1. Jean, a 35-year-old mother of two, has been with her firm for 15 years. She wants to transfer out of the computer room of her organization, because the 90-pound boxes are too heavy for her to lift now that she is pregnant again. Her boss told her to either lift the boxes or quit. What law protects her from this treatment?

a. Civil Rights Act of 1

b. Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1

c. Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1

d. Executive Order 11

e. Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1

2. Abby is the night and weekend manager of a film processing firm with 75 employees. Eighteen months after she was hired, her mother fell and broke her hip. She requested four months off to care for her. Will the Family and Medical Leave Act protect her job?

a. No. The legislation applies only to male employees.

b. No. The legislation applies only to children, not to parents.

c. No. Four months is longer than the law allows.

d. No. She hasn't worked there long enough.

e. No. Her company is too small.

3. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 included all of the following provisions EXCEPT

a. All job actions must be based on job requirements.

b. Reasonable accommodations must be made for qualified workers.

c. Employment protection is extended to most forms of disability status.

d. Pre-job offer medical examinations are eliminated unless the examinations are job related.

e. Organizations must re-engineer working areas to accommodate all special needs.

4. A company used a personality test to select job candidates for customer service positions. There were 40 male candidates and 20 female candidates. It appeared that 30 men passed the personality test while 5 women passed the personality test. Was there evidence of disparate impact against female candidates with this personality test?

a. No, because this is an example of disparate treatment.

b. No, because a passing rate of 25% (5/20) for the female candidates is fairly good.

c. No, because the personality test may not be very reliable.

d. Yes, because the passing rate of the female candidates (25%) is less than 80% of the passing rate of the male candidates (75%).

e. No, because the passing rate of the female candidates (25%) is more than 20% of the passing rate of the male candidates (75%).

5. An allegation of discrimination could be supported under the restricted policy infraction test in which instance?

a. Company position advertisements state that travel is required, approximately 10-12 days per month.

b. The XYZ company has a policy of promoting from within. They only hire inexperienced, newly graduated applicants, mostly from local universities.

c. A large Baltimore-based financial institution has no African-Americans on the payroll.

d. Jon, an HIV+ postal worker, was passed over for promotion. He had successfully completed all training requirements, but he failed to pass the qualifying examination.

e. Company position available announcements are posted in English and French. Most of the Hispanic workers only speak Spanish.

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