Workday-Pro-Compensation Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

A company needs a $500 monthly car allowance for its sales team, paid as a flat amount. The allowance should only be for employees in the Sales job family.

How should you configure this allowance plan?

ACreate a unit-based allowance plan, specifying the number of units and per-unit amount to total $500 monthly. Create an eligibility rule for the Sales job family and assign it to the plan.

BCreate a percent-based allowance plan, specifying the percentage of base pay to equal $500 monthly. Create an eligibility rule for the Sales job family and assign it to the plan.

CCreate an amount-based allowance plan, specifying $500 as the amount, monthly frequency. Create an eligibility rule for the Sales job family and assign it to the plan.

DCreate a reimbursable allowance plan, specifying $500 as the reimbursement amount. Create an eligibility rule for the Sales job family and assign it to the plan.

Answer : C

The requirement is a flat $500 monthly allowance for Sales employees.

Amount-based allowance plan is the correct choice since it supports fixed, recurring payments in a defined currency and frequency.

Adding an eligibility rule ensures only employees in the Sales job family are assigned this allowance.

Why not the others?

A . Unit-based allowance plan Used when pay is based on number of units (e.g., kilometers, credits), not flat amounts.

B . Percent-based allowance plan Tied to % of base pay, not a fixed dollar figure.

D . Reimbursable allowance plan Used for expense reimbursements, not recurring flat compensation.

Workday Pro Compensation Training -- Allowance Plan Types: Amount-based plans = recurring fixed amounts.

Workday Community -- Allowance Plan Configurations.

Question 2

You are creating a compensation eligibility rule. The entry you are making in the Source External Field or Condition Rule column is displaying all valid fields and eligibility rules.

How can you exclude other condition rules?

AEnter the prefix 'field:' first before your entry.

BEnclose your entry in brackets.

CEnter your search in all capital letters.

DPlace an asterisk before your entry.

Answer : A

In eligibility rule setup, the Source External Field or Condition Rule column shows both fields and condition rules.

To restrict your entry to fields only, Workday requires the prefix field:.

Example: entering field:Worker Type ensures only fields appear, excluding other condition rules.

Why not the others?

B . Brackets Not a recognized syntax.

C . All caps Doesn't change filtering behavior.

D . Asterisk Used for wildcard searches, not filtering.

Workday Pro Compensation -- Eligibility Rule Building Guide: Syntax uses prefixes such as field: to filter available options.

Workday Community -- Condition Rule Entry Best Practices.

Question 3

Refer to the following scenario to answer the question below.

A company with salaried and hourly employees has headquarters in London with additional offices in New York and Milan. What configuration allows the company to enter one total compensation amount for employees based in Milan?

AEligible Earnings Override

BManage Basis Total

CTotal Base Pay

DTotal Salary & Allowances

Answer : B

The company wants to enter one total compensation amount for Milan employees instead of entering salary, allowance, and bonus separately.

This is achieved by Manage Basis Total, which allows admins to configure total comp entry at the worker level while Workday allocates automatically across plans.

This simplifies data entry for regions where comp is communicated as a total package.

Why not the others?

A . Eligible Earnings Override Used for payroll overrides, not comp plan entry.

C . Total Base Pay Only includes salary + base pay elements, not full compensation package.

D . Total Salary & Allowances Not a standard Workday configuration option; the correct feature is Manage Basis Total.

Workday Pro Compensation -- Manage Basis Total Functionality: Used when companies pay/track one total amount for comp.

Workday Community -- European Compensation Configurations (Italy, Milan case).

Final Verified Answer: B. Manage Basis Total

Question 4

For the past four years, your company offered employees a $3,000 annual housing allowance plan. The company wants to increase this plan to $3,500 annually and make sure the existing employees on the plan get the new amount granted to them.

How would you make this change so that new and existing employees receive the new amount?

ACreate a new housing allowance plan for the new amount and add it to the compensation package.

BEdit the allowance plan with the new effective date and change the Plan Amount.

CRun the Set Up Allowance Plan Adjustment task to change the amount and indicate that you want to adjust to new defaults for the employees.

DUse the Request Compensation Change process for the existing employees to edit the allowance plan to reflect the new amount.

Answer : C

To increase the housing allowance plan from $3,000 $3,500 and update both new and existing employees:

Use Set Up Allowance Plan Adjustment with option Adjust to New Defaults.

This updates all employees on the plan to the new standard amount while ensuring future hires also default to the updated value.

Why not the others?

A . Create a new plan Creates unnecessary duplication, complicating reporting.

B . Edit the allowance plan directly Updates default for future, but not current employees.

