Sample Peoplesoft HCM Function interview/certificate questions
A data entry operator has five pieces of information for one employee that must be put into the system. Each action occurs on the same date and they are entered into the system as follows: 1 - February 14, 2003 - Reorganization 2 - February 14, 2003 - Promotion 3 - February 14, 2003 - Pay Rate Change 4 - February 14, 2003 - Data Change 5 - February 14, 2003 - Transfer. What is the fourth row that is displayed after the data entry is completed?
Data Change
Reorganization
Promotion (*)
Transfer
Pay Rate Change
When working on a conversion, what does PeopleSoft recommend you use as the initial effective dates on the Job Code Table?
use 01/01/1900 use the date of your conversion
accommodate your longest active tenured employee
accommodate your longest tenured employee (*)
You have just added a new department to the Department Table. It is active and its effective date is less than today's date. When you try to transfer an employee to that department on an inserted row with today's date, the new department is NOT showing up. How can you resolve this issue?
run the Refresh Employees Table Process
add the department to the active Department Security Tree (*)
run the Update Department Security Tree Process
manually type in the department in the Department field and select Save from the Icon menu
Change the effective date of the record to match the effective date of the new department
You are helping the Compensation department set up the Job Code Table. Which three tables are associated with the Job Code Table and therefore should be set up prior to setting up the Job Code Table? (Choose three.)
Salary Plan Table (*)
Job Function Table (*)
Job Description Table
SetID Table (*)
Job Hazard Table
What are four security solutions that are delivered with PeopleSoft? (Choose four.)
Fast Security 4
Fast Security 3 (*)
Location Security
Fast Security 2 (*)
Company Security
Department Security (*)
Fast Security 1 (*)
For the action of Short Term Disability, what is the resulting employee status?
Active
Termination
Leave of Absence (*)
Leave with Pay
Suspension
A company wants you to set the dependent age limit to 19 for all benefits. Which table should you use?
Benefit Plan Table
Calculation Rules Table
Dependent/Beneficiary Table
Benefit Program Table (*)
Which table has SetID as a high-level key?
Business Unit Table
Location Table (*)
Job Profile Table
Comp Rate Code Table
Company Table
Where do you enter default values that are specific to a PeopleSoft user?
Business Unit Options Defaults
Location Table
Installation Table
Org Defaults by Permission List (*)
User Profiles Component
A customer wants to set up a vacation plan and have the ability to track the vacation balances. Which three tables must be set up before you can track the vacation balances? (Choose three.)
Calculation Rules Table
Provider/Vendor Table (*)
Earnings Table (*)
Deduction Table
Benefit Program Table (*)
On the Job Earnings Distribution Page, what are three ways you can distribute the employee's compensation? (Choose three.)
to a different Company
to a different Department (*)
to a different Job Codes and/or Position (*)
to a different Pay Group
to a different General Ledger Type (*)
Which HRMS module does NOT use the Group Build functionality?
Payroll (*)
Training Administration
Total Compensation Reporting
Variable Compensation
Salary Planning
A customer asks you to set up a medical plan on the Benefit Plan Table. Which table must you set up first?
Flat Rate Table
Calculation Rules Table
Health Plan Table
Plan Specific Table
Provider/Vendor Table (*)
Which statement is true when processing benefits with multiple jobs?
For each benefit record number, one job must be designated as the primary job. (*)
Benefit deductions are taken from all paychecks associated with the same benefit record number
Each benefit record number must be unique.
Each job must be assigned a unique benefit record number.
Your client has seasonal workers and wants to base the annual compensation rate on 125 work days per year. On which table do you define this requirement?
Comp Rate Table
Frequency Table (*)
Job Code Table
Installation Table
Default Frequency Table
A company has many employees who have two jobs. They want their employees to enroll in their benefits programs only once, instead of once per job. To accomplish this, they must use the same _____ for both jobs.
Employee Record Number
Benefits Program
Pay Run ID
Pay Group
Benefits Record Number (*)
Which deduction classification is used to set up a savings plan employer before-tax match?
Before-Tax
Nontaxable Before-Tax Benefit (*)
Nontaxable Benefit
After-Tax
Taxable Benefit
Which table is used to add additional plan types to the database?
Benefit Program Table
Benefit Plan Table
Plan Specific Table
Translate Table (*)
Plan Type Table
When building a Benefit Program, which four fields are in the Option section? (Choose four.)
Option Type (*)
Benefit Plan (*)
Self-Service Configuration
Deduction Code (*)
Calc Table ID
Coverage Code (*)
An employee has a current row with the action of Promotion with an effective date of June 6, 2002. The human resources administrator then receives a personnel change form that states the employee should have received a merit increase as of March 1, 2002. What action type does the administrator use to insert the Merit Increase row?
