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WGU C202 BUSINESS ACUMEN
1. What is the goal of affirmative action?
ANS To seek to remedy past practices thatinnately caused an adverse effect on applicants
2. A female employer is accused of having an employment practice that negatively
impacts women. The employer responds that she has the same requirements for male
and female applicants and wants to hire other women.
Why is this case a potential demonstration of adverse impact?
ANS Adverse impactis unintentional and relates to policies applied to all employees.
3. Which protected classes must a company set hiring goals for under Exec-utive Order
11246?
ANS Minorities and women
4. Which legislation promotes practices that reduce discrimination against awide variety
of protected classes?
ANS Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
5. What is the minimum number of employees an organization must have tobe required
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to follow the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993?
ANS 50
6. Which law guarantees that a woman can take unpaid time off following thebirth of her
child without fear of losing her job?
ANS The Family and Medical LeaveAct of 1993
7. What is the goal of the Uniformed Services Employment and ReemploymentRights Act of
1994?
ANS To prevent discrimination against employees who may be called into active military
service
8. Which situation is an example of a managerial ethical dilemma?
ANS Beingasked to directly supervise a family member
9. A human resource manual specifies that employees cannot be terminatedor punished
for refusing to follow an illegal request made by a supervisor.
Which standard is being applied to resolve this ethical dilemma?
ANS Rights stan-dard
10. How does an organization's human resource strategy support the organi- zation's
business strategy?
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ANS By helping it to acquire, develop, and retain the talentneeded to fulfill its strategy
11. What is a primary function of human resource management?
ANS Retainingtalent
12. Which primary goal is being realized when an organization has a sufficient,productive
workforce to execute a company's mission?
ANS Human resource man-agement
13. What is a primary goal of human resource management?
ANS To maintainemployment-related legal compliance
14. How does effective human resource management improve organizational
performance?
ANS It enhances a company's ability to cope with growth and change.
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15. Which belief is an example of bias creating barriers to equal treatment inan
organization?
ANS Extroverted employees are the most effective.
16. Which factor in successful organizational change can be provided througheffective
human resource management?
ANS Trust
17. How does human resource management support organizational leader- ship?
ANS By providing employees with opportunities for professional development andgrowth
18. Which decision can human resource management assist with during thecombination
stage of mergers and acquisitions?
ANS Which employees to retain
19. How can human resource managers serve as internal consultants?
ANS Byhelping managers avoid common training pitfalls
20. What are two uses of a job analysis?
ANS Developing a recruiting plan anddesigning a compensation plan for a particular job
21. How can human resource managers use performance metrics to benefittheir
organizations?
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