Question 1

What is the purpose of Executive Order 11246 and whom does it affect?

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Question 2

Compare and contrast the multiple cutoff approach to selection with the multiple -regression approach. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach?

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Question 3

How are essential functions defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

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Question 4

What is adverse impact? How do we know when adverse impact is occurring?

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Question 5

What is the difference between a disparate impact case and a disparate treatment case?

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Question 6

Provide an example of a reasonable accommodation that an organization could make for a disabled employee.

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Question 7

What is utility, and what three things affect the utility of a selection battery?

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Question 8

Draw a diagram that depicts the decision accuracy of a selection decision, where the predictor battery is on the x-axis and the criterion is on the y-axis. Label each quadrant to reflect the accuracy of the selection decision.

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Question 9

What is the Equal Pay Act, and how has the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act changed the way the EPA works?

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Question 10

What is the Family and Medical Leave Act? What does it provide, and when does it provide it?

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Question 11

Describe two aspects of recruitment that are known from recent research.

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Question 12

What four steps are necessary to conduct a predictive validation study?

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Question 13

What are the two forms of sexual harassment? Define and provide an example of each form.

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Question 14

What are two major ways in which concurrent validation differs from predictive validation?

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Question 15

How would you go about cross-validating a selection battery?

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Question 16

Provide an example of an undue hardship that might allow an organization to refuse to make an accommodation for a disabled individual.

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Question 17

Identify and describe the steps involved in conducting a concurrent validation study.

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Question 18

Describe the steps for how an employment discrimination case might proceed in court, identifying the plaintiff's and defendant's responsibilities.

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Question 19

Describe the two recent Supreme Court cases involving the University of Michigan. How were the rulings in the two cases different? What might be the impact of these rulings on selection decisions in the workplace?

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Question 20

Explain what a selection ratio is. Should the selection ratio be large or small?

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Quiz 7: Selection Decisions and Personnel Law