SHRM - US EMPLOYMENT LAW &
REGULATIONS EXAM QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED ANSWERS PASSED 100%
Amendment - Correct Answer ✔✔ Modification of the U.S. Constitution or a U.S. law.
ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Amendments to U.S. Americans
with Disabilities Act covering the definition of individuals regarded as having a disability,
mitigating measures, and other rules to guide the analysis of what constitutes a
disability
Adverse impact - Correct Answer ✔✔ Type of discrimination that results when a policy
that appears to be neutral has a discriminatory effect; also known as disparate impact.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ U.S. act that
prohibits discrimination in the workplace on the basis of age
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ U.S. act that prohibits
discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of his/her disability
Annualized loss expectancy (ALE) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Employees who work outside
their home countries.
Bill - Correct Answer ✔✔ Proposal presented to a legislative body for possible
enactment as a statute.
Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Factor (such as
religion, gender, national origin, etc.) that is reasonably necessary, in the normal
operations of an organization, to carry out a particular job function.
Burlington Industries Inc. v. Ellerth - Correct Answer ✔✔ U.S. court ruling that
distinguished between supervisor harassment that results in tangible employment action
and supervisor harassment that does not.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Correct Answer ✔✔ First comprehensive U.S. law making it
unlawful to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - Correct Answer ✔✔ U.S. act that expands the possible
damage awards available to victims of intentional discrimination to include
compensatory and punitive damages; gives plaintiffs in cases of alleged discrimination
the right to a jury trial.
, Comparable worth - Correct Answer ✔✔ Concept that jobs filled primarily by women
that require skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions comparable to similar
jobs filled primarily by men should have the same classifications and salaries.
Compliance - Correct Answer ✔✔ State of being in accordance with all national, federal,
regional, and/or local laws, regulations, and/or other government authority requirements
applicable to the places in which an organization operates.
Conflict of interest - Correct Answer ✔✔ Situation in which a person or organization
may benefit from undue influence due to involvement in outside activities, relationships,
or investments that conflict with or have an impact on the employment relationship or its
outcomes
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ U.S.
act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose health-care coverage with
opportunity to pay to continue coverage.
Contingency plan - Correct Answer ✔✔ Protocol that an organization implements when
an identified risk event occurs.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Varying ways an
organization can create value, looking beyond traditional profit measures of revenue
and expenses; includes such areas as philanthropy, volunteerism, corporate-sponsored
community programs, social change, sustainability, corporate governance, employee
rights, and workplace safety.
Covering - Correct Answer ✔✔ Defensive behavior that occurs when an organization
recruits a diverse workforce but, consciously or otherwise, promotes assimilation rather
than inclusion.
Disability - Correct Answer ✔✔ Physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
one's major life activities
Disparate Impact - Correct Answer ✔✔ Type of discrimination that results when a policy
that appears to be neutral has a discriminatory effect; also known as adverse impact.
Disparate Treatment - Correct Answer ✔✔ Type of discrimination that occurs when an
applicant or employee is treated differently because of his or her membership in a
protected class.
Diversity - Correct Answer ✔✔ Differences in people's characteristics (such as
socioeconomic status, beliefs, personality, thought processes, work style, race, age,
ethnicity, gender, religion, education, job function, etc.).
Diversity Council - Correct Answer ✔✔ Task force created to define a diversity and
inclusion initiative and guide the development and implementation process.
REGULATIONS EXAM QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED ANSWERS PASSED 100%
Amendment - Correct Answer ✔✔ Modification of the U.S. Constitution or a U.S. law.
ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Amendments to U.S. Americans
with Disabilities Act covering the definition of individuals regarded as having a disability,
mitigating measures, and other rules to guide the analysis of what constitutes a
disability
Adverse impact - Correct Answer ✔✔ Type of discrimination that results when a policy
that appears to be neutral has a discriminatory effect; also known as disparate impact.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ U.S. act that
prohibits discrimination in the workplace on the basis of age
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ U.S. act that prohibits
discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of his/her disability
Annualized loss expectancy (ALE) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Employees who work outside
their home countries.
Bill - Correct Answer ✔✔ Proposal presented to a legislative body for possible
enactment as a statute.
Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Factor (such as
religion, gender, national origin, etc.) that is reasonably necessary, in the normal
operations of an organization, to carry out a particular job function.
Burlington Industries Inc. v. Ellerth - Correct Answer ✔✔ U.S. court ruling that
distinguished between supervisor harassment that results in tangible employment action
and supervisor harassment that does not.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Correct Answer ✔✔ First comprehensive U.S. law making it
unlawful to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - Correct Answer ✔✔ U.S. act that expands the possible
damage awards available to victims of intentional discrimination to include
compensatory and punitive damages; gives plaintiffs in cases of alleged discrimination
the right to a jury trial.
, Comparable worth - Correct Answer ✔✔ Concept that jobs filled primarily by women
that require skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions comparable to similar
jobs filled primarily by men should have the same classifications and salaries.
Compliance - Correct Answer ✔✔ State of being in accordance with all national, federal,
regional, and/or local laws, regulations, and/or other government authority requirements
applicable to the places in which an organization operates.
Conflict of interest - Correct Answer ✔✔ Situation in which a person or organization
may benefit from undue influence due to involvement in outside activities, relationships,
or investments that conflict with or have an impact on the employment relationship or its
outcomes
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ U.S.
act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose health-care coverage with
opportunity to pay to continue coverage.
Contingency plan - Correct Answer ✔✔ Protocol that an organization implements when
an identified risk event occurs.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Varying ways an
organization can create value, looking beyond traditional profit measures of revenue
and expenses; includes such areas as philanthropy, volunteerism, corporate-sponsored
community programs, social change, sustainability, corporate governance, employee
rights, and workplace safety.
Covering - Correct Answer ✔✔ Defensive behavior that occurs when an organization
recruits a diverse workforce but, consciously or otherwise, promotes assimilation rather
than inclusion.
Disability - Correct Answer ✔✔ Physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
one's major life activities
Disparate Impact - Correct Answer ✔✔ Type of discrimination that results when a policy
that appears to be neutral has a discriminatory effect; also known as adverse impact.
Disparate Treatment - Correct Answer ✔✔ Type of discrimination that occurs when an
applicant or employee is treated differently because of his or her membership in a
protected class.
Diversity - Correct Answer ✔✔ Differences in people's characteristics (such as
socioeconomic status, beliefs, personality, thought processes, work style, race, age,
ethnicity, gender, religion, education, job function, etc.).
Diversity Council - Correct Answer ✔✔ Task force created to define a diversity and
inclusion initiative and guide the development and implementation process.
