Refer to the screenshot below.
When implementing an Employee Central-integrated Variable Pay template, to which of the following does the highlighted Effective Date refer?
- A . The date published transactions are effective in Employee Central
- B . The date the system uses to pull data from Employee Central
- C . The date the program ends
- D . The date the program begins
The bonuses of all employees at your client are determined by the following results: 30% Corporate Performance. 30% Country Performance. 40% Individual Achievement. All employees have the same result for Corporate Performance, but the result for Country Performance varies based on the employee’s country. The Individual Achievement comes from a linked performance form’s overall result.
How would this be configured? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Additive plan with one Business Goal section. The Business Goal section is weighted 60% and the Individual section is weighted 40%. Within the Business Goal section, Corporate Performance is weighted 50% and Country Performance is weighted 50%
- B . Additive plan with two Business Goal sections. Corporate Performance in one Business Goal section, weighted at 30%. Country Performance in other section, weighted at 30%. Individual section weighted at 40%
- C . Additive plan with one Business Goal section. The Business Goal section is weighted 30% and the Individual section is weighted 40%. Within the Business Goal section, Corporate Performance is weighted 30% and Country Performance is weighted 30%
- D . Additive plan with one Business Goal section. The Business Goal section is weighted 60% and the Individual section is weighted 40%. Within the Business Goal section, Corporate Performance is weighted 30% and Country Performance is weighted 30%
Your customer wants to load the final results of business goals to be used in payout calculation.
What column from the business goal import file must be used to load the results of each business goal?
- A . directPayout
- B . payoutPercentTarget
- C . payoutFunctionType
- D . notes
How would you assign the same business goal to all employees in a non-EC integrated plan?
- A . Use the correct performance management form template.
- B . Use the user ID of each employee in the business goals file.
- C . Use the Manage Employee grouping.
- D . Use a common field value for all employees in the employee history file.
If the Starting Point for Manager Form Eligibility is set to "No employees are eligible", what actions can you take to include employees in the bonus plan? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Use an MDF rule instead of importing eligibility rules.
- B . Flag employees in the UDF as TRUE in COMPENSATION_ELIGIBLE.
- C . Create a rule in Manager Form Eligibility to include employees.
- D . Add employees to the history data file.
In which ways can the basis be configured in a non-EC integrated plan? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Imported from bonus plan
- B . Imported from goal management
- C . Imported from employee history
- D . Imported from user data file
A customer updated an employee’s assignment date using the employee history editor, but the proration amount remained the same in the worksheet.
How can you correct this?
- A . Update Goal Result and Update worksheets.
- B . Delete the user from their worksheet and add them back into the worksheet.
- C . Delete the existing worksheet and then launch a new set.
- D . Calculate Bonus and Update worksheets.
What task can you complete in Configure Label Names and Visibility?
- A . Change field groups.
- B . Relabel employee history fields.
- C . Create custom fields.
- D . Deactivate form sections.
The screenshot below is the entire currency conversion table. The functional currency of this customer is USD.
Which currency view modes can be used with this table?
- A . Functional only
- B . Functional, User, Planner, and Any Currency
- C . Functional and User
- D . Functional, User, and Planner
Manager form eligibility rules are written to exclude employees in specific business units. Based on this information, which setting must be enabled for the plan to include the correct employees?
- A . Enable Guideline Optimization
- B . Enable Suppress Statement
- C . All employees are eligible
- D . No employees are eligible
How is goal payout determined when using the direct payout function type?
- A . Direct payout percentage will override normal performance payout calculation.
- B . The lower amount between the direct payout percentage and the performance minimum payout percentage will be used.
- C . The higher amount between the direct payout percentage and the performance maximum payout percentage will be used.
- D . The lower amount between the direct payout percentage and the estimated target payout calculation will be used.
Your customer uses role-based permissions. The Variable Pay administrator imports the employee history data file that contains the assignment history for all employees.
What data is processed?
- A . Data for all employees when the option "Import file contains assignment history for all employees" is checked
- B . Data for employees who are in the administrator’s dynamic group
- C . Data for employees who are in the administrator’s target population
- D . Data for all employees when the option "Delete all existing records prior to importing new data" is checked
When employee profile is selected as the rating source for the Variable Pay program, which information is required for the bonus calculation? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Performance management template name
- B . EC field mapping
- C . Effective date
- D . Rating type
Your customer wants to display historical bonus payments with the current worksheet.
How can they show this information? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Define compensation period data in the compensation profile.
- B . Configure custom views in plan setup.
- C . Build an integration with the previous variable pay goal template.
- D . Create eligibility rules to pull historical data from previous plans.
