Topic 5

Question 1

When first passed in 1964, Title VII did not define religion (T/F)

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Under Title VII, singular philosophies regarding social, political, and economic concerns and personal preferences are considered religious beliefs. (T/F)

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Religion is more than what a person believes but also what he or she “does.” (T/F)

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Once an employer becomes aware of a work-religion conflict, and the employee asks for an accommodation, the employer must determine first:

Answer 4

if the conflict is indeed a religious one

Question 5

Which of the following is not correct? When looking at whether an accommodation is a hardship, courts look to the employer’s:

Answer 5

Number of employees accommodated in the past

Question 6

A reasonable change to the work environment that allows an individual with a disability to perform job functions.

Answer 6

Reasonable Accommodation

Question 7

Employers must provide reasonable accommodation for an employee who seeks to display icons or religious messages at work stations, engage in regular discussions of religious beliefs, pray at work stations, overtly read scripture, hand out literature to co-workers, or use religious phrases in greeting others. (T/F)

Answer 7

True

Question 8

To determine whether a religious request is an undue hardship, employers may consider all of the following except:

Answer 8

Religious practicality

Question 9

The federal government has adopted a policy that provides for employee religious speech at public facilities, but with reasonable restrictions on time, manner, and place, as well as consideration for:

Answer 9

Co-workers who have made it clear the speech is unwelcome

Question 10

The Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) reports the most common religion-related complaint at work is:

Answer 10

Employees proselytizing

Question 11

Employees proselytizing to customers can be a cause of undue hardship. (T/F)

Answer 11

True

Question 12

It was permissible for a Jesuit university to deny a qualified Jewish philosophy professor a teaching position at the university on the basis of his religion. (T/F)

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Title VII contains, at section 702, an exemption to its anti-discrimination protections for religion, but applies only when religion is in no way connected with the job qualifications. (T/F)

Answer 13

False

Question 14

A religious exemption may be applied to all positions within a religious organization:

Answer 14

whether or not the position is ecclesiastical

Question 15

What is the definition of Bona Fide?

Answer 15

In good faith

Question 16

When employees need religious “reasonable accommodations,” they are not protected under Title VII. (T/F)

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Given that the request is legitimate, an employer has the duty to provide the employee with a reasonable accommodation, even if undue hardship is caused to the business. (T/F)

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Before 1964, it was uncommon to see overt religious discrimination in the workplace. (T/F)

Answer 18

False

Question 19

For Title VII purposes, religious beliefs cover:

Answer 19

The ultimate ideas about life, purpose, and death

Question 20

Title VII requires employers to accommodate only religious practices arising out of _______ beliefs.

Answer 20

Sincerely held

Question 21

The level of reasonable accommodation has been characterized by the courts as “de minimus,” meaning

Answer 21

not very much

Question 22

Religious communication can create undue hardship on an employer if it disrupts the work of other employees or:

Answer 22

Constitutes unlawful harassment