Exam 14: The Human Resources Process HR Management and Payroll Processes

The manager of safety, health, and human services usually reports to the ______________________________.

Below is a narrative for the "Pay employees" portion (bubble 4.0) of the payroll process described in Chapter 14. Narrative Description Validated attendance time records initiate the payment to workers in process 4.0 (Pay employees). In calculating employees' gross and net pay, Process 4.1 (Prepare paychecks) retrieves data from both the employee/payroll master data and the tax rates data. Process 4.1 accumulates current, quarter-to-date, and year-to-date totals for each employee and reports this information via the data flow "Payroll register." This information also is used to update the employee/payroll master data. Finally, process 4.1 prints and distributes paychecks to employees as reflected in the "Employee paychecks" data flow. The data flow "Payroll register" triggers process 4.2 (Prepare disbursement voucher). This will result in a data flow for the GL disbursement voucher update and a data flow for the disbursement voucher. Process 4.3 (Prepare payroll transfer check) and sends the check to the bank to cover the organization's periodic net payroll. Required: Using the DFD in TB Figure 14.4 and the narrative description above, identify the words that belong in items 1 to 11 of Diagram 4.0 (TB Figure 14.5).

Information for distributing labor charges to jobs, departments, or other accounts comes primarily from:

Wages taxable under FICA are reported on Form 941.

The HR and payroll processes share data in the ______________________________ master data.

______________________________ reflect(s) the start and stop times on specific jobs to allow the distribution of payroll costs to jobs in process (or to other accounts).

Which of the following data stores is updated when employees gain new on the job training?

The employee wage and tax statement is known as a W-4.

Payroll processing is typically conducted in:

In a(n) ______________________________ bank account funds are transferred into the account for the exact amount of the paychecks cashed.

The skills inventory data maintains data concerning an organization's short-term and long-term staffing requirements.

Which of the following has the inputs of attendance and work on specific jobs?

The ______________________________ is an account used solely for payroll purposes. Funds are transferred into the account to cover payroll checks to be issued.

The control plan ______________________________, entails having paychecks distributed to employees by an entity not otherwise involved in payroll processing.

Which of the following is an example of processing the company's payroll for a fee?

Which of the following is false regarding the payroll process?

The key functions of assisting managers in setting rewards for good employee performance, helping line managers provide training or take disciplinary action, and reducing employee turnover by helping workers achieve their career goals is the job position of the manager of:

What is the process that is initiated by validated attendance time records?

Which of the following control plans is an account used solely for payroll purposes and funds are transferred into the account to cover payroll checks to be issued?

Wages taxable under FICA are reported on Form ______________________________.