Which of the following is a requirement of the Uniform Guidelines on employee selection procedures?

All selection tools must be job related and valid predictors of future success.

Any selection tool that results in discrimination based on a protected class characteristic is unlawful.

Internet recruiting efforts are excluded from applicant-tracking requirements.

Application forms must be the same for all employment classifications within the organization.

Which of the following definitions is correct for the term job bidding?

The means by which internal employees can express interest in a job prior to it becoming available

Allowing contractors to submit requests for proposals

The means by which internal employees can express interest in a job prior to it becoming available

Ranking job applicants based on their comparative qualifications

Electronic storage of records must include specific controls to ensure which of the following?

Online retrievability on demand

Collaboration with an HRIS system

To determine the numbers and types of jobs necessary to realize business goals, HR must assess the KSAs available within the organization during a staffing needs analysis. What other factor is necessary to complete the assessment?

The KSAs needed to achieve future goals

The tasks, duties, and responsibilities for the work

The KSAs needed to achieve future goals

The organization's core competencies

The KSAs available in the local labor market

Strategic recruitment activities include all of the following except which one?

The design of total rewards packages

Professionals, craft workers, and laborers/helpers have what in common?

They are all job categories on the EEO-1 report.

They are all examples of protected-class individuals.

They are all job categories on the EEO-1 report.

They are all classifications for defining exempt workers.

They are all examples of types of labor unions.

Which of the following acts requires federal contractors or subcontractors with contracts of $25,000 or more to list all nonsenior management job openings with state employment agencies?

The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974

An Affirmative Action Plan must be completed by employers that meet which criteria?

Government contractors with 50 or more employees and contracts of $50,000 or more each year

Government contractors with contracts of $2,500 or more in a 12-month period

Government contractors with 50 or more employees and contracts of $50,000 or more each year

Private employers with 25 or more employees

Government contractors and subcontractors with contracts of $10,000 or more in a 12-month period

Which of the following collects data from employers throughout the United States in order to put this information on its website?

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

Which of the following interview questions is unlawful?

Tell me about a time you disagreed with your boss about a course of action.

If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be?

Any job offer made will be contingent on a medical exam. Are you willing to undergo one if we offer you the job?

Which of the following moves an entire function out of the organization to be handled by a company specializing in the function?

Professional employer organization (PEO)

Federal legislation does not specifically prohibit disparate treatment of caregivers, but claims of disparate treatment for employees caring for elders, children, or disabled family members increased 450 percent between 1990 and 2005. On what basis are these claims filed?Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

Americans with Disabilities Act

You are a HR Professional for your organization and you're educating your staff on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Which one of the following statements about the Pregnancy Discrimination Act is not true?

An employer is allowed to refuse to hire a pregnant woman because of the imminent time frame of the needed leave to deliver and care for the child.

If an employer provides any benefits to workers on leave, the employer must provide the same benefits for those on leave for pregnancy-related conditions.

An employer is allowed to refuse to hire a pregnant woman because of the imminent time frame of the needed leave to deliver and care for the child.

Employers must provide the same level of health benefits for spouses of male employees as they do for spouses of female employees.

Pregnancy related benefits cannot be limited to married employees.

On November 13, 2000 CFR Part 60-2 was revised to address affirmative action to make the rules more accessible and easier to implement. Which of the following statements is not part of this significant update to the Affirmative Action program in CFR Part 60-2?

Granted employers with fewer than 100 employees, permission to prepare a job group analysis that uses EEO-1 categories as job groups

Reaffirmed that affirmative action isn't to establish quotes, but to create goals

Workforce analysis was replaced with a one-page organizational profile

Granted employers with fewer than 100 employees, permission to prepare a job group analysis that uses EEO-1 categories as job groups

Reduced the number of additional required elements of the written Affirmative Action Plan from 10 to 4

What law prohibits employers from hiring undocumented workers?

Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Act

An organization has an employment position available in their fitness center. The position is to be the female locker attendant. As part of the employment posting, the HR has made it a requirement that the person eligible for the job must be a female. Management believes that this requirement may be in violation to the Civil Rights Act, Title VII. Is this a violation of the Civil Rights Act, Title VII?

No, this is an example of a Title VII exception.

No, this is common sense for a female locker room attendant.

No, this is an example of a Title VII exception.

Yes, no posting for employment can include a preference for males or females.

Yes, no hiring or firing can be made solely on the sex of the applicant or employment.

As an HR Professional you need to be familiar with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967. What is the maximum age this act applies to people?

There is no age limit in the act

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 identifies an individual with a disability, as a person who has one or more of the following characteristics except for which one?

Is believed by employers that an individual having a physical or mental impairment substantially limits one or more major employment activities

Is regarded as having such impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities

Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities

Has a record of such impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities

Is believed by employers that an individual having a physical or mental impairment substantially limits one or more major employment activities

As an HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. What did the legal case, the United Steelworkers of America versus Weber regard?

The United States Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not bar employers from favoring women and minorities.

The United States Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did bar employers from favoring women and minorities.

The United States Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not bar employers from favoring women and minorities.

The United States Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did bar employers from using racial criteria as a method to determine workplace advancement.

The United States Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did bar employers from favoring minorities, but could do gender based favor.

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