CHAPTER 8
Affirmative Action
1. A quota is a permissible form of affirmative action.
2. The concept of affirmative action arose out of an executive order in 1964.
3. Affirmative action programs are instituted by court order where there has been intentional
discrimination.
4. Many employers institute their own voluntary affirmative action plans.
5. In affirmative action programs, openings are filled by women and minorities regardless of
qualification.
6. In the University of Michigan cases which school(s) established criteria that was acceptable
________.
a) the College of Arts and Sciences
b) the Law School
c) both
d) neither
7. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act was passed under which President?
a) Johnson
b) Nixon
c) Carter
d) Ford
e) Clinton
8. The first major amendment to Title VII was ________.
a) 1991 Civil Rights Act
b) Equal Employment Opportunities Act
c) Glass Ceiling Act
d) Executive Order 11246
e) Equal Pay Act
9. In University of California v. Bakke, ________.
a) reverse discrimination existed
b) affirmative action plan amounted to a quota
c) both
d) neither
10. In Grutter v. Bollinger, ________.
a) affirmative action plan was upheld
b) reverse discrimination existed
c) both
d) neither
11. The test for determining reverse discrimination was based on ________.
a) disparate impact
b) disparate treatment
c) business necessity
d) affirmative action
e) none
12. The employment selection rate for minorities must be within what % of minorities?
a) sixty
b) seventy-five
c) eighty
d) ninety
e) equal to
13. The key to establishing an affirmative action plan in a company is the commitment of
________.
a) workers
b) management
c) stockholders
d) SEC
e) government
14. Reverse discrimination applies where preference has been given because of ________.
a) race
b) national origin
c) gender
d) a&c
e) all
16. The employment selection rate of ________ must be within 80% of the selection rate of
________.
17. ________ is entrusted with hearing violations of Title VII.
18. ________ attempts to achieve equal employment.
19. ________ are plans where a fixed number of a suspect class are hired without regard to
qualifications.
20. ________ exists when the affirmative action plan selects unqualified minorities and women
over white males.