Which One of the Following Statements About the Glass Ceiling

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements about the glass ceiling is FALSE?

• A) The barrier may be due to a lack of access to training programs,appropriate developmental job experiences,and developmental relationships,such as mentoring.
• B) Women hold more than 50 percent of board seats in Canada's Financial Post 500 companies.
• C) Women and employment equity groups may not participate in the organization's,profession's,or community's "old boys' network."
• D) Women and members of the employment equity groups often have difficulty finding mentors.
• E) A better metaphor may be a "labyrinth" suggesting a complex journey with many twists and turns and puzzles to solve along the way to the top jobs.

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Definitions:

Pyrimidine

A nitrogenous base found in nucleic acids, characterized by a single ring structure, such as cytosine, thymine (in DNA), and uracil (in RNA).

Diploid

Having two of each type of chromosome characteristic of the species (2n).

Chromosomes

Structures consisting of DNA and proteins, found in the nucleus of cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

Hershey And Chase

Scientists who conducted experiments in 1952, using bacteriophages to show that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material of viruses.