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

Static Talent Pools allow manual addition and removal of members.

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

Therefore, a Private Static Talent Pool lets 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.

Workday Talent Pools configuration guide.

Pro certification training: ''Private Static Pools allow personal management of membership without sharing.''

When creating a Competency in Workday Talent & Performance, the system enforces certain required fields.

Name:

This is the mandatory field. Every competency must have a name so it can be identified in job profiles, performance reviews, and talent pools.

Without a name, Workday will not allow you to save or proceed.

Proficiency Rating Scale:

This is important for measuring competencies (e.g., Basic Intermediate Advanced Expert).

However, it is not required at the point of creation. If you don't assign one, the system can still save the competency, though you may not be able to rate employees effectively without linking a scale later.

Competency Description:

Highly recommended for clarity and reporting.

But this field is optional, not enforced by Workday.

Category:

Used to group competencies (e.g., Leadership, Technical, Communication).

Again, optional and for organizational purposes only.

Thus, while other fields add functionality and structure, the only required field to create a competency is the Name.

Reference

Talent & Performance Learning Material: Competencies are created with ''Name'' as required, while ''Description, Proficiency Scale, and Category'' are optional metadata used to support evaluation and reporting.

Workday Pro Talent & Performance study outlines: Under the Competencies section, it explicitly states: ''The only mandatory field is Name. Description, Proficiency Rating Scale, and Category are optional fields that can be configured for richer competency management.''web source Talent & Performance training + community notes

ERP Cloud Training -- Workday Talent & Performance course: Highlights that ''Name is required when creating a competency; all other fields are optional depending on business needs.''

To launch a Talent Review for a group of workers who do not share the same supervisory organization, you can use a Talent Pool.

Talent pools allow grouping across organizations, job families, or geographies.

Incorrect options:

Job Family groups roles, not flexible enough for reviews across diverse workers.

Supervisory Organization too restrictive; only covers workers within that org.

Custom Organization useful for grouping but not directly designed for Talent Review events.

Workday Talent Review configuration: Talent Pools as input populations.

Workday Pro Talent & Performance prep: ''Use Talent Pools when reviewing cross-org worker groups.''

In Workday's annual performance review process, typical default steps are:

Set Review Content defines template contents (goals, feedback, responsibilities).

Get Additional Reviewers allows adding reviewers.

Complete Manager Evaluation manager provides evaluation.

Assess Potential is not part of the performance review process; it belongs to Talent Review / Succession Planning processes.

Therefore, the workflow will not use Assess Potential in a performance review.

Workday Performance Review vs. Talent Review process distinction in Pro materials.

Workday configuration: ''Assess Potential'' is a Talent module step, not part of standard performance review flows.

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

Here's why the correct choice is Mass Rescind -- Start Performance Review (including subprocesses):

Rescind vs Cancel

Rescind: Completely removes the business process instance and all of its subprocesses from the system as if it never occurred. This is the proper action during testing, 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 the performance 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 multiple subprocesses (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, because Cancel does not fully reset configuration testing.

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

Reference

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 that Rescind fully clears test data, while Cancel leaves records intact.

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

Use Get Additional Reviewers for Performance Review allows nominating additional evaluators.

Then use Complete 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 are Reviewers + Evaluation.

Workday Performance Review BP design documentation.

Workday Pro Talent & Performance exam material: ''For additional reviewers (not limited to managers), configure Get Additional Reviewers + Complete Additional Evaluation subprocesses.''

The Applies To field 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 to new hires after 90 days, you configure the Applies To criteria 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.

Workday Employee Review Template configuration guide.

Workday Pro Talent & Performance exam prep: ''Use Applies To to restrict review templates to new hires after 90 days.''