WORKDAY PRO PAYROLL 2026 EXAM
PREPARATION PACK KEY PAYROLL
CONFIGURATION AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS
◉ 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
◉ You need to process a spot bonus payment for a worker in the
current, regular pay period. What processing options should you
use? Answer: One time, Override, regular run
◉ You want to add a pay component to the Workday-delivered
Payroll Register. What task do you use? Answer: Maintain Register
Configuration task
,◉ What are the steps for processing a withholding order? Answer: 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? Answer: False
◉ T/F You must set up withholding order priorities in Workday?
Answer: False
◉ When defining ledger account type, which types should be set up
for payroll? Answer: 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? Answer: True
◉ You need to see what workers have costing allocations assigned to
them. What report can you access? Answer: All Workers Costing
Allocations
◉ What must be defined before setting up banks and other financial
institutions? Answer: Companies, Company hierarchies, Payment
type
, ◉ What task do you use to specify the options employees have when
selecting their payment elections? Answer: Maintain Payment
Election Rules
◉ T/F Payroll is the only area of Workday that uses the Settlement
Engine. Answer: False. Payroll Supplier and expense payments
◉ T/F Workday recalculates supported retroactive changes and
forwards the difference to the current period? Answer: True
◉ What is the processing sequence for off-cycle and on-cycle
payments? Answer: Manual Payments, Reversals, On-Demand pay
calculations, On-cycle pay calculations.
◉ T/F A worker can have one on-demand replacement per
subperiod? Answer: True
◉ For what type of off-cycle payment will Workday calculate all
scheduled deductions? Answer: Replacement
◉ What are some payroll-specific business processes? Answer:
Assign Pay Group, Assign Costing allocation, Assign Pay Group for
Position Restrictions Event, Pay Cycle Event, Change No Retro Prior
To Date,
PREPARATION PACK KEY PAYROLL
CONFIGURATION AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS
◉ 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
◉ You need to process a spot bonus payment for a worker in the
current, regular pay period. What processing options should you
use? Answer: One time, Override, regular run
◉ You want to add a pay component to the Workday-delivered
Payroll Register. What task do you use? Answer: Maintain Register
Configuration task
,◉ What are the steps for processing a withholding order? Answer: 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? Answer: False
◉ T/F You must set up withholding order priorities in Workday?
Answer: False
◉ When defining ledger account type, which types should be set up
for payroll? Answer: 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? Answer: True
◉ You need to see what workers have costing allocations assigned to
them. What report can you access? Answer: All Workers Costing
Allocations
◉ What must be defined before setting up banks and other financial
institutions? Answer: Companies, Company hierarchies, Payment
type
, ◉ What task do you use to specify the options employees have when
selecting their payment elections? Answer: Maintain Payment
Election Rules
◉ T/F Payroll is the only area of Workday that uses the Settlement
Engine. Answer: False. Payroll Supplier and expense payments
◉ T/F Workday recalculates supported retroactive changes and
forwards the difference to the current period? Answer: True
◉ What is the processing sequence for off-cycle and on-cycle
payments? Answer: Manual Payments, Reversals, On-Demand pay
calculations, On-cycle pay calculations.
◉ T/F A worker can have one on-demand replacement per
subperiod? Answer: True
◉ For what type of off-cycle payment will Workday calculate all
scheduled deductions? Answer: Replacement
◉ What are some payroll-specific business processes? Answer:
Assign Pay Group, Assign Costing allocation, Assign Pay Group for
Position Restrictions Event, Pay Cycle Event, Change No Retro Prior
To Date,
