Sexual Harassment Quiz

Example Questions From the Test

• 1Who can potentially engage in workplace sexual harassment?
  • Only a direct supervisor who controls pay or promotion decisions
  • People in different workplace roles, including coworkers, supervisors, clients, customers, or contractors
  • Only employees who work at the same physical location
  • Only someone who has previously received a formal warning
• 2A coworker says a repeated sexual joke is upsetting. The person telling it says it was meant as a compliment. What is the soundest response?
  • Take the concern seriously and consider whether the conduct was unwelcome and how context affected its impact
  • Treat the positive intention as decisive unless the joke included a threat
  • Wait to respond until several other employees raise the same concern
  • Assume the issue is only a personality conflict because no insult was intended
• 3A supervisor hints that an employee will receive a promotion if the employee agrees to a date. Which concept does this most directly illustrate?
  • Ordinary performance management
  • Quid pro quo harassment involving a work benefit and requested sexual or romantic cooperation
  • A consensual workplace friendship
  • A hostile environment caused only by repeated offensive jokes