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When automatically assigning an employee ID, the system uses the next number as indicated in a field from which table?
Installation Table
Company Table
Job Code Table
Job Data



A Comp Rate Code can NOT be assigned to an employee...
directly on the employee's job data record
through the Salary Grade/Step Table
through the Pay Group Table
through the Job Code Table



The Primary Permission List Preferences component defines system defaults for your users and needs to be set up for all your Primary Permission Lists in PeopleSoft Human Resources.
True
False



When you hire or maintain employee data in the system you are writing to:
Defaulting Tables
Transaction Tables
Control Tables
Translate Tables



As you drill down through the different levels, a trail appears that shows the path you've selected to get to a particular point.  You can select any level in this trail to navigate directly back to a given level. This trail is called:
Footpath
Cookie crumbs
Menu trail
Breadcrumbs



You can save your data any time during the hire process.
True
False



What PeopleSoft table do you use to identify a group of employees that share common pay characteristics?
Pay Group Table
Salary Grade Tables
Salary Plan Table
Comp Rate Code Table



Choose the best definition for History row:
The row that has the highest effective date, less
than or equal to the system date

All the rows with an effective date less than the system date
All the rows with an effective date less than the current row's effective date
None of the above



Which of the following fields does NOT default from the Department table to the employee job data level?
Business Unit
Location
Manager ID
Company



The system uses the Standard Hours field in conjuction with which other field to calculate full time equivalence(FTE) to prorate hours and hourly rates?
Work Period
Pay Frequency
Work day Hours
Compensation Frequency



Explain the retrieval process to view a person's Personal Data:
Compensate Employees, Administer Workforce(GBL), Use, Personal Data

Compensate Employees, Administer Workforce(GBL), Use, Personal Data

Develop Workforce, Administer Workforce(GBL),Use, Personal Data

Administer Workforce, Administer Workforce(GBL),Use, Personal Data




When entering a name in a formatted name field, the PeopleSoft naming format is:
LastName,FirstName Middle Initial
FirstName MiddleInitial LastName
LastName FirstName Middle Initial
FirstName,MiddleInitial,LastName



Which action type would you use to view the entire job history of an employee?
Update/Display
Add
Correct History
Include History



What should you do when you no longer want to use a row of information on an effective-dated table?
Access the record in Correct History mode and       
change the status to Inactive

Insert a new effective-dated row and change the status to Inactive

Change the description field to state that this code is no longer active

Purge the data from the system



Which field in the Job Data component is required in order to enter values such as Department, Job Code or Salary Plan at the employee level?
Regulatory Region
Company
Business Unit
None of these fields are required to enter the above mentioned values.



Which are the three types of effective-dated rows?
History, Present, Future
History, Current, Future
Past, Current, Future
Past, Present, Future



Translate Values are set up in which of the following menu groups?
Define Business Rules, Define General Options
PeopleTools, Application Designer
PeopleTools, Utilities
Define Business Rules, Manage Human Resources



Choose the best answer. How would you enter two job actions effective the same date for an employee (such as a transfer and a promotion)?
Insert two rows using the same effective date and differentiate each transaction by using an effective sequence number

Insert one row and group the transactions together under the same job action of Data Change to encompass both events on the same row

Use the Concurrent Job component to record the       
second transaction

You need to enter different transactions with       
different effective dates




A Pay Group can default to the employee job data level from which table?
Installation Table
Company Table
Department Table
Job Code Table



Where is the Row Security Permission List defined?
Tree Manager
Configuration Manager
Application Designer
User Profile



Which is not a default option from the Primary Permission List Preferences table?
Standard Hours
Country
Compensation Frequency
Currency
Company
Business Unit



Inserting a row into an effective-dated table causes all the existing data to be copied to the new row.
True
False



Choose the best answer. Which of the following is used to save data entry time and to help ensure the validity and integrity of your data?
Effective Dates
Predefined Reports
Action Types
System Defaults



Which criteria must be met in order for salary step rate codes to default to the employee job level?
The Multi-Step Grade checkbox must be selected on the Installation table AND the salary plan needs to be associated with the employee's work location.
The Multi-Step Grade checkbox must be selected on the Installation Table
The Multi-Step Grade checkbox must be selected on the Installation table AND the salary step needs to be associated with the employee's job code.
The salary plan needs to be associated with the employee's work location.
The Salary Step needs to be associated with the employee's job code



Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Translate Table and its values?
Each database contains one Translate Table
The data you store in the Translate Table changes often

Values stored in the Translate Table are between one and four characters in length

This table comes with a wide range of information already defined
The translate values are effective dated
The Translate Table functions as an all-purpose data dictionary to store values for fields that do not require an individual prompt table



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