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WORKDAY PRO PAYROLL CERTIFICATION NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
What three items comprise the payroll processing framework,
which identifies the when, what, and who process? - ANSWER-
Period Schedule(when), Run Category (what), and Pay Group
(who)
T/F Workday Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking can share
period schedules? - ANSWER-True
What are two specific types of pay accumulations that you
specified in your regular run? - ANSWER-Gross and Net
What are run categories assigned to in order to pay workers? -
ANSWER-Pay groups and Period Schedules
T/F You cannot complete payroll until you have defined the
payment elections rules for the run category? - ANSWER-True
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What is an organization type that is unique to payroll? -
ANSWER-Pay Groups
T/F Workday delivers and maintains tax data required for payroll
tax processing, including rate, limits, and calculations? -
ANSWER-True
Where can you find information on the latest compliance
changes? - ANSWER-Payroll Compliance Updates
Earnings and deductions are also called? - ANSWER-pay
components
You need to calculate the year-to-date amount of employee
reported tips. What do you need to create? - ANSWER-Pay
Balances
T/F PCGs only sum values. They do not subtract values -
ANSWER-True
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What type of calculation returns the sum, average, minimum or
maximum of two or more values? - ANSWER-Aggregate
What type of calculation can you use to return a t/f value? -
ANSWER-Logic
What field links an earning to a compensation plan? - ANSWER-
Compensation Element
You just entered payroll input for three workers. What is the most
efficient way to run a pay calculation for these workers? -
ANSWER-Run a calculation selecting Smart Calculation Based
on Events > Payroll Input
What is a Pay Component Related Calculation (PCRC)? -
ANSWER-A related calculation that is used in the definition of an
earning or deductions
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T/F You can define the order in which to eliminate or reduce
deductions if an employee's net pay is zero or drops below the
minimum net amount for the run category? - ANSWER-True
When would you select the Special Entry checkbox when adding
payroll input? - ANSWER-Select this checkbox if you want to
change an earning or deduction even if input is not allowed,
based on the pay component's configuration. When Special Entry
is selected, Input Details will allow entry of any type, such as
hours, amount, or rate
T/F You cannot delete payroll input once you have run pay
calculation? - ANSWER-False
T/F When using payroll input to enter an ongoing deduction, the
Start Date and End Date fields are both required? - ANSWER-
False
Which payroll input processing option do you select when you
need to add or subtract from an existing payment? - ANSWER-
Adjustment
WORKDAY PRO PAYROLL CERTIFICATION NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
What three items comprise the payroll processing framework,
which identifies the when, what, and who process? - ANSWER-
Period Schedule(when), Run Category (what), and Pay Group
(who)
T/F Workday Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking can share
period schedules? - ANSWER-True
What are two specific types of pay accumulations that you
specified in your regular run? - ANSWER-Gross and Net
What are run categories assigned to in order to pay workers? -
ANSWER-Pay groups and Period Schedules
T/F You cannot complete payroll until you have defined the
payment elections rules for the run category? - ANSWER-True
,2|Page
What is an organization type that is unique to payroll? -
ANSWER-Pay Groups
T/F Workday delivers and maintains tax data required for payroll
tax processing, including rate, limits, and calculations? -
ANSWER-True
Where can you find information on the latest compliance
changes? - ANSWER-Payroll Compliance Updates
Earnings and deductions are also called? - ANSWER-pay
components
You need to calculate the year-to-date amount of employee
reported tips. What do you need to create? - ANSWER-Pay
Balances
T/F PCGs only sum values. They do not subtract values -
ANSWER-True
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What type of calculation returns the sum, average, minimum or
maximum of two or more values? - ANSWER-Aggregate
What type of calculation can you use to return a t/f value? -
ANSWER-Logic
What field links an earning to a compensation plan? - ANSWER-
Compensation Element
You just entered payroll input for three workers. What is the most
efficient way to run a pay calculation for these workers? -
ANSWER-Run a calculation selecting Smart Calculation Based
on Events > Payroll Input
What is a Pay Component Related Calculation (PCRC)? -
ANSWER-A related calculation that is used in the definition of an
earning or deductions
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T/F You can define the order in which to eliminate or reduce
deductions if an employee's net pay is zero or drops below the
minimum net amount for the run category? - ANSWER-True
When would you select the Special Entry checkbox when adding
payroll input? - ANSWER-Select this checkbox if you want to
change an earning or deduction even if input is not allowed,
based on the pay component's configuration. When Special Entry
is selected, Input Details will allow entry of any type, such as
hours, amount, or rate
T/F You cannot delete payroll input once you have run pay
calculation? - ANSWER-False
T/F When using payroll input to enter an ongoing deduction, the
Start Date and End Date fields are both required? - ANSWER-
False
Which payroll input processing option do you select when you
need to add or subtract from an existing payment? - ANSWER-
Adjustment
