update(QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)
2024/2025
Which human resources (HR) practice category involves HR software
applications addressing payroll, tax administration, and benefits administration?
- ANSWER-Core HR administration
Which component of the human resources technology system is a group of
programs designed for end users? - ANSWER-Software application
How many years on average do organizations keep a core human resources
administrative application? - ANSWER-6 to 10 years
Which applications are used to track current employee numbers and the number
of work hours required to produce the goals desired by the organization? -
ANSWER-Time and attendance applications
What does an applicant tracking system (ATS) automate? - ANSWER-An ATS
automates the opening of a job requisition, defines a job role, and allows job
seekers to apply online.
What is a distributed structure that partitions programs and workloads between
back-office servers and desktop clients? - ANSWER-Client-server application
model
Which application typically runs employee reviews? - ANSWER-Performance
management applications
, A company's human resources (HR) department is preparing a list of specific
benefits for its employees to be included in nonpayroll benefits administration
applications. The employees suggest including health insurance in nonpayroll
benefits.
How should the HR department treat health insurance to comply with nonpayroll
benefits? - ANSWER-The HR department should include 100% of health insurance
in the benefits administration application.
A manufacturing facility is planning to develop a setting that helps in establishing
company-wide payroll norms. It needs information on new hires, their legal
status, supporting documents, tax withholdings, and benefits.
Which component of the payroll application will help the company maintain this
data on employees? - ANSWER-Payroll recordkeeping
The human resources (HR) manager of a company wants to streamline the
process for content creation and management. They want software that will help
in creating, receiving, tracking, managing, and storing HR documentation for
legal and policy purposes.
Which application will help the HR manager to achieve this? - ANSWER-HR
content management applications
An employee in an administrative department of a company gives birth to a child.
The baby is reliant on the employee as its mother. The employee changes the
number of dependents they have using the employee self-service application.
Which functionality of the employee self-service application did the employee
access? - ANSWER-Payroll service
A manufacturing plant wants to create and maintain a work schedule for its
employees. These schedules will have adjustments made based on absence and
leave inputs.
Which time management application should be used in completing this? -
ANSWER-Workforce scheduling applications
A payroll application is used by a multinational organization to manage payroll
data. Multiple factors, including workforce types, work environments, hours
worked, type of work, and regulations and agreements, are used to determine the
application's complexity. However, due to an error in the application, the
company was not able to meet the expectations of its employees at the end of the
month.
What is the need for the company to have a clear disaster recovery plan in this
scenario? - ANSWER-Pay employees on time