The following situations involve some form of discrimination. For each, decide whether the discrimination is reasonable and should be permitted or is unreasonable and should be prohibited. Explain your reasons.

A business refuses to hire a man with good typing skills for a secretarial position.

Which of the following is not one of the presumed components of happiness? a. using our talents to help improve the lives of others b. learning new skills c. regular pleasurable experiences d. identifying and using our talents to enrich our lives

Which of the following is not one of the presumed components of happiness?
a. using our talents to help improve the lives of others
b. learning new skills
c. regular pleasurable experiences
d. identifying and using our talents to enrich our lives

(a) Should the average business school graduate expect to use computers to manipulate data, or is this a job better left to specialists? (b) What problems arise when an employee is weak in quantita- tive skills? Based on your experience, is that common?

For the sentence below, underline the correct pronoun in parentheses.

Example 1. Do Mark and ( $\underline{\text{he}}$, him) read books to children at the library?

Studying the martial arts taught Sara and (me, I) valuable skills.

Use word-processing software to create a survey that can be sent to local smallbusiness owners and entrepreneurs. Find out what technical skills they possess and will need in the future. As a class, compile the results using spreadsheet or database software.

Circle the BEST answer.
The person with an intellectual disability
a Has delayed development of sexual organs
b Does not have the skills to live, work, and play
c Learns at a slower rate than normal
d Needs care in a special setting

Decide whether the italicized vocabulary word has been used correctly in the sentence. On the answer line, write Correct for correct use and Incorrect for incorrect use.

Because of her excellent shorthand and typing skills, Lucille found a job as a court stentorian. ______________________

Practice your technical writing skills by writing a procedure for cleaning tarnished silverware by a redox chemical process. Be sure to include background information describing the process as well as logical steps that would enable anyone to accomplish the task.

For a given item in the Vocabulary Skills section, choose the word or words that best complete the sentence.

The old woman's illness had left him with a/an ___________ that required extended care.

(1) enterprise (2) infirmity (3) peril (4) orator

Review these math skills and solve the exercises that follow.

Multiply dollar amounts by 10, 100, and 1,000.

Find the product. $489.43 x 100 =$48,943

a. $\$ 189 \times 100$

b. $\$ 208.97 \times 1,000$

c. $\$ 790.72 \times 10$

Zacharias Dase 's calculating skills were made famous by Crelle's Journal in 1844. Dase produced a table of factors of all numbers between 7,000,000 and 10,000,000. He listed 7,022,500 as a perfect square. What is the square root of 7,022,500?

How does the market reward those who have invested in human capital— the acquired skills of an individual in the areas of education, training, and work habits? Cite specific examples from your community to support your answer.

Underline the words in parentheses that correctly complete the sentences.

Example: A lawyer can (advice, $\underline{\text{advise}}$) you of your rights.

The school nurse will (advice, advise) us on keeping our first-aid skills current.