WORKDAY PRO PAYROLL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is an example of an object? - Answers -Organizations, workers, and positions
T/F You can calculate payroll multiple times during a pay period? - Answers -True
T/F To include compensation data in your payroll results, you must run a
compensation? - Answers -False
What three items comprise the payroll processing framework, which identifies the when,
what, and who process? - Answers -Period Schedule(when), Run Category (what), and
Pay Group (who)
T/F Workday Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking can share period schedules? -
Answers -True
What are two specific types of pay accumulations that you specified in your regular run?
- Answers -Gross and Net
What are run categories assigned to in order to pay workers? - Answers -Pay groups
and Period Schedules
T/F You cannot complete payroll until you have defined the payment elections rules for
the run category? - Answers -True
T/F You cannot delete payroll input once you have run pay calculation? - Answers -
False
T/F When using payroll input to enter an ongoing deduction, the Start Date and End
Date fields are both required? - Answers -False
Which payroll input processing option do you select when you need to add or subtract
from an existing payment? - Answers -Adjustment
You need to process a spot bonus payment for a worker in the current, regular pay
period. What processing options should you use? - Answers -One time, Override,
regular run
You want to add a pay component to the Workday-delivered Payroll Register. What task
do you use? - Answers -Maintain Register Configuration task
What are the steps for processing a withholding order? - Answers -1. Identify disposable
income or appropriate wage base for a withholding order. 2. create a deduction
recipient. 3. record the details of the withholding order.
, T/F You need to define the calculation rules and components required to process
withholding orders? - Answers -False
T/F You must set up withholding order priorities in Workday? - Answers -False
When defining ledger account type, which types should be set up for payroll? - Answers
-Assets, Liabilities, and Expense. Best practice to set up the Balance Sheet and Income
Statement
T/F You can define default account for posting and modify posting condition rules? -
Answers -True
You need to see what workers have costing allocations assigned to them. What report
can you access? - Answers -All Workers Costing Allocations
What must be defined before setting up banks and other financial institutions? -
Answers -Companies, Company hierarchies, Payment type
What task do you use to specify the options employees have when selecting their
payment elections? - Answers -Maintain Payment Election Rules
T/F Payroll is the only area of Workday that uses the Settlement Engine. - Answers -
False. Payroll Supplier and expense payments
T/F Workday recalculates supported retroactive changes and forwards the difference to
the current period? - Answers -True
What is the processing sequence for off-cycle and on-cycle payments? - Answers -
Manual Payments, Reversals, On-Demand pay calculations, On-cycle pay calculations.
T/F A worker can have one on-demand replacement per subperiod? - Answers -True
For what type of off-cycle payment will Workday calculate all scheduled deductions? -
Answers -Replacement
What are some payroll-specific business processes? - Answers -Assign Pay Group,
Assign Costing allocation, Assign Pay Group for Position Restrictions Event, Pay Cycle
Event, Change No Retro Prior To Date,
What type of security access remains with the position, not the worker if a worker leaves
that position? What type of access does this type of security have to the tenant? -
Answers -Constrained - indicated that role access is limited by relationship to the
objects and unconstrained - has no constraints based on organizations the role
supports.
What is an example of an object? - Answers -Organizations, workers, and positions
T/F You can calculate payroll multiple times during a pay period? - Answers -True
T/F To include compensation data in your payroll results, you must run a
compensation? - Answers -False
What three items comprise the payroll processing framework, which identifies the when,
what, and who process? - Answers -Period Schedule(when), Run Category (what), and
Pay Group (who)
T/F Workday Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking can share period schedules? -
Answers -True
What are two specific types of pay accumulations that you specified in your regular run?
- Answers -Gross and Net
What are run categories assigned to in order to pay workers? - Answers -Pay groups
and Period Schedules
T/F You cannot complete payroll until you have defined the payment elections rules for
the run category? - Answers -True
T/F You cannot delete payroll input once you have run pay calculation? - Answers -
False
T/F When using payroll input to enter an ongoing deduction, the Start Date and End
Date fields are both required? - Answers -False
Which payroll input processing option do you select when you need to add or subtract
from an existing payment? - Answers -Adjustment
You need to process a spot bonus payment for a worker in the current, regular pay
period. What processing options should you use? - Answers -One time, Override,
regular run
You want to add a pay component to the Workday-delivered Payroll Register. What task
do you use? - Answers -Maintain Register Configuration task
What are the steps for processing a withholding order? - Answers -1. Identify disposable
income or appropriate wage base for a withholding order. 2. create a deduction
recipient. 3. record the details of the withholding order.
, T/F You need to define the calculation rules and components required to process
withholding orders? - Answers -False
T/F You must set up withholding order priorities in Workday? - Answers -False
When defining ledger account type, which types should be set up for payroll? - Answers
-Assets, Liabilities, and Expense. Best practice to set up the Balance Sheet and Income
Statement
T/F You can define default account for posting and modify posting condition rules? -
Answers -True
You need to see what workers have costing allocations assigned to them. What report
can you access? - Answers -All Workers Costing Allocations
What must be defined before setting up banks and other financial institutions? -
Answers -Companies, Company hierarchies, Payment type
What task do you use to specify the options employees have when selecting their
payment elections? - Answers -Maintain Payment Election Rules
T/F Payroll is the only area of Workday that uses the Settlement Engine. - Answers -
False. Payroll Supplier and expense payments
T/F Workday recalculates supported retroactive changes and forwards the difference to
the current period? - Answers -True
What is the processing sequence for off-cycle and on-cycle payments? - Answers -
Manual Payments, Reversals, On-Demand pay calculations, On-cycle pay calculations.
T/F A worker can have one on-demand replacement per subperiod? - Answers -True
For what type of off-cycle payment will Workday calculate all scheduled deductions? -
Answers -Replacement
What are some payroll-specific business processes? - Answers -Assign Pay Group,
Assign Costing allocation, Assign Pay Group for Position Restrictions Event, Pay Cycle
Event, Change No Retro Prior To Date,
What type of security access remains with the position, not the worker if a worker leaves
that position? What type of access does this type of security have to the tenant? -
Answers -Constrained - indicated that role access is limited by relationship to the
objects and unconstrained - has no constraints based on organizations the role
supports.
