Chapter 19

Question 1

Age discrimination statues protect those people who are 50 years old and older.

Answer 1

FALSE

Question 2

The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination based on physical or mental disabilities in private places of employment.

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

Homosocial reproduction is the tendency of people to be more comfortable with people who share our life experiences and preferences.

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

A qualification that might ordinarily be argued as being a basis for discrimination, but a company can show is job related and necessary is called a

Answer 4

bona fide occupational qualification

Question 5

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibits discrimination in pay based on

Answer 5

sex

Question 6

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires transportation and communication systems to

Answer 6

facilitate access for the disabled

Question 7

The EEOC defines a disability as

Answer 7

a condition that substantially limits one or more of the employee’s major life activities.

Question 8

The term “Hispanics”

Answer 8

was created by the US govt

Question 9

The essential function of a job

Answer 9

is difficult to determine

Question 10

The principle objection to Affirmative Action is that it leads to

Answer 10

reverse discrimination