Why might you use the check tool? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . To determine if goal weights are equal to 100%
- B . To determine if employees are assigned to an appropriate bonus plan
- C . To determine if custom fields are reloadable
- D . To determine inactive planners in the hierarchy
Where do you set the display order of the business goals?
- A . Bonus plan file
- B . Business goals file
- C . Business goal weights file
- D . Design Worksheet
Which field-name attributes of a variable pay background element are reserved for a specific purpose? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . dfid1
- B . ifid1
- C . vfid5
- D . ffid1
What report requires that worksheets have been launched before it will show results?
- A . Business goal performance
- B . Bonus payout
- C . Employee history gaps
- D . Employee history overlaps
A public sector company would like to pay one business goal according to the following guidelines: If the company makes profits, employees get 100% of their target payout. If the company loses $50,000, employees get 50% of their target payout. If the company loses $100,000 or more, nobody receives a payout. Finance provides administrators with the final amount on February 1 every year.
How should your customer create this interpolated business goal?
- A . Load metrics as: performanceMin=-100,000, performanceTarget=-50,000, performanceMax=0
- B . Load metrics as: performanceMin= 0, performanceTarget= 50, performanceMax= 100
- C . Use the Direct Payout function type and load 100,000 as achievement.
- D . Use the Direct Payout function type and load 40,000 as achievement.
A performance management (PM) form will be considered a match to an assignment when its period overlaps with the period of the assignment.
Which combination of conditions qualifies as "overlap"?
- A . PM form start date >= Assignment end date. Assignment start date <= PM form start date
- B . PM form start date <= Assignment start date. Assignment start date >= PM form end date
- C . PM form start date <= Assignment end date. Assignment start date <= PM form end date
- D . PM form start date <= Assignment start date. PM form end date <= Assignment end date
Your customer wants to use its business units to assign goal achievements.
What are the first steps to set up this requirement? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Define the Business Unit field in the Variable Pay Background Element XML.
- B . Import business unit data via the user data file.
- C . Import business unit data via the employee history data file.
- D . Define the Business Unit field as a department in the Succession Data Model XML.
A client has three custom fields in their templates and they want to use these fields as plan-level Executive Review filters to help with their analysis.
Which of the following is a valid configuration option for this requirement in a non-EC configuration?
- A . The fields use a lookup table to derive the data based on conditional logic and are read-only.
- B . The fields use a custom calculation and are read-only.
- C . The fields are mapped to import keys uploaded within the UDF and are read-only.
- D . The fields are mapped to import keys uploaded within the UDF and are editable.
Which Variable Pay report shows employees that have less than the full plan year of eligibility?
- A . Employee History Overlaps report
- B . Employee History Gaps report
- C . Employee History report
- D . Bonus Payout Details report
Where do you define the payout function type?
- A . Business Goal Weights
- B . Business Goals
- C . Bonus Plan
- D . Background Element
Which steps should you take to activate the Variable Pay Individual View? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
- A . Add the Variable Pay Individual View to the Succession Data Model.
- B . Select Display Live Profile View.
- C . Configure the employee files.
- D . Add the Variable Pay Individual View to the Variable Plan template.
- E . Complete the Variable Pay forms.
You have an Employee Central client who wants to calculate the basis, based on employee-specific data. From which of the following areas can you get this data? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Job information
- B . Job relationships
- C . Pay Component non-recurring
- D . Compensation information
Due to some company reorganizations and rapid career advancement, an employee at your client has the following data in Employee Central: On the Variable Pay template, there is a custom string column that is mapped to the Job Title field on the Job Information portlet in Employee Central. The Effective Date of the template is June 1, 2020. The Bonus Period is from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
What is displayed in the Job Title field when the forms are launched?
- A . Marketing Assistant
- B . Marketing Manager
- C . Sales Advisor
- D . Sales Associate
In which customer scenarios are multiple bonus plans required in a single program? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . The bonuses of different groups of employees are affected by different business goals.
- B . There is a single business goal applied to Manufacturing and Engineering, but HR is excluded from the bonus process.
- C . There are only two business goals, but the weighting of the goals varies by employee grade.
- D . In some countries, the bonus is multiplicative, while in others it is additive.
Which scenario requires the weights and mappings data file to be reimported?
- A . Change in business goal name
- B . Change in eligibility rule criteria
- C . Update in an employee’s assignment date
- D . Update in bonus cap
Which of the following fields are connected to reserved fields in the Variable Pay Background Element? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
- A . Variable Pay Program Name
- B . Basis
- C . Local Currency Code
- D . Salary
- E . Target Percentage