90) What was the first sexual harassment case to reach the U.S. Supreme Court?
A) Dothard v. Rawlingson
B) Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson
C) Phillips v. Martin Marietta
D) American Tobacco Company v. Patterson
91) In which Supreme Court decision was it held that same-sex sexual harassment may be
unlawful under Title VII?
A) Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services
B) Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson
C) Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
D) Miller v. Bank of America
92) All of the following selection procedures are most likely discriminatory with regard to
national origin EXCEPT denying employment based upon ________.
A) fluency in English
B) foreign training
C) foreign education
D) job knowledge
93) Which term refers to discrimination against employees based on their obligations to care for
family members?
A) elderly care discrimination
B) family care discrimination
C) caregiver discrimination
D) religious discrimination
94) As an HR manager at a global electronics firm, you have employees who practice many
different religions. As a result, you have a number of employees who are prohibited from
working on certain days of the week. Which of the following would be the LEAST appropriate
method for accommodating an employee’s religious practices?
A) voluntary substitutes
B) flexible scheduling
C) vertical movements
D) changes in job assignments
95) Kelly, an HR manager, has a male employee whose religious practices do not permit him to
pay union dues. Which of the following should Kelly most likely ask the employee to do instead
of paying union dues?
A) work extra hours
B) give his personal days to a coworker
C) donate an equivalent amount of money to a charity
D) give an equivalent amount of money to his church or synagogue
96) In recent years, what percentage of cases do employees win when caregiver discrimination
lawsuits are filed?
A) 67%
B) 40%
C) 75%
D) 23%
97) The ADA protects people who currently use illegal drugs
98) National origin applies exclusively to individuals who came from, or whose forebears came
from, a particular country.
99) According to the Uniform Guidelines on Sexual Harassment, employers are only liable for
the sexual harassment acts of their managers when they have knowledge of the sexual
harassment taking place.
100) According to the Supreme Court’s decision in TWA v. Hardison, employers have an
obligation to accommodate sincerely held religious practices.
101) When individuals from two different cultures interact, there is a potential for sexual
harassment problems.
102) Sexual harassment is a universal phenomenon across cultures.
103) What is the purpose of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures?
104) Describe caregiver discrimination. Explain why it is becoming more prevalent.
105) Provide the EEOC’s definition of sexual harassment. Based on this definition, explain
whether employers are responsible for the acts of their supervisors.
106) People with characteristics that are common often do what differently?
A) learn
B) act
C) think
D) all of the above
107) ________ focuses on the principle that all workers regardless of any factor are entitled to
the same privileges and opportunities.
A) Human resources management
B) Diversity management
C) Performance management
D) Equal opportunity
108) In today’s workplace, the definition of diversity is ________.
A) focused on affirmative action
B) constantly changing and expanding
C) understood by everyone in the workplace
D) all about equal employment opportunity
109) What term refers to any actual or perceived difference among people, such as age,
profession, lifestyle, or position?
A) diversity
B) culture
C) climate
D) environment
110) Why do some managers find the issue of diversity and diversity management to be
challenging?
A) Managing diversity is not required by law.
B) There are few differences between equal employment opportunity and diversity.
C) The definition of diversity is constantly changing.
D) The laws governing the management of diversity are not well specified.
111) In today’s workplace, diversity is primarily concerned with race and gender.
112) According to ________, “Diversity is about our relatedness, our connectedness, our
interactions, where the lines cross.”
A) Barack Obama
B) Harris Sussman
C) R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.
D) Kathy Hannan
113) According to diversity experts, diversity management requires employers to do all of the
following EXCEPT ________.
A) develop patience
B) keep an open mind
C) maintain a quota system
D) cultivate cultural awareness
114) In order to achieve diversity in the workplace, management must ________.
A) foster a culture that values individuals and their wide array of needs and contributions
B) walk a fine line between political correctness and protectionism
C) focus on laws, court decisions, and executive orders
D) cultivate the bureaucracy and preserve the status quo
115) Which term refers to ensuring that factors are in place to encourage the continued
development of a productive and diverse workforce by melding actual and perceived differences
among workers?
A) EEOC management
B) affirmative management
C) diversity management
D) adverse impact management
116) Creating a supportive work environment in which all people can be effective is a
characteristic of ________.
A) EEOC guidelines
B) affirmative action
C) diversity management
D) adverse impact management
117) The terms “diversity management” and “equal employment opportunity” mean the same
thing.
118) The challenge for managers in the coming decades will be to recognize that people with
common, but different characteristics from the mainstream, often think, act, learn, and
communicate differently.