Deck 13: Age

Question 1

Bridge employment

A) hinders organizations from creatively addressing worker shortages and combating skill losses due to mass retirements and layoffs.
B) occurs when workers have retired from long-term jobs, but have not fully withdrawn from the workforce.
C) occurs when workers move from one job to the next, including low wage jobs such as Target, while waiting for a permanent job.
D) is considered too risky for older workers thus younger people are preferred.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The term "prime age" refers to:

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

Answer 2

A

Question 3

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

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Sexual harassment of young workers

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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) Older workers learn differently than younger workers.
C) Organizations are more willing to train older workers because they are more mature.
D) Older workers are unwilling to learn new technologies.

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

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) Younger workers, especially young women, tend to be less well educated as older workers.

Question 10

Australia's Age Discrimination Act

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

Question 11

When age is a bona fide occupational qualification,

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

Question 12

Older workers have lower performance than younger workers.

Question 13

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

Question 14

Which is true of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act?

A) It is designed to protect older workers from high cost prescriptions.
B) It is an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
C) It is evidence of the government's emphasis on worker security at the cost of employers.
D) 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.

Question 15

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

Question 16

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) There is no federal legislation prohibiting discrimination against younger workers.
C) was effective in 1967 with other age discrimination legislation.
D) became effective in January, 2007.

Question 17

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

Question 18

Regarding age and gender,

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

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) There is no relationship between age and accidents or injuries at work.
C) Older employees are more likely to be injured at work.
D) Proper training and supervision does not reduce the rate of accidents and injury at work.

Question 21

At present, the workforce has an increasing proportion of younger workers and a declining ratio of older workers.​

Question 22

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

Question 23

Younger workers have higher turnover rates than older workers.

Question 24

The ADEA prohibits disciplining older workers for poor performance.

Question 25

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

A) at least age 50.
B) at least age 55.
C) at least age 40.
D) at least age 35.

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

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 29

The EEOC has no initiatives regarding youth at work.​

Question 30

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) Having an intergenerational workforce can be a competitive advantage.
D) Generation X (born 1965 to 1980) is the largest of the generation groups.