SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP SuccessFactors Compensation Q1/2017 Sample Questions:

1. An employee's planner has changed and you need to assign the employee to a different compensation form. When importing the User Data File (UDF). Which option must you select to reflect this change?
Please choose the correct answer.
Response:

A) Move user's compensation data from old manager to current manager.
B) Add new member to compensation form.
C) Automatic En Route document transfer to new manager.
D) Automatic inbox document transfer to new manager.

2. You configure the following salary rule in the compensation plan template XML.
< comp-salary-rule benchmark="range-penetration" useFor="merit"
actionOnExceed="disallow"><comp-salary-rule-threshold>100.0</comp-salary-rule-threshold><message
-on-exceed><![CDATA[
You have exceeded the maximum of the salary range.
]]></message-on-exceed></comp-salary-rule>
On the compensation worksheet, a planner enters a merit increase, which puts the employee's final salary over the maximum for the salary range. How does the system behave?
Response:

A) A popup message asks the planner if the exceeded amount should be assigned to lump sum. The planner can save the merit recommendation by selecting "Cancel" in the pop-up message.
B) A popup message asks the planner if the exceeded amount should be assigned to lump sum. The planner cannot save the merit increase by selecting "Cancel" in the pop-up message.
C) The rule alerts the planner that the range penetration threshold has been exceeded and the merit field text turns red. The planner saves the merit recommendation.
D) The rule prevents the planner from saving the merit increase. The planner must go back and change their merit recommendation.

3. In Admin Tools, you configure a merit budget based on a percentage of the current salary. In the 'Based
On' dropdown option you select 'User'. How would you define the budget percentage?
Please choose the correct answer.
Choose one:

A) Assign a percentage to each user in the Budget Assignment section.
B) Use default percentage for all users.
C) Import a percentage for each employee in the user data file (UDF).
D) Assign each user to a budget group and then assign group percentages.

4. You use date-based proration and you do NOT include dates in the user data file (UDF) for an employee.
What dates does the system use to calculate the proration percent? Please choose the correct answer.
Response:

A) The review start date and review end date configured in the compensation template.
B) January 1 to December 31 of the current year.
C) The start date and end date of the customer's fiscal year.
D) The start date and end date of the compensation worksheet.

5. Your customer has the following requirements for their compensation plan:
1 . Use a hard stop in the customer's guidelines
2 . Display only the high and low values in the compensation worksheet.
3 . Display a prompt message to planners if they go outside of the high/low values.
Which guideline rule settings must you set to fulfill these requirements?
Please choose the correct answer.
Response:

A) <comp-guideline-pattern>low-high</comp-guideline-pattern>Hard Limit: Yes High/Low Action: Warn
B) <comp-guideline-pattern>min-max</comp-guideline-pattern>HardLimit: Yes High/Low Action: Warn
C) <comp-guideline-pattern>min-max</comp-guideline-pattern>Hard Limit: Yes High/Low Action: Allow
D) comp-guideline-pattern>low-high</comp-guideline-pattern>Hard Limit: Yes High/Low Action: Allow

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