When Hiring Clerks for the Mail Room, the Acme Global

question 4

Multiple Choice

When hiring clerks for the mail room, the Acme Global Corporation required applicants to take a sorting ability test.The test screened out many more Caucasian job candidates than it did African-American job candidates.The test appears to cause ___________.

• A)disparate treatment
• B)divergent impact
• C)disparate impact
• D)illegal discrimination
• E)None of the above

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