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WGU EMPLOYMENT LAW C233 EXAM
2026 WITH QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Under respondent superior doctrine, an employer is only responsible for the
employee action performed within the:
Reasonable person standard
Duration of employment
Realm of reasonable actions
Scope of employment - correct answer-Scope of Employment
Which of the following is not an element of a prima facie discrimination
case for gender discrimination?
The employee is qualified for the position
The employee suffers some adverse employment action
The employee is in the protected class
A person of the same gender received favorable employment action -
correct answer-A person of the same gender received favorable
employment action
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When operations of two or more employers are considered so intertwined
that they can be considered the single employer, for purposes of both
federal statutory coverage and liability, this is called a:
Integrated Enterprise
Corporation
Sole proprietorship
Franchise - correct answer-Integrated Enterprise
Title VII covers employers who have "_________ or more employees for
each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current
or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person."
Fifteen
Twenty
Thirty
Ten - correct answer-Fifteen
An employee pursues self-interest as he or she runs a personal errand
while driving to a meeting at a company branch office. What is this an
example of?
Reasonable person standard
Scope of employment
Frolic and detour
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Duration of employment - correct answer-Frolic and detour
When an employer classifies employees on the basis of gender, plus
another characteristic, usually a family-related circumstance, what type of
discrimination is this?
Pregnancy discrimination
Gender plus discrimination
Pretextual discrimination
Perpetual discrimination - correct answer-Gender Plus Discrimination
What was the seminal case establishing the concept of disparate impact?
St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks
Griggs v. Duke Power
Connecticut v. Teal
Texas Dep't of Community Affairs v. Burdine - correct answer-Griggs v.
Duke Power
A controlling rule, example, or guide is also known as:
Judicial review
Precedence
Respondent superior
WGU EMPLOYMENT LAW C233 EXAM
2026 WITH QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Under respondent superior doctrine, an employer is only responsible for the
employee action performed within the:
Reasonable person standard
Duration of employment
Realm of reasonable actions
Scope of employment - correct answer-Scope of Employment
Which of the following is not an element of a prima facie discrimination
case for gender discrimination?
The employee is qualified for the position
The employee suffers some adverse employment action
The employee is in the protected class
A person of the same gender received favorable employment action -
correct answer-A person of the same gender received favorable
employment action
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When operations of two or more employers are considered so intertwined
that they can be considered the single employer, for purposes of both
federal statutory coverage and liability, this is called a:
Integrated Enterprise
Corporation
Sole proprietorship
Franchise - correct answer-Integrated Enterprise
Title VII covers employers who have "_________ or more employees for
each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current
or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person."
Fifteen
Twenty
Thirty
Ten - correct answer-Fifteen
An employee pursues self-interest as he or she runs a personal errand
while driving to a meeting at a company branch office. What is this an
example of?
Reasonable person standard
Scope of employment
Frolic and detour
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Duration of employment - correct answer-Frolic and detour
When an employer classifies employees on the basis of gender, plus
another characteristic, usually a family-related circumstance, what type of
discrimination is this?
Pregnancy discrimination
Gender plus discrimination
Pretextual discrimination
Perpetual discrimination - correct answer-Gender Plus Discrimination
What was the seminal case establishing the concept of disparate impact?
St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks
Griggs v. Duke Power
Connecticut v. Teal
Texas Dep't of Community Affairs v. Burdine - correct answer-Griggs v.
Duke Power
A controlling rule, example, or guide is also known as:
Judicial review
Precedence
Respondent superior
