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An administrator is creating a group and wants to use the Select User button to search for and choose each user to add to the group. What is the MAXIMUM number of user records that can be added using the Add List of Users feature? 50 500 1,000

1,000

Which option should be enabled for a user to temporarily exclude them from approval workflows? 1. Absent Status 2. Allow Reconciliation 3. Active Period

1. Absent Status

Under which circumstance will a permission from a child security role also appear in the parent? 1. All circumstances, because a parent must always include all permissions of its children 2. All circumstances, because a child security role is a replica of a parent security role 3. Only when the permissions for the child and parent have the same constraints

1. All circumstances, because a parent must always include all permissions of its children

Which statement is accurate about the default email address used in Email Administration and Marketing Communications? 1. Any adjustments made to the default email address only impact newly created emails and templates. Existing emails and templates remain unchanged. 2. The default From address is not configurable but the default Reply To address can be changed by the administrator at any time. 3. The default email address cannot be changed without initiating a request with Cornerstone Global Customer Support or submitting a work order.

1. Any adjustments made to the default email address only impact newly created emails and templates. Existing emails and templates remain unchanged.

Last week, an administrator created a Custom Page with an optional header and description and multiple widgets. What is the impact when the administrator clicks Reset in the Options menu of the Custom Page today? 1. Any changes that were made to the page after the most recent Save operation are undone. 2. Any widgets on the page are removed, but the header and description remain. 3. The page is reset to a blank layout.

1. Any changes that were made to the page after the most recent Save operation are undone.

Which options must be selected in a Reporting 2.0 report for it to appear on a shared user's Dashboard page? 1. Link to Dashboard and Share Widget with Shared Users. 2. Publish Custom Report and Share Custom Report in Dashboard Page. 3. Charts and Publish to Dashboards.

1. Charts and Publish to Dashboards

The administrator wants to create a Managers group that includes all users who are designated as the Manager of at least one person in the portal. How can this be done so as not to miss any managers that are added in the future? 1. Create a dynamic group with the criteria Role IS Manager. 2. Create a dynamic group with the criteria Role IS OR BELOW Manager. 3. Create a static group containing individual users who are Managers.

1. Create a dynamic group with the criteria Role IS Manager.

Which statement is true about the Manager role? 1. It is automatically assigned to a user when they are listed as another user's manager on the user record. 2. It is automatically assigned to a user when they are dynamically added to the Manager Group OU. 3. It must contain the permissions that are in the Default Role for Every User in the System role.

1. It is automatically assigned to a user when they are listed as another user's manager on the user record.

Which statement about Marketing Communications emails is true? 1. Marketing Communications emails can be configured to send at specific dates and times. 2. Marketing Communications emails can be configured to send after specific events and completion dates. 3. Marketing Communications emails can be configured to send after due dates and approval dates.

1. Marketing Communications emails can be configured to send at specific dates and times

In which part of an email's configuration can tags be included? 1. Message 2. Send To 3. Email Title

1. Message

Which functionality in Cornerstone CSX governs what a user can do in the system? 1. Permissions 2. Roles 3. Constraints

1. Permissions

Which statement is true about how Read-Only custom fields are updated? 1. Read-Only custom fields can only be updated by a data feed. 2. Read-Only custom fields can be updated by users in the System Administrator security role. 3. Read-Only custom fields can only be updated by the administrator who created them.

1. Read-Only custom fields can only be updated by a data feed.

What could cause an email from the Cornerstone CSX portal to not reach its intended recipient? 1. The email template does not match the user's display language, send to, and availability. 2. The RECIPIENT.USERNAME tag is set to the user's email address. 3. The user's status information is set to Unspecified.

1. The email template does not match the user's display language, send to, and availability.

Which statement is true when an administrator attempts to upload 3,000 users to a group using Upload Users? 1. The first 2,000 users are added, but the remaining 1,000 users are ignored and NOT added. 2. If all users have the Username and User ID fields populated in the file, all 3,000 users are added to the group. 3. If the file used to attempt the upload is in CSV format, all 3,000 users are added to the group.

1. The first 2,000 users are added, but the remaining 1,000 users are ignored and NOT added.

A calculated field's format is Number and 0 is specified as the Decimal Points value. If the calculation in the field results in a value of 10.6 before the Decimal Points value is applied, which value will display for the calculated field in the report?

