Multiple Choice Quiz


1	Total income for women is ______ that of men while earned income for women working full-time is _____ that of men.
		A)	below ; above
		B)	well below; somewhat below
		C)	below; roughly equal to
		D)	above; below


2	If a woman is not hired because she is a woman then this is referred to as
		A)	disparate treatment discrimination.
		B)	adverse impact discrimination.
		C)	over-the-counter discrimination.
		D)	statistical discrimination.


3	If a woman is not hired to be a bricklayer because most women can not lift a skid of bricks then this is
		A)	statistical discrimination.
		B)	adverse impact discrimination.
		C)	lost-opportunity discrimination.
		D)	a) and b)


4	If women are less likely to be bricklayers than men because fewer can pass tests of strength that employers give then this is an example of
		A)	disparate treatment discrimination.
		B)	adverse impact discrimination.
		C)	statistical discrimination.
		D)	lost-opportunity discrimination.


5	If the Department of Justice gathers the employee records of a large corporation to find differences in treatment it is likely to employ _____ to determine whether there is discrimination.
		A)	regression techniques
		B)	auditing techniques
		C)	hard-and-fast techniques
		D)	lost-opportunity techniques


6	Which of the following reasons for why women earn less than men does not result from illegal discrimination
		A)	bosses offering promotions to men rather than their pregnant female colleagues
		B)	bosses paying their unionized bricklayers more than their secretaries
		C)	bosses paying their male employees more than their female employees because men are more likely to be their family's breadwinner
		D)	bosses assigning women to low-paying jobs because they are women


7	If a boss notes that an employee is pregnant the boss may
		A)	delay their scheduled pay increase until they come back from maternity leave.
		B)	promote the "next best" employee rather than the pregnant woman.
		C)	either a) or b) but not both.
		D)	neither a) nor b)


8	In a model of discrimination, the wages between men and women will be
		A)	different because of differences in supply.
		B)	the same because of the identical demand.
		C)	difference because of the identical supply.
		D)	the same because of differences in supply.


9	Many economists have argued that once legal mechanisms of discrimination are removed
		A)	competition among employers for good employees will equalize wages between men and women.
		B)	competition among workers for jobs will increase the gap between what men and women make.
		C)	competition among employers will increase the gap between what men and women make.
		D)	a) and b)


10	The argument that competition between employers will be insufficient to draw the wages of women and men together is based on
		A)	the notion that sexists will be willing to forgo profits.
		B)	the notion that business often must satisfy their sexist customers to maximize profits.
		C)	Both a) and b)
		D)	Neither a) nor b)

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