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Challenges that organizations with a diverse workforce face include



1.            Genetic characteristics that affect a person- self-image and socialization are included in the _______ categories of diversity:
a)	Primary;
b)	Secondary;
c)	Neither.

2.	Challenges that organizations with a diverse workforce face include:
a)	Language differences;
b)	Natural ethnic groupings may develop within the organization;
c)	Attitudes and cultural differences;
d)	All of the above;
e)	Both a and c.

3.	Which of the following is a true statement:
a)	Women now represent more than half of the workforce;
b)	Women account for only 8.5% of the officers at large corporations;
c)	Nearly half of the U.S. workforce are women;
d)	Women cite the lack of female mentors as the number one barrier to their advancement.

4.	Which of the following is true with regard to the glass ceiling:
a)	Women and minorities do not apply for higher job openings even though they are encouraged to do so;
b)	Women and men have equal training and development opportunities, but men nevertheless are more likely to get the top jobs;
c)	Managers and executives are not held accountable for results in the areas of equal opportunities and affirmative action;
d)	All of the above.

5.	The extent to which a person holds attitudes, values, feelings and/or engages in behaviors that promote the person- own racial group as superior is __________ racism:
a)	Institutional;
b)	Cultural;
c)	Individual.

6.	The elevation of the features and achievements of one race as superior while actively ignoring or denigrating those of other races is ___________ racism:
a)	Institutional;
b)	Cultural;
c)	Individual.
7.	Which of the following is a true statement:
d)	Each year, one-fourth of the newcomers to the U.S. workforce are minority group members;
e)	The African Americans in the U.S. workforce is up almost 50% since 1988;
f)	Hispanics, Asians, and other (non-African American) minorities in the U.S. workforce are up almost 14% since 1988;
g)	Hispanics, Asians, and other (non-African American) minorities constitute 15% of the U.S. workforce;
h)	All of the above.




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