Pensacola State College

MAN 4301

HR Chapter 3 Quiz

1)With respect to the law, which of the following is a firm's HR department NOT responsible for?

1. Keeping records
2. Ensuring employee promotions
3. Monitoring the firm's HR decisions
4. Writing and implementing good HR policies
5. Compliance with all HR laws

2. The primary role of members of the HR department is to  managers who have to make HR decisions with legal implications.

1. fire
2. discipline
3. support
4. lay off
5. promote

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the challenges confronting managers attempting to comply with HR law?

1. Accurate prediction of the economic landscape.
2. Unintended consequences
3. Conflicting strategies for fair employment
4. A dynamic legal landscape
5. The complexity of regulations

4. represents the situation in which employment decisions are not affected by illegal discrimination.

1. Misandry
2. Xenophobia
3. Affirmative action
4. Fair employment
5. Misogyny

5. What is the goal of affirmative action?

1. To forbid employment discrimination against people with disabilities
2. To award fines to a plaintiff in order to punish the defendant
3. To ensure that each person in a certain position must do or must be able to do certain important functions to be an effective employee
4. To ensure employment decisions are not affected by illegal discrimination
5. To ensure fair employment by urging employers to hire certain groups of people who were discriminated against in the past

6. Based on            , the affirmative action strategy has been upheld.

1. Supreme Court decisions
2. reverse discrimination

3. quotas
4. reasonable accommodation
5. an executive order

7. The one situation in which affirmative action is NOT permitted is during         .

1. hiring
2. vacation time
3. layoffs
4. a strike
5. acquisitions

8. Employers must make          accommodations for the known disabilities of applicants or employees so that people with disabilities enjoy equal employment opportunity.

1. reasonable
2. cost-effective
3. all
4. the most common
5. expensive

9.               are job duties that every employee must do or must be able to do to be an effective employee in a particular position.

1. Quotas
2. Affirmative actions
3. Reasonable accommodations
4. Customer service functions
5. Essential functions

10.             are fines awarded to a plaintiff to compensate for the financial or psychological harm the plaintiff has suffered as a result of the discrimination.

1. Punitive damages
2. Executive orders
3. Essential functions
4. Quotas
5. Compensatory damages

11. The first step in developing an affirmative action plan is to conduct a(n)       .

1. utilization analysis
2. conciliation
3. bona fide occupational qualification
4. reasonable accommodation
5. adverse impact

12. Which of the following is NOT a function of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)?

1. Processing discrimination complaints
2. Reviewing discrimination complaints
3. Issuing written regulations
4. Enforcing laws and executive orders that apply to the federal government and its contractors
5. Gathering and disseminating information

13. Reverse discrimination occurs as the result of an attempt to recruit and hire more people from        classes.

1. upper-income
2. middle-income
3. low-income
4. protected
5. minority

14. Which act sought to reduce the inflow of illegal immigrants to the United States?

1. Immigration Act of 1990
2. Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994
3. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
4. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
5. Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988

15. Which act protects workers who take brief absences from private-sector employers to perform military service?

1. The Servicemember's Civil Relief Act
2. Pay Our Military Act
3. Military Commissions Act of 2006
4. Safe Military Bases Act
5. Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994

16. What is the purpose of the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988?

1. To allow employees to transfer their coverage of existing illnesses to a new employer's insurance plan
2. To require continued health insurance coverage (paid by employee) following termination
3. To require that government contractors try to ensure that their workplaces are free from drug use
4. To broaden coverage of ADA to more people
5. To establish minimum wage and overtime pay

17. What is the purpose of the Immigration Act of 1990?

1. To prohibit employment decisions based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin
2. To reduce the inflow of illegal immigrants to the United States
3. To protect the rights of people who take short leaves from a private-sector employer to perform military service
4. To provide some protections for employers and limited union power
5. To make it easier for skilled immigrants to enter the United States