HRM-4485 Capstone Exam-Practice
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When a company makes a proactive effort to find and fix possible causes of discrimination in
hiring practices, it is engaging in an aspect of ______. - correct answer ✔✔affirmative action
What justification may a court use to order a company to adopt a quota system as a way to
increase the number of women or minorities in the workplace? - correct answer ✔✔a history of
egregious prior discrimination against such groups
Sometimes a hiring practice in a company causes women or minority candidates to lose out on
job opportunities for unknown reasons, even though the employer honestly did not intend for
this to happen. This is called ______. - correct answer ✔✔disparate impact
Which of the following is an example of adverse impact? - correct answer ✔✔African Americans
are failing an aptitude test more often than other groups are
What is the effect of a BFOQ on the legality of hiring procedures? - correct answer ✔✔it justifies
a certain kind of disparate treatment in the selection decision
Which of the following is necessary to establish a case of disparate treatment in a discrimination
lawsuit? - correct answer ✔✔that one or more decision makers have expressed an intent to
discriminate
If a test score distribution has great variability, which of the following will be true? - correct
answer ✔✔there will be a large amount of random error in the results
Exam well answered already passed
When a company makes a proactive effort to find and fix possible causes of discrimination in
hiring practices, it is engaging in an aspect of ______. - correct answer ✔✔affirmative action
What justification may a court use to order a company to adopt a quota system as a way to
increase the number of women or minorities in the workplace? - correct answer ✔✔a history of
egregious prior discrimination against such groups
Sometimes a hiring practice in a company causes women or minority candidates to lose out on
job opportunities for unknown reasons, even though the employer honestly did not intend for
this to happen. This is called ______. - correct answer ✔✔disparate impact
Which of the following is an example of adverse impact? - correct answer ✔✔African Americans
are failing an aptitude test more often than other groups are
What is the effect of a BFOQ on the legality of hiring procedures? - correct answer ✔✔it justifies
a certain kind of disparate treatment in the selection decision
Which of the following is necessary to establish a case of disparate treatment in a discrimination
lawsuit? - correct answer ✔✔that one or more decision makers have expressed an intent to
discriminate
If a test score distribution has great variability, which of the following will be true? - correct
answer ✔✔there will be a large amount of random error in the results
