| Diversity
& Equity
Diversity Quiz Answers
1. The annual Mood of the Nation Gallop poll asks Americans how satisfied they are with "the moral and ethical climate" in America today. According to the January 2004* results, almost two-thirds (64%) of Americans are "very" or "somewhat" dissatisfied. Which generation voices the most optimistic view of America’s “moral and ethical climate”
(a) 18 – 29 year olds
2. When we look at median income for full-time workers and adjust for education, wages and salaries, blacks make 76 percent of what whites make. The gap narrows slightly at the top with college educated blacks making about 80% of college educated whites. Where have we seen the largest convergence of income?
(c) white women and black women
3. Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. The ADA covers employers with a minimum of;
(b) 15 or more employees
4. Large majorities around the world believe that human activity causes global warming and that strong action must be taken, sooner rather than later, in developing as well as developed countries, according to a BBC World Service poll of 22,000 people in 21 countries. What percentage of these countries believe that human industry and transportation is a significant cause of climate change?
(c) 80%
5. The extent to which one incorporates the traditional gender roles of feminine and masculine is known as;
(c)Gender identity
6.
Business days sometimes end at 7:00 or 8:00
pm, with dinner at 10:00 pm in _________.
a) Argentina
7. Kim
Matthews became Duke's first black female team athlete
when she joined the women's basketball team in ___________.
d) 1978
8.
Julian F. Abele is important in Duke's history
because he was the _______________.
b) Julian F. Abele was the chief
architect of West Campus, but his black identity was not commonly
known until 1988
9. The ADA
of 1990 states that _________________.
b) Civil
rights protection is extended to people with disabilities
in the public and private sectors, transportation, public
accommodations, services provided by state and local government,
and telecommunication relay services.
10. The
first woman graduated from Duke's College of Engineering
in ____________.
a)
The first woman graduated in 1946 ...Kristina Johnson became
Dean in 1999.
"Did you get seven or
more correct?"
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