University:
University College London
Course:
LAWS0017 | Employment Law
Academic year:

2021
Views:

450

Pages:

1
Author:

Maverick Martin

Sample Exam Questions (Chapter 05 - Affirmative Action) 1. Affirmative action applies to all employers, public or private. False 2. Under Executive Order 11246, federal contractors must agree not to discriminate in hiring on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. True 3. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ enforcement contains provisions for private lawsuits by employees and even penalties for noncompliance by a contractor. False 4. The _____ Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery in 1865. B) Thirteenth 5. Which of the following statements is true of affirmative action? B) Workplace productivity and efficiency do not suffer under affirmative action plans. 6. One of the commonly held myths about affirmative action is that it is: B) an entitlement program that provides unqualified women or minorities with jobs. 7. Employment research findings show that: C) in the suburbs, equally qualified blacks are hired about 40 percent less than whites because of negative assumptions. 8. Affirmative action is used only when there is: C) a need to improve workplace productivity and efficiency. 9. Affirmative action obligations arise in the workplace through: A) Executive Order 11246. 10. Laketown System Corp., a federal contractor, chooses not to comply with the affirmative action plan established to increase the representation of women and minorities within its workplace. Which of the following is an implication of noncompliance? C) Laketown System Corp. can be debarred from further participation in government contracts for noncompliance. 11. Executive Order 11246 requires all federal contractors: C) to draft an affirmative action plan regardless of the number of employees or the size of the contract. 12. Judicial affirmative action is imposed by the courts when: A) there is workplace discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and an affirmative action plan is the appropriate means of redress. 13. In an effort to combat the glass ceiling, a corporate management compliance evaluation is: B) designed to determine whether employees are encountering artificial barriers to advancement to midand senior-level corporate management. 14. White Swan Motors’ practice of hiring only applicants recommended by its employees has been found to have an adverse impact on nonwhite applicants. White Swan plans to implement a voluntary affirmative action plan. Which of the following would be an effective practice under the voluntary affirmative action plan? C) Eliminating unvalidated recruitment practices and selection criteria