kennedy sent comprehensive civil rights
legislation to Congress, asking it to: Correct Answer - "Make a
commitment it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race
has no place in American life or law."
Title VII covers employers who have "__________ or more employees for each
working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or
preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person." Correct Answer -
15
Title VII does not prevent employers of businesses operated in proximity to
Native American reservations from preferring Indigenous Americans over
others for jobs. Correct Answer - True
Which of the following is not a specified protected class under Title VII?
Correct Answer - Sexual affinity or orientation
Which federal agency was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and tasked
to enforce federal anti-discrimination statutes. Correct Answer - EEOC
During its first few years, the EEOC lacked enforcement authority and had
power only to investigate discrimination and then refer meritorious claims to
the _________________ to pursue through litigation. Correct Answer -
Department of Justice
The EEOC has influenced the judicial interpretation of civil rights legislation
by helping to define what consitutes __________. Correct Answer -
Discrimination
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 protects individuals who
are over what age? Correct Answer - 40
, Before an employee or job candidate can take a complaint of job
discrimination under Title VII to court, he/she must first: Correct Answer -
File with the EEOC
What is disparate treatment under Title VII? Correct Answer - The
intentional adverse or unequal treatment of an individual based upon a
protected class characteristic.
Disparate treatment may be established by _____________ of discriminatory
motive. Correct Answer - Direct evidence
Three employees were caught stealing. The two white employees are fired,
but the black employee is not. Being fired for stealing is a perfectly acceptable
business practice. Under what disparate treatment discrimination analysis
might the white employees show discrimination? Correct Answer -
Comparative evidence
What is a bona fide occupational qualification? Correct Answer - The
subject class characteristic is reasonably necessary to the normal operation of
that particular business or enterprise.
________________ discrimination is when an employer's policies have the purpose
or effect of assigning employees to particular aspects of a business enterprise
based upon a protected class characteristic and with no apparent legitimate
business necessity. Correct Answer - Pattern and practice
In Title VII disparate impact discrimination claims, the plaintiff charges that:
Correct Answer - The employer's procedures, policies, or practices are
"not job-related and consistent with a business necessity" and have the effect
of creating an unnecessary obstacle to employment opportunity for a specific
protected class.
______________ discrimination is directed at an individual, _____________
discrimination is directed at a class of persons. Correct Answer -
Disparate treatment : disparate impact
What was the ruling in the Griggs v. Duke Power? Correct Answer - Duke
Power's standard intelligence test had disparate impact on black employees
Answers
_____________ is/are the primary reason(s) U.S.C. section 1981 and the Civil
Rights Act of 1871 were ineffective in improving the rights of black
Americans? Correct Answer - Lack of enforcement
On June 19, 1963, President John F. Kennedy sent comprehensive civil rights
legislation to Congress, asking it to: Correct Answer - "Make a
commitment it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race
has no place in American life or law."
Title VII covers employers who have "__________ or more employees for each
working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or
preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person." Correct Answer -
15
Title VII does not prevent employers of businesses operated in proximity to
Native American reservations from preferring Indigenous Americans over
others for jobs. Correct Answer - True
Which of the following is not a specified protected class under Title VII?
Correct Answer - Sexual affinity or orientation
Which federal agency was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and tasked
to enforce federal anti-discrimination statutes. Correct Answer - EEOC
During its first few years, the EEOC lacked enforcement authority and had
power only to investigate discrimination and then refer meritorious claims to
the _________________ to pursue through litigation. Correct Answer -
Department of Justice
The EEOC has influenced the judicial interpretation of civil rights legislation
by helping to define what consitutes __________. Correct Answer -
Discrimination
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 protects individuals who
are over what age? Correct Answer - 40
, Before an employee or job candidate can take a complaint of job
discrimination under Title VII to court, he/she must first: Correct Answer -
File with the EEOC
What is disparate treatment under Title VII? Correct Answer - The
intentional adverse or unequal treatment of an individual based upon a
protected class characteristic.
Disparate treatment may be established by _____________ of discriminatory
motive. Correct Answer - Direct evidence
Three employees were caught stealing. The two white employees are fired,
but the black employee is not. Being fired for stealing is a perfectly acceptable
business practice. Under what disparate treatment discrimination analysis
might the white employees show discrimination? Correct Answer -
Comparative evidence
What is a bona fide occupational qualification? Correct Answer - The
subject class characteristic is reasonably necessary to the normal operation of
that particular business or enterprise.
________________ discrimination is when an employer's policies have the purpose
or effect of assigning employees to particular aspects of a business enterprise
based upon a protected class characteristic and with no apparent legitimate
business necessity. Correct Answer - Pattern and practice
In Title VII disparate impact discrimination claims, the plaintiff charges that:
Correct Answer - The employer's procedures, policies, or practices are
"not job-related and consistent with a business necessity" and have the effect
of creating an unnecessary obstacle to employment opportunity for a specific
protected class.
______________ discrimination is directed at an individual, _____________
discrimination is directed at a class of persons. Correct Answer -
Disparate treatment : disparate impact
What was the ruling in the Griggs v. Duke Power? Correct Answer - Duke
Power's standard intelligence test had disparate impact on black employees
