Interview and Workday Questions1
Interview and Workday Questions1
Workday application data is accessible only through configurable security structure that is
enforced through:
Ans: Workday Object Management System (OMS)
6. ------------- are used to only approve business process management tasks; they do not
determine task or report access and cannot initiate a business process
Ans: Job roles
11. Is it possible to activate a previous timestamp while making changes needed to fix present
security configuration?
Ans: Yes
12. The following report views permissions the specified user has on an action & also security
policies and groups that grant access
Ans: Security Analysis for Action
21. In case a secured item is included in more than one domain security policy, workers who
are granted different levels of access permission in different domains get the most access
granted
Ans: True
22. The following report views all domain security policies and business process security
policies that use the security group:
Ans: Action Summary for Security Group
23. Editing a child security policy does not affect inheritance in any of the others
Ans: True
24. ---------- report views all details about security group membership, security policies in which
the group is used, the permissions it has and the functional area
Ans: View Security Group
25. Workday system gives users multiple ways to initiate the same task or view the same
information.
Ans: True
29. While hiring you can use an existing applicant or add a new applicant.
Ans: True
32. What are the 2 ways to convert a contingent worker to employee status?
Ans: 1. End the contract and then hire them as an employee
2. Use the convert to employee task
33. What is the process that supports promotions, demotions, transfers, lateral moves as well
as changes to position data and location?
Ans: Change Job Process.
34. You cannot reorder or remove sections on the business process template.
Ans: True
36. In which Job change reason the manager or organization cannot be edited
Ans: Lateral Move\Data Change
37. What is the task used by ‘Manager’ pull an employee into their organization? Hint: This
initiation action will be allowed when the security group initiating the action does not have
direct access to the worker.
Ans: Request transfer.
39. Termination is complete in the system at midnight on the day after the termination
Ans: True
46. The Workday report writer gives you the option of creating custom reports to meet your
business requirements
Ans: True
51. Who can make the changes in the report or share the report with other users?
Ans: Report Owner
52. Who are allowed to transfer the report from one user to another user?
Ans: Report Owner and Set up Administrator
55. Each Data Source associated with primary Business Object has its own security
Ans: True
57. Where do you view/edit custom field related data for an employee
Ans: Under Additional Data
59. Which task is used to delete the temporary report in the tenant that have expired and are
eligible for deletion?
Ans: Delete Temporary Report Definitions
61. The Tab on the Report definition allows you to control the order in which data will be
presented and grouped is
Ans: Sort
Ans: Supervisory
65. You cannot hire into a supervisory organization prior to the org availability date
Ans: True
73. Workday gives you the ability to rescind reorganization task such as assign superior
Ans: True
74. Where in the supervisory organization can you limit the other organizational assignment?
Ans: Allowed Organizations
75. What is the task name to add Matrix member to the matrix organization?
Ans: Assign Matrix member
78. Can users override any inherited locale by changing it in their preferences?
Ans: Yes
87. What will happen if employee eligible for 3 allowance plan but the plans are not in
compensation package for which they are eligible?
Ans: Does not default but can select it from selection list.
88. What are 2 of the 7 compensation adjustment processes that can be initiated?
Ans:
89. Can a role based security tag to more than one org?
Ans: Yes
99. This dictates who can view / modify data w/in the domain
Ans: Domain Security Policies
100. This dictates who can participate in the business process
Ans: b.) Business Process Policies
101. Type of security group automatically assigned based on user’s job criteria
Ans: c.) Job based security group
102. Security policies designate permissions for security groups to view, or view and modify
tasks within the domain
Ans: b.) Domain Security Policy
103. Security Policies contain such securable items as initiation steps, step actions, and
actions on the process as a whole
118. Manager and member cannot be in one Supervisory Organization except the top most
Supervisory Organization?
Ans: a
119. An organization can be inactivated even if events occurred on, or after the date of the
inactivation
Ans: b
122. From the List below, which one is not an Organization Type in Workday?
Ans: c.) Project
123. Workday provides the ability to create Custom Organizations to meet your unique
business needs
Ans: a.) True
125. What are all the tasks which I can perform while reorganization?
Assign Superior
Create Subordinate
Divide Organization
Inactivate Organization
Move Workers
127. While creating organization, which organization do not required reorganization event.
Ans: e
128. Can Applicant can be present in the system before creating the supervisory
organization
Ans: Yes
Ans: Localization.
134. What are the 3 ways for a compensation change for an employee?
Ans:
136. If you are using compensation eligibility rules and default compensation from a
position, the default compensation will override the eligibility rule.
Ans: True.
142. Which report is used to see the breakdown of all the components of compensation?
Ans: Total compensation report.
146. What is the use of Reimbursable check box while creating allowance plan?
Ans: When an allowance is not being paid through payroll but through an expense
report.
Ans: a
Ans: b
Ans: a
Ans:
1.Eligibility Rule
2.Grade Profile
3.Grade
4.Salary Plan
5.Compensation Package
152. What allows you to assign worker to a different compensation Range than the
default?
153. What currency will be used if the employee has multiple currencies in his
compensation component?
154. What Business Process should be added so that Compensation Components will take
effect?
155. The system will still let you enter a base pay amount that is outside the grade’s pay
range.
