Unit 10 - SAP Human Capital Management (HCM)

Within Employee Performance Management, what are the types of appraisals?

1) 360 Appraisal 2) Personnel Appraisal 3) Course Appraisal 4) Surveys 5) Target Settings and Appraisals

What are employees subgroups used for?

1) Allows you to define payroll procedures 2) Wage type controls 3) Default values can be assigned to the employee subgroup to expedite the data entry process

What are the levels within Enterprise Structure?

1) Client 2) Company Code 3) Personnel Area 4) Personnel Subarea

When you enter data for an employee in organizational assignment InfoType (0001), the employee is assigned a _____________, _____________, and ________________. You also assign employees to positions. The system then assigns the employee to an organizational unit, a job, and a cost center.

1) Company Code 2) Personnel Area 3) Payroll Area

When integrated with training and event management, the features of various application components are as follows:

1) Cost Accounting 2) Sales and Distribution 3) Materials Management 4) Personnel Development 5) Time Management 6) Organizational Management 7) Personnel Administration 8) Learning Solution

Success Factors in SAP integration strategy is built on three strategic pillars:

1) Data Foundation 2) Process Integration 3) Seamless User Experience

The personnel structure is separated into the following levels:

1) Employee Group 2) Employee Subgroup 3) Payroll Area

Success Factors solutions include the following:

1) Employee central 2) SAP Cloud Payroll available for employee central 3) Compensation 4) SAP JAM 5) Learning 6) Performance and goals 7) Recruiting 8) Succession and Development 9) Workforce Analytics 10) Workforce Planning

Managers can use Manager Self Service (MSS) to perform the following functions:

1) Employee reviews 2) Change request from employees 3) Monitoring 4) Reporting 5) Recruitment 6) Compensation planning 7) Quota planning

What are the three structures within HCM?

1) Enterprise Structure 2) Personnel Structure 3) Organizational Structure

You use the priority feature within book attendance to specify whether a booking is ____________, ______________, or _______________.

1) Essential 2) Normal 3) On a waiting list

The following checks are performed for both individuals and group attendees:

1) Existence check (does the employee still exist) 2) Availability check (is the event available) 3) Capacity check (is the event filled)

What are employee group used for?

1) Generates default values for payroll area and basic pay 2) Provide selection criterion for reporting 3) Provides one level of authorization check when you execute the transaction

The remuneration of an employee is calculated by performing the following tasks:

1) Grouping the remuneration elements; that is, the gross payroll 2) Legal and voluntary deductions; that is, the country specific net payroll

Explain the concept of InfoType, which of the following concepts are correct: 1) Included in many menus 2) Rarely used InfoTypes; might not be included in any menus 3) Also knows as InfoRecords

1) Included in many menus 2) Rarely used InfoTypes; might not be included in any menus

Data fields are grouped into data group or information units according to their content. In Human Resources, these information units are called _____________ or _____________ for short.

1) Information Types 2) InfoTypes

What are the four areas of Employee Compensation Management?

1) Job Pricing 2) Budgeting 3) Compensation Administration 4) Long-Term Incentives

Requirements are for _____________ and qualifications are for _________________.

1) Jobs 2) People

What are the elements of the HCM process?

1) Organizational Management 2) SAP E-recruiting (optional) 3) Personnel Management 4) Personnel Development 5) Training and Event Management (optional) 6) Time Management 7) Performance Management 8) Payroll 9) Personnel Cost Planning

What is the significance of creating the organizational structure?

1) Organizational structure hierarchy for your enterprise 2) The individual positions and reporting structures (chain of command)

Describe the processes in training and event management:

1) Preparation of business events 2) Business event catalogs (dates of the events are planned and created) 3) Day-to-day activities 4) Re-occurring tasks

Employees can use Employee Self Service (ESS) to perform the following functions:

1) Search the Who's Who 2) View the calendar 3) Check the workflow work items 4) Submit travel expenses 5) Enter work times 6) Enroll for benefits

How do you book attendance for training event enrollment?

1) Select business event 2) Select attendee 3) Specify booking priority 4) Enter or check information for billing and activity allocation 5) Book attendee

Jobs are used in the following application components:

1) Shift planning 2) Personnel cost planning 3) Personnel development

InfoType Records can be processed in the following ways:

1) Single Screen Maintenance (one infotype; one personnel number) 2) Personnel Actions (sequence of infotypes; one personnel number) 3) Fast Entry (one infotype; multiple personnel numbers)

What are the adoption options for HCM in the cloud?

1) Start: solve an immediate pain point 2) Group: leverage more than one to solve a bigger pain 3) Replace: move all HCM to the cloud 4) Leverage on premise HCM investments

What are the three offerings for cloud transition scenarios for SAP customers?

1) Talent Hybrid (core HR + Cloud Solutions) 2) Side-by-Side HCM (core HR at head quarters only + cloud core HR + cloud solutions) 3) Full Cloud HCM (only cloud HR)

The payroll area provides the payroll driver with the following pieces of information:

1) The number of employees for whom payroll is to be run 2) The dates of the payroll period

What are the points you need to consider before you decide to setup a client?

