As a HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. What did the Regents of the University of California versus Bakke lawsuit primarily accomplish?

1. A. Universities could not use race as the reason to exclude an applicant to a college admissions program, but the university could use race as one of the reasons to include a person as an applicant to a college admissions progra
2. B. Universities could not hire a person based solely on their rac
3. C. Universities could not use race as a reason to not hirea person, but could use race as a reason to hire a perso
4. D. Universities could not use race as a reason to include or to exclude a person from a college admissions progra

Correct Answer: A

Fran is a HR Professional for her organization and she is interviewing applicants for a warehouse position. One of the candidates has written on his application that he speaks Spanish. Fran interviews this candidate in Spanish and interviews all other candidates in English. This is an example of what?

1. A. Disparate treatment
2. B. Disparate impact
3. C. Accommodation
4. D. Perpetuating past discrimination

Correct Answer: A

All organizations need prevoyance, or planning, as a part of a manager's duty. As an HR Professional what is the primary purpose of planning?

1. A. Directs the project team and staff to accomplish the project scope
2. B. Establishes groundwork for the managers to achieve the goals of the organization
3. C. Communicates the direction of the organization
4. D. Establishes groundwork for the managers to achieve their goals

Correct Answer: B

As an HR Professional you must recognize and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affect your performance as an HR Professional. What term describes the illegal agreement of the management to give an individual a job, as long as the person does not join or be involved with a labor union?

1. A. Yellow dog contract
2. B. Scab
3. C. Shill contract
4. D. Non-union agreement

Correct Answer: A

Your organization is using the whole job ranking technique as part of its non-quantitative job evaluation. Which one of the following best describes the whole job ranking technique?

1. A. Jobs are ranked from lowest to highest according to the importance that each job hold
2. B. Jobs are reviewed based on the entire performance of the organization in each categor
3. C. Jobs are categorized into broad categories or level
4. D. New jobs are categorized into an existing hierarchy of jobs within the organizatio

Correct Answer: A