WORKDAY PRO PAYROLL 2026 PRACTICE
QUESTION SET TWO
◉ What is the purpose of a pay component security segment?
Answer: Defines pay components that non-payroll users can view,
such as managers and benefits administrators. You have the ability
to specify which earnings and deductions are included in the
security segment, and which groups or roles have the ability to view
the pay components included in that segment.
◉ What is the name of the U.S federal payroll (or employment) tax
imposed on both employees and employers to fund Social Security
and Medicare? Answer: Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)
◉ What is the term for the U.S individual income tax return?
Answer: 1040
◉ Maintain Pay Result - Balance Period Mapping Answer: You want
pay results to show Amount and YTD. What task do you access to
configure this display?
◉ You accessed the Edit Tenant setup - Payroll task and made the
United States of America a supported country for Workday Payroll.
However, you cannot access any U.S. specific task. What should you
check to troubleshoot the problem? (3 correct answers) Answer: 1.
,Run a report to see if there are any pending security changes. 2.
Verify that the USA Payroll function area is enabled. 3. Verify that
your user has the needed security groups assigned.
◉ You want pay results to show Amount and YTD. What task do you
access to configure this display? Answer: Maintain Pay Result -
Balance Period Mapping
◉ You set up company taxes in the following order: Answer: Federal,
State, Local
◉ Which task do you use to set up company tax ID numbers?
Answer: Edit Company Tax Details
◉ T/F You need to configure tax reporting for each location the
organization employs workers and pays taxes. Answer: True
◉ T/F If you have workers who travel to work in various locations,
you can set up company taxes by location to accurately withhold
taxes for time worked in those locations? Answer: True
◉ On the Maintain Tax Authority Exceptions Pay Component Groups
report, when do you select Exclude Pay Component(s)? Answer:
When the pay component is part of the group, but the tax authority
treatment of it doesn't apply
, ◉ Before you can accurately report taxes for a worker, you must
verify the following (3 correct answers) Answer: 1. The company is
defined for federal and state taxes. 2. The employee is assigned to a
company and a pay group. 3. Employee has a valid work and primary
address in the U.S.
◉ T/F Security permitting, you can enter worker federal, state, and
local tax elections manually or via a data load? Answer: True
◉ If self-service is enabled, which tasks can workers use to enter
federal tax election themselves? (2 correct answers) Answer: 1.
Withholding Elections. 2. Add Federal Withholding Elections
◉ T/F When employees work in multiple sates, cities or countries
on an ongoing basis and do not report hours separately for each
jurisdiction, you can have Workday calculate and withhold taxes for
each jurisdiction based on percentages you specify? Answer: True
◉ What do supplemental wages include? (3 correct answers)
Answer: Bonuses, Commissions, Overtime Pay, Payments for
accumulated sick leave, Severance Pay, Awards, Prizes, Back pay,
Retroactive pay increases, and Payments for nondeductible moving
expenses
QUESTION SET TWO
◉ What is the purpose of a pay component security segment?
Answer: Defines pay components that non-payroll users can view,
such as managers and benefits administrators. You have the ability
to specify which earnings and deductions are included in the
security segment, and which groups or roles have the ability to view
the pay components included in that segment.
◉ What is the name of the U.S federal payroll (or employment) tax
imposed on both employees and employers to fund Social Security
and Medicare? Answer: Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)
◉ What is the term for the U.S individual income tax return?
Answer: 1040
◉ Maintain Pay Result - Balance Period Mapping Answer: You want
pay results to show Amount and YTD. What task do you access to
configure this display?
◉ You accessed the Edit Tenant setup - Payroll task and made the
United States of America a supported country for Workday Payroll.
However, you cannot access any U.S. specific task. What should you
check to troubleshoot the problem? (3 correct answers) Answer: 1.
,Run a report to see if there are any pending security changes. 2.
Verify that the USA Payroll function area is enabled. 3. Verify that
your user has the needed security groups assigned.
◉ You want pay results to show Amount and YTD. What task do you
access to configure this display? Answer: Maintain Pay Result -
Balance Period Mapping
◉ You set up company taxes in the following order: Answer: Federal,
State, Local
◉ Which task do you use to set up company tax ID numbers?
Answer: Edit Company Tax Details
◉ T/F You need to configure tax reporting for each location the
organization employs workers and pays taxes. Answer: True
◉ T/F If you have workers who travel to work in various locations,
you can set up company taxes by location to accurately withhold
taxes for time worked in those locations? Answer: True
◉ On the Maintain Tax Authority Exceptions Pay Component Groups
report, when do you select Exclude Pay Component(s)? Answer:
When the pay component is part of the group, but the tax authority
treatment of it doesn't apply
, ◉ Before you can accurately report taxes for a worker, you must
verify the following (3 correct answers) Answer: 1. The company is
defined for federal and state taxes. 2. The employee is assigned to a
company and a pay group. 3. Employee has a valid work and primary
address in the U.S.
◉ T/F Security permitting, you can enter worker federal, state, and
local tax elections manually or via a data load? Answer: True
◉ If self-service is enabled, which tasks can workers use to enter
federal tax election themselves? (2 correct answers) Answer: 1.
Withholding Elections. 2. Add Federal Withholding Elections
◉ T/F When employees work in multiple sates, cities or countries
on an ongoing basis and do not report hours separately for each
jurisdiction, you can have Workday calculate and withhold taxes for
each jurisdiction based on percentages you specify? Answer: True
◉ What do supplemental wages include? (3 correct answers)
Answer: Bonuses, Commissions, Overtime Pay, Payments for
accumulated sick leave, Severance Pay, Awards, Prizes, Back pay,
Retroactive pay increases, and Payments for nondeductible moving
expenses