1) There is no exchange of data between clients 2) If an employee changes clients, the personnel number is created again

What are the points of integration in Personnel Development?

1) Training and Event Management 2) Organizational Management 3) Personnel Administration 4) e-Recruiting 5) Logistics 6) Shift Planning 7) Enterprise Compensation Management

Explain the employee hiring process for vacancy-to-hire:

1) Vacancy 2) Job Posting 3) Applicants 4) Profile Matchup 5) Applicant Correspondence 6) Hired as Employee

Is it possible for a position to be occupied by more than one employee? Can an employee have more than one position?

1) Yes 2) No

When you hire a candidate, you can transfer the candidate data recorded in the _____________ to personnel administration as employee data. Line managers can use the _______________ to map their decisions on candidates and trigger further administration in the Human Resources department, efficiently and cost-effectively.

1) e-Recruitment 2) Managers' Desktop

What is a qualification?

A list of skills, abilities, and experience that make an employee suitable for a position.

What is a requirement?

A list of skills, abilities, and experiences required to be suitable for a job, position, task or work center.

If personnel administration and personnel planning are integrated, you can enter the position in the ______________.

Actions InfoType (0000)

For internal instructors, you settle instructor fees using _______________.

Activity Allocation Functions

What is the code for Actions InfoType?

Code: 0000

What is the number code for organizational assignment InfoType?

Code: 0001

Cost Centers are maintained in ___________ and can be linked to either organizational units or positions.

Controlling

Which of the following elements is found in the personnel structure? a) Employee subgroup b) Organizational unit c) Company code

Correct Answer: a) Employee subgroup

Which of the following SAP ERP HCM business processes integrate with Financial Accounting and Controlling? a) Payroll b) Personnel management c) Training and event management d) Performance management

Correct Answer: a) Payroll c) Training and event management

Which of the following areas are covered in Manager Self-Service (MSS)? a) Performance appraisal (employee reviews) b) Change requests of an employee c) Monitoring d) Execution

Correct Answer: a) Performance appraisal (employee reviews) b) Change requests of an employee c) Monitoring

Which of the following elements belong to SAP ERP Human Capital Management (ERP HCM)? a) Personnel management b) Task allotment c) Payroll d) Time management

Correct Answer: a) Personnel management c) Payroll d) Time management

Which of the following steps are included in the phases of an appraisal? a) Planning and review b) Execution c) Evaluation d) Release

Correct Answer: a) Planning and review b) Execution c) Evaluation

Which of the following functions can an employee perform by using Employee Self-Service (ESS)? a) Search the Who's Who b) View the calendar c) Check workflow work items d) Performance appraisal (employee reviews)

Correct Answer: a) Search the Who's Who b) View the calendar c) Check workflow work items

The Enterprise Structure is a legal and financial structure in SAP ERP Human Capital Management. Your colleagues have asked you to explain the enterprise structure in more detail. Which of the following will you include as part of the enterprise struture? (3 correct answers) a. Company code b. Employee group c. Personnel area d. Payroll area e. Personnel sub area f. Employee subgroup g. Legal person

Correct Answer: a. Company code c. Personnel area e. Personnel sub area

You are hiring a new employee. As part of the hiring process you need to create the Personnel Structure information for this employee, you enter information for which of the following areas within the personnel structure? (3 correct answers) a. Employee group b. Employee subgroup c. Payroll area d. Personnel area e. Personnel subarea

Correct Answer: a. Employee group b. Employee subgroup c. Payroll area

A client is interested in implementing SAP ERP Human Capital Management. You are asked to describe the organizational structure in SAP ERP Human Capital. Which of the following components will you include in your description of organizational assignment in HCM? (3 correct answers) a. Enterprise structure b. Organizational plan c. Organizational structure d. Personnel structure e. Personnel plan

Correct Answer: a. Enterprise structure c. Organizational structure d. Personnel structure

The personnel subarea is unique to Personnel Administration. During implementation you need to identify the functions of the personnel subarea. You identify all of the following except? (2 correct answers) a. To specify default payroll procedures b. Specifying country grouping c. Assign a legal person d. To divide employees into broad categories e. Set groupings for time management f. General default pay scale type and employees basic pay g. Define a public holiday calendar

Correct Answer: a. To specify default payroll procedures d. To divide employees into broad categories

Which function is triggered by specific activities in Training and Event Management that you define as correspondence relevant? a) Correspondence history b) Automatic correspondence c) Error handling correspondence workflow

Correct Answer: b) Automatic correspondence

Which of the following elements are part of the organizational structure? a) Payroll area b) Jobs c) Employee group d) Persons

Correct Answer: b) Jobs d) Persons

The remuneration statement of an employee comprises all payments and deductions that were determined for that employee during one ___________________. a) Calendar year b) Payroll period c) Fiscal year d) None of the above

Correct Answer: b) Payroll period

Infotypes can be processed using different methods. Which method provides a sequence of infotypes for one personnel number? a) Single entry b) Personnel actions c) Fast entry

