Applicants for Temporary Office Work at Carter Temporary Help Agency

question 158

Multiple Choice

Applicants for temporary office work at Carter Temporary Help Agency who have successfully completed a typing test are then placed in suitable positions by Nancy Dwyer and Darla Newberg. Employers who hire temporary help through the agency return a card indicating satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the work performance of those hired. From past experience it is known that 60% of the employees placed by Nancy are rated as satisfactory, whereas 65% of those placed by Darla are rated as satisfactory. Darla places 65% of the temporary office help at the agency and Nancy the remaining 35%. If a Carter office worker is rated unsatisfactory, what is the probability that he or she was placed by Darla?

• A) 0.33
• B) 0.37
• C) 0.62
• D) 0.71
• E) 0.38

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Definitions:

Title VII

A provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.

Civil Rights Act

A landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Employment Discrimination

Unfair treatment of employees based on race, gender, age, religion, or other protected characteristics.

Taft-Hartley Act

Federal legislation designed to curtail some of the powers that unions had acquired under the Wagner Act; designates certain union actions as unfair. Also called Labor-Management Relations Act.