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

To ensure consistent reporting, feedback templates can be set asLocked.

ALocked Feedback Templateprevents managers or workers from modifying the questions—no additions, edits, or deletions are allowed.

Other options are not correct:

Condition Rules→ used for dynamic behavior and field visibility, not for locking questions.

Template Type→ defines type (e.g., Feedback vs. Review), not question editability.

Question Tags→ used for categorization and reporting but do not prevent changes.

Private Feedbackensures that only thefeedback recipientcan see the comments.

This means managers have no visibility to peer-to-peer private feedback.

Other options:

Confidential Feedback→ visible to both the worker and their manager.

Feedback Badges→ recognition icons, not a visibility control.

Anonymity→ hides the feedback giver’s name but does not control manager visibility.

When you want a performance review template with only anOverall section, the correct configuration isPrompt for Overall Rating.

This option requires the manager to provide a single overall rating without averaging or weighting items.

Other options:

Manual Entry→ applies to ratings on items, not a single overall section.

Calculated Ratings with No Overrides→ automatically calculates from section ratings (not desired here).

Calculated Ratings with Overrides→ allows calculation plus manual override, but still requires sections/items.

Workday Skills Cloudis a delivered feature included automatically with Workday tenants.

It uses machine learning to normalize skills across the system.

Incorrect options:

A.Only accesses customer-tenanted skills→ false, it includes Workday’s universal skills ontology.

B.Prevents enterprises from adding skills→ false, enterprises can add custom skills.

C.Requires Innovation Services subscription→ false, Skills Cloud is included automatically, not a paid add-on.

To make specific goal fieldsmandatory(such as requiring a goal description), you must configure this in theConfigure Individual Goals sectionof theMaintain Goal Setuptask.

In this section, administrators define which fields are:

Required(must be completed by the worker),

Optional, or

Hidden(not shown to users).

TheMaintain Goal Categories taskonly sets up categories such as Innovation, Financial, Productivity.

TheMaintain Goal Units taskconfigures measurement units (e.g., percentages, dollars).

TheConfigure Organization Goals sectiongoverns how enterprise-level organizational goals behave, but does not control whether an individual field like “Description” is required.

Therefore, to enforce that workers must always provide a goal description, you configure this requirement in theConfigure Individual Goals section.

In Workday,Private Feedbackis visible only to thefeedback recipient.

Confidential Feedbackis visible to both the recipient and their manager.

Anonymous Feedbackhides the identity of the feedback giver but may still be visible to managers or admins depending on configuration.

Public Feedbackis broadly visible across the organization or workgroup.

Therefore, the only feedback type that ensures visibilityonly to the recipientisPrivate Feedback.

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.

To create a review template with sections such as Feedback, Goals, Questions, and Competencies, you must have these components configured in advance:

Review Questions→ required if the template uses a questions section.

Feedback Template→ required if a feedback section is included.

Competencies→ required if competencies are included.

Review Typesare not a prerequisite to create a review template. They categorize reviews (annual, quarterly, etc.) but are not required in template configuration.

When creating aCompetencyin Workday Talent & Performance, the system enforces certain required fields.

Name:

This is themandatory 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 isnot requiredat 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 isoptional, not enforced by Workday.

Category:

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

Again,optionaland for organizational purposes only.

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

????References

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 theCompetencies 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.”

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.

To launch aTalent Reviewfor a group of workers who do not share the same supervisory organization, you can use aTalent 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.

Competencies can be assigned to multiple objects: job profiles, job families, positions, or management levels.

When determining a worker’starget proficiency level,Positiontakes precedence over all other sources.

Order of precedence:Position > Job Profile > Job Family > Management Level.

This allows organizations to define competencies at higher levels (family, profile) but override them at the position level if necessary.