Deck 13: Age

Question 1

For the first time in history, there are three generations in the workforce.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Bridge employment

A) occurs when workers move from one job to the next, including low wage jobs such as Target, while waiting for a permanent job.
B) occurs when workers have retired from long-term jobs, but have not fully withdrawn from the workforce.
C) allows organizations to creatively address worker shortages and combat skill losses due to mass retirements and layoffs.
D) All of the above.
E) B and C only above.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Federal legislation prohibiting age discrimination against younger workers in the U.S.

A) passed in January, 2010 and will be effective in January, 2012.
B) became effective in January, 2007.
C) was effective in 1967 with other age discrimination legislation.
D) There is no federal legislation prohibiting discrimination against younger workers.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

When age is a bona fide occupational qualification,

A) employers can require all employees be in the same age range.
B) employers can force retirement on employees by age 50.
C) employers may set minimum ages for hiring.
D) employers may legally discharge, force retirement on, or fail to hire certain selected types of employees.

Question 5

Younger workers are sometimes subjected to flagrant sexual harassment, and most likely report it.

Question 6

Discrimination and stereotypes on the basis of age affect older, but not younger workers.

Question 7

Australia's Age Discrimination Act

A) prohibits discrimination against applicants and employees aged 21 and above, but not those less than 21.
B) is designed to reduce, and ultimately eliminate both younger and older age discrimination.
C) covers only promotional opportunities.
D) is applicable only for employers having 1,000 employees or more.

Question 8

In 2007, Lucent Technologies discharged an installation estimator who was 55 in the course of a reduction-in-force. The estimator had 34 years of experience with Lucent, including 10 in the estimator position and had received recent performance evaluations that were outstanding. The company discharged this individual along with another estimator who was 51 years old and retained two younger estimators who were 42 and 27. The younger estimators were less experienced than the person making the claim and had received lower performance ratings. Which of the following statements is most likely the case?

A) The high performance rating for the person making the claim was likely inflated.
B) Lucent Technologies has engaged in treatment discrimination against the person making the claim.
C) Lucent Technologies has engaged in access and treatment discrimination against the person making the claim.
D) Lucent Technologies was retaining an older worker who was 42 and has the right to choose which worker they prefer.

Question 9

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act states that discrimination is prohibited against people

A) at least age 35.
B) at least age 40.
C) at least age 50.
D) at least age 55.
E) of all ages.

Question 10

Older workers have lower performance than younger workers.

Question 11

Which of the following is true of research on younger workers' employment experiences?

A) Younger workers believe age is overall a negative factor in their employment experiences.
B) Younger workers who have college degrees are free from discrimination.
C) Some younger workers reported being paid less than workers in similar jobs because of their age.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 12

The term "prime age" refers to:

A) the age at which people reach their prime, 18 to 25.
B) the time at which older workers reach their prime, 45-50.
C) the age range of the most preferred employees, 25 to 35.
D) the period (age) of the prime interest rate charged by lenders.

Question 13

Because of declining vision and muscle control, older workers have higher rates of injury and accidents at work than younger workers.

Question 14

Sexual harassment of young workers

A) can affect them in the long term.
B) is less prevalent than sexual harassment of older workers.
C) is decreasing, as evident by fewer complaints in recent years.
D) is of less importance to younger workers than older workers, as they have the opportunity to move easily to a new career.

Question 15

Which of the following is true of age, accidents, and injuries at work?

A) Younger employees are more likely to be injured at work.
B) Older employees are more likely to be injured at work.
C) Proper training and supervision can help reduce the rate of accidents and injury at work.
D) A and C only above.
E) B and C only above.

Question 16

Which of the following is true of training older workers?

A) Older workers will retire soon after being trained, thus, organizations should be careful about investing training dollars in them.
B) Organizations are more willing to train older workers because they are more mature.
C) Older workers learn differently than younger workers.
D) Older workers are unwilling to learn new technologies.
E) All of the above.

Question 17

Which is true of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act?

A) It allows employers to provide lower benefits for older workers as long as the costs to provide those benefits are the same as the costs to provide benefits for younger workers.
B) It is designed to protect older workers from high cost prescriptions.
C) It is an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
D) It is evidence of the government's emphasis on worker security at the cost of employers.

Question 18

To obtain information on eligibility to work, it is preferable for employers to ask

A) if applicants are over 18 or the required age minimum of a particular job (e.g., bartender).
B) applicants' date of birth to obtain specific information.
C) the date of high school graduation, as there is less variability in dates of high school attendance.
D) the date of college graduation, as there is more variability in dates of college attendance.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is not true about the intergenerational workforce that now exists?

A) Some research suggests that work value differences among generations are more perceived than real.
B) Organizations are investing in training to ensure the different generations can interact successfully.
C) Generation X (born 1965 to 1980) is the largest of the generation groups.
D) Having an intergenerational workforce can be a competitive advantage.

Question 20

Regarding age and gender,

A) older men and women are similarly disadvantaged.
B) women are perceived to become old at younger ages than men.
C) older men are viewed as being more nurturing than older women.
D) older women are viewed as more intellectually competent than men.

Question 21

The ADEA prohibits disciplining older workers for poor performance.

Question 22

Research indicates that younger adults are rated as being more competent than older adults.

Question 23

Because of high birth rates, a larger proportion of younger workers are being added to the workforce than in the past.

Question 24

When laid off, because of their greater experience, older workers find other employment faster than younger workers.

Question 25

Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions solidified the idea that the ADEA is designed specifically to protect older workers from discrimination in employment, even to the detriment of younger workers.

Question 26

Categorization of younger workers as irresponsible and lazy may result in access discrimination against them.

Question 27

Younger workers are less likely to be laid off than older workers.

Question 28

Younger workers have higher turnover rates than older workers.

Question 29

Seeking lower turnover, absenteeism, inventory damage, and theft, some companies purposely hire older workers.