Discuss HRCI PHR Exam Topic 10 Question 23

As a HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. What did the Regents of the University of California versus Bakke lawsuit primarily accomplish?

AUniversities could not use race as the reason to exclude an applicant to a college admissions program, but the university could use race as one of the reasons to include a person as an applicant to a college admissions program.

BUniversities could not hire a person based solely on their race.

CUniversities could not use race as a reason to not hire a person, but could use race as a reason to hire a person.

DUniversities could not use race as a reason to include or to exclude a person from a college admissions program.

Suggested Answer: A

The Regents of the University of California versus Bakke lawsuit, barred race as the sole criteria for excluding an applicant from consideration to an admissions program, but did allow race to be one of the factors for admission to the program.

Answer options B, C, and D are incorrect. These are not valid definitions of University of California versus Bakke lawsuit.

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14 comments · newest first

Tawna 11 months ago

I disagree, I thought it was more about hiring practices than admissions.

Jolene 12 months ago

It was definitely a landmark case for affirmative action.

Vesta 12 months ago

Wait, so they can still consider race? That seems confusing.

Nettie 12 months ago

Totally agree, it’s about balancing diversity and merit!

Yuki 1 year ago

I think it was about using race as one factor in admissions.

Francene 1 year ago

I think D sounds wrong because I remember that the ruling allowed some consideration of race in admissions, but I can't quite remember the details.

Maurine 1 year ago

I vaguely recall something about not being able to exclude applicants based solely on race, but I’m not confident if that means they can include it as a factor.

Kaycee 1 year ago

I feel like the answer is A because it talks about using race as one of the factors, which seems to align with what we practiced in class.

Lucille 1 year ago

I remember studying this case, and I think it had to do with how race could be considered in admissions, but I'm not entirely sure about the specifics.

Marvel 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure the answer is B, ssh-agent. That's the command I've used before to manage SSH keys.

Arlene 1 year ago

Okay, let me think this through. I believe the correct answer is D, where you can drag and drop the sections to rearrange them on the layout. That sounds familiar from what I've learned.

Macy 1 year ago

Hmm, I'm a bit unsure about this one. There are a few different Application Insights tools mentioned, and I'm not entirely familiar with all of their capabilities. I'll need to think through the specific requirements of the question and try to match them to the tool descriptions. Maybe I'll eliminate a few options first before deciding on the best one.

Lisha 1 year ago

I remember practicing a similar question, and I think it was related to segment routing and path computation.

Louis 1 year ago

I think the third type of node is "agent"? It sounds familiar, but I'm not completely sure.

HRCI PHR Exam - Topic 10 Question 23 Discussion