SAP HR professionals are the keystone of a successful enterprise. Human capital is a businesses primary asset and should be maintained flawlessly for exceptional employee records. The Personnel Administration component of HR is critical because it maintains information and commands for new hires, rehires, status changes, transfers, salary increases, promotions, leaves, and terminations.
This quiz covers must-know scenarios in SAP HR Personnel Administration. It starts with questions regarding the HR structures and drills down all the way through employee subgrouping. Test your HR Personnel Administration skills today and gauge your knowledge to enhance your HR development.
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1. There are three structures in HR, which are Enterprise Structure, Personnel Structure and Organizational Structure.
a. True
b. False
2. The following consideration(s) should be taken into account when defining the Enterprise Structure:
a. Clients are defined at the highest level of the Enterprise Structure.
b. Company codes are defined in Financial Accounting and must be country specific and can be used to help generate default values in employee master records.
c. Personnel Areas are defined in Human Resources and are assigned to one or more Company codes and can be used in defining authorizations.
d. Personnel Subareas are defined in Human Resources and are assigned to one Personnel Area only and can be used in defining authorizations.
3. What elements make up the Enterprise Structure?
a. Client
b. Company code
c. Personnel Area
d. Personnel Subarea
e. Employee Subgroup
4. The following consideration(s) should be taken into account when defining the Personnel Structure:
a. The highest level of the Personnel Structure is the Employee Group which is country specific and can be used to default values for employee master data records.
b. Employee groups are linked to the Enterprise Structure by being assigned to the Company code.
c. An Employee Subgroup can be assigned to one or more Employee Groups and used in defining authorizations.
d. Employee Subgroup can be used to define how an employee's payroll is processed.
5. Organizational Structure includes which of the following areas?
a. Payroll area
b. Company code
c. Organizational units
d. Positions
e. Jobs
6. The following is true about Payroll Accounting:
a. Payroll Accounting is country specific.
b. Payroll Accounting is NOT country specific.
c. Payroll Accounting does not need time evaluation.
d. Only one payroll area can be run at a time.
e. All Infotypes can be maintained while running the payroll.
7. The Payroll Accounting area includes which functions?
a. The Payroll Accounting area ensures that all employees who are paid with the same frequency, e.g., weekly, area accounted in the same payroll run.
b. The Payroll Accounting area defines the exact dates of the payroll period.
c. The Payroll Accounting area can be used as a selection criteria for Time Evaluation.
d.The Payroll Accounting area can be used for authorization check.
8. The Organizational Key is used for which of the following?
a. To provide a link to Organizational Unit in the Personnel Planning and Development Component (PD) when integration is active.
b. To define additional authorization checks.
c. To group administrators together in on Org Key.
d. To provide a link to the Cost Center when the integration with PD is not active.
9. Personnel Area has which of the following functions?
a. A factor in generating default values
b. Personnel Area executes the payroll driver.
c. Personnel Area can be used for selection criteria for reporting.
d. Personnel Area can be used for authorization checks.
e. Personnel Area can determine if the employee is clocked in or out.
10. In which Infotype are an employee's Enterprise and Personnel Structure assignment stored?
a. Basic Pay (IT0008)
b. Address (IT0006)
c. Organizational Assignment (IT0001)
d. Bank Details (IT0009)
e. None of the above
11. The Organizational Assignment Infotype (IT0001) is used for which of the following purposes?
a. The Organizational Assignment Infotype assigns an employee to either the Enterprise Structure or the Personnel Structure.
b. IT0001 is used to allocate to the a particular frequency, e.g., bi-weekly
c. IT0001 is used to provide the link to the Personnel Planning and Development Component (PD), if integration is active, through the Job Key
d. IT0001 is used to allow one ore more cost centers to be assigned to the employee
e. IT001 is used to assign Personnel Administrator, Time Administrator and Payroll Administrator -- if required -- to the employee.
12. The Personnel Control Record has which of the following functions?
a. The Personnel Control Record determines the dates of the current payroll period.
b. The Personnel Control Record defines retroactive accounting periods.
c. The Personnel Control Record locks all master data and time data records during the payroll cycle.
d. The Personnel Control Record defines the earliest retroactive accounting period for the payroll area.
e. The Personnel Control Record controls the current status within the payroll cycle.
13. Which of the following statements about integration between PA & PD are valid?
a. Integration between PA and PD is set by filling the field PLOGI ORGA with an X, not other setting is required.
b. By specifying the Position with integration between PA and PD is active, the associated Organizational Units and Jobs are automatically assigned to the Organizational Assignment Infotype (IT0001).
c. Employee Groups and Employee Subgroup can be defaulted into the Organizational Assignment Infotype (IT0001) when integration between PA and PD is active.
d. Personnel areas and Personnel Subareas can be defaulted into the Organizational Assignment Infotype.
(IT0001) when integration between PA and PD is active.
14. Which of the following apply to Personnel Subareas?
a. Personnel Subareas defines the country grouping.
b. Personnel Subareas defines the currency and language.
c. Personnel Subareas defines groupings for work schedules, absences and leave types.
d. Personnel Subareas defines the public holiday calendar.
e. Personnel Subareas defines personnel subarea-specific wage types for each personnel area.
15. Which of the following applies to a feature in SAP HR?
a. It is used to valuate wage types.
b. It controls system processes.
c. It controls batch processing.
d. It defaults values based on certain criteria.
e. It can be accessed by transaction code PE03.
16. Which of the following are groupings for Employee Subgroups?
a. Primary Wage Types
b. Personnel Calculation Rule
c. Administrators
d. Collective Agreement Provision (CAP)
e. Model Wage Types
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