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Workday HCM Core Questions and Answers
What is the name of the icon that allows you to view information
or perform tasks on a landing page?
Ans: Application
True or False: Search allows you to use partial searches,
abbreviations, and misspelled words.
Ans: False
What is the name and location of the icon you should select when
you want to act on or make changes to an object?
Ans: Related Actions icon
True or False: Security and Business Processes are considered
cross applications and impact all Workday solutions.
Ans: True
What is the primary organizational structure within Workday
HCM?
Ans: Supervisory
Which of the following are changes that can be made to
supervisory organizations?
A. Create Subordinate
B. Dividing Organization
C. Assign Superior
D. Inactivate Organization
E. All of the above
Ans: E. All of the above
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True or False: All workers in a supervisory organization must be
assigned to the same company.
Ans: False
True or False: If a worker changes positions, any roles assigned to
them will follow them to the new position.
Ans: False
How are workers included in a location hierarchy?
Ans: By being hired or contracted into a particular location that is
included within a location hierarchy
Which organization type groups workers based on a Tax ID?
Ans: Company
Which staffing model has the most control? Why?
Ans: Position management - you can set different hiring restrictions on
each position.
Which staffing model is the most flexible? Why?
Ans: Job management - No positions are needed and the hiring
restrictions apply to everyone.
True or False: Staffing models can be easily changed at any time
following deployment.
Ans: False
Where are hiring restrictions set when using a Job Management
staffing model?
Ans: On the supervisory organization
True or False: When hiring restrictions are set on a supervisory
org using Job Management, they have no impact on who can be
hired or contracted into the organization.
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Workday HCM Core Questions and Answers
What is the name of the icon that allows you to view information
or perform tasks on a landing page?
Ans: Application
True or False: Search allows you to use partial searches,
abbreviations, and misspelled words.
Ans: False
What is the name and location of the icon you should select when
you want to act on or make changes to an object?
Ans: Related Actions icon
True or False: Security and Business Processes are considered
cross applications and impact all Workday solutions.
Ans: True
What is the primary organizational structure within Workday
HCM?
Ans: Supervisory
Which of the following are changes that can be made to
supervisory organizations?
A. Create Subordinate
B. Dividing Organization
C. Assign Superior
D. Inactivate Organization
E. All of the above
Ans: E. All of the above
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True or False: All workers in a supervisory organization must be
assigned to the same company.
Ans: False
True or False: If a worker changes positions, any roles assigned to
them will follow them to the new position.
Ans: False
How are workers included in a location hierarchy?
Ans: By being hired or contracted into a particular location that is
included within a location hierarchy
Which organization type groups workers based on a Tax ID?
Ans: Company
Which staffing model has the most control? Why?
Ans: Position management - you can set different hiring restrictions on
each position.
Which staffing model is the most flexible? Why?
Ans: Job management - No positions are needed and the hiring
restrictions apply to everyone.
True or False: Staffing models can be easily changed at any time
following deployment.
Ans: False
Where are hiring restrictions set when using a Job Management
staffing model?
Ans: On the supervisory organization
True or False: When hiring restrictions are set on a supervisory
org using Job Management, they have no impact on who can be
hired or contracted into the organization.
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