11

Which feature provides administrators the ability to create a single email trigger that will be sent to recipients regardless of their configured language? 1. "Ignore user language" option in email preferences 2. "Send emails using default language when preferred language is not available" 3. Select "All Languages" from the language drop-down list

2. "Send emails using default language when preferred language is not available"

Which OU (organizational unit) condition is necessary to create a user? 1. At least two OU fields must be set to "required" on the user record. 2. All required OU fields must be populated on the user record. 3. At least two OU fields must be present on the user record.

2. All required OU fields must be populated on the user record.

To which components can organizations restrict access with security roles? 1. Groups and Relationships 2. Data and Functionality 3. Data and Groups

2. Data and Functionality

Which role is an administrator defined role? 1. Approver 2. HR Manager 3. Approver

2. HR Manager

The administrator wants to queue a report on a schedule on behalf of shared users. Additionally, the shared users should be able to download the report. Which setting should the administrator enable when sharing the report to meet the requirements? 1. Can View 2. Include in Automation 3. Can View and Edit

2. Include in Automation

An administrator is configuring an email that will tell users where to go to reset their password. Which format should the administrator use for the password reset email tag? 1. {PASSWORD.RESET.URL} 2. PASSWORD.RESET.URL 3. [PASSWORD.RESET.URL]

2. PASSWORD.RESET.URL

Which section of the Edge Import home page displays error/warning columns with detailed messages to help identify data issues? 1. Data File Errors 2. Quick Stats 3. Validation

2. Quick Stats

Which report should an administrator run to determine the types of users who have access to certain functionality? 1. OU Hierarchy 2. Security Role 3. User Record Audit

2. Security Role

A portal user requires the ability to run a custom Transcript report for all users in the portal. Which concept must be applied to the user to provide this type of access? 1. Constraint 2. Security role 3. Permission

2. Security role

How can an administrator remove a shared Dashboard that was shared by a user who is no longer active in the portal? 1. Since the Dashboard itself technically CANNOT be removed, the administrator must inactivate the report used in the Dashboard. 2. The administrator can reactivate the user and then proxy as the user and delete the shared Dashboard. 3. The administrator can deactivate the Dashboard on the Dashboard page.

2. The administrator can reactivate the user and then proxy as the user and delete the shared Dashboard.

A position is set to allow reconciliation, but it is NOT included in tonight's data feed file for positions. Which statement is true about the position's status after the feed? 1. All users in the position are inactive. 2. The position is deactivated. 3. The position remains active.

2. The position is deactivated.

An administrator suspects there is an issue with an active email because specific users are not receiving the email. What is the first step the Admin should take to troubleshoot the issue? 1. Verify Email Preferences 2. View the email's Export Log 3. Review the impacted user's permissions

2. View the email's Export Log

What is a Combination group? 1. A group that contains both "And" and "Or" statements 2. What is a Combination group? 3. A group that contains the maximum criteria allowed for a dynamic group

2. What is a Combination group?

What is the maximum number of recipients that can be emailed when emailing a report in Reporting 2.0? 1. 1,000 2. 200 3. 20

3. 20

For how long will the email log contain all emails sent for the related trigger? 1. 1 year 2. 12 weeks 3. 30 days

3. 30 days

How many report widgets can be added to a dashboard? 1. 3 2. 6 3. 9

3. 9

The administrator wants users in the Customer division to see the page on the left when they open the portal. Users in the Employee and Partner divisions should see the page on the right when they open the portal. The Customer, Employee, and Partner divisions are all independent of one another. Which statement is accurate based on the scenario? 1. The Customer division must exist in one portal and the Employee and Partner divisions must exist in a different portal. 2. The same login page must be assigned to all three divisions, but the Customer division must have a different background graphic in the directory than the background graphic for the Employee and Partner divisions. 3. A login page must be created for the Customer division and separate login page must be created for the Employee and Partner divisions, and both login pages must be active.

3. A login page must be created for the Customer division and separate login page must be created for the Employee and Partner divisions, and both login pages must be active.

Which statement about OUs (organizational units) and users is accurate? 1. A user can be associated to the Finance and Sales Divisions, the Qatar Location, and the Director Position. 2. A user can be associated to the Finance Division, the Qatar Location, and the Director and Analyst Positions. 3. A user can be associated to the Finance Division, the Qatar Location, and the Director Position.

