WGU D325 EXAM NEWEST VERSION
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+
20-factor Analysis - Answers -✔✔ A guide adopted by the Internal Revenue Service for
determining whether a worker should be classified as an independent contractor.
ADA Amendments Act - Answers -✔✔ In 2008, the ADAAA amends the ADA by adding
new protections for employees with disabilities.
ADEA Waivers - Answers -✔✔ A statement from a retiring employee that they will not
make a personal ADEA claim against the employer in exchange for retirement
incentives.
Abuse of Discretion - Answers -✔✔ An employer's failure to consider important and
relevant facts; acting in an arbitrary or capricious manner.
Adverse Job Action - Answers -✔✔ A negative job action that results from an
employee's lawful actions.
Affirmative Action (AA) - Answers -✔✔ Any action taken by an employer to overcome
discriminatory effects of past or current practices that create barriers to equal
employment opportunity.
Affirmative Action (AA) Plan - Answers -✔✔ A plan that analyzes a workforce to
determine whether protected classes are underutilized in different job groups and
describes how an organization will address any underutilization that exists.
Age Discrimination - Answers -✔✔ Treating an applicant or employee less favorably
because of their age.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) - Answers -✔✔ Enacted in 1967, this act
protects employees who are 40 years of age and older from employment discrimination.
Agency - Answers -✔✔ A contract relationship between a principal and an agent
whereby the principal authorizes the agent to work on their behalf and with power to
bind the principal.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Answers -✔✔ Enacted in 1990, this act prohibits
employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against people with
,disabilities. In general, the employment provisions of the ADA require equal opportunity
in selecting, testing, and hiring qualified applicants with disabilities; job accommodation
for applicants and workers with disabilities when such accommodations would not
impose 'undue hardship'; and equal opportunity in promotion and benefits.
Anti-female Animus - Answers -✔✔ An environment of animosity toward women.
Appropriation of Image or Likeness - Answers -✔✔ A type of tort in which an employer
uses the name, image, or likeness of an employee for commercial purposes in a way
that is not described in the job description.
Arbitration - Answers -✔✔ A procedure for resolving collective bargaining impasses by
using a third-party arbitrator, which results in a binding agreement on both parties.
Assumption of the Risk - Answers -✔✔ An employer defense that states an employee
knows and accepts the risk of potential injury in a certain position.
BFOQ - Answers -✔✔ (Bona Fide Occupational Qualification) Job requirement that an
employee be a particular religion, sex, or national origin that is reasonably necessary to
business operations.
Back Pay - Answers -✔✔ Monetary compensation for a plaintiff's lost earnings.
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) - Answers -✔✔ A reasonable
employment qualification that an employer is allowed to consider when making
decisions about hiring and retaining employees.
Business Necessity - Answers -✔✔ A legitimate business purpose that justifies an
employment decision as effective and necessary.
Case Law - Answers -✔✔ The law as laid down in the decisions of the courts (distinct
from statutes or other sources of law).
Civil Law - Answers -✔✔ Laws that deal with the rights of people rather than with
crimes.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Answers -✔✔ Enacted in 1964, this act prohibits employment
discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Clayton Act - Answers -✔✔ Enacted in 1914, this federal law prohibits the elimination of
unions.
Closed Union Shop - Answers -✔✔ An illegal requirement that an employee be a union
member.
, Collective Bargaining - Answers -✔✔ The negotiation process between unions and
employers.
Color - Answers -✔✔ Skin pigmentation characteristic of race, especially other than
White.
Common Law - Answers -✔✔ Principles developed over centuries as a result of legal
decisions made by judges in individual cases.
Common Law Agency - Answers -✔✔ A test that classifies a worker as an employee if
the employer maintains the right to control the method of work performed.
Community of Interests - Answers -✔✔ A community of people who align themselves
with a common interest.
Comparable Worth Theory - Answers -✔✔ The notion that men and women should
receive equal pay when they perform work that requires comparable skills and
responsibilities.
Comparative Evidence - Answers -✔✔ Evidence of discrimination that is found by
comparing two similarly situated employees who were treated differently because of a
class characteristic.
Compensatory Damages - Answers -✔✔ Monetary compensation necessary to replace
a plaintiff's losses.
Compensatory Time - Answers -✔✔ An option for public employers to allow time off for
employees instead of payment.
Complaint - Answers -✔✔ A formal allegation against a party.
Compliance Requirement - Answers -✔✔ A mandate under the Occupational Safety
and Health Act that all employers comply with all safety and health requirements issued
by the Department of Labor.
Concerted Activity - Answers -✔✔ Any effort by employees to join together to seek
improvement in working conditions.
Conciliation - Answers -✔✔ Process where a third party acts as an intermediary
between the parties to a labor dispute, helping them to reach a settlement.
Conglomerate - Answers -✔✔ A highly diversified firm that has multiple businesses with
no relationships.