Correct Answer: b) Personnel actions

Which term denotes "skills" when it is used for employees? a) Requirements b) Qualifications c) Talent d) None of the above

Correct Answer: b) Qualifications

A customer attends your organization's internal training class. You need to invoice the customer for the costs of that class. Which SAP ERP component would you use to perform billing? a) Management Accounting (CO) b) Sales and Distribution (SD) c) Materials Management (MM) d) Human Capital Management (HCM)

Correct Answer: b) Sales and Distribution (SD)

An employee enrolls in a class using Training and Event Management. There is an internal charge to the employee's cost center. Which SAP ERP component is used to transfer the cost? a) Financial accounting b) Materials management c) Controlling d) Production planning

Correct Answer: c) Controlling

You want to maintain data for the same infotype, but for three different employees. Which method would you use to maintain this data? a) Single screen b) Personnel file c) Fast entry d) Personnel actions

Correct Answer: c) Fast entry

______________ is assigned to a company code. a) An employee group b) A personnel subarea c) A payroll area d) A personnel area

Correct Answer: d) A personnel area

HCM stores employee data in ____________. a) Data records b) Data fields c) Data groups d) Infotypes records

Correct Answer: d) Infotypes records

Organizational units can be linked to _____________ from accounting.

Cost Centers

_______________ can be assigned to organizational units and positions. The relationship between organizations are hierarchically inherited along the structure.

Cost Centers

_____________ plans are used to assign qualifying actions to employees.

Development

The _____________ is a general division of employees (i.e., external, active, pensioner)

Employee Group

Employees are further divided into ____________ according to the employees position (i.e., wage earners, salary employees, and nonpay scale employees).

Employee Subgroup

TRUE OR FALSE: Personnel subarea is an element of the personnel structure.

False

TRUE OR FALSE: HR Renewal can be added to EHP6 and already become activated within EHP7.

False: It needs to be activated within EHP7.

If personnel development is integrated with training and event management, you can use the ______________ function.

Generate Training Proposals

________________ roles enable fast access options to guide you to require functionality and processes. Accessibility is enabled using a lanes concept which is the new access options for different specialists such as HR professionals, employees, and managers.

HR Renewal

_________________ are logical groupings of data fields.

InfoTypes

When employees from your company attend training events, you can settle costs internally using _______________.

Internal Activity Allocation Functions

Each _____________ represents a unique classification of responsibilities in your organization.

Job

You have created two clients and you are transferring an employee. Can you copy the data and personnel number to the new client?

No 1) There is no exchange of data between clients 2) If an employee changes clients, the personnel number is created again

__________________ describes the various business units that exist in your enterprise. You can have multiple and their interrelationships form the organizational structure.

Organizational Units

All employees who have payroll run at the same time and for the same period are assigned to the same __________________.

Payroll Area

The _________________ is an organizational unit used for running payroll.

Payroll Area

InfoTypes for persons are maintained in ______________ and linked to an organizational plant through their position assignment.

Personnel Administration

What Enterprise Structure organizational level is unique for each client and must be assigned to one company code?

Personnel Area

________________ requirements result from a comparison of the job descriptions to the existing qualifications of an employee.

Personnel Development

The ______________ lists all the InfoTypes for which records have been created for a personnel number. The InfoTypes are displayed in ascending numerical order.

Personnel File

Most activities of the employee take place at what Enterprise Structure level?

Personnel Subarea

Which of the organizational levels in Enterprise Structure is responsible for time management and payroll?

Personnel Subarea

________________ are object that hold positions within the organizational structure. Additional information is maintained in personnel administration.

Persons

__________________ are the individual employee assignments and are occupied by people.

Positions

How are employees matched to job requirements?

Profile Matchup

How can you find an employee that will meet the requirements?

Qualifications Catalog

You can ______________ to access the most frequently used functions, such as day-to-day activities in the dynamic attendance menu.

Right Click

The link to the ______________ enables you to combined traditional classroom training with web-based learning methods that can be realized regardless of time and location.

SAP Learning Solution

_______________ covers the entire employee life-cycle from recruit to retire, and offers critical compliance and strategic metrics.

Success Factors

What kind of training proposal levels are generated?

The system proposes business events and development plans that result in a level of proficiency that is the same or higher as the qualifications.

TRUE OR FALSE: A new payroll area will not become effective until the start of the following month.

True

TRUE OR FALSE: A number of positions are based on the same job.

True

TRUE OR FALSE: All control features of the personnel structures are define at the employee subgroup level.

True

TRUE OR FALSE: An employee wants to apply for an internal position. He or she can use employee self-service to apply.

True

TRUE OR FALSE: Enterprise Compensation Management allows you to perform job pricing.

True

TRUE OR FALSE: Positions are enterprise specific and can be filled 100%, partially, or vacant.

True

How can an employee update their qualifications?

Using Employee Self Service (ESS)

Can you submit an unsolicited application through the Internet?

Yes

How do you assign an employee to enterprise, personnel, and organizational structure?

You assign employees in organizational assignment InfoType (0001)

You can use ______________ component to complete the entire recruitment process, from initial entry of applicant data to filling vacant postings.

e-Recruitment