When hiring clerks for the mail room, Acme Global 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


C. disparate impact

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A) Mahalanobis ratio B) KMO measure of sampling adequacy C) Bartlett's test of sphericity D) Wilks' lambda

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Product tampering and spray-painting graffiti on buildings are both examples of ________

A) demarketing B) exploitative consumption C) addictive consumption D) shrinkage E) anticonsumption

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Which statement is not true about cost-volume profit (CVP) analysis?

A) CVP analysis is a powerful tool for planning and decision making. B) CVP analysis allows managers to do sensitivity analysis by examining the impact of various prices or costs on profit. C) CVP analysis shows how revenues, expenses, and profits behave as volume changes. D) CVP analysis can be used in both single-product and multi-product firms. E) All statements are true.

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Stock purchase warrants are instruments that give their holder the right to purchase a certain number of shares of the firm's common stock at the market price over a certain period of time

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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