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+
20-factor Analysis - Answers -✔✔ A guide adopted by the Internal Revenue Service for
determining whether a worker should be classified as an independent contractor.
ADA Amendments Act - Answers -✔✔ In 2008, the ADAAA amends the ADA by adding
new protections for employees with disabilities.
ADEA Waivers - Answers -✔✔ A statement from a retiring employee that they will not
make a personal ADEA claim against the employer in exchange for retirement
incentives.
Abuse of Discretion - Answers -✔✔ An employer's failure to consider important and
relevant facts; acting in an arbitrary or capricious manner.
Adverse Job Action - Answers -✔✔ A negative job action that results from an
employee's lawful actions.
Affirmative Action (AA) - Answers -✔✔ Any action taken by an employer to overcome
discriminatory effects of past or current practices that create barriers to equal
employment opportunity.
Affirmative Action (AA) Plan - Answers -✔✔ A plan that analyzes a workforce to
determine whether protected classes are underutilized in different job groups and
describes how an organization will address any underutilization that exists.
Age Discrimination - Answers -✔✔ Treating an applicant or employee less favorably
because of their age.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) - Answers -✔✔ Enacted in 1967, this act
protects employees who are 40 years of age and older from employment discrimination.
Agency - Answers -✔✔ A contract relationship between a principal and an agent
whereby the principal authorizes the agent to work on their behalf and with power to
bind the principal.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Answers -✔✔ Enacted in 1990, this act prohibits
employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against people with
,disabilities. In general, the employment provisions of the ADA require equal opportunity
in selecting, testing, and hiring qualified applicants with disabilities; job accommodation
for applicants and workers with disabilities when such accommodations would not
impose 'undue hardship'; and equal opportunity in promotion and benefits.
Anti-female Animus - Answers -✔✔ An environment of animosity toward women.
Appropriation of Image or Likeness - Answers -✔✔ A type of tort in which an employer
uses the name, image, or likeness of an employee for commercial purposes in a way
that is not described in the job description.
Arbitration - Answers -✔✔ A procedure for resolving collective bargaining impasses by
using a third-party arbitrator, which results in a binding agreement on both parties.
Assumption of the Risk - Answers -✔✔ An employer defense that states an employee
knows and accepts the risk of potential injury in a certain position.
BFOQ - Answers -✔✔ (Bona Fide Occupational Qualification) Job requirement that an
employee be a particular religion, sex, or national origin that is reasonably necessary to
business operations.
Back Pay - Answers -✔✔ Monetary compensation for a plaintiff's lost earnings.
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) - Answers -✔✔ A reasonable
employment qualification that an employer is allowed to consider when making
decisions about hiring and retaining employees.
Business Necessity - Answers -✔✔ A legitimate business purpose that justifies an
employment decision as effective and necessary.
Case Law - Answers -✔✔ The law as laid down in the decisions of the courts (distinct
from statutes or other sources of law).
Civil Law - Answers -✔✔ Laws that deal with the rights of people rather than with
crimes.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Answers -✔✔ Enacted in 1964, this act prohibits employment
discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Clayton Act - Answers -✔✔ Enacted in 1914, this federal law prohibits the elimination of
unions.
Closed Union Shop - Answers -✔✔ An illegal requirement that an employee be a union
member.
, Collective Bargaining - Answers -✔✔ The negotiation process between unions and
employers.
Color - Answers -✔✔ Skin pigmentation characteristic of race, especially other than
White.
Common Law - Answers -✔✔ Principles developed over centuries as a result of legal
decisions made by judges in individual cases.
Common Law Agency - Answers -✔✔ A test that classifies a worker as an employee if
the employer maintains the right to control the method of work performed.
Community of Interests - Answers -✔✔ A community of people who align themselves
with a common interest.
Comparable Worth Theory - Answers -✔✔ The notion that men and women should
receive equal pay when they perform work that requires comparable skills and
responsibilities.
Comparative Evidence - Answers -✔✔ Evidence of discrimination that is found by
comparing two similarly situated employees who were treated differently because of a
class characteristic.
Compensatory Damages - Answers -✔✔ Monetary compensation necessary to replace
a plaintiff's losses.
Compensatory Time - Answers -✔✔ An option for public employers to allow time off for
employees instead of payment.
Complaint - Answers -✔✔ A formal allegation against a party.
Compliance Requirement - Answers -✔✔ A mandate under the Occupational Safety
and Health Act that all employers comply with all safety and health requirements issued
by the Department of Labor.
Concerted Activity - Answers -✔✔ Any effort by employees to join together to seek
improvement in working conditions.
Conciliation - Answers -✔✔ Process where a third party acts as an intermediary
between the parties to a labor dispute, helping them to reach a settlement.
Conglomerate - Answers -✔✔ A highly diversified firm that has multiple businesses with
no relationships.