D . Request Compensation Change per employee Manual, time-consuming, not scalable.

Workday Pro Compensation -- Allowance Plan Adjustments: ''Adjust to New Defaults'' is the method to update current assignments.

Question 5

An employee is transferring from one supervisory organization to another and they are subject to compensation change.

What compensation business process will the Change Job transaction trigger?

APropose Compensation Offer

BRequest Compensation Change

CPropose Compensation Hire

DPropose Compensation Change

Answer : D

When an employee undergoes a Change Job (e.g., transferring between supervisory orgs), Workday triggers the Propose Compensation Change business process if compensation is impacted.

This allows HR/Comp to adjust salary, allowances, or other plans based on the new job/org details.

Why not the others?

A . Propose Compensation Offer Used during hire/recruiting offers, not job changes.

B . Request Compensation Change Typically a standalone process, not triggered automatically by Change Job.

C . Propose Compensation Hire Used at hire events, not transfers.

Workday Pro Compensation -- Business Process Integration: Change Job triggers Propose Compensation Change when comp changes are required.

Workday Community -- Change Job & Compensation Flow.

Question 6

Refer to the following scenario to answer the question below.

A company pays its employees a monthly allowance. Plan targets are dependent on plan profile eligibility rules. There are 100 different types of plan profiles, each with a specific target amount for the eligible population. Sample plan profile eligibility criteria include:

Job Family = Human Resources $50 USD

Job Family = Sales $70 USD

Job Family and Country = Human Resources / Australia $78 AUD

Job Family and Country = Sales / Australia $110 AUD

The HR administrator has made some changes to the Sales job family. The job family now contains the job profile Sales Analyst. When accessing the Employee Compensation Audit report, what column will highlight the allowance plan for the Sales Analyst?

AThis plan won't appear on the report

BAssigned Eligible Compensation Components

CUnassigned Eligible Compensation Components

DAssigned Ineligible Compensation Components

Answer : C

The Employee Compensation Audit Report highlights mismatches between eligibility rules and actual assignments.

Since Sales Analyst is part of Sales job family but eligibility rules may not yet reflect this new job profile, the allowance plan appears under Unassigned Eligible Compensation Components meaning the employee is eligible but has not yet been assigned the component.

Why not the others?

A . Won't appear It will appear, because Sales job family has a profile.

B . Assigned Eligible Compensation Components Only if already assigned.

D . Assigned Ineligible Compensation Components Not correct, because Sales Analyst job profile makes them eligible.

Workday Pro Compensation -- Audit Reporting: Explains difference between Assigned Eligible, Unassigned Eligible, and Assigned Ineligible.

Workday Community -- Compensation Audit Report Usage.

Question 7

Refer to the following scenario to answer the question below.

An employee who works in Mexico City has a grade profile assigned to them with the following setup:

Grade: 7

Base Pay Elements: Base Pay, 13th Month

Eligibility Rules: Location - Mexico City

Currency: MXN

Frequency: Annual

Total Base Pay

Minimum: 700,000 MXN (40,961 USD)

Maximum: 1,800,000 MXN (105,328 USD)

Midpoint: 1,250,000 MXN (73,145 USD)

You need to include a family allowance in Mexico employees' total base pay. How will you achieve this?

AUpdate the Base Pay Elements field on the Mexico grade profiles to include the family allowance compensation element.

BCreate a custom compensation basis for Mexico employees and include all salary plans, period salary plans, and the family allowance plan.

CUse the Put Eligible Earnings Override EIB to include the family allowance amount.

DCreate a compensation element group with the family allowance. The compensation element group is not assigned to the grade, but is used for reporting purposes.

Answer : A

Base Pay Elements on a grade profile determine which compensation plans/elements are included in Total Base Pay.

In this scenario, Mexico employees already have Base Pay + 13th Month included. To ensure Family Allowance is also counted as part of total base pay, you must add the family allowance element directly in the Base Pay Elements field of the Mexico grade profile.

This way, when Workday calculates total base pay, it aggregates all specified components.

Why not the others?

B . Create custom compensation basis Useful for reporting/eligibility but not tied to grade profile definitions of total base pay.

C . Put Eligible Earnings Override EIB This is a data load tool, not a configuration solution.

D . Compensation element group Groups are for reporting or eligibility, but they don't define which plans contribute to total base pay.

Workday Pro Compensation -- Compensation Grades Guide: Base Pay Elements define what counts toward total base pay.

Workday Community -- Grade Profile Configuration: Adding allowance elements ensures they roll into base pay calculations.

Final Verified Answer: A. Update the Base Pay Elements field on the Mexico grade

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