HSA 4340 EXAM {LATEST 2026 -2027
update} 330 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
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 - correct answer d. Salary inversion
As compared with timing appraisals to coincide with each employee's anniversary
date, the practice of evaluating all employees during the same brief time period:
A. Is recommended as the preferred timing of appraisals by external regulatory
agencies.
B. Has been proven to consistently produce inadequate appraisals that lack depth of
detail.
,C. Enhances the accuracy with which a known budgeted amount of merit increase
money can be distributed.
D. Is preferred by many evaluators because it involves considerably less work overall.
- correct answer c. Enhances the accuracy with which a known budgeted amount of
merit increase money can be distributed.
Motivational theory based on measuring inputs and outputs.
A. Equity Theory
B. Expectancy Theory
C. Maslovian Theory
D. Angelettian Theorv - correct answer a. Equity Theory
The U. S. Government ordering discontinuation of the process of freely sharing wage
and salary information among organizations because:
,A. Too much erroneous information was regularly disseminated by individuals who
were unqualified to conduct
Such surveys.
B. Individual organization's conducting their own surveys were infringing on the
territory of trade associations
And professional survey firms.
C. An uncontrolled variety of survey designs rendered most of the data that was
gathered only marginally
Usable.
D. The open salary survey activity was adjudged illegal under existing anti-trust
legislation. - correct answer d. The open salary survey activity was adjudged illegal
under existing anti-trust legislation.
A complaint of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC):
, A. Must be taken to the EEC by an attorney acting on behalf of the complaining
individual.
B. Will, in most instances and in most states, be referred to the State Division of
Human Rights (DHR) or comparable agency.
C. Is costly to file, thus discouraging any number of potential complaints.
D. Invariably means a hard time for the organization because the EEC is a federal
regulatory body. - correct answer b. Will, in most instances and in most states, be
referred to the State Division of Human Rights (DHR) or comparable agency.
The largest number of legal complaints centered on performance appraisal issues
involves alleged violations of individual rights under this Act:
A. Age Discrimination in Employment Act
B. Americans with Disabilities Act
C. Civil Rights Act of 1964
D. Family Medical Leave Act
update} 330 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
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 - correct answer d. Salary inversion
As compared with timing appraisals to coincide with each employee's anniversary
date, the practice of evaluating all employees during the same brief time period:
A. Is recommended as the preferred timing of appraisals by external regulatory
agencies.
B. Has been proven to consistently produce inadequate appraisals that lack depth of
detail.
,C. Enhances the accuracy with which a known budgeted amount of merit increase
money can be distributed.
D. Is preferred by many evaluators because it involves considerably less work overall.
- correct answer c. Enhances the accuracy with which a known budgeted amount of
merit increase money can be distributed.
Motivational theory based on measuring inputs and outputs.
A. Equity Theory
B. Expectancy Theory
C. Maslovian Theory
D. Angelettian Theorv - correct answer a. Equity Theory
The U. S. Government ordering discontinuation of the process of freely sharing wage
and salary information among organizations because:
,A. Too much erroneous information was regularly disseminated by individuals who
were unqualified to conduct
Such surveys.
B. Individual organization's conducting their own surveys were infringing on the
territory of trade associations
And professional survey firms.
C. An uncontrolled variety of survey designs rendered most of the data that was
gathered only marginally
Usable.
D. The open salary survey activity was adjudged illegal under existing anti-trust
legislation. - correct answer d. The open salary survey activity was adjudged illegal
under existing anti-trust legislation.
A complaint of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC):
, A. Must be taken to the EEC by an attorney acting on behalf of the complaining
individual.
B. Will, in most instances and in most states, be referred to the State Division of
Human Rights (DHR) or comparable agency.
C. Is costly to file, thus discouraging any number of potential complaints.
D. Invariably means a hard time for the organization because the EEC is a federal
regulatory body. - correct answer b. Will, in most instances and in most states, be
referred to the State Division of Human Rights (DHR) or comparable agency.
The largest number of legal complaints centered on performance appraisal issues
involves alleged violations of individual rights under this Act:
A. Age Discrimination in Employment Act
B. Americans with Disabilities Act
C. Civil Rights Act of 1964
D. Family Medical Leave Act
