Chapter 8

Question 1

Which of the following is not a historically disadvantaged group?

Women
Caucasians
Pacific islanders
Veterans

Answer 1

Caucasians

Question 2

President Kennedy in 1961 introduced the term ___________ for the concept of redressing the effects of persistent discriminatory employment practices in spite of civil rights laws and constitutional guarantees.

Racial Inequalities
Affirmative Action
Employment prejudice
Racial discrimination

Answer 2

Affirmative Action

Question 3

President Johnson issued Executive Order 11246, which required that _________ have a nondiscrimination clause in contracts and abide by its terms.

Only federal contractors receiving over $100,000 in payments from federal monies
Contractors and subcontractors working for private businesses
Contractors and subcontractors working with the federal government
Both public and private contractors and subcontractors

Answer 3

Contractors and subcontractors working with the federal government

Question 4

Without having to file lawsuits, the federal government may suspend or cancel contracts with contractors that are not in compliance with (AA) or debar them from bidding on future government contracts.

True or False

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires that contractors, including subcontractors, with _______ or more employees and contracts valued at ________ or more must take “affirmative action to employ qualified individuals with disabilities.

50 : $10,000
15 : $15,000
50 : $50,000
10 : $10,000

Answer 5

50 : $50,000

Question 6

Regulation of Affirmative Action is overseen by:

VEVRAA
EEOC
OFCCP
AACP

Answer 6

OFCCP - Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

Question 7

Which of the following is not included as a protected group in a federal contractor’s mandatory nondiscrimination clause?

Sex
Color
Affinity orientation
Religion

Answer 7

Affinity orientation

Question 8

OFCCP regulations require that for contracts over $________, the contractor must prepare a written AA plan within 120 days of the contract start date.

$100,000
$50,000
$10,000
$75,000

Answer 8

$50,000

Question 9

Which of the following is a basic AA plan requirement?

Reasonable-self analysis
Reasonable rationale for taking corrective action
Reasonable action
All of the Above

Answer 9

All of the Above

Question 10

What are the two main approaches to preparing an organizational profile?

Flow charts or system of deliverables
System of deliverables or workforce analysis
Organizational analysis or standard structured chart
Organizational display or workforce analysis

Answer 10

Organizational display or workforce analysis

Question 11

What is a job group analysis?

Grouping jobs within an organization by function, responsibilities, and potential, and then rendering an analysis on the characteristics of each employee in the job group
Grouping jobs based on how important they are to the continued operations of the business and deciding which positions can be eliminated
Grouping minorities and seeing which jobs most commonly support the groups and searching to understand why only these jobs are being filled
Grouping jobs based on the greatest amount of minority disparate treatment

Answer 11

Grouping jobs within an organization by function, responsibilities, and potential, and then rendering an analysis on the characteristics of each employee in the job group

Question 12

There is no precise method for determining underutilization.

True or False

Answer 12

True

Question 13

If a federal contractor is not following AA regulations, the Department of Labor can do all of the following except:

Cancel the contract
Debar contractors from bidding on future contracts
Require a certain number of minorities be hired by a certain date
Publish the names of offending contractors

Answer 13

Require a certain number of minorities be hired by a certain date

Question 14

What is Judicial Affirmative Action?

Affirmative action applied to private parties in discrimination lawsuits
Affirmative action applied to government offices
Affirmative action set in place to ensure the judicial system has enough ethnic diversity
Affirmative action applied to federal contractors

Answer 14

Affirmative action applied to private parties in discrimination lawsuits

Question 15

What action did the courts take in the Sheet metal workers v. EEOC case?

Banned the formal metal workers union because of discrimination
Imposed an AA plan in which 50 percent of nonwhite workers obtain membership while excluding new white memberships until a corrective balance has been made
Imposed an AA plan remedy upon the union which required a fund be set up, and other action taken, to assist in reaching the goal of 29 percent nonwhite membership in the union
Required the leadership of the sheet metal workers union be fired based on its discriminatory behavior

Answer 15

Imposed an AA plan remedy upon the union which required a fund be set up, and other action taken, to assist in reaching the goal of 29 percent nonwhite membership in the union

Question 16

What is reverse discrimination?

Overtreating a minority group in a working situation until its members feel uncomfortable
When a workplace seems to be in perfect harmony with little to no discrimination complaints
Opening doors for all types of people instead of limiting or excluding certain protected classes
When an employee alleges disparate treatment under Title VII in cases where an employer, subject to an AA plan preference, impermissibly considers race and gender in an employment practice in favor of another

Answer 16

When an employee alleges disparate treatment under Title VII in cases where an employer, subject to an AA plan preference, impermissibly considers race and gender in an employment practice in favor of anothers

Question 17

In the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (Bakke) case, a white medical school applicant challenged the University of California at Davis’ policy of setting aside 16% of admission spots for “disadvantaged” minority applicants who could also compete in the standard applicant pool. Mr. Bakke was qualified to be admitted, and argued that the strict 16% standard was an impermissible quota and unfair. Which of the following is correct?

The Supreme Court held that Bakke did not have a case because the University of California was a private institution, thus it did not have to abide by the stringent rules public universities had to.
The Supreme Court held that the AA methods were legal and that Mr. Bakke did not have a viable case.
The Supreme Court agreed that the AA method used by the university was unlawful, as it gave an unwarranted advantage to minority applicants.
The Supreme Court held that because the set aside pool of minority applicants was under 20%, it was not enough to be a discriminatory portion.

Answer 17

The Supreme Court agreed that the AA method used by the university was unlawful, as it gave an unwarranted advantage to minority applicants.

Question 18

Which of the following does AA prohibit?

Preferences
Placement goals
Preferences and placement goals
Quotas

Answer 18

Quotas

Question 19

Affirmative action applies to the majority of the workforce.

True or False

Answer 19

False