HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
GAINING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
13TH EDITION 2026 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Qualified individual with a disability.
Answer: a person with or without reasonable accommodation, can
perform the essential functions of the job that person desires or holds
⩥ Reasonable Accommodation.
Answer: an employer's obligation to do something to enable an
otherwise qualified person to perform a job
⩥ Employer's Defense.
Answer: Employer can offer either a nondiscriminatory motive for the
action
⩥ ADA guidelines.
Answer: -Do not deny a job to a disabled person if the person is
qualified & able to perform the essential job functions
- Make a reasonable accommodation unless doing so would result in
undue hardship.
,-Know what you can ask applicants. You may not make preemployment
inquiries about a persons disability. You may ask questions about the
persons ability to perform essential job functions
- Itemize essential job functions on the job descriptions.
- Do not allow misconduct or erratic performance even if linked to a
disability
⩥ Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
(USERRA).
Answer: Employers are generally required to reinstate employees
returning from military leave to positions comparable to those they had
before leaving
⩥ Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).
Answer: Act that prohibits discrimination against individuals on the
basis of their genetic information in both employment and health
insurance.
⩥ State and Local Equal Employment Opportunity Laws.
Answer: All States & many local governments prohibits employment
discrimination, many cover employers not covered by federal legislation
⩥ Religious Discrimination.
Answer: discrimination against a person because of his or her religion or
religious practices
, ⩥ sexual discrimination.
Answer: discrimination in employment and opportunity against a person
(typically a woman) on grounds of sex.
⩥ Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974.
Answer: Requires affirmative action in employment for veterans of the
Vietnam War era
⩥ sexual harassment.
Answer: comments, gestures, or physical contacts of a sexual nature that
are deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome
⩥ Who is more at risk?.
Answer: minority women are more at risk. Women experience more than
men, minorities experience more than whites.
⩥ Sexual Harassment Conditions.
Answer: 1. Condition of individuals employment
2. Submission to or rejection of conduct.
3. Unreasonable interferes with work performance.
⩥ Proving Sexual Harassment.
GAINING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
13TH EDITION 2026 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Qualified individual with a disability.
Answer: a person with or without reasonable accommodation, can
perform the essential functions of the job that person desires or holds
⩥ Reasonable Accommodation.
Answer: an employer's obligation to do something to enable an
otherwise qualified person to perform a job
⩥ Employer's Defense.
Answer: Employer can offer either a nondiscriminatory motive for the
action
⩥ ADA guidelines.
Answer: -Do not deny a job to a disabled person if the person is
qualified & able to perform the essential job functions
- Make a reasonable accommodation unless doing so would result in
undue hardship.
,-Know what you can ask applicants. You may not make preemployment
inquiries about a persons disability. You may ask questions about the
persons ability to perform essential job functions
- Itemize essential job functions on the job descriptions.
- Do not allow misconduct or erratic performance even if linked to a
disability
⩥ Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
(USERRA).
Answer: Employers are generally required to reinstate employees
returning from military leave to positions comparable to those they had
before leaving
⩥ Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).
Answer: Act that prohibits discrimination against individuals on the
basis of their genetic information in both employment and health
insurance.
⩥ State and Local Equal Employment Opportunity Laws.
Answer: All States & many local governments prohibits employment
discrimination, many cover employers not covered by federal legislation
⩥ Religious Discrimination.
Answer: discrimination against a person because of his or her religion or
religious practices
, ⩥ sexual discrimination.
Answer: discrimination in employment and opportunity against a person
(typically a woman) on grounds of sex.
⩥ Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974.
Answer: Requires affirmative action in employment for veterans of the
Vietnam War era
⩥ sexual harassment.
Answer: comments, gestures, or physical contacts of a sexual nature that
are deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome
⩥ Who is more at risk?.
Answer: minority women are more at risk. Women experience more than
men, minorities experience more than whites.
⩥ Sexual Harassment Conditions.
Answer: 1. Condition of individuals employment
2. Submission to or rejection of conduct.
3. Unreasonable interferes with work performance.
⩥ Proving Sexual Harassment.
