WORKDAY PRO PAYROLL MOST RECENT EXAM
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Question and Answer
(2026/2027) | A+ Verified
• Add Payroll Input . CORRECT ANSWER: Add Payroll Input by Worker or use
EIB
• Run Retro Calc . CORRECT ANSWER: Optional step to run Retro Pay
Calculation
• Review Retro Results . CORRECT ANSWER: Optional step to review results of
retro calculations
• Complete Retro . CORRECT ANSWER: Optional step to run Retro Pay
Complete; must complete retro processing before regular processing
• Run Payroll Calc . CORRECT ANSWER: Run Payroll Calculation; select
Period, Pay Run Groups, Employees to Calculate and generate Pay Calc results for
review
• Review Payroll and Accounting Results . CORRECT ANSWER: Step to review
the results of payroll and accounting
• Complete Payroll . CORRECT ANSWER: Run Payroll Complete; select Period,
Pay Run Groups, On-cycle/Off-cycle and verify results
• Settle Payments . CORRECT ANSWER: Create Settlement Run; select
Company, Currency, Settlement Run Name, Settlement Run Date, Auto Select
Filters
• Payment Groups . CORRECT ANSWER: Created as a result of the settlement
run
• Process Integrations . CORRECT ANSWER: Includes ACH files to the bank,
check print task, etc.
,• Payroll calculation statuses . CORRECT ANSWER: Includes statuses such as In
Progress, Waiting, Requires Recalc, Pending Completion, In Error, On Hold,
Completed
• Continuous Payroll Calc . CORRECT ANSWER: Edit Tenant Setup - Payroll
• Pay Components . CORRECT ANSWER: Includes Earnings, Deductions,
Associated Calculations; deductions can include taxes and withholding orders
• Pay Component Groups (PCG) . CORRECT ANSWER: A 'Bucket' of different
Pay Components that sums values of all Pay Components in the bucket
• Set up taxes . CORRECT ANSWER: Steps include setting up company tax ID,
determining if exemptions are required, and entering worker-specific data
• WD-delivered tax data . CORRECT ANSWER: Information on default tax
values delivered as Payroll Tax Authority Defaults; used for employees without tax
info
• Settlement Run . CORRECT ANSWER: Can include Supplier Invoices, Expense
reports, payments for payroll, payment for ad-hoc suppliers
• View Pay Group report . CORRECT ANSWER: Used to verify results after
completing payroll
• Direct Deposits Register report . CORRECT ANSWER: Report to view direct
deposits; select Bank Account, Start Date, End Date, Payment Categories
• Checks Register report . CORRECT ANSWER: Report to view checks; select
Bank Account, Start Date, End Date
• Payroll Register task . CORRECT ANSWER: Accessed to select Configured
Country, Last Period Completed, Pay Groups, Organizations, Subtotal By
• Payroll Compliance Updates dashboard . CORRECT ANSWER: Single point of
access to manage compliance updates.
• Delivered Last Week worklet . CORRECT ANSWER: Visualization of updates
from last 7 days, can be drilled into details.
, • Effective Next Month With EE Impact worklet . CORRECT ANSWER:
Visualization of updates that will happen in the next month that impact at least one
EE.
• Other Updates Delivered Last Week or Effective Next Month worklet .
CORRECT ANSWER: Includes Min Wage lookup table updates.
• Employee Self-Service Withholding Elections page . CORRECT ANSWER: US
EE can maintain their own tax elections.
• State withholding forms . CORRECT ANSWER: All state withholding forms are
available for US EE.
• Security domain settings . CORRECT ANSWER: Must be enabled for US EE to
maintain tax elections.
• Payroll Tax Authority Defaults report . CORRECT ANSWER: Used by WD if
US EE is missing tax elections to apply defaults.
• Tax calculations . CORRECT ANSWER: Require work and home addresses.
• View Workers with Missing US Tax Elections report . CORRECT ANSWER:
Lists workers missing federal or state tax elections at the end of the selected
period.
• Copy Tax Elections for Workers task . CORRECT ANSWER: Copies tax
elections for workers from one company to another for events such as acquisitions.
• Workers by Employee / Contingent Worker Type report . CORRECT ANSWER:
Lists primary home and work addresses for workers.
• Add Worker US Tax Elections . CORRECT ANSWER: Process to add tax
elections for a worker.
• Worker selection for tax elections . CORRECT ANSWER: Select worker,
effective date, and company.
• Work state and home state . CORRECT ANSWER: Automatically populated
when adding worker tax elections.
