WGU D357 DEI OA EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS RECENT VERSION

WGU D357 DEI OA EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS RECENT VERSION 1. Why are group membership categories important for a Human Resources (HR) manager to consider? - ANSWER · People's group memberships affect their outcomes, opportunities, and experiences. 2. How have global demographic shifts affected employment? - ANSWER · The workforce is shrinking in some countries. 3. What did Cedric Herring's research on diversity reveal? - ANSWER · Racial diversity was associated with increased sales revenue and more customers. 4. What are two consequences an organization may face as a result of hiring a diverse workforce without taking steps to ensure this newly diverse workforce is properly supported? Choose 2 answers. - ANSWER · Dysfunctional communication processes · Overqualified workers 5. An employee has worked at a job for 15 years. Although the employee's performance reviews have had favorable ratings consistently, the employee has not received a promotion. The employee's peers, earning lower performance ratings, have been promoted. What is this employee experiencing? - ANSWER · Treatment discrimination 6. There are more women than men globally. However, men are the dominant group despite being outnumbered. What makes men the dominant group? - ANSWER · Differential power 7. A company has an excellent level of diversity in its workforce. However, the company wants to ensure the retention of those employees. Which technique should the company use to achieve this goal? - ANSWER · Develop an inclusive environment 8. Why is studying and discussing intersectionality important? - ANSWER · To understand how overlapping identities lead to complex systems of discrimination or privilege 9. A Portland, Oregon, company has 1,000 employees. Of those employees, 99% are White, and the remaining 1% are Asian. The chief executive officer (CEO) has ordered human resources (HR) to prioritize hiring Black people and Hispanics throughout 2022 to fill 150 new positions. Which federal policy directive supports the CEO's action? - ANSWER · Affirmative Action 10. An organization discovers that a manager has denied a supervisory promotion to a female employee based on the assumption that the employee will use leave time for eldercare. The promotion was given to a similarly qualified female coworker who is not married and whose parents are deceased. Moving forward, human resources (HR) wants to prevent this behavior from occurring. Which action should HR implement? - ANSWER · Provide training to the manager on stereotype bias 11. A technology company has had success in increasing the number of Black and Latinx candidates in their candidate pool, but that has not translated into an increase in Black and Latinx hiring because of bias in the selection process. Which technique should the company apply to reduce racial bias in the selection process? - ANSWER · Make the job applications anonymous to those involved in interviews 12. Immigrants in the United States have positively affected the fields of science, medicine, and technology. What does this statement demonstrate as a benefit of diversity? - ANSWER · Greater innovation 13. An employee notices that colleagues who work long hours, do not have elder, child, or spousal responsibilities, and dedicate a large amount of their time at work instead of home, are often rewarded more than others. 14. Which organizational culture does this demonstrate? - ANSWER · Gendered organizational culture 15. The chief finance officer (CFO), an Asian man who has been with the company for two years, made a presentation to the board of directors (BOD) on a controversial topic. The BOD was very unhappy with the presentation, challenging the reasoning behind the CFO's recommendations. Later that evening, the CFO suffered a heart attack. 16. Which recourse does the CFO have available in this situation? - ANSWER · Family and medical leave 17. A new employee at a call center depends on a comfort dog as a part of their treatment for social anxiety. The manager allows the dog to stay with the employee during their shift because it does not cause any hardships for the company or the work environment. 18. Which act is this call center manager in compliance with? - ANSWER · Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 19. A Latino employee at a private law firm is experiencing persistent harassment and discrimination in the workplace. After trying to resolve the complaints informally, the employee files a formal complaint and wants to open an investigation. 20. Which agency should receive the employee's complaint? - ANSWER · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 21. True or False: Removing names and geographical information from resumes may be helpful in reducing discrimination. - ANSWER True 22. Which two examples illustrate how glass ceilings and glass walls are strengthened? Choose two answers. - ANSWER · A Black person is assigned a less challenging job assignment in a retail store. · A manager is given minimal constructive feedback in an employee review. 23. What did empirical researchers discover regarding access to employment? Choose two answers. - ANSWER · A quality resume does not increase the number of callbacks for Black applicants compared to White applicants. · A White-sounding name is equivalent to adding a college degree to a person's qualifications. 24. What has research revealed about work experiences for Black individuals? Choose 2 answers - ANSWER · Black unemployment remains higher than Asian unemployment. 25. Black men with the same level of education as White men are more likely to be unemployed and at the highest level. 26. What is an example of the similarity effect? - ANSWER · A Black male manager tends to hire more Black men than White men. 27. What has research revealed about the relationship between firm size and inclusive employment hiring practices? - ANSWER · Larger firms are more likely to have formal hiring practices and structured interviews than smaller firms. 28. How do Black women's employment situations compare to the rest of the U.S. population? Choose 2 answers. - ANSWER · Black women experience racialized sexual harassment more than White women. · Black women are more likely to be hired than Black men. 29. A Black woman and her White counterpart attend training sessions with their supervisor. The supervisor feels the Black employee is not as intelligent as the White employee. As a result, the supervisor avoids the Black woman and mostly defers to the White employee during the training. The Black employee reports this to upper management. When asked about their actions, the supervisor views them as fair and unbiased. 30. Describe the type of behavior displayed by the supervisor. - ANSWER The supervisor exhibits aversive racism. 31. Equal Pay Act - ANSWER Legislation aimed at ensuring equal pay for men and women performing similar work. 32. Equity - ANSWER Fairness and impartiality in providing resources and opportunities to individuals based on their needs. 33. Essential functions - ANSWER The fundamental duties of a job that a person must be able to perform to be qualified for the position. 34. Ethnic identity - ANSWER A sense of belonging to a particular ethnic group with shared cultural traits and heritage. 35. Ethnicity - ANSWER A social group characterized by shared cultural or ancestral heritage. 36. Gender expression - ANSWER How an individual presents their gender identity to others, often through behavior, appearance, or clothing. 37. Gender fluidity - ANSWER The flexibility and fluidity of gender identity, where it may change over time or vary in different contexts. 38. Gender nonbinary or gender non-conforming - ANSWER Individuals whose gender identity does not align with the traditional binary categories of male or female. 39. Gender role socialization - ANSWER The process by which society teaches individuals about appropriate gender roles and expectations. 40. Gendered organizational cultures - ANSWER Work environments influenced by gender norms, affecting opportunities and treatment of employees. 41. Glass ceiling - ANSWER Invisible barriers preventing certain groups, especially women and minorities, from advancing to higher positions in organizations.