Update/Display All
Correct History (*)
Update/Display
Add
Include History
Which table has SetID as a high-level key?
Comp Rate Code Table
Job Profile Table
Company Table
Job Code Table (*)
Regulatory Region Table
Where do you define user related defaults?
Department Security Tree
Org Defaults By Permissions Table (*)
Row Security Table
Roles Table
Business Unit Options Defaults Table
You have been asked to set up the Job Code Table. Which two foundation tables should you set up initially? (Choose two.)
Pay Group Table
SetID Table (*)
Salary Plan Table (*)
Career Plan Table
Job Description Table
Which table is considered an Implementation Processing Rules and Default Table?
Establishment Table
Business Unit Table
Set ID Table
TableSet Control Table
Installation Table (*)
How can the Location Table impact an employee's compensation?
Salary grades are defaulted from the Location Table
Salary plans are defaulted from the Location Table. (*)
Compensation is not affected by the Location Table.
Comp rate codes are set up on the Location Table.
You have been asked to participate in a fit/gap analysis for the Payroll module. You have never participated in a fit/gap before. Which three questions are part of a fit/gap analysis for Payroll? (Choose three.)
What are the names and addresses of the company's benefit providers?
Does the company currently offer savings plans? (*)
How do you collect time information for your employees? (*)
How many Job Codes does your company currently have?
How many earnings types does your organization have? (*)
A data entry clerk is processing a new hire. He is about to enter data into the Supervisor ID field and finds it has already been populated. On which table was this default set?
Department Table (*)
Location Table
Paygroup Table
Org Defaults by Permission List Table
Job Code Table
A company has a maximum coverage of $1,000,000 over all life insurance plans.
The maximum coverages for the company are: Life - $500,000 Supplemental Life - $400,000 AD/D - $300,000 If an employee selects the maximum coverages for each life insurance plan, what will be the saved coverages for each plan type?
Life - $500,000; Supplemental Life - $400,000; AD/D - $300,000
Life - $500,000; Supplemental Life - $400,000; AD/D - $100,000 (*)
Life - $333,333; Supplemental Life - $333,333; AD/D - $333,333
Life - $500,000; Supplemental Life - $200,000; AD/D - $300,000
Life - $300,000; Supplemental Life - $400,000; AD/D - $300,000
How should you inactivate an Effective-dated row in a foundation table?
using Add, insert a new row with an effective date greater than Current row
using Correct History, change the status to Inactive
insert a new row and change the effective status to Inactive (*)
verify that there are no references to the value in any other tables, then delete the row
change the values on all records that use this row, then delete it
Which employees appear on the BEN733 - Base Benefits Audit Report?
all employees not enrolled in a benefits program
employees with dependents signed up for benefits
employees younger than 16 years old (*)
employees with spouses signed up for benefits
employees with multiple job records
Which pay component comprises the Compensation Rate on the Job Table?
Annual Benefits Base Rate
Non-Base Pay
Rate Code Group
Non-Base Supplemental Pay
Base Pay (*)
An employee has been promoted and you are adding the new Job row to his record. When you try to enter the Job Code, it does not show up in the prompt table search results. What are three possible causes of this problem? (Choose three.)
The effective date on the Job Code is greater than the effective date on the Job row. (*)
The Job Code has no salary plan or grade associated with it.
Your security does not include access to the Job Code's SetID. (*)
The SetID of the Job Code is different from the SetID assigned to the employee's Business Unit on the TableSet Control Table (*)
Which PeopleSoft-delivered benefit plan types are assigned to 30 through 39?
life insurance plans
health plans
disability plans (*)
pension plans
leave plans
The PeopleSoft system is configured to allow partial deductions and deduction arrears. An employee has net pay of $300 and deductions totaling $500. Which partial deduction is taken?
$400
$0
$300 (*)
$200
$500
On which benefits setup table do you associate health plans and providers?
Benefit Plan Table (*)
Deduction Table
Health Plan Table
Benefit Program Table
Provider/Vendor Table
Which PeopleSoft-delivered benefit plan types are assigned to 20 through 29?
life insurance plans (*)
health plans
disability plans
leave plans
pension plans
The dependent age limit is 19 for all benefits. Which table should you use to exclude disabled dependents from the age limit?
Benefit Program Table (*)
Calculation Rules Table
Dependent/Beneficiary Table
Benefit Plan Table
What three elements of a benefit deduction are specified on either the benefit plan or plan specific tables? (Choose three)
how often to take the deduction
a calculation routine for the deduction (*)
vendor information for payment of the deduction
the deduction code (*)
the priority of the deduction
how to handle arrears for the deduction
You are going to set up a long term disability plan. Which plan type group should you use?
