Employment 16 Sample

Question 1

Q100. staffing patterns showing organizational units, relationship to each other, and gender, race, and ethnic composition

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A100. organizational profile

Question 2

Q101. combines job titles with similar content, wage rates, and opportunities

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A101. job group analysis

Question 3

Q102. minorities and women in a geographic area who are qualified for a particular position

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A102. availability

Question 4

Q103. percentage of women and/or minorities to be hired to correct underrepresentation based on availability in the geographic area

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A103. placement goal

Question 5

Q104. evaluations of mid and senior level employee advancement

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A104. corporate management compliance evaluation

Question 6

Q105. affirmative action ordered by a court rather than arising from executive order

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A105. judicial affirmative action

Question 7

Q106. lawsuit or claim brought by majority member who feels adversely affected by the use of an affirmative action plan benefitting a minority on female

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A106. reverse discrimination

Question 8

Q107. government employee is illegallly discriminating against another during performance of his or her duties

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A107. under color of state law

Question 9

Q108. employment discrimination based on gender and some other factor such as marital status or children

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A108. “genderplus” discrimination

Question 10

Q109. the assumption that most or all members of a particular gender must act a certain way

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A109. gender stereotypes

Question 11

Q110. A title VII action for pay discrimination based on gender, in which jobs held mostly by women are compared with comparable jobs held mostly by men in regard to pay to determine if there is gender discrimination

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A110. comparable worth

Question 12

Q111. policies an employer institutes to protect the fetus or the reproductive capacity of employees

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A111. fetal protection policies

Question 13

Q112. sexual harassment in which the harasser requests sexual activity from the harassee in exchange for workplace benefits

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A112. quid pro quo sexual harassment

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Q113. sexual harassment in which the harasser creates an abusive, offensive, or intimidating environment for the harassee

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A113. hostile environment sexual harassment

Question 15

Q114. harassing activity that is more than an occasional act or is so serious that it is the basis for liability

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A114. severe and pervasive activity

Question 16

Q115. viewing the harassing activity from the perspective of a reasonable person in society at large (generally tends to be the male view)

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A115. reasonable person standard

Question 17

Q116. viewing the harassing activity from the perspective of a reasonable person experiencing the harassing activity including gender specific sociological, cultural, and other factors

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A116. reasonable victim standard