The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
a. evolved from the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
b. evolved from the Equal Employment Act of 1964.
c. only has influence in non-governmental agencies.
d. was created during the Reagan Administration.
The 14th Amendment guarantees all citizens
a. due process and equal protection under the law.
b. freedom of speech.
c. freedom of religion.
d. the right to privacy.
Before proposed statutes become law, they are called
a. constitutions.
b. policies.
c. bills.
d. rights.
Decisions forbidding the placement of black children in EMR classes on the basis of standardized test scores are typically made by
a. trained psychologists.
b. professional educators.
c. interested citizens.
d. the judicial system.
The EEOC requires organizations with more than ____ employees to complete an annual form that specifies the number of women and members of four minority groups who are employed in nine job categories within that organization.
a. 10
b. 50
c. 100
d. 500
ABC Company has received 150 job applicants for a job opening: 100 white applicants, 25 Mexican Americans, and 25 African Americans. They hired 60 of the white applicants. How many of the other two groups do they have to hire in order to abide by the four-fifths rule?
a. 12 from each group
b. a total of 24 in any combination
c. 15 from each group
d. a total of 30 in any combination
In accordance with the U.S. Constitution, individual states
a. cannot pass a law that is inconsistent with the Constitution.
b. are provided regulations for their individual cities.
c. must define county governments according to constitutional guidelines.
d. have complete control over how they regulate interstate commerce.
Before a statute becomes a law, it is known as a(n)
a. regulation.
b. judicial opinion.
c. bill.
d. order.
Rules that are written by a legislative body at any governmental level are known as
a. bills.
b. statutes.
c. propositions.
d. opinions.
The amendment that guarantees all citizens due process and equal protection under the law is the ____ Amendment.
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 5th
d. 15th
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