TEST BANK
DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS
5TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: INTRODUCTION
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. The unemployment rate for African Americans is often higher than for any other racial group.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. Despite the amount of media attention focusing on lawsuits and damage settlements, an organization’s likelihood
of being sued is relatively small.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. Being supportive of diversity can sometimes result in organizations facing boycotts and negative publicity from
those who are resistant to diversity.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. The unemployment rate for White Americans is often higher than the rate for African Americans.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
5. The unemployment rates are the same for each racial group.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
6. People who are not personally affected by discrimination may find overt discrimination and other negative
behaviors morally offensive.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
7. Employment discrimination occurs when personal characteristics of applicants and workers that are related to
productivity are valued in the labor market.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
, 8. The number of discrimination charges filed with the EEOC averages nearly 500,000 per year.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
9. Equity refers to the distribution and provision of resources to achieve a fair or just outcome.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
10. Research indicates that effective management of diversity is associated with stock prices.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. The costs of doing a poor job in integrating workers from different backgrounds can be very high.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12. Developing nations are increasingly being seen as sources of new workers for many countries that have
historically resisted immigration.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
13. After learning to interact with each other, diverse groups tend to develop more and higher-quality solutions to
problems than homogenous groups do.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
14. Diversity without a supportive climate can result in negative consequences in an organization.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
15. Diversity and inclusion are beneficial only to members of certain groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
, 16. People with similar productive characteristics sometimes experience differences in rewards.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
17. The “value in diversity” perspective may lead to
a. worse exit interviews.
b. lost productivity while positions are unfilled.
c. higher recruiting costs.
d. greater organizational competitiveness.
ANSWER: d
18. The U.S. Supreme Court used the research of Patricia Gruin that identified the benefits of a diverse learning
environment for students in its decision in favor of portions of which university’s diversity programs?
a. University of Idaho
b. University of Texas
c. University of California
d. University of Michigan
ANSWER: d
19. Some believe that societal resources are distributed exclusively or primarily on the basis of individual merit. What
is the term for this belief?
a. Belief of equality
b. Myth of equality
c. Belief of meritocracy
d. Myth of meritocracy
ANSWER: d
20. One advantage to being an inclusive organization is that it can help the organization compete for which types of
employees?
a. The most experienced employees
b. Employees that have diverse educational backgrounds
c. The best employees from all backgrounds.
d. Employees from competitors
ANSWER: c
, 21. Which of the following is true about demographic changes around the world?
a. In some countries, the workforce is shrinking.
b. Developing countries are providing few workers for other countries.
c. More younger workers are being added to the U.S. workforce than in the past.
d. Women face less discrimination and harassment in the workplace.
ANSWER: a
22. Law professor Kimberle Crenshaw pointed to the U.S. court system’s unwillingness to consider the
multidimensionality of Black women’s experiences that results from the combination of race and sex
discrimination. This is an example of what concept?
a. Radicalized harassment
b. Multidimentional meritocracy
c. Intersectionality
d. Structural racism
ANSWER: c
23. When it comes to attracting and retaining employees from various backgrounds
a. organizations that discriminate may have higher compensation costs because they draw from a larger pool
of workers.
b. if an organization develops a reputation for valuing only a subset of workers, those preferred workers will
tell their friends from similar identity groups, thus increasing the overall number of potential applicants and
workers.
c. recruitment advertisements featuring heterogeneous workers do not affect minorities’ desire to work for
an organization.
d. if an organization develops a reputation for valuing all types of workers, this will increase the organization’s
ability to compete for employees.
ANSWER: d
24. What term refers to one’s position in the economic system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods
and services in industrial societies?
a. Ethnicity
b. Social class
c. Identity group
d. Diversity class
ANSWER: b
DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS
5TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: INTRODUCTION
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. The unemployment rate for African Americans is often higher than for any other racial group.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. Despite the amount of media attention focusing on lawsuits and damage settlements, an organization’s likelihood
of being sued is relatively small.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. Being supportive of diversity can sometimes result in organizations facing boycotts and negative publicity from
those who are resistant to diversity.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. The unemployment rate for White Americans is often higher than the rate for African Americans.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
5. The unemployment rates are the same for each racial group.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
6. People who are not personally affected by discrimination may find overt discrimination and other negative
behaviors morally offensive.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
7. Employment discrimination occurs when personal characteristics of applicants and workers that are related to
productivity are valued in the labor market.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
, 8. The number of discrimination charges filed with the EEOC averages nearly 500,000 per year.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
9. Equity refers to the distribution and provision of resources to achieve a fair or just outcome.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
10. Research indicates that effective management of diversity is associated with stock prices.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. The costs of doing a poor job in integrating workers from different backgrounds can be very high.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12. Developing nations are increasingly being seen as sources of new workers for many countries that have
historically resisted immigration.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
13. After learning to interact with each other, diverse groups tend to develop more and higher-quality solutions to
problems than homogenous groups do.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
14. Diversity without a supportive climate can result in negative consequences in an organization.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
15. Diversity and inclusion are beneficial only to members of certain groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
, 16. People with similar productive characteristics sometimes experience differences in rewards.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
17. The “value in diversity” perspective may lead to
a. worse exit interviews.
b. lost productivity while positions are unfilled.
c. higher recruiting costs.
d. greater organizational competitiveness.
ANSWER: d
18. The U.S. Supreme Court used the research of Patricia Gruin that identified the benefits of a diverse learning
environment for students in its decision in favor of portions of which university’s diversity programs?
a. University of Idaho
b. University of Texas
c. University of California
d. University of Michigan
ANSWER: d
19. Some believe that societal resources are distributed exclusively or primarily on the basis of individual merit. What
is the term for this belief?
a. Belief of equality
b. Myth of equality
c. Belief of meritocracy
d. Myth of meritocracy
ANSWER: d
20. One advantage to being an inclusive organization is that it can help the organization compete for which types of
employees?
a. The most experienced employees
b. Employees that have diverse educational backgrounds
c. The best employees from all backgrounds.
d. Employees from competitors
ANSWER: c
, 21. Which of the following is true about demographic changes around the world?
a. In some countries, the workforce is shrinking.
b. Developing countries are providing few workers for other countries.
c. More younger workers are being added to the U.S. workforce than in the past.
d. Women face less discrimination and harassment in the workplace.
ANSWER: a
22. Law professor Kimberle Crenshaw pointed to the U.S. court system’s unwillingness to consider the
multidimensionality of Black women’s experiences that results from the combination of race and sex
discrimination. This is an example of what concept?
a. Radicalized harassment
b. Multidimentional meritocracy
c. Intersectionality
d. Structural racism
ANSWER: c
23. When it comes to attracting and retaining employees from various backgrounds
a. organizations that discriminate may have higher compensation costs because they draw from a larger pool
of workers.
b. if an organization develops a reputation for valuing only a subset of workers, those preferred workers will
tell their friends from similar identity groups, thus increasing the overall number of potential applicants and
workers.
c. recruitment advertisements featuring heterogeneous workers do not affect minorities’ desire to work for
an organization.
d. if an organization develops a reputation for valuing all types of workers, this will increase the organization’s
ability to compete for employees.
ANSWER: d
24. What term refers to one’s position in the economic system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods
and services in industrial societies?
a. Ethnicity
b. Social class
c. Identity group
d. Diversity class
ANSWER: b
