Free Practice Questions for Workday Workday-Pro-Compensation Exam

Acompensation packageis a grouping of multiple compensation plans (salary, allowances, one-time payments, bonuses, etc.).

Workday allows you tobundle one-time payment plansinto a package (e.g., relocation bonus, signing bonus).

Why not the others?

A. Retirement plan→ Benefits plans are not part of comp packages.

C. Calculated plan→ Standalone, not typically added to comp packages.

D. Future payment plan→ Not a Workday plan type.

Aseniority dynamic calculated planautomatically adjusts based onworker attributessuch as length of service.

Workday evaluates dynamic calculationsdaily, ensuring that once an employee reaches their 3-year, 6-year, or other milestone, the plan amount updates automatically without manual intervention.

Why not the others?

A. Audit report + Request Compensation Change– Unnecessary; dynamic plans do not require manual updates.

B. Schedule Automatic Step Progression– That applies tostep progression plans, not dynamic calculated plans.

C. Mass Operation Management– Used for bulk updates, but not required here because Workday auto-updates dynamic plans.

Employees requestingone-time payments for selfmay see sensitive options likeGross UporSend to Payroll.

To prevent them from updating these fields, configureOptional Fields for Request One-Time Payment for Selfand hide the checkboxes.

This limits their visibility and update access without affecting manager/HR workflows.

Why not the others?

A. Optional Fields for Request One-Time Payment→ Applies to manager/HR use, not self-service.

C. Remove Employee as Self from self-service comp domain→ Would block employees from initiating requests entirely.

D. Payroll security domain→ Payroll security doesn’t control compensation request UI fields.

The business requirement: Raise the defaultmobile allowance from $150 → $200, butkeep employees with override amounts at their current difference.

UsingSet Up Allowance Plan Adjustmentwith the optionAdjust by Same Amounts for Employees Using Overrideensures that:

The default is increased by $50.

Employees with overrides will also receive a $50 adjustment (preserving their override difference).

Why not the others?

B. Change plan amounts & rollout→ Would overwrite override amounts, losing differences.

C. Remove and rollout new plan→ Unnecessary and disruptive.

D. Adjust to New Defaults→ Would reset overrides to default, eliminating differences.

The allowance plan has adefault = $100 USD, plusprofiles for Toronto, Paris, Sydney.

Dublin (Ireland) does not have a profile yet, so Workday defaults to theplan default value.

Since the default is$100 USD, that is the value assigned at hire.

Why not the others?

A. €0 EUR→ No such rule; Workday always uses defaults when profiles are missing.

C. €80 EUR→ That’s Paris profile, not Dublin.

D. $0 USD→ Incorrect because the plan default is not zero but $100.

TheEmployee Compensation Audit reportshows, for each worker:

Assigned & eligiblecompensation components.

Unassigned but eligiblecomponents.

Assigned but ineligiblecomponents.

This makes it the primary tool for validating comp assignments against eligibility rules.

Why not the others?

A. Employee Compensation Details by Job Profile→ Focuses on job profiles, not assignment eligibility.

C. Compensation Summary→ Summary-level report, not eligibility vs. assignment detail.

D. Compensation Rule Assignment→ Shows rules applied to plans, not worker assignment detail.

Some countries (e.g., Italy, Spain) legally require employees to be paid13 or 14 times per year.

Workday supports this by using aPeriod Salary Planwith amultiplier, which allows additional months, weeks, or days of pay.

In this case, to meet the legislation for an extra month, configure theperiod salary plan with a 1-month multiplier.

Why not the others?

A. Amount-based allowance plan→ Allowances are supplemental, not designed for legislated base salary multipliers.

B. Percent-based merit plan→ Merit is performance-based, not a legislative requirement.

C. One-time payment plan→ One-time payments are ad hoc, not recurring annual extra months.

Acompensation elementin Workday is the foundational link between acompensation plan(e.g., salary, bonus, allowance) andpayroll processing.

When you assign a compensation plan (like a car allowance, bonus, or salary plan), Workday requires acompensation elementthat directly maps to apayroll earning code.

This ensures that the pay component flows into payroll correctly, appears on pay slips, and is taxable/deductible as designed.

Why not the others?

B. Requisition compensation– Job requisitions use compensation packages for recruiting, but elements are not tied to requisitions.

C. Eligibility rules– Eligibility determineswhocan receive the plan, not the element itself.

D. Benefit deductions– Those are handled bybenefit deduction elements, not compensation elements.

TheEmployee Compensation Audit reportidentifies mismatches, such as employees:

Assigned to comp plans for which they are not eligible.

Missing comp plans they should have.

It is the standard audit tool for verifying eligibility alignment with assigned compensation.

Why not the others?

B. Rollout Process report→ Tracks rollout actions, not eligibility mismatches.

C. Employees Assigned Multiple Bonus Plans→ Only checks duplicate plan assignments.

D. Compensation Spreadsheet→ Used for review/updates, not eligibility audits.