Which statement is TRUE?
A. Adverse impact is always illegal.
B. Hiring members of minorities at a selection rate below 80% of the selection rate of members of the majority indicates adverse impact.
C. Affirmative action requires that a company hire unqualified applicants if they are of an underrepresented race.
D. As a first step in a discrimination case, the organization must prove that discrimination was justified by a business need.
Answer: B. Hiring members of minorities at a selection rate below 80% of the selection rate of members of the majority indicates adverse impact.
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a. systematically study the difficult items more than the easy ones. b. study the difficult items somewhat more than the easy ones. c. devote the same amount of time to both the difficult items and the easy ones. d. study the easy ones somewhat more than the difficult ones.
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