Saint Leo PSY 338 Module 2 Quiz 1

Saint Leo PSY 338 Module 2 Quiz 1

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1 Question : The Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973:

 

Student
Answer: is no longer in
use

 

is another name for the ADA

 

covers the federal government

 

was declared illegal by the Supreme Court

 

Question
2 Question : Which of the following is NOT part of the GRE?

 

Student
Answer: analytic

 

scientific

 

quantitative

 

verbal

 

Question
3 Question : A test asking questions about sexual orientation or belief in
God might be illegal due to:

 

Student
Answer: invasion of
privacy

 

adverse impact

 

tort law

 

low reliability

 

Question
4 Question : A supervisor offering a promotion in exchange for sex would
fall under the ____ form of sexual harassment

 

Student
Answer: BFOQ

 

quid pro quo

 

sine quo non

 

hostile environment

 

Question
5 Question : Which of the following will increase the response rates to
mailed surveys?

 

Student
Answer: Include a monetary incentive

 

Keep the survey under 4 pages

 

Have a university sponsor the survey

 

All will increase response rates

 

Question
6 Question : To ensure that subjects are participating in a study of their
own free will, researchers must obtain:

 

Student
Answer: permission from the APA

 

a writ of mandamus from the participant

 

informed consent from the participant

 

a valid control group

 

Question
7 Question : If you used an email survey, your results would be
representative of the population in terms of:

 

Student
Answer: sex

 

race

 

both sex and race

 

neither sex nor race

 

Question
8 Question : Which of the following would be considered sexual harassment?
____ asking a(n) ____ coworker for a date

 

Student
Answer: Once / interested

 

Repeatedly / interested

 

Once / disinterested

 

Repeatedly / disinterested

 

Question
9 Question : If ____ White applicants and ____ Black applicants were
hired, adverse impact would occur?

 

Student
Answer: 35 of 50 / 12 of 20

 

15 of 50 / 2 of 25

 

12 of 24 / 11 of 25

 

12 of 20 / 35 of 50

 

Question
10 Question : The ____ Amendment is most concerned with privacy issues

 

Student
Answer: 4th

 

5th

 

14th

 

2nd

 

Question
11 Question : For adverse impact to occur, the minority selection ratio
must be less than ____ percent of the majority selection ratio

 

Student
Answer: 50

 

30

 

80

 

75

 

Question
12 Question : The courts have clearly ruled that a customer’s satisfaction
and/or preference ____ used to determine if a job requirement is a BFOQ

 

Student
Answer: should be

 

must be

 

cannot be

 

the courts haven’t ruled on this issue

 

Question
13 Question : In which of the following ADR methods does a neutral
third-party make a decision that both sides must abide by?

 

Student
Answer: Binding
arbitration

 

Nonbinding arbitration

 

Mediation

 

Negotiation

 

 

Question
14 Question : Which of the following survey methods has the lowest response
rate?

 

Student
Answer: Interview

 

Email

 

Mail

 

The three have equal response rates

 

Question
15 Question : I/O psychologists who are involved in ____ study and practice
in such areas as employee selection, job analysis, and job evaluation

 

Student
Answer: personnel
psychology

 

organizational psychology

 

training and development

 

human factors

 

Question
16 Question : Organizations have affirmative action plans for one of four
reasons Which of the following is NOT one of the four reasons?

 

Student
Answer: Labor union
agreement

 

Desire to be a good citizen

 

Court order

 

Consent decree

 

 

Question
17 Question : Which of the affirmative action strategies would involve an
employer changing the company policy or the way an organization is decorated?

 

Student
Answer: Identification of
discriminatory practices

 

Preferential hiring and promotion of
minorities

 

Recruitment of minority applicants

 

Recruiting through employee referrals

 

Question
18 Question : If I went through my employee files to determine what type of
person makes the best employee, I would probably be conducting:

 

Student
Answer: archival research

 

a meta-analysis

 

a field study

 

an experiment

 

Question
19 Question : In order for a case of discrimination to be heard by the
courts, the complaint must be filed within ____ days of the discriminatory act

 

Student
Answer: 120

 

140

 

160

 

180

 

Question
20 Question : In the past few years, about ____ discrimination complaints
were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

 

Student
Answer: 75,000

 

180,000

 

950

 

10,000

 

Question
21 Question : AT&G does not have any female employees Ann Smith
applied for a job as a machine operator Though she did not obtain the minimum
score of 40 on the machine operator test, AT&G plans to hire her as part of
their new affirmative action plan There are 10 men who passed the test who did
not get hired Is this legal?

 

Student
Answer: No, an applicant
must be qualified to be given preference based on gender or race

No, preference is never allowed

 

Yes, because AT&G has no women employees,
they can do this

 

Yes, because they are only changing their
rules for one person, this would be a reasonable plan

 

Question
22 Question : There are several affirmative action strategies an employer
could use If an employer advertised in magazines and newspapers with a
minority readership, it would be using which of the following strategies?

 

Student
Answer: Identification of discriminatory practices

 

Preferential hiring and promotion of
minorities

 

Recruitment of minority applicants

 

Recruiting through employee referrals

 

 

Question
23 Question : “English only” requirements at work are:

 

Student
Answer: always illegal

 

always legal

 

are legal if they are job related

 

legal if most of employees only speak English

 

Question
24 Question : Based on the Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1964, and 1991 as
well as the 14th Amendment, it is illegal to discriminate against a person
based on race According to Congress, all of the following are protected races
except:

 

Student
Answer: African Americans

 

Asian Americans

 

Native American Indians

 

all three of these are protected races

 

Question
25 Question : Unlike the Fourteenth Amendment, for an employment practice
to be potentially illegal under the Civil Rights Act, the discrimination does not
have to:

 

Student
Answer: be continuous

 

be intentional

 

effect large groups

 

show past discrimination

 

 

Question
26 Question : Nagy Industries is considering reserving the best parking
spots for employees who are 7 months pregnant Is this legal?

 

Student
Answer: No, giving preference would violate the
Pregnancy Discrimination Act

No, pregnancy can not be treated better than
other short term disabilities

Yes, pregnancy can be treated better than
other short term disabilities

Yes, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act
requires companies to provide accommodations

 

Question
27 Question : The EEOC usually handles alleged violations of:

 

Student
Answer: state laws

 

federal laws

 

county laws

 

none of these

 

Question
28 Question : Asking a coworker out on a date is sexual harassment if:

 

Student
Answer: he/she is not
interested

 

the request is made several times

 

both options must occur

 

either of the two options occurs

 

Question
29 Question : Which of the following is not an important factor in filing a
complaint of age discrimination?

 

Student
Answer: you are at least 40

 

a younger person was hired to replace you

 

you were a good employee

 

all three are important factors

 

Question
30 Question : Hypotheses are based on:

 

Student
Answer: previous research

 

logic

 

theories

 

all three of these