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Question and Answer
(2026/2027) | A+ Verified
• Add Payroll Input . CORRECT ANSWER: Add Payroll Input by Worker or use
EIB
• Run Retro Calc . CORRECT ANSWER: Optional step to run Retro Pay
Calculation
• Review Retro Results . CORRECT ANSWER: Optional step to review results of
retro calculations
• Complete Retro . CORRECT ANSWER: Optional step to run Retro Pay
Complete; must complete retro processing before regular processing
• Run Payroll Calc . CORRECT ANSWER: Run Payroll Calculation; select
Period, Pay Run Groups, Employees to Calculate and generate Pay Calc results for
review
• Review Payroll and Accounting Results . CORRECT ANSWER: Step to review
the results of payroll and accounting
• Complete Payroll . CORRECT ANSWER: Run Payroll Complete; select Period,
Pay Run Groups, On-cycle/Off-cycle and verify results
• Settle Payments . CORRECT ANSWER: Create Settlement Run; select
Company, Currency, Settlement Run Name, Settlement Run Date, Auto Select
Filters
• Payment Groups . CORRECT ANSWER: Created as a result of the settlement
run
• Process Integrations . CORRECT ANSWER: Includes ACH files to the bank,
check print task, etc.
,• Payroll calculation statuses . CORRECT ANSWER: Includes statuses such as In
Progress, Waiting, Requires Recalc, Pending Completion, In Error, On Hold,
Completed
• Continuous Payroll Calc . CORRECT ANSWER: Edit Tenant Setup - Payroll
• Pay Components . CORRECT ANSWER: Includes Earnings, Deductions,
Associated Calculations; deductions can include taxes and withholding orders
• Pay Component Groups (PCG) . CORRECT ANSWER: A 'Bucket' of different
Pay Components that sums values of all Pay Components in the bucket
• Set up taxes . CORRECT ANSWER: Steps include setting up company tax ID,
determining if exemptions are required, and entering worker-specific data
• WD-delivered tax data . CORRECT ANSWER: Information on default tax
values delivered as Payroll Tax Authority Defaults; used for employees without tax
info
• Settlement Run . CORRECT ANSWER: Can include Supplier Invoices, Expense
reports, payments for payroll, payment for ad-hoc suppliers
• View Pay Group report . CORRECT ANSWER: Used to verify results after
completing payroll
• Direct Deposits Register report . CORRECT ANSWER: Report to view direct
deposits; select Bank Account, Start Date, End Date, Payment Categories
• Checks Register report . CORRECT ANSWER: Report to view checks; select
Bank Account, Start Date, End Date
• Payroll Register task . CORRECT ANSWER: Accessed to select Configured
Country, Last Period Completed, Pay Groups, Organizations, Subtotal By
• Payroll Compliance Updates dashboard . CORRECT ANSWER: Single point of
access to manage compliance updates.
• Delivered Last Week worklet . CORRECT ANSWER: Visualization of updates
from last 7 days, can be drilled into details.
, • Effective Next Month With EE Impact worklet . CORRECT ANSWER:
Visualization of updates that will happen in the next month that impact at least one
EE.
• Other Updates Delivered Last Week or Effective Next Month worklet .
CORRECT ANSWER: Includes Min Wage lookup table updates.
• Employee Self-Service Withholding Elections page . CORRECT ANSWER: US
EE can maintain their own tax elections.
• State withholding forms . CORRECT ANSWER: All state withholding forms are
available for US EE.
• Security domain settings . CORRECT ANSWER: Must be enabled for US EE to
maintain tax elections.
• Payroll Tax Authority Defaults report . CORRECT ANSWER: Used by WD if
US EE is missing tax elections to apply defaults.
• Tax calculations . CORRECT ANSWER: Require work and home addresses.
• View Workers with Missing US Tax Elections report . CORRECT ANSWER:
Lists workers missing federal or state tax elections at the end of the selected
period.
• Copy Tax Elections for Workers task . CORRECT ANSWER: Copies tax
elections for workers from one company to another for events such as acquisitions.
• Workers by Employee / Contingent Worker Type report . CORRECT ANSWER:
Lists primary home and work addresses for workers.
• Add Worker US Tax Elections . CORRECT ANSWER: Process to add tax
elections for a worker.
• Worker selection for tax elections . CORRECT ANSWER: Select worker,
effective date, and company.
• Work state and home state . CORRECT ANSWER: Automatically populated
when adding worker tax elections.
