ADP PAYROLL SPECIALIST ALL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Parts of a Manual Check - ✔✔Name, Address, Tax ID, Hours, Period Start and End
Date, Gross Pay, Deductions, Net Pay, Rates and Basis of Pay
✔✔Start Payroll Cycle - ✔✔Clear temp info, move T & A into history and advance date
to the current pay period
✔✔Entering Payroll Info - ✔✔Add temp data- one-time ded, T&A info, Time Off data and
Perm data address, tax, deductions, pay rate
✔✔Verify Info - ✔✔Payroll dashboard or standard reports
✔✔Preview your payroll - ✔✔Review before accept payroll
✔✔Accepting your payroll - ✔✔ADP then generates Output reports
✔✔Time & Attendance batch vs Time Off batch - ✔✔T&A auto batch contains timecard
summary info, Time Off batch for employees that do not use T&A
✔✔Add to Automatic Pay - ✔✔Vacation, Sick, OT, Bonus, Commission
, ✔✔Cancel Auto Pay - ✔✔Regular Earnings, Tax Frequency, Temp Dept, select Yes in
Cancel Pay field
✔✔% deductions vs $ deductions - ✔✔% withheld from any check, $ withheld from
Pay#1
✔✔Before Start New Cycle - ✔✔Review Master Control Report Company totals
because they match what is on the mainframe
✔✔Corporate Groups Tile - ✔✔By Department
✔✔Status Tile - ✔✔Active vs Terminated
✔✔Scheduled Deductions - ✔✔1) add from dashboard under add employee changes 2)
add from employee pay- pay profile- deductions
✔✔For Pay #1 Entries in the following fields cancels Auto Pay - ✔✔Reg Hours or
Earnings, Rate code, Temp rate, Temp cost #, Temp dept., Tax frequency, special
action codes, cancel pay column Y, Cancel Auto pay on employment profile status tile
or pay profile regular pay tile
✔✔Check Auto Pay Canceled Status - ✔✔1)Review Auto Pay canceled tile on Payroll
dashboard 2)Run Auto Pay cancellation standard report
✔✔Add to Auto Pay - ✔✔OT earnings, vacation, sick or other earnings (commission,
bonus) for both hourly employees with std hours and salaried employees
✔✔Special Effects - ✔✔apply calc or exceptions to a selected payroll for all employees
or group of employees
✔✔Where is special effects located - ✔✔Process-payroll-payroll schedule- edit
✔✔Earnings Statement vs Statement of Pay - ✔✔Earnings statement is a summary of
current and year to date payments made to an employee, Statement of Pay are liens
paid on your behalf by ADP
✔✔Where do you void/reversal a check - ✔✔Payroll dashboard-add new manual check
or reversal-click void/reverse check-identify check to void or reverse
✔✔Stop payment on a check- use one of three ways - ✔✔1) pay profile for an
employee- view all pay summary-select appropriate check and click stop payment 2)
call bank to stop payment 3)contact ADP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Parts of a Manual Check - ✔✔Name, Address, Tax ID, Hours, Period Start and End
Date, Gross Pay, Deductions, Net Pay, Rates and Basis of Pay
✔✔Start Payroll Cycle - ✔✔Clear temp info, move T & A into history and advance date
to the current pay period
✔✔Entering Payroll Info - ✔✔Add temp data- one-time ded, T&A info, Time Off data and
Perm data address, tax, deductions, pay rate
✔✔Verify Info - ✔✔Payroll dashboard or standard reports
✔✔Preview your payroll - ✔✔Review before accept payroll
✔✔Accepting your payroll - ✔✔ADP then generates Output reports
✔✔Time & Attendance batch vs Time Off batch - ✔✔T&A auto batch contains timecard
summary info, Time Off batch for employees that do not use T&A
✔✔Add to Automatic Pay - ✔✔Vacation, Sick, OT, Bonus, Commission
, ✔✔Cancel Auto Pay - ✔✔Regular Earnings, Tax Frequency, Temp Dept, select Yes in
Cancel Pay field
✔✔% deductions vs $ deductions - ✔✔% withheld from any check, $ withheld from
Pay#1
✔✔Before Start New Cycle - ✔✔Review Master Control Report Company totals
because they match what is on the mainframe
✔✔Corporate Groups Tile - ✔✔By Department
✔✔Status Tile - ✔✔Active vs Terminated
✔✔Scheduled Deductions - ✔✔1) add from dashboard under add employee changes 2)
add from employee pay- pay profile- deductions
✔✔For Pay #1 Entries in the following fields cancels Auto Pay - ✔✔Reg Hours or
Earnings, Rate code, Temp rate, Temp cost #, Temp dept., Tax frequency, special
action codes, cancel pay column Y, Cancel Auto pay on employment profile status tile
or pay profile regular pay tile
✔✔Check Auto Pay Canceled Status - ✔✔1)Review Auto Pay canceled tile on Payroll
dashboard 2)Run Auto Pay cancellation standard report
✔✔Add to Auto Pay - ✔✔OT earnings, vacation, sick or other earnings (commission,
bonus) for both hourly employees with std hours and salaried employees
✔✔Special Effects - ✔✔apply calc or exceptions to a selected payroll for all employees
or group of employees
✔✔Where is special effects located - ✔✔Process-payroll-payroll schedule- edit
✔✔Earnings Statement vs Statement of Pay - ✔✔Earnings statement is a summary of
current and year to date payments made to an employee, Statement of Pay are liens
paid on your behalf by ADP
✔✔Where do you void/reversal a check - ✔✔Payroll dashboard-add new manual check
or reversal-click void/reverse check-identify check to void or reverse
✔✔Stop payment on a check- use one of three ways - ✔✔1) pay profile for an
employee- view all pay summary-select appropriate check and click stop payment 2)
call bank to stop payment 3)contact ADP