5X
9X
LTD
3X (*)
A company has a maximum coverage of $1,000,000 over all life insurance plans. The maximum coverage for each plan is: Life - $600,000 Supplemental Life - $300,000 AD/D - $300,000 If an employee selects the maximum coverages for each life insurance plan, what will be the saved coverages for each plan type?
Life - $600,000; Supplemental Life - $300,000; AD/D - $300,000
Life - $600,000; Supplemental Life - $300,000; AD/D - $100,000 (*)
Life - $333,333; Supplemental Life - $333,333; AD/D - $333,333
Life - $400,000; Supplemental Life - $300,000; AD/D - $300,000
Life - $600,000; Supplemental Life - $100,000; AD/D - $300,000
You are setting up a new medical plan that requires employee deductions from pay. Where do you set up the sequencing of the deductions so that this deduction is taken before all others?
Medical Plan Table
Benefit Plan Table
Deduction Table (*)
Calculation Rules Table
Benefit Program Table
Many businesses are moving valuable, high-profile employees with sought-after skills across borders to where they are needed most. What is the official name for these employees?
foreign assignees
foreign country nationals
expatriates (*)
remote workers
multinational employees
global workers
Which delivered table is a consolidation of employee information from different transaction tables?
Person Table
Employment Table
Consolidated Employee List Table
Employees Table (*)
Job Table
In the PeopleSoft 8.8 Internet Architecture, what is the static information at the top of the page called?
Favorites
Breadcrumbs
Universal Navigation Header (*)
Menu Bar
Components
Which statement is true about an Effective-dated row?
It can be modified only using Correct History.
It copies all data to the new inserted row, including the effective date.
It copies all data to the new inserted row, except the effective date. (*)
An existing row can be modified using Update/Display if the effective date is equal to system date
Despite advice from various consulting firms, a local company wants to pay its employees 13 times a year. They currently pay their employees monthly. What can the company do to pay its employees 13 times a year?
set up a pay frequency with an annualization factor of 12 and a pay frequency with an annualization of 1 and combine them in Payroll
set up a pay frequency with an annualization factor of 13 (*)
It is not possible to set up a pay frequency greater than 12.
run the last payroll of the year twice
set up the annualization frequency with a pay factor of 13
Which components of Multiple Components of Pay comprise the Comprate field on the Job record?
Shift components, Supplemental Pay components, and components with the Base Pay checkbox selected
U.S. Dollar Base components only
components with the Base Pay checkbox selected (*)
components with the Base Pay checkbox selected and the Shift checkbox selected
all components
You have just added a new department to the Department Table. It is active and its effective date is less than today's date. When you try to transfer an employee to that department on an inserted row with today's date, the new department is NOT showing up. How can you resolve this issue?
add the department to the active Department Security Tree (*)
run the Update Department Security Tree Processed
change the effective date of the record to match the effective date of the new department
manually type in the department in the Department field and select Save from the icon menu
run the Refresh Employees Table Process
Which table is NOT set up within the Workforce Administration module?
Competency Table (*)
Volunteer Organizations Table
Action/Reason Table
Visa Permit Table
Title Table
Which three HCM product modules are included in the PeopleSoft HRMS Release Notes? (Choose three.)
HRMS Portal Pack (*)
Resource Management
Global Payroll (*)
Recruiting and Admissions
Human Resources (*)
Promotions Management Today is January 1, 2003.
Operator A has only update/display access to the Job Data component. Operator A needs to correct the Job Code on EMPLID 10500 job row dated March 12, 2002. Operator A asks the supervisor why he is NOT allowed to make this change. Why can't Operator A perform this correction?
The supervisor needs to add Operator A to a different permission list.
The effective sequence on the row is equal to one.
The row with effective date March 12, 2002 is the current row for EMPLID 10500 (*)
Operator A can correct history only
Your client is upgrading from HRMS 7.5 to HRMS 8.8 and is not happy about the removal of the Personal_Data Table. They want to retain this table for use and remove it when they upgrade to HRMS Release 9. What is PeopleSoft's recommended approach?
engage PGS to customize the upgrade scripts to retain the table
customize the upgrade scripts to retain the table
have the client apply the PERSONAL_DATA_RECALL project (*)
stay on HRMS 7.5 until HRMS 9 is released
Which common reporting table is used by many PeopleSoft delivered reports, such as PER002-Employee Birthdays and PER005-Employees on Leave of Absence?
Pers Data Effdt Table
Employees Table (*)
Employment Table
Personal Data Table
What are three security solutions that are delivered with PeopleSoft? (Choose three.)
Fast Security 3 (*)
Location Security
Department Security (*)
Company Security
Fast Security 2 (*)
Which five tables store the data from the hire process? (Choose five.)
Name (*)
Department
Business Unit
Employment (*)
Benefits Program Participation (*)
Competencies
Job (*)
Person (*)