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1) All of the following are HR responsibilities EXCEPT:

A) monitoring the company’s HR decisions.

B) rendering official legal opinions

C) maintaining employment records

D) implementing HR policies

2) HR legal environments are constantly changing. The court case that set the standard to place the burden of proof in employment discrimination on the company was:

A) Wards Cove Packing vs. Antonio.

B) Albemarle Paper Company vs. Moody.

C) Washington vs. Davis.

D) Griggs vs. Duke Power.

3) Based on Supreme Court rulings, it is best to say that employers may:

A) make employment decisions based solely on affirmative action criteria.

B) never use affirmative action criteria for making employment decisions.

C) base employment decisions partially on affirmative action criteria.

D) always use affirmative action criteria in layoff situations.

4) Which statement is true regarding ideal behavior strategy and affirmative action strategy?

A) Affirmative action asserts that employment decisions should be based solely on race, religion, and national origin. Ideal behavior asserts that such criteria should be only partially considered.

B) Affirmative action is illegal in most states, while ideal behavior strategy is legal and encouraged in all large companies.

C) Affirmative action asserts that employment decisions should be partially based on race, religion, and national origin. Ideal behavior strategy asserts that employment decisions should ignore such criteria.

D) Ideal behavior strategy has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Affirmative action is legal during layoffs but not in other employment situations.

5) The majority of Americans with Disabilities Act claims have been filed by:

A) job applicants denied employment.

B) pregnant women dismissed from work.

C) current employees injured on the job.

D) older workers nearing retirement.

6) The Equal Pay Act of 1963:

A) permits pay differences for quality and quantity of production.

B) requires that gender be considered on compensation issues.

C) eliminated pay plans based on seniority.

D) prohibits the use of merit pay plans.

E) has resulted in an increasing compensation gap between men and women.

7) The Equal Pay Act permits pay distinctions based on certain factors. Which of the following is NOT one of those factors?

A) gender

B) merit system

C) seniority system

D) production quality

8) Which of the following compensation possibilities is NOT permissible under the Equal Pay Act?

A) Paying a man more than a woman when they are performing the same job in the same organization

B) Enforcing a seniority plan that pays a woman more per year if she has been with the company longer than a man

C) Paying a male employee more than a female employee if he has more responsibility and more job duties than she does

D) Paying a woman more than a man if she is living in a different geographical region in which the cost of living is considerably more than the region in which the male employee is living

9) On average, in 2010, women earned how much for each dollar earned by men?

A) $.64

B) $.71

C) $.83

D) $.98

10) Dorothy discovers that her employer is paying female managers about 15% less than male managers with the same responsibilities. Dorothy’s employer is violating:

A) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

B) the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

C) Executive Order 11246.

D) the Equal Pay Act.