Question 31

Under the ____, it is illegal to pay men and women employees different wages when their jobs require equal skill, effort, responsibility, and the same working conditions

a) Equal Conditions Act

b) Equal Compensation Act

c) Equal Pay Act

d) Civil Rights Act

e) Common Wage Act

Question 32

All companies with federal contracts of $2,500 or more have a duty to ensure the disabled an opportunity in the workplace by providing reasonable accommodations under the:

a) Disability Act of 1973

b) Temporarily Disabled Persons Protection Act of 1973

c) Title VII Disability Act of 1990

d) Able Bodied Worker Act of 1990

e) none of the other choices are correct

Question 33

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act holds it illegal to discriminate in employment against:

a) persons under age 21 or over age 65

b) persons aged 40 and over

c) women or minorities aged 40-65

d) women or minorities aged 40-70

e) women or minorities under age 21

Question 34

Title VII sex discrimination includes discrimination with respect to:

a) plans to have children in the future

b) current pregnancy

c) having children already

d) insurance benefits and childbirth

e) all of the other choices are included under the law

Question 35

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act, a part of Title VII, provides protection for which pregnancy-related condition?

a) fringe benefits

b) childbirth

c) related medical conditions

d) insurance benefits and childbirth

e) childbirth and related medical conditions and fringe benefits

Question 36

Sexual harassment does not appear to include:

a) commenting on physical attributes

b) deliberate, unsolicited touching of a sexual nature

c) using crude or offensive language directed at a woman

d) discussing explicit sexual activities

e) all of the other choices may be included

Question 37

The Department of Agriculture has primary responsibility for sanitation of foods; the FDA focuses on food additives.

a)True

b) False

Question 38

Fact Pattern 19-2

Jayme's Best produced a new line of pasta sauce (Herbal Health), intending for it to have extra nutritional benefits. Using the freshest ingredients, Jayme's added special herbs to the tomato paste and spices, as the herbs are believed by some Tibetan monks to have the power to prevent cancer. Jayme's marketed the sauce in grocery stores and health food stores. Jayme's advertisements said that Herbal Health may help prevent cancer and taste a lot better than the competition. Based on these facts, answer the following questions.

Refer to Fact Pattern 19-2. The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act does not require Jayme's to list:

a) calories per serving size.

b) how much the risk of cancer is reduced by consuming the sauce.

c) nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, per serving size.

d) total and saturated fat per serving size.

e) all such information must be provided.

Question 39

The Fair Credit Billing Act:

a) prohibits the mailing of credit cards

b) holds that if a consumer notifies a credit card company in a timely fashion that a card has been stolen there is no liability for unauthorized charges

c) holds that a consumer must pay credit card companies the disputed amount but disputes must be resolved in 180 days

d) all of the other specific choices

e) none of the other choices

Question 40

To address the issues of consumers being unable to get creditors to correct inaccurate or unauthorized charges that appeared on their bills and credit cards being sent to people who did not request them the FTC passed the:

a) Fair Credit Billing Act

b)Legitimate Credit Billing Act

c) Real Credit Billing Act

d) Fair Credit Regulation Act

e) Consumer Credit Protection Act

Question 41

The 1962 Kefauver Amendment to the Food and Drug Act gave the FDA authority for the first time to:

a) approve drugs based on their proven effectiveness

b) license the use of drugs in physician offices

c) determine which drugs are to be prescription drugs

d) approve drugs based on their safety

e) none of the other choices

Question 42

The Food and Drug Administration:

a) prohibits the sale of any drug without a prescription

b) prohibits the sale of drugs without FDA approval

c) prohibits the sale of prescription drugs to anyone under age 19 without parental consent

d) prohibits the sale of any drug without a prescription and prohibits the sale of drugs without FDA approval

e) prohibits the sale of any drug without a prescription and prohibits the sale of drugs without FDA approval and prohibits the sale of prescription drugs to anyone under age 19 without parental consent

Question 43

Equal credit opportunity refers to the requirement that creditors:

a) must disclose all relevant terms in credit transactions

b) must not use sex or race to determine a person's creditworthiness

c) must not use abusive debt collection techniques

d) all of the other specific choices are correct

e) none of the other specific choices are correct

Question 44

Which of the following is not amajor pollutant regulated by the Clean Air Act:

a) ozone

b) sulfur dioxide

c) zinc

d) carbon monoxide

e) nitrogen oxide

Question 45

Wastes defined as hazardous under RCRA mayonly be disposed or stored at sites whose owners or operators have obtained a permit from the EPA.

a)True

b) False

Question 46

The ____ was first passed in 1947 to regulate pesticides.

a) Federal Pesticide Regulation Act

b) Federal Toxic Substances Act

c) National Pesticide Act

d) National Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

e) none of the other choices are correct

Question 47

Which of the following is one of the four major external environmental problems that the EPA has primary responsibility for:

a) land pollution

b) contamination of food products

c) noise pollution

d) all of the other specific choices are correct

e) none of the other specific choices are correct

Question 48

Under the Clean Air Act, if a plant owner plans to build a plant in a "dirty air area" he

a) does not need a preconstruction permit from the EPA or the state agency that enforces the Act

b) needs a preconstruction permit from the EPA or the state agency that enforces the Act

c) does not need to get any permits until after construction begins

d) can begin construction with no permit if he pays a fee to the state agency that enforces the Act

e) none of the other choices are correct

Question 49

Citizen suits against polluters are blocked if:

a) the polluter pays a fine

b) the EPA does not take action

c) the EPA takes charge of the situation

d)the citizen fails to offer a solution for reducing pollution

e) none of the other choices are correct

Question 50

The Montreal Protocol is an international agreement to restrict production of CFCs, chemicals that destroy the upper-atmosphere ozone layer.

a)True

b) False