Workday Pro Payroll UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is an example of an object? Organizations, workers, and positions
T/F You can calculate payroll multiple times during a pay
True
period?
T/F To include compensation data in your payroll results,
False
you must run a compensation?
What three items comprise the payroll processing frame- Period Schedule(when), Run Category (what), and Pay
work, which identifies the when, what, and who process? Group (who)
T/F Workday Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking can share
True
period schedules?
What are two specific types of pay accumulations that you
Gross and Net
specified in your regular run?
What are run categories assigned to in order to pay work-
Pay groups and Period Schedules
ers?
T/F You cannot complete payroll until you have defined
True
the payment elections rules for the run category?
What is an organization type that is unique to payroll? Pay Groups
T/F Workday delivers and maintains tax data required for
payroll tax processing, including rate, limits, and calcula- True
tions?
Where can you find information on the latest compliance
Payroll Compliance Updates
changes?
Earnings and deductions are also called? pay components
You need to calculate the year-to-date amount of employ-
Pay Balances
ee reported tips. What do you need to create?
T/F PCGs only sum values. They do not subtract values True
What type of calculation returns the sum, average, mini-
Aggregate
mum or maximum of two or more values?
,What type of calculation can you use to return a t/f value? Logic
What field links an earning to a compensation plan? Compensation Element
You just entered payroll input for three workers. What is
Run a calculation selecting Smart Calculation Based on
the most eflcient way to run a pay calculation for these
Events > Payroll Input
workers?
A related calculation that is used in the definition of an
What is a Pay Component Related Calculation (PCRC)?
earning or deductions
T/F You can define the order in which to eliminate or re-
duce deductions if an employee's net pay is zero or drops True
below the minimum net amount for the run category?
Select this checkbox if you want to change an earning or
deduction even if input is not allowed, based on the pay
When would you select the Special Entry checkbox when
component's configuration. When Special Entry is select-
adding payroll input?
ed, 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
False
calculation?
T/F When using payroll input to enter an ongoing deduc-
False
tion, the Start Date and End Date fields are both required?
Which payroll input processing option do you select when
Adjustment
you need to add or subtract from an existing payment?
You need to process a spot bonus payment for a worker in
the current, regular pay period. What processing options One time, Override, regular run
should you use?
You want to add a pay component to the Workday-deliv-
Maintain Register Configuration task
ered Payroll Register. What task do you use?
What are the steps for processing a withholding order?
, 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 compo-
False
nents required to process withholding orders?
T/F You must set up withholding order priorities in Work-
False
day?
When defining ledger account type, which types should Assets, Liabilities, and Expense. Best practice to set up the
be set up for payroll? Balance Sheet and Income Statement
T/F You can define default account for posting and modify
True
posting condition rules?
You need to see what workers have costing allocations
All Workers Costing Allocations
assigned to them. What report can you access?
What must be defined before setting up banks and other
Companies, Company hierarchies, Payment type
financial institutions?
What task do you use to specify the options employees
Maintain Payment Election Rules
have when selecting their payment elections?
T/F Payroll is the only area of Workday that uses the
False. Payroll Supplier and expense payments
Settlement Engine.
T/F Workday recalculates supported retroactive changes
True
and forwards the difference to the current period?
What is the processing sequence for off-cycle and on-cy- Manual Payments, Reversals, On-Demand pay calcula-
cle payments? tions, On-cycle pay calculations.
T/F A worker can have one on-demand replacement per
True
subperiod?
For what type of off-cycle payment will Workday calculate
Replacement
all scheduled deductions?
What are some payroll-specific business processes?
What is an example of an object? Organizations, workers, and positions
T/F You can calculate payroll multiple times during a pay
True
period?
T/F To include compensation data in your payroll results,
False
you must run a compensation?
What three items comprise the payroll processing frame- Period Schedule(when), Run Category (what), and Pay
work, which identifies the when, what, and who process? Group (who)
T/F Workday Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking can share
True
period schedules?
What are two specific types of pay accumulations that you
Gross and Net
specified in your regular run?
What are run categories assigned to in order to pay work-
Pay groups and Period Schedules
ers?
T/F You cannot complete payroll until you have defined
True
the payment elections rules for the run category?
What is an organization type that is unique to payroll? Pay Groups
T/F Workday delivers and maintains tax data required for
payroll tax processing, including rate, limits, and calcula- True
tions?
Where can you find information on the latest compliance
Payroll Compliance Updates
changes?
Earnings and deductions are also called? pay components
You need to calculate the year-to-date amount of employ-
Pay Balances
ee reported tips. What do you need to create?
T/F PCGs only sum values. They do not subtract values True
What type of calculation returns the sum, average, mini-
Aggregate
mum or maximum of two or more values?
,What type of calculation can you use to return a t/f value? Logic
What field links an earning to a compensation plan? Compensation Element
You just entered payroll input for three workers. What is
Run a calculation selecting Smart Calculation Based on
the most eflcient way to run a pay calculation for these
Events > Payroll Input
workers?
A related calculation that is used in the definition of an
What is a Pay Component Related Calculation (PCRC)?
earning or deductions
T/F You can define the order in which to eliminate or re-
duce deductions if an employee's net pay is zero or drops True
below the minimum net amount for the run category?
Select this checkbox if you want to change an earning or
deduction even if input is not allowed, based on the pay
When would you select the Special Entry checkbox when
component's configuration. When Special Entry is select-
adding payroll input?
ed, 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
False
calculation?
T/F When using payroll input to enter an ongoing deduc-
False
tion, the Start Date and End Date fields are both required?
Which payroll input processing option do you select when
Adjustment
you need to add or subtract from an existing payment?
You need to process a spot bonus payment for a worker in
the current, regular pay period. What processing options One time, Override, regular run
should you use?
You want to add a pay component to the Workday-deliv-
Maintain Register Configuration task
ered Payroll Register. What task do you use?
What are the steps for processing a withholding order?
, 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 compo-
False
nents required to process withholding orders?
T/F You must set up withholding order priorities in Work-
False
day?
When defining ledger account type, which types should Assets, Liabilities, and Expense. Best practice to set up the
be set up for payroll? Balance Sheet and Income Statement
T/F You can define default account for posting and modify
True
posting condition rules?
You need to see what workers have costing allocations
All Workers Costing Allocations
assigned to them. What report can you access?
What must be defined before setting up banks and other
Companies, Company hierarchies, Payment type
financial institutions?
What task do you use to specify the options employees
Maintain Payment Election Rules
have when selecting their payment elections?
T/F Payroll is the only area of Workday that uses the
False. Payroll Supplier and expense payments
Settlement Engine.
T/F Workday recalculates supported retroactive changes
True
and forwards the difference to the current period?
What is the processing sequence for off-cycle and on-cy- Manual Payments, Reversals, On-Demand pay calcula-
cle payments? tions, On-cycle pay calculations.
T/F A worker can have one on-demand replacement per
True
subperiod?
For what type of off-cycle payment will Workday calculate
Replacement
all scheduled deductions?
What are some payroll-specific business processes?
