ADP PAYROLL SPECIALIST STANDARD EXAMS
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Entered wrong amount as the Social Security tax amount - ✔✔Review the Payroll
Register to confirm that ADP workforce now automatically corrected the error
✔✔Goal limit 5k, 3k balance, additional 2.5k - ✔✔Change goal limit to 7.5k, to-date-
adjustments enter paid amount 2k
✔✔Change a Goal Limit what happens to the accumulators and dedution -
✔✔Accumulators resets to zero and no effect on the deduction
✔✔New Hires - ✔✔Employee Updates section of the dashboard
✔✔Unmask SS#s - ✔✔Access permissions page, modify security profile to enable
option
✔✔Payroll Cycle - ✔✔Start a new cycle, add new hires, enter changes, enter paydata,
verify your payroll entries, preview the payroll, review the preview results, accept or
correct payroll
✔✔Paydata batch files - ✔✔Exceptions to automatic pay
✔✔Paydata Entries that Cancel Automatic Pay - ✔✔Regular Earnings, Tax Frequency,
Temporary Department, Temporary Rate=Employee's 1st pay only, Special Action
codes X, Y, F
✔✔Paydata Entries that add to Automatic Pay - ✔✔Overtime, Bonus, Tips,
Commission, Vacation, Sick
✔✔Reports not available during Paydata Entries that Cancel Automatic Preview Payroll
- ✔✔Master Control, Payroll Summary, Check/Vouchers, Payroll Schedule (may get
periodically), Payroll Transmittal use for next payroll
, ✔✔Payroll Schedule - ✔✔Displays holidays, specific processing info as deductions,
dates, check messages, and special effects
✔✔Statistical Summary Detail - ✔✔Net pay liability, itemized federal, state and local tax
liabilities for both employee and employers
✔✔Statistical Summary Recap - ✔✔Displays amounts debited from your company's
bank account for payroll liabilities and tax deposits
✔✔Payroll Register - ✔✔Current Payroll figures for all employees
✔✔Payroll Transmittal - ✔✔Payroll dates, active deductions and check stub messages
✔✔Master Control - ✔✔displays company options, info used to calculate wages,
cumulative earnings and deductions by employee
✔✔Payroll Summary - ✔✔displays summary of payroll information such as gross pay
deductions and net pay for the current period
✔✔Earnings Statement - ✔✔Lists an employee's pay details for this period and year-to-
date
✔✔Check Voucher Message - ✔✔Company message that will appear on all checks
✔✔Stop Payment or Reverse Direct Deposit - ✔✔Check issued for an incorrect amount
or paid to a terminated or LOA employee received a check in error
✔✔Manual Entries on a manual check or reversed check - ✔✔Manual check entries are
positive including taxes, Reverse check entries are negative including taxes
✔✔Multiple Employees in QuickCalc - ✔✔Select with Check- AutoPopulate requests
Std Hours, Salary Rate, Add'l Earnings
✔✔2 Steps to Voiding a Check - ✔✔1) Reversing amount on employee record 2)
Reverse the distribution of funds (within ADP)
✔✔Manual Check vs Live Check - ✔✔Manual =issue your own Live=ADP includes
check with payroll delivery
✔✔Reasons for a Manual Check - ✔✔Correct an error, Pay a terminated employee,
Pay an add'l amount, Replace a lost check, Reimburse an expense
✔✔Manual Check - ✔✔Special pay issue to employee outside regular payroll schedule
after you start a new payroll cycle
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Entered wrong amount as the Social Security tax amount - ✔✔Review the Payroll
Register to confirm that ADP workforce now automatically corrected the error
✔✔Goal limit 5k, 3k balance, additional 2.5k - ✔✔Change goal limit to 7.5k, to-date-
adjustments enter paid amount 2k
✔✔Change a Goal Limit what happens to the accumulators and dedution -
✔✔Accumulators resets to zero and no effect on the deduction
✔✔New Hires - ✔✔Employee Updates section of the dashboard
✔✔Unmask SS#s - ✔✔Access permissions page, modify security profile to enable
option
✔✔Payroll Cycle - ✔✔Start a new cycle, add new hires, enter changes, enter paydata,
verify your payroll entries, preview the payroll, review the preview results, accept or
correct payroll
✔✔Paydata batch files - ✔✔Exceptions to automatic pay
✔✔Paydata Entries that Cancel Automatic Pay - ✔✔Regular Earnings, Tax Frequency,
Temporary Department, Temporary Rate=Employee's 1st pay only, Special Action
codes X, Y, F
✔✔Paydata Entries that add to Automatic Pay - ✔✔Overtime, Bonus, Tips,
Commission, Vacation, Sick
✔✔Reports not available during Paydata Entries that Cancel Automatic Preview Payroll
- ✔✔Master Control, Payroll Summary, Check/Vouchers, Payroll Schedule (may get
periodically), Payroll Transmittal use for next payroll
, ✔✔Payroll Schedule - ✔✔Displays holidays, specific processing info as deductions,
dates, check messages, and special effects
✔✔Statistical Summary Detail - ✔✔Net pay liability, itemized federal, state and local tax
liabilities for both employee and employers
✔✔Statistical Summary Recap - ✔✔Displays amounts debited from your company's
bank account for payroll liabilities and tax deposits
✔✔Payroll Register - ✔✔Current Payroll figures for all employees
✔✔Payroll Transmittal - ✔✔Payroll dates, active deductions and check stub messages
✔✔Master Control - ✔✔displays company options, info used to calculate wages,
cumulative earnings and deductions by employee
✔✔Payroll Summary - ✔✔displays summary of payroll information such as gross pay
deductions and net pay for the current period
✔✔Earnings Statement - ✔✔Lists an employee's pay details for this period and year-to-
date
✔✔Check Voucher Message - ✔✔Company message that will appear on all checks
✔✔Stop Payment or Reverse Direct Deposit - ✔✔Check issued for an incorrect amount
or paid to a terminated or LOA employee received a check in error
✔✔Manual Entries on a manual check or reversed check - ✔✔Manual check entries are
positive including taxes, Reverse check entries are negative including taxes
✔✔Multiple Employees in QuickCalc - ✔✔Select with Check- AutoPopulate requests
Std Hours, Salary Rate, Add'l Earnings
✔✔2 Steps to Voiding a Check - ✔✔1) Reversing amount on employee record 2)
Reverse the distribution of funds (within ADP)
✔✔Manual Check vs Live Check - ✔✔Manual =issue your own Live=ADP includes
check with payroll delivery
✔✔Reasons for a Manual Check - ✔✔Correct an error, Pay a terminated employee,
Pay an add'l amount, Replace a lost check, Reimburse an expense
✔✔Manual Check - ✔✔Special pay issue to employee outside regular payroll schedule
after you start a new payroll cycle
