DEOMI-Diversity Management UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Define diversity management. - CORRECT ANSWER - • The creation of an equitable and
inclusive environment that enhances the contribution of all members to fulfill the organization's
mission; where differences are recognized, understood, and valued; and is accomplished through
communication, education, policies, programs, selection, retention, mentoring, leadership, and
individual accountability.
Define diversity management. DOD - CORRECT ANSWER - • The plans made and
programs undertaken to identify in the aggregate the diversity within the Department of Defense
to enhance DoD capabilities and achieve mission readiness.
Affirmative Action - CORRECT ANSWER - focuses on prevention and/or correcting
discriminatory practices concerned with numbers of minorities and women.
• An attempt to rectify past discrimination against certain groups of people.
• It requires that organizations affirmatively seek them out; however, it does not set goals or
require that individuals be hired.
Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) - CORRECT ANSWER - • Promote an environment
free from personal, social, or institutional barriers that prevent Service members from rising to
the highest level of responsibility possible.
• Use the chain of command as the primary and preferred channel to identify and correct
unlawful discriminatory practices;
• Identify and resolve MEO problems through formulating, maintaining, and reviewing MEO
action plans with established objectives and milestones
• Provide periodic, mandatory education and training in human relations and MEO at installation
and operational unit commands
, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) - CORRECT ANSWER - • Maintained within the
Department of Defense as an essential element of readiness vital to the accomplishment of the
DoD national security mission.
• Prohibit unlawful employment discrimination based on race, sex, color, national origin, age,
religion, disability, or reprisal for previous EEO activity through the establishment of a
discrimination complaint processing and resolution system in accordance with EEOC guidance;
and prohibit unlawful employment discrimination based on marital status, sexual orientation,
status as a parent, genetic information, limited English proficiency, political affiliation, or other
prohibited non-merit factors through other separate discrimination complaint processing and
resolution systems when required by applicable laws and regulations.
• Identify and eliminate barriers and practices that impede EEO for all employees and applicants
for employment, including sexual and nonsexual harassment in the workforce.
• Identify and eliminate barriers at work sites, including architectural, transportation, and other
barriers affecting people with disabilities.
Diversity Management Policy - CORRECT ANSWER - In August of 2011 Executive
Order 13583 was signed into order by the President of the United States in order to promote the
Federal workplace as a model of equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Executive Order 13171, October 2000 ordered to promote Hispanic employment in the Federal
workforce
• Executive Order 13518, November 2009 ordered to promote Veterans employment in the
federal workforce
• Executive Order 13078, March 1998 ordered to promote individuals with disabilities in the
federal workforce
Managing Diversity is different from Affirmative Action - CORRECT ANSWER -•
Managing diversity focuses on maximizing the ability of all employees to contribute to
organizational goals.
• Affirmative action focuses on specific groups because of historical discrimination, such as
people of color and women.
• Affirmative action emphasizes legal necessity and social responsibility; managing diversity
emphasizes business necessity.
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Define diversity management. - CORRECT ANSWER - • The creation of an equitable and
inclusive environment that enhances the contribution of all members to fulfill the organization's
mission; where differences are recognized, understood, and valued; and is accomplished through
communication, education, policies, programs, selection, retention, mentoring, leadership, and
individual accountability.
Define diversity management. DOD - CORRECT ANSWER - • The plans made and
programs undertaken to identify in the aggregate the diversity within the Department of Defense
to enhance DoD capabilities and achieve mission readiness.
Affirmative Action - CORRECT ANSWER - focuses on prevention and/or correcting
discriminatory practices concerned with numbers of minorities and women.
• An attempt to rectify past discrimination against certain groups of people.
• It requires that organizations affirmatively seek them out; however, it does not set goals or
require that individuals be hired.
Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) - CORRECT ANSWER - • Promote an environment
free from personal, social, or institutional barriers that prevent Service members from rising to
the highest level of responsibility possible.
• Use the chain of command as the primary and preferred channel to identify and correct
unlawful discriminatory practices;
• Identify and resolve MEO problems through formulating, maintaining, and reviewing MEO
action plans with established objectives and milestones
• Provide periodic, mandatory education and training in human relations and MEO at installation
and operational unit commands
, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) - CORRECT ANSWER - • Maintained within the
Department of Defense as an essential element of readiness vital to the accomplishment of the
DoD national security mission.
• Prohibit unlawful employment discrimination based on race, sex, color, national origin, age,
religion, disability, or reprisal for previous EEO activity through the establishment of a
discrimination complaint processing and resolution system in accordance with EEOC guidance;
and prohibit unlawful employment discrimination based on marital status, sexual orientation,
status as a parent, genetic information, limited English proficiency, political affiliation, or other
prohibited non-merit factors through other separate discrimination complaint processing and
resolution systems when required by applicable laws and regulations.
• Identify and eliminate barriers and practices that impede EEO for all employees and applicants
for employment, including sexual and nonsexual harassment in the workforce.
• Identify and eliminate barriers at work sites, including architectural, transportation, and other
barriers affecting people with disabilities.
Diversity Management Policy - CORRECT ANSWER - In August of 2011 Executive
Order 13583 was signed into order by the President of the United States in order to promote the
Federal workplace as a model of equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Executive Order 13171, October 2000 ordered to promote Hispanic employment in the Federal
workforce
• Executive Order 13518, November 2009 ordered to promote Veterans employment in the
federal workforce
• Executive Order 13078, March 1998 ordered to promote individuals with disabilities in the
federal workforce
Managing Diversity is different from Affirmative Action - CORRECT ANSWER -•
Managing diversity focuses on maximizing the ability of all employees to contribute to
organizational goals.
• Affirmative action focuses on specific groups because of historical discrimination, such as
people of color and women.
• Affirmative action emphasizes legal necessity and social responsibility; managing diversity
emphasizes business necessity.
