HSA 4340 EXAM | 330 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION

HSA 4340 EXAM | 330 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION




A department manager has no responsibility for apparent compensation
inequities other than reporting them to human resources.
a. True
b. False Answer - b. false


A particular strength of the team appraisal process lies in the implicit
assumption that all team members perform at an equivalent level.
a. True
b. False Answer - b. false


A department manager should never make a specific salary offer within the
context of a selection interview.
a. True
b. False Answer - a. true


The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has essentially
replaced the major provisions of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act
(FICA).
a. True
b. False Answer - b. false

,The terms "average" and "standard" are not interchangeable; the actual
"average" of a group's performance is always higher than "standard"
performance.
a. True
b. False Answer - a. true


Completed performance appraisals can at times be considered legal
documentation that the organization could be penalized for discarding.
a. True
b. False Answer - a. true


Workers' Compensation is a benefit that is mandated by law.
a. True
b. False Answer - a. true


It is not necessary for a department manager to know how the compensation
systems works because such systems are 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 essential for the department manager to be intimately knowledgeable of
all of the organization's benefits plans.
a. True
b. False Answer - b. false


Rather than rely solely on information from human resources, the department
manager should periodically make an independent survey of wages for
comparable positions in the community.
a. True

, b. False Answer - b. false


Many 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, 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


A result of the steady replacement of defined benefit pension plans with
defined contribution plans has been the increase of individuals' level of
responsibility concerning their own eventual retirement income.
a. True
b. False Answer - a. true


Individual employees have the right to know the hourly rate minimum and
maximums for their pay scale as well as their own actual rates of pay.
a. True