1.Which of the following statements is true with respect to determining a company's citizenship for the purpose of being covered by Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967?
a. No one factor is considered determinative since many factors are relevant.
b. The company's principal place of business is determinative.
c. The nationality of the controlling shareholders is determinative.
d. The nationality and location of management is determinative.
1. Which of the following statements is true of the remedies for the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871?
a. The acts themselves have specific provisions for remedies.
b. The courts cannot award compensatory damages to the plaintiff.
c. The courts can order the defendant to pay the plaintiff's attorney's fees.
d. The courts cannot award punitive damages to penalize the defendant for wrongful conduct.
2. Which of the following represents a valid bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)?
a. The management hires employees based on their race and color.
b. The customers would prefer a woman in the position.
c. The management stated that it is inconvenient to add a men's room.
d. The applicant should speak fluent English to apply for a job in the United States.
3. Proving an employer's unlawful discriminatory motive in disparate treatment cases is referred to as:
a. building a quid pro quo case.
b. building a prima facie case.
c. building a pro bono case.
d. building a pro forma case.
4. Which of the following is true of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967?
a. It applies to employers having 10 or more employees.
b. It does not apply to industries that affect interstate commerce.
c. It applies to unions that have a maximum of 20 members.
d. It does not apply to state employers.
5. Which of the following is true of the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871?
a. The Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871 have specific provisions for remedies.
b. A claim under the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871 cannot be added to a claim under another antidiscrimination statute.
c. The Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871 are interpreted very narrowly and are applied to prohibit discrimination based only on race.
d. The Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871 do not require the plaintiff to first attempt to resolve the discrimination problem through any administrative procedures.
6. arise when a plaintiff attempts to establish that an employer's facially neutral employment policy or practice has a discriminatory effect on a protected class.
a. Disparate treatment cases
b. Hostile environment cases
c. Disparate impact cases
d. Harassment cases
7. Which of the following is true of the employment-at-will doctrine?
a. A contract of employment for an indeterminate term is not terminable.
b. The employment-at-will doctrine places an employer in a position to treat employees arbitrarily.
c. The employment-at-will doctrine cannot be restricted by state and federal legislation or by changes in the common law.
d. The applicability of the employment-at-will doctrine is the same in every state.
9. The was designed to effectuate the Thirteenth Amendment and guarantees that all persons in the United States have the same right to make and enforce contracts and have full and equal benefit of the law.
a. Equal Pay Act of 1963
b. Rehabilitation Act of 1973
c. Civil Rights Act of 1866
d. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991
10. The was designed to effectuate the Thirteenth Amendment and guarantees that all persons in the United States have the same right to make and enforce contracts and have full and equal benefit of the law.
a. Equal Pay Act of 1963
b. Rehabilitation Act of 1973
c. Civil Rights Act of 1866
d. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991
11.Which of the following statutes of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the most common basis for lawsuits premised on employment discrimination?
a. Title V
b. Title VI
c. Title VII
d. Title VIII
12. is measured by the economic and social consequences that would result from a failure of the employee to perform the job duties in question.
a. Skill
b. Effort
c. Efficiency
d. Responsibility
13. A test of achievement orientation for a sales person is
a. content valid
b. construct valid
c. commercially valid
d. criterion-related valid
14. What will be the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission agency's initial action if it finds a reasonable cause to believe that a discriminatory practice has occurred?
a. It will issue a warning to the violator.
b. It will file a suit against the alleged discriminator in federal district court.
c. It will fine the violator an amount determined by statute.
d. It will attempt to eliminate the discriminatory practice through conciliation.
15. Which of the following statutory exceptions found in the Bennet Amendment to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 presents the greatest problems?
a. Wage differential based on a bona fide seniority system.
b. Wage differential based on factors other than sex.
c. Wage differential based on a pay system based on quality or quantity of output.
d. Wage differential based on a bona fide merit system.
16. Which of the following is a category under the protected classes?
a. Age
b. Color
c. Education
d. Place of residence