HSA 4340 Exam Questions And 100%
Correct Answers
A department manager has no accountability for perceived pay discrepancies except to
inform human resources.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
One of the key strengths of the team assessment process is the implicit assumption that
all the members of the team perform at the same level.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
A department manager must never make a specific salary offer within the context of a
selection interview.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
HIPAA has largely replaced the major provisions of FICA.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
The terms "average" and "standard" are not synonymous; the true "average" of a
group's performance is always above "standard" performance.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
,Completed performance appraisals can sometimes be considered legal documents that
the organization can be fined for destroying.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
Workers' Compensation is a legally required benefit.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
A department manager does not need to understand how the compensation systems
work as that would be the responsibility of human resources.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
Portable benefits have been an innovation of recent years to serve an increasingly
mobile work force.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
The benefits most preferred by the majority of employees are health insurance, paid
vacations, and flexible sick-time plans.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
The single most important objective of performance appraisal is improvement of
performance in the job the person presently holds.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
,There is little value in regularly appraising the performance of an individual who
regularly does standard work and can go no higher in position or pay.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
The manager should be familiar with current pay scales for all positions in the
department and be able to explain to employees how the scales are administered.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
It is not necessary that the department manager be intimately knowledgeable of all of
the organization's benefits plans.
a. True
b. False ANSWER b. false
Instead of relying exclusively on information from human resources, the department
manager should not periodically make an independent survey of wages for comparable
positions in the community.
a. True
b. False ANSWER b. false
The majority of highly effective job-description based appraisal systems use only a three
point scale.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
In an appraisal rating scale it is best to use an even number of scale points such as four
or six, in order to discourage users from automatically focusing on a midpoint.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
, Unemployment compensation is generally made available to people who voluntarily
resign their employment or who are discharged for cause.
O True
6 False - Answer F
One result of the ongoing replacement of defined benefit pension schemes with defined
contribution schemes is that individuals' accountability concerning their ultimate
retirement income has become greater.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
Individual employees have the right to be notified of the minimum and maximum hourly
rates applying to their pay grade, and their own real rates of pay.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
Pay affects:
a. employee motivation
b. absenteeism and turnover
c. level of employee satisfaction
d. all of the above - Answer d. all of the above
When a lower level position is paid more than a higher level position it is known as:
a. internal equity
b. external equity
c. salary range
d. salary inversion
e. longevity - Answer d. salary inversion
Correct Answers
A department manager has no accountability for perceived pay discrepancies except to
inform human resources.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
One of the key strengths of the team assessment process is the implicit assumption that
all the members of the team perform at the same level.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
A department manager must never make a specific salary offer within the context of a
selection interview.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
HIPAA has largely replaced the major provisions of FICA.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
The terms "average" and "standard" are not synonymous; the true "average" of a
group's performance is always above "standard" performance.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
,Completed performance appraisals can sometimes be considered legal documents that
the organization can be fined for destroying.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
Workers' Compensation is a legally required benefit.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
A department manager does not need to understand how the compensation systems
work as that would be the responsibility of human resources.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
Portable benefits have been an innovation of recent years to serve an increasingly
mobile work force.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
The benefits most preferred by the majority of employees are health insurance, paid
vacations, and flexible sick-time plans.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
The single most important objective of performance appraisal is improvement of
performance in the job the person presently holds.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
,There is little value in regularly appraising the performance of an individual who
regularly does standard work and can go no higher in position or pay.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
The manager should be familiar with current pay scales for all positions in the
department and be able to explain to employees how the scales are administered.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
It is not necessary that the department manager be intimately knowledgeable of all of
the organization's benefits plans.
a. True
b. False ANSWER b. false
Instead of relying exclusively on information from human resources, the department
manager should not periodically make an independent survey of wages for comparable
positions in the community.
a. True
b. False ANSWER b. false
The majority of highly effective job-description based appraisal systems use only a three
point scale.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
In an appraisal rating scale it is best to use an even number of scale points such as four
or six, in order to discourage users from automatically focusing on a midpoint.
a. True
b. False - Answer b. false
, Unemployment compensation is generally made available to people who voluntarily
resign their employment or who are discharged for cause.
O True
6 False - Answer F
One result of the ongoing replacement of defined benefit pension schemes with defined
contribution schemes is that individuals' accountability concerning their ultimate
retirement income has become greater.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
Individual employees have the right to be notified of the minimum and maximum hourly
rates applying to their pay grade, and their own real rates of pay.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. true
Pay affects:
a. employee motivation
b. absenteeism and turnover
c. level of employee satisfaction
d. all of the above - Answer d. all of the above
When a lower level position is paid more than a higher level position it is known as:
a. internal equity
b. external equity
c. salary range
d. salary inversion
e. longevity - Answer d. salary inversion
