Fact Pattern 25-1 ​Craig Applies for a Job at Dispatch Transportation & Warehousing

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Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 25-1
​Craig applies for a job at Dispatch Transportation & Warehousing, Inc., for which he is well qualified. He passes a test to determine which applicants are eligible for hiring, but the employer discards the results, and Craig is rejected. Dispatch continues to seek applicants.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 25-1. To successfully defend itself against Craig's suit, Dispatch must show that ​

• A) ​the practice in question was justified.
• B) ​the employer feared it would be sued if it used the test results.
• C) ​any discriminatory effect was unintended.
• D) ​statistically the practice in question is discriminatory in effect.

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