Chapter 3
Foundations of
Recruitment and
Selection II Legal
Issues Test Bank
Catano 5e
,Chapter 3 Foundations of Recruitment and Selection II: Legal
Issues
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. With respect to recruitment and selection, what legislation has precedence over
all other legislations?
a. constitutional law
b. human rights law
c. Canada labour law
d. employment equity legislation
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 67 OBJ: 2
BLM: Higher Order
2. What are the four legal means that affect employment practices in recruitment
and selection?
a. constitutional law, human rights
law, employment equity, and labour
law
b. constitutional law, criminal law, civil
law, and labour law
c. criminal law, labour law,
employment equity, and federal law
d. human rights law, employment
equity, labour law, and civil law
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 67 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
3. Which of the following laws do NOT regulate recruitment and selection within an
organization?
a. Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms
b. human rights legislation
c. constitutional law
d. criminal law
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 67 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
4. What legal term states that there is a justifiable reason for a discriminatory
employment practice or policy based on the necessity for business operations?
a. there is no justification for
discrimination
b. employment equity
c. bona fide occupational requirement
d. affirmative action
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 88 OBJ: 4
BLM: Remember
,5. Which of the following is NOT covered by the Canadian Human Rights Act?
a. crown corporations
b. banks
c. Canada Post
d. BC labour laws
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 70 OBJ: 1
BLM: Remember
, 6. Which of the following is responsible for the enforcement of the Canadian Human
Rights Act?
a. Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
b. Canadian Human Rights
Commission
c. Canadian Human Rights Labour
Board
d. Human Resources Development
Canada
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 71 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
7. A school teacher has HIV and the parents of many of the students have asked
that their children be transferred to another teacher or school. The school board
has told the teacher that he must transfer to a position where he is not in contact
with the children. Which statement is true of this situation?
a. It is not discrimination because
there is a safety concern for
employees and students.
b. It is not discrimination because the
teacher would not be able to do his
job.
c. It is a violation of human rights
legislation, based on physical
disability.
d. It is a violation of human rights
legislation, based on sex.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 71 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
8. Which of the following statements best defines discrimination?
a. the duty of an employer to put in
place modifications to
discriminatory employment
practices
b. any employment rule, practice, or
policy that has a negative effect on
employees
c. the denial of opportunity to a person
or class of people based on a group
characteristic such as age, colour,
race, religion, marital status, or
mental or physical disability
d. any unwelcome conduct or
consequences that may
detrimentally affect the
work environment
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 67 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
Foundations of
Recruitment and
Selection II Legal
Issues Test Bank
Catano 5e
,Chapter 3 Foundations of Recruitment and Selection II: Legal
Issues
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. With respect to recruitment and selection, what legislation has precedence over
all other legislations?
a. constitutional law
b. human rights law
c. Canada labour law
d. employment equity legislation
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 67 OBJ: 2
BLM: Higher Order
2. What are the four legal means that affect employment practices in recruitment
and selection?
a. constitutional law, human rights
law, employment equity, and labour
law
b. constitutional law, criminal law, civil
law, and labour law
c. criminal law, labour law,
employment equity, and federal law
d. human rights law, employment
equity, labour law, and civil law
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 67 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
3. Which of the following laws do NOT regulate recruitment and selection within an
organization?
a. Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms
b. human rights legislation
c. constitutional law
d. criminal law
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 67 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
4. What legal term states that there is a justifiable reason for a discriminatory
employment practice or policy based on the necessity for business operations?
a. there is no justification for
discrimination
b. employment equity
c. bona fide occupational requirement
d. affirmative action
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 88 OBJ: 4
BLM: Remember
,5. Which of the following is NOT covered by the Canadian Human Rights Act?
a. crown corporations
b. banks
c. Canada Post
d. BC labour laws
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 70 OBJ: 1
BLM: Remember
, 6. Which of the following is responsible for the enforcement of the Canadian Human
Rights Act?
a. Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
b. Canadian Human Rights
Commission
c. Canadian Human Rights Labour
Board
d. Human Resources Development
Canada
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 71 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
7. A school teacher has HIV and the parents of many of the students have asked
that their children be transferred to another teacher or school. The school board
has told the teacher that he must transfer to a position where he is not in contact
with the children. Which statement is true of this situation?
a. It is not discrimination because
there is a safety concern for
employees and students.
b. It is not discrimination because the
teacher would not be able to do his
job.
c. It is a violation of human rights
legislation, based on physical
disability.
d. It is a violation of human rights
legislation, based on sex.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 71 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
8. Which of the following statements best defines discrimination?
a. the duty of an employer to put in
place modifications to
discriminatory employment
practices
b. any employment rule, practice, or
policy that has a negative effect on
employees
c. the denial of opportunity to a person
or class of people based on a group
characteristic such as age, colour,
race, religion, marital status, or
mental or physical disability
d. any unwelcome conduct or
consequences that may
detrimentally affect the
work environment
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 67 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
