Management - Organizational Behavior Ch. 2
Organizational Behavior, Version 1.1
Bauer & Erdogan
FWK Test Item File
Chapter 2
TRUE/FALSE
1.While the American workforce is becoming more diverse, the world’s workforce is not.
(False)
2.Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in employment with regard to race, color,
sex, religion and national origin.
(True)
3.With the passage of a number of laws in the United States prohibiting discrimination against race,
color, gender, religion, national origin and age, complaints filed charging discrimination have
largely been eliminated.
(False)
4.A more diverse work team produces higher quality decisions because more alternatives are
considered.
(True)
5.Employees who are discriminated against experience more stress at work but are no more likely
to leave their jobs than those who have not faced discrimination.
(False)
6.When discrimination complaints are filed, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) acts as a mediator between the company and the complainant.
(True)
7.In firms pursuing a growth strategy, there is a negative relationship between racial diversity in the
firm and company performance.
(False)
8.The similarity/attraction phenomenon suggests that individuals are attracted to those who are
similar to them.
(True)
9.Race, age, and attitudes are examples of surface level diversity.
(False)
10.Deep-level diversity traits are most important for early interactions in the workplace, but as time
goes on, surface traits become more important.
(False)
11.A group with three older males and three younger women will have a strong faultline.
(True)