Ans: .b
Ans: .Yes
159. Can you delete default definition for BP?
Ans: No
Ans: By Deny
Ans: Yes
Ans .If Role is not assigned to any employee to perform the task
Ans: Initiator
166. Report that will return all Business Processes which the sub-processes can be used
167. Business Process will not inherited if the subordinate organization has its own version
of process
Ans: True
168. For you to see related action for step such as Maintain Routing restrictions, Maintain
Condition Rules etc. what mode you should be in Business Process Definition?
169. If you want to add a sub-process, what step type will you use?
Ans: Action
Ans: False
171. How to add custom notification?
Ans: Navigate to Business Process Name’s Related Action > Business Process > Add
Notifications
172. Consolidated Approval allows user to approve or deny several previous steps as a
SINGLE action.
Ans: True
Ans: On Related Action of step > Business Process > Set as Complete.
174. It is a sequence of approvals that starts with an individual, then goes to the person’s
Manager, and on up the Management chain until it gets to the top or until some exit
condition is met.
Ans: a
Ans: c.
178. You can rescind an event such as hire when it is “In Progress”
Ans: - b
Related actions of the step -> Business Process -> Set as Completion
Ans: a
182. You can setup a rule that is executed only if a particular condition is true?
Ans: a
184. You can use which one of the below to search for a business process in the same
category?
Ans: d
185. How can you add additional approvers to an event while the business process is 'In
Progress?
Using 'Additional Approvers button' in the Business Process tool bar, work feed and
Inbox.
186. You can only create __________ number of Business Process (es) per default definition
per Supervisory Organization?
Ans: a.
Ans: No (It can be assigned to the users who have relevant security group in BP Security
Policy).
Ans: e
191. One way to find a completed Business Process is to use the Inbox slide out tab?
Ans: a
192. Can you correct a Business Process event, which is in 'In Process' status?
Ans: a
193. Business Process steps are sent to particular workers in order to complete them?
Ans: a
194. What task can be selected to configure notifications that will inform workers or their
managers about pending, due or overdue business process tasks?
Business Process step -> Business Process -> Maintain Step Delay
195. Can you use Routing Restrictions to exclude selected roles from the workflow based
on your selections?
Ans: a
196. Integration step is used to transfer the data to/from an external system?
Ans: a
Ans: b
Ans:
Ans: a
Ans: Worker Type, Time Type, Job Profile, Job Family or No job Restriction
1. What tasks would you use to edit position restrictions and worker position information?
Ans:
Applicant
Employee (or ) Contingent
Ans:
Close a Position
freeze a position
Ans: a
205. What are the two things mandatory to create job profile?
Ans: c
Ans: 1: M
207. When a worker is moved from one organization to another, the staffing model can be
different in each organization.
Ans: b
208. Which Staffing model applies hiring restriction to the entire Supervisory
Organization? Explain with steps involved there.
Select Related Action of your Supervisory Organization for which hiring restrictions need
to be set -> Organization -> Set Hiring Restrictions
210. In Position Management, a position still exists in the old Organization when a worker
together with his/her current position has been moved into a new Organization.
Ans: False
211. Changing the staffing model of a parent organization does not automatically change
the staffing model of existing subordinate organizations; you must change the staffing
model of the subordinate organization manually.
Ans: True
212. Which Staffing Model is useful for Organizations which prefers very broad
requirements?
213. Headcount Group can be closed even if there are still filled positions
Ans: False
214. Once a position or headcount group has been created, the Edit Staffing model is no
longer available.
Ans: True
Ans: True
Ans: If the Staffing model is enabled as “ Job Management” then not required to create
Position because we give hiring restrictions to the Organization level not to the individual
position level.
Ans: If I have to edit staffing model then the Navigation path would be:
Your Supervisory Org -> Related Action -> Organization -> Edit Staffing Model
Or
We can edit the staffing model using ‘Maintain Staffing Model’ task.
Ans: - c
219. In Which staffing model Positions are grouped together that have similar/same job
and compensation requirements.
Ans: b
221. If you turn on the no Job Restriction check box, a hiring restriction is not required
Ans: True
Ans C
Ans: b
Ans:
Position Management
Headcount Management
Job Management
225. Which report is used to maintain Staffing Model for multiple Supervisory
Organizations at a time?
226. Which Staffing Model is useful for Organizations which prefers more controlling?
Ans: a
227. Which Staffing models have the capability to report on Open and Filled Positions?
Ans: d
Ans: a
Ans: d
Ans: b
231. How can you identify which Staffing model has been assigned to your supervisory
Organization?
Your Supervisory Org -> Related Action -> Organization -> Edit Staffing Model (If positions
have not been created yet).
OR
Ans:
Certifications
Job Exempt
233. If a worker moved out of position and the position not going to be filled in the future,
or is no longer need, which of the below operation you need to perform?.
Ans: a.
Ans: a.
236. If you have a position that is restricted to full time only, a full time worker now wants
to work on part time. How can you make this happen?
Ans: a
Ans: a.
Ans: b.
Ans: b.
Ans: Supervisory Organization -> Staffing -> Manage Position Hiring Freeze.
Ans: a.
Ans: Supervisory Organization -> Staffing -> Manager Organization Hiring Freeze.
243. Once a Position is frozen, it will appear in which of the following tab?
Ans: b
Ans: a, c and d.
245. A Job Profile can be used when creating multiple positions so that each position will
inherit all the attributes of the Job Profile
Ans: a.