WGU C233 EMPLOYMENT LAW PRACTICE 2026/2027 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔-Height and weight restrictions - gender/national origin
-Language requirements - national origin
-Physical strength tests - gender
-Educational requirements - race
-Dress codes - gender/religion
-No beard policies - gender/race/national origin/religion - ✔✔Examples of facially neutral
polices and protected classes that may be impacted
✔✔A complaining party must show in a case of pretext: - ✔✔1) he/she is a member of a
particular protected class;
2) he/she applied for the job;
3) the job was available;
4) he/she was qualified for the position;
5) he/she was denied the position; and
6) the employer kept looking to fill the position.
✔✔In the private employer arena, an employee would have to look to the public policy
exceptions and to the _____________to determine if a case for retaliatory discharge is
available. - ✔✔At-will doctrine
✔✔Money awards may take the form of back pay for up to ________, for the time an
employee was not working, - ✔✔2 years
✔✔The risks to employers from sexual harassment claims is great, as plaintiffs may
claim up to _____________ in compensatory damages, ask for punitive damages, and
request jury trials. - ✔✔$300,000
✔✔The ADEA applies to public and private employers and unions with more than
_______ employees. - ✔✔20+
✔✔What is the purpose of the Older Worker Benefit Protection Act? - ✔✔safety net to
ensure older and vulnerable workers aren't unfairly laid off from work and don't
experience age discrimination
✔✔The so-called ADEA waiver prevents a retiree from personally suing under the
ADEA, but does not prevent him or her from making an age discrimination claim with
the EEOC.
(True/False) - ✔✔True
✔✔Under the ADEA, there is no _______________ for age. Moreover, the condition of
being over 40 is not a disability. - ✔✔Reasonable accommodation
, ✔✔For Title VII purposes, religious beliefs cover: - ✔✔The ultimate ideas about life,
purpose, and death
✔✔A clear definition of religion has proved elusive because: - ✔✔Religious beliefs are
so diverse and uniquely personal
✔✔The level of reasonable accommodation has been characterized by the courts as
"de minimus," meaning - ✔✔Not very much
✔✔Islam : Christian - ✔✔Over the past two decades, _________ immigration has been
on the rise and _________ immigration has declined.
✔✔Factors examined to determine disparate treatment in a color and race
discrimination case - ✔✔-Race-related statements by decision-makers,
-comparative treatment evidence,
-unexplained deviations from policy,
-the decision-maker's race,
-statistical evidence.
✔✔What two groups represent the largest number of immigrants living in the United
States? - ✔✔Asian and Latino
✔✔Nation of origin employment discrimination is often linked to ________ and
____________ discrimination because those factors are closely associated with a
specific country or ethnic group and often the same set of facts support the varied
claims. - ✔✔Race : Religion
✔✔Certain nationals may be discriminated against in employment in situations of: -
✔✔National security, under federal statute or Executive Order
✔✔Traditional views of disabled people have been changing. In 1973, the city of
Chicago repealed a law created in the 1880's that forbade disabled people who were
diseased, maimed, or unsightly from: - ✔✔Appearing in public
✔✔The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in
programs conducted by: - ✔✔Federal agencies
✔✔The primary object of attention in cases brought under the ADA should be whether
covered entities have complied with their obligations and whether discrimination has
occurred, not whether: - ✔✔the individual meets the definition of disability
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔-Height and weight restrictions - gender/national origin
-Language requirements - national origin
-Physical strength tests - gender
-Educational requirements - race
-Dress codes - gender/religion
-No beard policies - gender/race/national origin/religion - ✔✔Examples of facially neutral
polices and protected classes that may be impacted
✔✔A complaining party must show in a case of pretext: - ✔✔1) he/she is a member of a
particular protected class;
2) he/she applied for the job;
3) the job was available;
4) he/she was qualified for the position;
5) he/she was denied the position; and
6) the employer kept looking to fill the position.
✔✔In the private employer arena, an employee would have to look to the public policy
exceptions and to the _____________to determine if a case for retaliatory discharge is
available. - ✔✔At-will doctrine
✔✔Money awards may take the form of back pay for up to ________, for the time an
employee was not working, - ✔✔2 years
✔✔The risks to employers from sexual harassment claims is great, as plaintiffs may
claim up to _____________ in compensatory damages, ask for punitive damages, and
request jury trials. - ✔✔$300,000
✔✔The ADEA applies to public and private employers and unions with more than
_______ employees. - ✔✔20+
✔✔What is the purpose of the Older Worker Benefit Protection Act? - ✔✔safety net to
ensure older and vulnerable workers aren't unfairly laid off from work and don't
experience age discrimination
✔✔The so-called ADEA waiver prevents a retiree from personally suing under the
ADEA, but does not prevent him or her from making an age discrimination claim with
the EEOC.
(True/False) - ✔✔True
✔✔Under the ADEA, there is no _______________ for age. Moreover, the condition of
being over 40 is not a disability. - ✔✔Reasonable accommodation
, ✔✔For Title VII purposes, religious beliefs cover: - ✔✔The ultimate ideas about life,
purpose, and death
✔✔A clear definition of religion has proved elusive because: - ✔✔Religious beliefs are
so diverse and uniquely personal
✔✔The level of reasonable accommodation has been characterized by the courts as
"de minimus," meaning - ✔✔Not very much
✔✔Islam : Christian - ✔✔Over the past two decades, _________ immigration has been
on the rise and _________ immigration has declined.
✔✔Factors examined to determine disparate treatment in a color and race
discrimination case - ✔✔-Race-related statements by decision-makers,
-comparative treatment evidence,
-unexplained deviations from policy,
-the decision-maker's race,
-statistical evidence.
✔✔What two groups represent the largest number of immigrants living in the United
States? - ✔✔Asian and Latino
✔✔Nation of origin employment discrimination is often linked to ________ and
____________ discrimination because those factors are closely associated with a
specific country or ethnic group and often the same set of facts support the varied
claims. - ✔✔Race : Religion
✔✔Certain nationals may be discriminated against in employment in situations of: -
✔✔National security, under federal statute or Executive Order
✔✔Traditional views of disabled people have been changing. In 1973, the city of
Chicago repealed a law created in the 1880's that forbade disabled people who were
diseased, maimed, or unsightly from: - ✔✔Appearing in public
✔✔The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in
programs conducted by: - ✔✔Federal agencies
✔✔The primary object of attention in cases brought under the ADA should be whether
covered entities have complied with their obligations and whether discrimination has
occurred, not whether: - ✔✔the individual meets the definition of disability