3. A user can be associated to the Finance Division, the Qatar Location, and the Director Position.

A user who requires the ability to perform administrative functions in the portal is unable to see the Admin tab after logging in. The administrator discovers the user is only in one security role: the Default User role. How should the administrator resolve the issue so the user can see the Admin tab? 1. Disable the preference setting that is preventing users in the Default User security role from viewing the Admin tab. 2. Add the Admin Tab - View permissions to the Default User security role. 3. Add the user to another security role that has Administrator permissions.

3. Add the user to another security role that has Administrator permissions.

Which statement is true about permissions? 1. All permissions can be constrained. 2. All permissions in a role must be constrained the same way. 3. All permissions are in the system administrator role.

3. All permissions are in the system administrator role.

An administrator wants people in different divisions who have the same position to be able to view reports from their respective divisions. Which type of constraint should the administrator use? 1. Constrain to Division 2. Constrain to Group 3. Constrain to User's Division

3. Constrain to User's Division

How should the administrator make a report available to managers so they can run it on a regular basis yet ensure the User Email and User Phone Number fields are excluded? 1. Open the Records (User) system template in the report builder and remove the User Email and User Phone Number fields. Then grant the Reporting - System Templates permission to each user who requires access to the information. 2. Open the Records (User) system template in the report viewer and remove the User Email and User Phone Number columns from the table. Save and share the report with the required users. 3. Copy the Records (User) system template and remove the User Email and User Phone Number fields from the copy. Share the new report with the required users.

3. Copy the Records (User) system template and remove the User Email and User Phone Number fields from the copy. Share the new report with the required users.

Which configuration should the administrator use to send an Edge Import Feed Error notification to more than one recipient? 1. Add all recipients to the same Feed Error notification. 2. Download the Feed Error notification and forward the email to each recipient individually. 3. Create multiple Feed Error notifications, one for each recipient.

3. Create multiple Feed Error notifications, one for each recipient.

The administrator is adding a user into a security role and wants to ignore the constraints in the new role, keeping only the previous constraints that may have been set for permissions in a prior role. Which option for the Constraints for Existing Permission field should the administrator choose? 1. Append 2. Replace 3. Do Not Modify

3. Do Not Modify

An administrator is configuring a Marketing Communication email that should be sent to any user who was hired in the last 90 days. To which type of group should the administrator send the email? 1. Self-Registration 2. Static 3. Dynamic

3. Dynamic

When creating a report in Reporting 2.0, a user selected the User Report type. After further consideration, she realized she should have selected Compensation Report. She already added all of fields and filters in the report builder. What is the best way for the user to change the report type? 1. Copy the report, and in the Properties of the new report, change the report type to Compensation Report. 2. In the Header section of the report, change the description to Compensation Report. 3. In the report's Properties, reset the report and then change the report type to Compensation Report.

3. In the report's Properties, reset the report and then change the report type to Compensation Report.

Which statement is accurate about the administrator's ability to change the gray breadcrumb text to blue? 1. The administrator can make this configuration in Navigation Tabs and Links. 2. The administrator can make this configuration in Display preferences. 3. It is not possible to configure the color of breadcrumb text.

3. It is not possible to configure the color of breadcrumb text.

What is a Cornerstone recommended best practice when creating security roles? 1. Add more permissions than are necessary for the security role. 2. Apply many constraints to the permissions in the security role. 3. Never replicate permissions that already exist in the default user role.

3. Never replicate permissions that already exist in the default user role.

Groups: Last Processed Classroom Instructors: 11:05 PM 12/8/2022 Non-Furloughed EE's: 11:05 PM 12/8/2022 Sales Managers: 11:05 PM 12/8/2022 Performance Population: 4:12 PM 11/23/2010 Equipment: 11:05 PM 12/8/2022 Which group is a static group? 1. Non-Furloughed Employees 2. Sales Managers 3. Performance Population

3. Performance Population

Which Reporting 2.0 automation setting, when enabled, allows widgets using the report to be refreshed when the report is published to dashboards? 1. Schedule Delivery Time 2. Deliver to FTP 3. Queue this report on a schedule

3. Queue this report on a schedule

The administrator wants to make the Records (User) system template available to five managers. Additionally, as new system templates are added to the portal based on product enhancements and releases, the new templates should also be made available to the same managers. Assuming the managers have the security applicable to the fields in the template, which configuration should the administrator make to meet the requirements? 1. Save the Records (User) report to a new report folder and share the folder with the five managers. 2. Share the System Templates report folder with the five managers. 3. Share the Records (User) system template with the five managers and then grant the Reporting - System Templates permission to them.

