HRM 701 CORRECT EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔T/F Every workplace in Canada is covered by human rights legislation. - ✔✔T
✔✔T/F Employers are permitted to discriminate if there is a bona fide occupational
qualification. - ✔✔T
✔✔T/F A religious organization is permitted to discriminate on the basis of religion -
✔✔T
✔✔T/F An example of a BFOQ for age is the argument that a younger employee will
project a better, more energetic image to the public - ✔✔F
✔✔T/FThe Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) may choose to act on its own
if it feels there are sufficient grounds for a finding of discrimination. - ✔✔T
✔✔T/F The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) must accept all complaints
except those not filed within a prescribed period of time. - ✔✔F
✔✔T/F Once a complaint has been accepted by the Canadian Human Rights
Commission (CHRC), an investigator is assigned the task of fact finding from both the
complainant and the accused. - ✔✔T
✔✔T/F As an HR Professional, if you lie or are otherwise involved in obstructing an
investigation by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, you can serve jail time. -
✔✔T
✔✔The only difference between federal and provincial human rights laws is that the
former cover federally regulated industries and the latter cover provincially regulated
industries. T/F - ✔✔F
, ✔✔T/F Prohibited grounds of discrimination in employment vary between provinces. -
✔✔T
✔✔T/F Prohibited grounds of discrimination in employment include race, religion, sex,
age, national or ethnic origin, disability, and marital status - ✔✔T
✔✔Federal law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔Pay equity law makes it illegal for employers to discriminate against individuals on
the basis of job content. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔In 2002, women aged 15 and over who had employment income made 55 cents for
every $1 earned by their male counterparts. T/F - ✔✔F
✔✔Pay equity is based on the principles of equal pay for equal work and equal pay for
work of comparable worth. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔Implementation of pay equity is based on comparing the work of female and male
employees doing the same job. T/F - ✔✔F
✔✔The federal pay equity legislation applies to all employees in Canada. T/F - ✔✔F
✔✔The four traditionally disadvantaged groups could be brought into the mainstream of
Canada's labour force through employment equity. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔The Employment Equity Act of 1995 only affects employers under federal
jurisdiction.
T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔The Employment Equity Act stipulates that employers and Crown corporations with
200 employees or more, who are regulated under the Canada Labour Code, must
implement employment equity and report on results attained. T/F - ✔✔F
✔✔The concept of employment equity is rooted in the federal Charter of Rights and
Freedoms, and in federal and provincial human rights codes. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔Employment equity involves the identification and removal of systemic barriers to
employment opportunities that adversely affect the four designated groups. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔Employment equity involves the implementation of special measures and
reasonable accommodation. T/F - ✔✔T
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔T/F Every workplace in Canada is covered by human rights legislation. - ✔✔T
✔✔T/F Employers are permitted to discriminate if there is a bona fide occupational
qualification. - ✔✔T
✔✔T/F A religious organization is permitted to discriminate on the basis of religion -
✔✔T
✔✔T/F An example of a BFOQ for age is the argument that a younger employee will
project a better, more energetic image to the public - ✔✔F
✔✔T/FThe Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) may choose to act on its own
if it feels there are sufficient grounds for a finding of discrimination. - ✔✔T
✔✔T/F The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) must accept all complaints
except those not filed within a prescribed period of time. - ✔✔F
✔✔T/F Once a complaint has been accepted by the Canadian Human Rights
Commission (CHRC), an investigator is assigned the task of fact finding from both the
complainant and the accused. - ✔✔T
✔✔T/F As an HR Professional, if you lie or are otherwise involved in obstructing an
investigation by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, you can serve jail time. -
✔✔T
✔✔The only difference between federal and provincial human rights laws is that the
former cover federally regulated industries and the latter cover provincially regulated
industries. T/F - ✔✔F
, ✔✔T/F Prohibited grounds of discrimination in employment vary between provinces. -
✔✔T
✔✔T/F Prohibited grounds of discrimination in employment include race, religion, sex,
age, national or ethnic origin, disability, and marital status - ✔✔T
✔✔Federal law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔Pay equity law makes it illegal for employers to discriminate against individuals on
the basis of job content. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔In 2002, women aged 15 and over who had employment income made 55 cents for
every $1 earned by their male counterparts. T/F - ✔✔F
✔✔Pay equity is based on the principles of equal pay for equal work and equal pay for
work of comparable worth. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔Implementation of pay equity is based on comparing the work of female and male
employees doing the same job. T/F - ✔✔F
✔✔The federal pay equity legislation applies to all employees in Canada. T/F - ✔✔F
✔✔The four traditionally disadvantaged groups could be brought into the mainstream of
Canada's labour force through employment equity. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔The Employment Equity Act of 1995 only affects employers under federal
jurisdiction.
T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔The Employment Equity Act stipulates that employers and Crown corporations with
200 employees or more, who are regulated under the Canada Labour Code, must
implement employment equity and report on results attained. T/F - ✔✔F
✔✔The concept of employment equity is rooted in the federal Charter of Rights and
Freedoms, and in federal and provincial human rights codes. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔Employment equity involves the identification and removal of systemic barriers to
employment opportunities that adversely affect the four designated groups. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔Employment equity involves the implementation of special measures and
reasonable accommodation. T/F - ✔✔T
