Height and Weight Requirements for Employment

question 24

Multiple Choice

Height and weight requirements for employment

• A) can discriminate against most women and some men of Asian, American Indian, or Latino descent.
• B) are illegal, even if they are related to successful job performance and no other nondiscriminatory measure is feasible.
• C) can result in unintended negative outcomes, such as removing discriminatory barriers to employment.
• D) are generally legitimate for male-dominated jobs.

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Definitions:

Skeletal Muscles

Voluntary muscles attached to the skeleton that are responsible for movement and maintaining posture by contracting.

Sympathetic

Pertaining to the sympathetic nervous system, a part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for fight or flight responses.

Parasympathetic

Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for rest and digest functions, reducing heart rate and increasing digestive activities.

Homeostasis

The process by which organisms maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in the external environment.