3. Share the Records (User) system template with the five managers and then grant the Reporting - System Templates permission to them.

An administrator saved several reports in Reporting 2.0 to a new folder and then shared the folder with two users. After the folder was shared, the administrator decided that three additional users should have access to the same reports. What is the best way to ensure the three additional users have the same access to the reports in the shared folder? 1. Unshare the folder and then share it again, this time including the three additional users. 2. Share each report inside the folder with the three additional users. 3. Share the folder with the three additional users.

3. Share the folder with the three additional users.

Which option sets the widget design so that it does NOT show an icon and has a white background for the heading bar? 1. Default 2. Color 3. Simple

3. Simple

Which statement is accurate about Static group processing? 1. Combination 2. Dynamic 3. Static

3. Static

A user is associated to the Accounting OU in the Cornerstone CSX portal. What is the expected behavior if the Accounting OU becomes inactive? 1. The user's OU is automatically changed to Division A on the user record. 2. The user's OU is automatically changed to Corp on the user record. 3. The Accounting OU remains on the user's record until an active OU is selected to replace it.

3. The Accounting OU remains on the user's record until an active OU is selected to replace it.

The administrator wants to create a dynamic group that contains only employees who are currently in a working status. Which statement is accurate about the criteria that can be used for the group? 1. The only way to achieve the desired result is to create User custom fields that store the User Type and Status attributes, and then use those fields to set the group criteria. 2. The desired result can be achieved using standard fields in the group criteria: User IS NOT [empty] AND Absent EQUAL TO No. 3. The desired result can be achieved using standard fields in the group criteria: User Type EQUAL TO Employee AND All Users employment status EQUAL TO Working.

3. The desired result can be achieved using standard fields in the group criteria: User Type EQUAL TO Employee AND All Users employment status EQUAL TO Working.

An administrator enabled the Freeze Group Processing setting in an active group yesterday. Today, the administrator disabled the setting. Which statement is accurate regarding how the group will next process? 1. The group will process automatically within seconds of the administrator disabling the Freeze Group Processing setting. 2. The administrator must select a new date and time for the group to process. 3. The group will process at the normal daily processing time.

3. The group will process at the normal daily processing time.

What determines the color of the widget header and the links within the widget for a Welcome Page? 1. The color of each widget set when designing custom widgets. 2. The primary color that is set for the Welcome Page 3. The primary color that is set for the portal

3. The primary color that is set for the portal

What happens if nothing is entered in a custom field when a Custom Field Tag is used in an email? 1. A value for the custom field is automatically created. 2. The custom field name will appear in the sent email instead of the field value. 3. The tag will not insert anything when the email is sent.

3. The tag will not insert anything when the email is sent.

An organization uses an HRIS data feed to populate user records in the Cornerstone CSX system. The organization chooses to allow reconciliation during the data feed. What happens to a user record when the user is terminated from the company? 1. The user record is automatically deleted. 2. The system administrator must manually inactivate the user record. 3. The user record is automatically inactivated.

3. The user record is automatically inactivated.

The Benefits Manager in an organization only has access to see his subordinates in Reporting 2.0 but he needs to see everyone in the organization who has completed the Benefits training. What is the best way for the administrator to provide the required information to the Benefits Manager's each quarter?

Before emailing the report to the Benefits Manager in Reporting 2.0, ensure Apply Owner Constraints is selected in the report's Properties.

How is the list of email addresses defined for the Reply-To Address in email templates?

C. The administrator defines the email addresses for the Reply-To Address list in Default Email Address Settings in Corporate Preferences.

How can the administrator localize the page header for the Scheduled Tasks link to another language?

Click the edit icon for the Scheduled Tasks link and select a language in the popup.

An administrator applies new permission constraints to a role. Which statement is true about the existing users in that role?

The existing users can only obtain the new constraints if they are removed and then re-added to the role.

Which statement is true about Universal Profile configuration abilities?

The order of Universal Profile pages can be different for each Division in a portal.

What can cause a security role's permissions to be grayed out (uneditable)?

The security role is a child of a parent role that includes the permissions.