1. No-See-Um Exterminating Company in Mobile has 55 employees who applied for a promotion to Senior Technician. Of those who applied, 31 were non-minorities and 24 were minorities. No-See-Um promoted 21 to Senior Technician. Of those promoted, 15 were non-minorities and 6 were minorities. Using the 4/5 rule, does adverse impact exist for minority status?
A. No, the selection rates for non-minorities and minorities do not differ significantly
B. Yes, minorities are promoted at 51.6% the rate that non-minorities are promoted
C. Yes, minorities are promoted at 25.0% the rate that non-minorities are promoted
D. Yes, minorities are promoted at 40.0% the rate that non-minorities are promoted
E. No, the selection rate for promotion for non-minorities is also low at 27.3%
2. Rodney Rat’s Theme Park is hiring food service workers. A total of 110 people applied for 51 jobs, 65 non-minorities and 55 minorities. Of those who applied, 51 were hired: 30 non-minorities and 21 minorities. Using the 4/5 rule, does adverse impact exist for minorities?
A. No, both minorities and non-minorities were hired at a rate less than 50%
B. Yes, minorities were hired at 38.2% the rate that non-minorities were hired
C. No, minorities were hired at 82.7% the rate that non-minorities were hired
D. Yes, minorities were hired at 17.3% the rate that non-minorities were hired
E. No, minorities and non-minorities were hired at a rate that was less than 10% different from each other