UPDATED D351 STUDY SET Exam 2025
Questions And Answers
What are the four implicit HR objectives? - ANS 1. Improve productivity 2.Improve quality of
work 3. Ensure legal compliance 4. Ensure ethical behavior
Affirmative Action - ANS any act taken by an employer to overcome discriminatory effects of
past or current practices or policies that create barriers to equal employment opportunity.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) - ANS Federal legislation passed in 2010 that includes a number of
provisions designed to increase access to healthcare, improve the quality of healthcare, and
explore new models of delivering and paying for healthcare.
Age Discrimination - ANS different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their
age
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) - ANS A federal law that protects
workers age 40 and older from employment discrimination based on their age.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) - ANS A federal law that prohibits
discrimination on the basis of disability. The ADA ensures equal opportunity for individuals with
disabilities in all aspects of employment as well as in other public services.
BFOQ - ANS Bona fide occupational qualifications are employment qualifications that
employers are permitted to consider while making decisions about hiring and retaining
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, employees. However, consideration of these qualities in any other contexts might be deemed
discriminatory.
Baby Boomers - ANS People born between 1946 and 1964; in general, they greatly value
loyalty, financial security, stability, and a positive work ethic.
Business Ethics - ANS The values and principles that are used to evaluate whether the
collective behavior of an organization's members is appropriate.
Cash Plan - ANS Provides for payment of profit shares at regular intervals.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - ANS Comprehensive civil rights legislation, signed into law by
President Lyndon B. Johnson, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - ANS This Act allows for compensatory and punitive damages for
violations of Title VII.
Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1870, and 1871 - ANS These acts prohibit employers from
discriminating against minorities.
Consequentialist Theories - ANS evaluates the rightness or wrongness of an action based on
the consequences of that action.
Content Validity - ANS A method used to confirm that a selection test measures what it is
intended to measure by comparing the test to the job description (knowledge, skills, and
abilities required to complete a job).
Correlation Coefficient - ANS reflects the stability of a test over time—the higher the
coefficient of stability, the more reliable the measure.
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Questions And Answers
What are the four implicit HR objectives? - ANS 1. Improve productivity 2.Improve quality of
work 3. Ensure legal compliance 4. Ensure ethical behavior
Affirmative Action - ANS any act taken by an employer to overcome discriminatory effects of
past or current practices or policies that create barriers to equal employment opportunity.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) - ANS Federal legislation passed in 2010 that includes a number of
provisions designed to increase access to healthcare, improve the quality of healthcare, and
explore new models of delivering and paying for healthcare.
Age Discrimination - ANS different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their
age
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) - ANS A federal law that protects
workers age 40 and older from employment discrimination based on their age.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) - ANS A federal law that prohibits
discrimination on the basis of disability. The ADA ensures equal opportunity for individuals with
disabilities in all aspects of employment as well as in other public services.
BFOQ - ANS Bona fide occupational qualifications are employment qualifications that
employers are permitted to consider while making decisions about hiring and retaining
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, employees. However, consideration of these qualities in any other contexts might be deemed
discriminatory.
Baby Boomers - ANS People born between 1946 and 1964; in general, they greatly value
loyalty, financial security, stability, and a positive work ethic.
Business Ethics - ANS The values and principles that are used to evaluate whether the
collective behavior of an organization's members is appropriate.
Cash Plan - ANS Provides for payment of profit shares at regular intervals.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - ANS Comprehensive civil rights legislation, signed into law by
President Lyndon B. Johnson, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - ANS This Act allows for compensatory and punitive damages for
violations of Title VII.
Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1870, and 1871 - ANS These acts prohibit employers from
discriminating against minorities.
Consequentialist Theories - ANS evaluates the rightness or wrongness of an action based on
the consequences of that action.
Content Validity - ANS A method used to confirm that a selection test measures what it is
intended to measure by comparing the test to the job description (knowledge, skills, and
abilities required to complete a job).
Correlation Coefficient - ANS reflects the stability of a test over time—the higher the
coefficient of stability, the more reliable the measure.
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