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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 24, 2011 5:50 am
Not all employment selection mechanisms that have a "disparate effect," that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to their presence in the relevant labor market, are unlawful.

(A) that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to
(B) which means, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
(C) which means, that screen out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
(D) that is, that screen out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to
(E) that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with

Please explain.
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by gmatblood » Sat Sep 24, 2011 5:55 am
IMO: C
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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 24, 2011 5:59 am
gmatblood wrote:IMO: C
Please explain why?
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by gunjan1208 » Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:48 am
Bouncer.Can't get it.

IMO A
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by rohangupta83 » Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:34 am
I am just guessing the idiom here

I think the idiom is "disporoportionate to" so i eliminated B,C and E

between A and D

need to use singular "screens" and not "screen".

so IMO A
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:24 am
GmatKiss wrote:Not all employment selection mechanisms that have a "disparate effect," that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to their presence in the relevant labor market, are unlawful.

(A) that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to
(B) which means, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
(C) which means, that screen out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
(D) that is, that screen out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to
(E) that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with

Please explain.
In A, B and E, screens (singular) does not agree with mechanisms (plural). It is not the disparate effect but the SELECTION MECHANISMS that SCREEN OUT a percentage of minorities. Eliminate A, B and E.

In C, which seems to refer to disparate effect, but it makes no sense to say that a disparate effect means "that screen out". As noted above, it is not the disparate effect but the SELECTION MECHANISMS that SCREEN OUT a percentage of minorities. Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.
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