MIT Researchers Sent Applications to a Selection of Job Ads

question 107

Multiple Choice

MIT researchers sent applications to a selection of job ads. Using fictitious names that sound (particularly to whites) like typically white or black names, their findings included all the following EXCEPT:

• A) applicants with "white-sounding" names were 50 percent more likely to be contacted by employers than applicants with "black-sounding" names.
• B) after increasing the job credentials of the tester-applicants, white applicants were far more likely to get call-backs from the presumably mostly white employers than black applicants.
• C) being black with eight years of job experience was necessary to get the same treatment as a white applicant with no experience.
• D) being black with three times the job credentials as whites had no impact on number of call-backs applicants with "black-sounding" names received.

Learn how to calculate and apply overhead rates to jobs.

Demonstrate how labor costs (direct and indirect) are treated in job costing.

Recognize the documentation and flow of costs in a job order costing system.

Calculate predetermined overhead rates and understand their application.

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