Workday-Pro-Talent-and-Performance Workday Pro Talent and Performance Exam Questions and Answers

To allow other users (besides the direct manager) to rate competencies:

UseGet Additional Reviewers for Performance Review→ allows nominating additional evaluators.

Then useComplete Additional Evaluation for Performance Review→ routes the evaluation step to the selected additional reviewers.

Incorrect options mix up “Additional Manager” with “Additional Reviewer.” Managers are a subset, but to include broader participants, the correct subprocesses areReviewers + Evaluation.

In the scenario, each worker’s goal must fall under one of three groupings:Innovation, Financial, Productivity.

These groupings are set up usingGoal Categories.

TheMaintain Goal Categoriestask allows administrators to define these categories and enforce categorization for goal entry.

Incorrect options:

Configure Goals in Review section→ affects reviews, not groupings.

Configure Organization Goals section→ applies to enterprise-level goals, not categorization.

Configure Talent Tags task→ defines tags used for reporting, not enforced groupings.

To configureSkills Cloudas theprimary source for skill searches, you use theMaintain Skills and Experience Setuptask.

This task controls whether Workday tenant prioritizes Skills Cloud suggestions and searches versus custom skill libraries.

Incorrect options:

Maintain Skill Item Categories→ categorizes skills, not source priority.

Maintain Skill Vendors→ used for external vendor integrations.

Maintain Skills→ used for creating/editing skills but not selecting Skills Cloud as the default.

Organizational goals are tied togoal periods, which define the timeframe (e.g., annual, multi-year, or in this case, a five-year cycle).

When the current five-year period ends, you must create anew goal periodin order to define the next cycle of organizational goals.

The other tasks do not apply here:

Maintain Goal Categories→ defines groupings such as Innovation, Financial, Productivity, but does not manage timeframes.

Maintain Goal Payout Bands→ used for goal-linked compensation or incentive payouts.

Maintain Goal Completion Statuses→ manages status labels such as “Not Started, In Progress, Complete,” not periods.

Therefore, to establish the next five-year organizational goal cycle, you use theMaintain Goal Periodstask.

Dynamic Talent Poolsautomatically determine membership by using the results of asaved search.

This allows pool membership to update as workers meet or no longer meet the search criteria.

Incorrect options:

Compare Workers report→ used for side-by-side comparison, not pool membership.

Manual selection→ applies to static pools, not dynamic.

Custom report→ not the driver; Workday specifically requires saved searches for dynamic pools.

TheApplies Tofield on the Employee Review Template determines which population is eligible for the review.

To restrict the 90-Day Check-In template so that it only applies tonew hires after 90 days, you configure theApplies Tocriteria accordingly (e.g., based on hire date relative to review launch date).

Incorrect options:

Review Type→ categorizes reviews (annual, quarterly, etc.), but does not restrict worker population.

Period Start/End Dates→ define review timeframe, not eligibility rules.

Layout Override→ controls template layout, not applicability.

Static Talent Poolsallowmanual addition and removalof members.

Privatemeans the pool is only visible to the creator and not shared with others.

Therefore, aPrivate Static Talent Poollets talent partners create their own pools, manage membership manually, and keep them unshared.

Incorrect options:

Dynamic Pools→ membership is controlled by saved searches, not manual additions.

Restricted Pools→ visibility is limited to certain groups but still shared, not completely private.

To prevent managers from receiving Inbox tasks during calibration, you configure theAwait Calibration Completion service stepin theComplete Manager Evaluation BP.

This holds manager evaluation tasks until calibration is finalized.

Incorrect options:

To Do step in Launch Calibration→ only provides reminders, does not prevent tasks.

Update Performance Review Ratings step→ allows updates after calibration but doesn’t prevent tasks.

Shared Participation step→ controls collaboration in calibration, not blocking Inbox tasks.

Behavioral indicatorscan be tied to proficiency rating levels on a competency to describe expected behaviors at each level.

These indicators are assigned byJob Profile.

Other options (Supervisory Organization, Management Level, Talent Pool) are not used to define behavioral indicators.

Linking by Job Profile allows organizations to customize behaviors expected for different roles.

In a performance review event spanning multiple months, Workday determines which manager should receive the evaluation step.

The optionManager for Majority of Eventensures that the manager who supervised the employee for thelongest portion of the review period(in this case, January–August) is the one who receives the task.

Incorrect options:

A. Manager → routes to current manager by default, not historical.

C. Matrix Manager → used for matrix org relationships, not standard review.

D. Primary Manager → is the current primary manager at the time of launch.

This scenario deals withtesting a Performance Review event that includes calibrations. Since the goals are not populating as expected, you need toreset the process correctly before fixing the configuration.

Here’s why the correct choice isMass Rescind – Start Performance Review (including subprocesses):

Rescind vs Cancel

Rescind: Completelyremoves the business process instanceand all of its subprocesses from the system as if it never occurred. This is the proper action duringtesting, because it clears the data and lets you start fresh with corrected configuration.

Cancel: Stops the process, but leaves historical records behind. This is not ideal for configuration testing, because it doesn’t fully reset the process state.

Why Start Performance Review only (not Calibration)

Calibration events are tied to performance reviews. If you rescind theperformance review, the associated calibration processes are also cleared.

If you attempt to rescind or cancel both Performance Review and Calibration separately, it can cause unnecessary complications.

Why including subprocesses

Performance Review has multiplesubprocesses(e.g., goal population, manager review, employee self-evaluation, calibration triggers).

To fully clear the faulty test run, you must include all subprocesses; otherwise, remnants of the process remain in-progress and may block future testing.

Incorrect Options Explained

A. Mass Rescind (Performance Review + Calibration, no subprocesses)→ Wrong, because calibration rescinds automatically when you rescind the review, and leaving out subprocesses creates incomplete cleanup.

C. Mass Cancel (Performance Review + Calibration, with subprocesses)→ Wrong, becauseCanceldoes not fully reset configuration testing.

D. Mass Cancel (Performance Review only, no subprocesses)→ Wrong, same reason:Cancelis insufficient, and leaving subprocesses active breaks cleanup.

References

Workday Pro Talent & Performance Study Guide – Calibration & Performance Reviews:“When testing configuration errors, rescind the performance review with all subprocesses. Do not cancel, as this preserves process history and does not allow a clean retest.”

ERP Cloud Training – Workday Performance Review & Calibration:“Rescind clears all subprocesses linked to the review, including calibration. Cancel only halts the process without fully removing it.”

Workday Community Documentation – Mass Business Process Actions:Confirms thatRescind fully clears test data, while Cancel leaves records intact.

Before creating a review template, you must define thesection typesavailable in reviews.

Since the template requirestwo different goal sections (professional and personal), you must configure them asEmployee Review Section Types.

Incorrect options:

A. Maintain Goal Periods → defines timeframes, not template sections.

C. Maintain Goal Setup → configures goal rules, not review template sections.

D. Maintain Employee Review Setup → overall setup but does not define section types.