Joe Approached a Provincial Government Clerk and Applied to Renew

question 182

Multiple Choice

Joe approached a provincial government clerk and applied to renew his licence to operate a heavy multi-axle truck on the highways. His application was refused. Which of the following would not be a ground upon which the decision of that clerk could be challenged?

• A) The clerk, who was the only one to have reviewed the evidence, left the decision up to his secretary to make.
• B) The clerk acted beyond the powers given him in the statute and regulations by considering matters not authorized in those enactments.
• C) The clerk owned his own large truck that operated in competition with Joe in the same small community.
• D) The clerk noticed Joe had not completed continuing driving education, as required by regulation.
• E) The clerk decided that not enough women were doing this kind of job, and since Joe was a man, the licence was not renewed to correct the imbalance.

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Definitions:

Internal Consistency Reliability

A type of reliability that examines whether items on a test measure only one dimension, construct, or area of interest.

Interrater Reliability

The level of agreement among multiple observers or raters of the same phenomenon or measurement.

Concurrent

Existing, happening, or done at the same time.

Test-Retest

A method used to assess the consistency of a measure by comparing the scores of the same participants on the same test administered at two different times.