Complete the mcq:
Question 1
Which of the following are examples of quid-pro-quo harassment?
a Sexual offers
b Sexual threats
c Neither A nor B
d Both A and B
Question 2
Which of the following is an example of a so-called "pink-collar" job?
a CEO
b Secretary
c Police officer
d Athlete
Question 3
Evidence suggests organizations that embrace affirmative action programs are:
a More productive
b More profitable
c More efficient
d All of the above
Question 4
A manager in charge of hiring new employees at the sales department of an office supply company makes the decision to ignore applications from women because he thinks women are poor sales people. This scenario illustrates:
a Intentional individual discrimination
b Unintentional individual discrimination
c Institutional discrimination
d None of the above
Question 5
Which of the following Supreme Court cases determined that employers cannot use gender to determine pay structure?
a Johnson v. Transportation Agency
b Novartis Case
c Americans With Disabilities Act
d Civil Rights Act
Question 6
Which of the following court cases found that college admission processes can take race into account, as one factor?
a Civil Rights Act
b Bakke v. Regents of University of California
c American With Disabilities Act
d Novartis Case
Question 7
Which of the following is an argument against affirmative action programs?
a Compensatory justice demands affirmative action programs.
b Affirmative action is necessary for fair competition.
c Affirmative action is necessary to break the cycle that keeps minorities and women locked into low-paying, low-prestige jobs.
d Affirmative action itself violates the principle of equality.
Question 8
What is the first step in dealing with sexual harassment?
a The employee should see a lawyer and consider his or her legal options.
b The employee should notify the appropriate supervisor.
c The employee should keep a record of what has occurred, when it happened, and who was involved.
d The employee should make it clear the behavior is unwanted.
Question 9
Which of the following is evidence of the pervasiveness of job discrimination in the United States?
a Ethnic minorities make up most of the workforce for less desirable jobs, while whites predominantly have more desirable jobs.
b The median wealth of white households is more than ten times that of Hispanic or black households.
c Racial minorities are twice as likely to be unemployed.
d All of the above
Question 10
Which of the following statements is true?
a Pink-collar jobs are undervalued in the workplace.
b Pink-collar jobs are overvalued in the workplace.
c Pink-collar jobs are only available to women.
d Pink-collar jobs are only available to men.
Question 11
Which of the following best defines comparable worth?
a Procedures and policies can lead to adverse decisions regarding an employee or a job applicant based on his or her membership in a certain group.
b Quotas should be instituted to ensure the proportional representation of women and minorities.
c Programs should be instituted to increase the representation of minorities and women in workplaces where they are underrepresented.
d Men and women should be paid equally for work that requires comparable skills and responsibilities.
Question 12
Which of the following best defines job discrimination?
a Procedures and policies that lead to adverse decisions regarding an employee or a job applicant based on his or her membership in a certain group.
b Quotas should be instituted to ensure the proportional representation of women and minorities.
c Programs should be instituted to increase the representation of minorities and women in workplaces where they are underrepresented.
d Men and women should be paid equally for work that requires comparable skills and responsibilities.
Question 13
Advocates of "comparable worth":
a Say that all women do their job just as well as men.
b Base their doctrine on the free-market determination of wages.
c Believe it is necessary for getting rid of sexual harassment.
d Want women to be paid as much as men for jobs involving equivalent skill, effort, and responsibility.
Question 14
Which of the following is true of affirmative action programs?
a Affirmative action programs make use of quotas to make sure women and minorities are represented in the workplace.
b Affirmative action programs presume that race or gender-conscious measures are necessary to overcome discriminatory practices.
c Affirmative action programs face no major criticisms.
d None of the above
Question 15
To answer the question of who determines what is objectionable or offensive in sexual harassment, the courts use what kind of hypothetical person?
a Reasonable person
b Sensual person
c Hysterical person
d Management person