Self Assessment

MGT/434 Self Assessment Questions

Week Two: Employer/Employee Relationship

1. Actionable racial harassment would be which of the following?

a. Must be either severe or pervasive enough to alter the conditions of

employment and create an abusive working environment

b. Exists only where the victim is not a member of the majority race

c. Exists only where the victim is not a member of the majority race in

the workplace

d. Must be both severe and pervasive enough to alter the conditions of

employment, and create an abusive working environment

e. Exists only where the harasser is a member of the majority race

2. Which of the following accurately describes Title VII?

a. Prohibits discrimination and affirmative action

b. Prohibits discrimination and requires reverse discrimination

c. Prohibits discrimination and requires affirmative action

d. Prohibits discrimination and requires the use of hiring quotas

e. Prohibits discrimination and permits affirmative action

3. What are an employer’s duties under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act?

a. Are identical to the duties imposed by the ADEA

b. Will expire in the year 2007, unless renewed by congress

c. Do not apply to employers with more than a certain number of

employees

d. Differ from the duties imposed by Title VII in that Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Acts require an employer to take active, preemptive steps to make a workplace accessible to employees protected by the acts

e. Only applies to corporations operating in the United States

4. Which of the following employees are covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a. Employees of employers having more than 15 employees

b. Employees whose employers are not engaged in interstate commerce...