WGU EMPLOYMENT LAW C233 EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Under respondent superior doctrine, an employer is only responsible for the employee action
performed within the:
Reasonable person standard
Duration of employment
Realm of reasonable actions
Scope of employment - ANS Scope of Employment
Which of the following is not an element of a prima facie discrimination case for gender
discrimination?
The employee is qualified for the position
The employee suffers some adverse employment action
The employee is in the protected class
A person of the same gender received favorable employment action - ANS A person of the
same gender received favorable employment action
When operations of two or more employers are considered so intertwined that they can be
considered the single employer, for purposes of both federal statutory coverage and liability,
this is called a:
Integrated Enterprise
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,Corporation
Sole proprietorship
Franchise - ANS Integrated Enterprise
Title VII covers employers who have "_________ or more employees for each working day in
each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any
agent of such a person."
Fifteen
Twenty
Thirty
Ten - ANS Fifteen
An employee pursues self-interest as he or she runs a personal errand while driving to a
meeting at a company branch office. What is this an example of?
Reasonable person standard
Scope of employment
Frolic and detour
Duration of employment - ANS Frolic and detour
When an employer classifies employees on the basis of gender, plus another characteristic,
usually a family-related circumstance, what type of discrimination is this?
Pregnancy discrimination
Gender plus discrimination
Pretextual discrimination
Perpetual discrimination - ANS Gender Plus Discrimination
What was the seminal case establishing the concept of disparate impact?
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, St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks
Griggs v. Duke Power
Connecticut v. Teal
Texas Dep't of Community Affairs v. Burdine - ANS Griggs v. Duke Power
A controlling rule, example, or guide is also known as:
Judicial review
Precedence
Respondent superior
Contractual understanding - ANS Precedence
Which of the following is not a test that determines if an employee is an independent
contractor?
The economic realities test
The right to work state law index
The common law agency test
The IRS 20-factor analysis - ANS The right to work state law index
Plaintiffs may allege that the supposed legitimate reason for adverse employment action is
merely a __________ or cover-up for discrimination.
Reasonable reason
Failure
Pretext
Discrimination in disguise - ANS Pretext
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2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Under respondent superior doctrine, an employer is only responsible for the employee action
performed within the:
Reasonable person standard
Duration of employment
Realm of reasonable actions
Scope of employment - ANS Scope of Employment
Which of the following is not an element of a prima facie discrimination case for gender
discrimination?
The employee is qualified for the position
The employee suffers some adverse employment action
The employee is in the protected class
A person of the same gender received favorable employment action - ANS A person of the
same gender received favorable employment action
When operations of two or more employers are considered so intertwined that they can be
considered the single employer, for purposes of both federal statutory coverage and liability,
this is called a:
Integrated Enterprise
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,Corporation
Sole proprietorship
Franchise - ANS Integrated Enterprise
Title VII covers employers who have "_________ or more employees for each working day in
each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any
agent of such a person."
Fifteen
Twenty
Thirty
Ten - ANS Fifteen
An employee pursues self-interest as he or she runs a personal errand while driving to a
meeting at a company branch office. What is this an example of?
Reasonable person standard
Scope of employment
Frolic and detour
Duration of employment - ANS Frolic and detour
When an employer classifies employees on the basis of gender, plus another characteristic,
usually a family-related circumstance, what type of discrimination is this?
Pregnancy discrimination
Gender plus discrimination
Pretextual discrimination
Perpetual discrimination - ANS Gender Plus Discrimination
What was the seminal case establishing the concept of disparate impact?
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, St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks
Griggs v. Duke Power
Connecticut v. Teal
Texas Dep't of Community Affairs v. Burdine - ANS Griggs v. Duke Power
A controlling rule, example, or guide is also known as:
Judicial review
Precedence
Respondent superior
Contractual understanding - ANS Precedence
Which of the following is not a test that determines if an employee is an independent
contractor?
The economic realities test
The right to work state law index
The common law agency test
The IRS 20-factor analysis - ANS The right to work state law index
Plaintiffs may allege that the supposed legitimate reason for adverse employment action is
merely a __________ or cover-up for discrimination.
Reasonable reason
Failure
Pretext
Discrimination in disguise - ANS Pretext
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