What Is the Key Criterion That Would Allow a Police

question 4

Multiple Choice

What is the key criterion that would allow a police department to legally refuse to hire an applicant with a disability?

• A)Always treating everyone with a similar disability the same way
• B)Hiring another applicant who has a disability
• C)Determining that the person could not perform key functions of the job
• D)Offering the person a reduced job description at a reduced salary

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Definitions:

Polygenic Inheritance

A mode of inheritance where traits are influenced by multiple genes at different loci, leading to a continuous range of possible phenotypes.

Incomplete Dominance

A genetic scenario in which one allele does not completely dominate another allele, leading to a phenotype that is a blend of the two alleles.

Codominance

A genetic scenario where two alleles of a gene are expressed equally in the phenotype of heterozygotes.

Epistasis

A genetic interaction where the effect of one gene is modified by one or several other genes, which can mask or alter its phenotype.