WORKDAY-PRO-HCM-CORE practice question 2 of 15

How can a user become a member of an organization-based security group? (Select two correct answers.)

Choose your answer, then check it against the explanation and the full breakdown below.

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Answer options

Correct Answer:

B, C

Explanation

Organization-based security groups in Workday dynamically assign membership based on a worker's assignment to a specific organization or its subordinates within a hierarchy. A user assigned to a cost center that is part of the "Information Technology cost center hierarchy" or a location that falls under the "Europe Location Hierarchy" will automatically be included in a security group that is configured for those respective hierarchies. These hierarchies are standard Workday organization types used for security assignments.

Why Incorrect

A. The user is located in London, Paris, and Rome.

A worker is typically assigned to a single primary location per position. This option is less precise and functionally different from being part of a defined hierarchy.

D. The user is a member of the Human Resources job family.

A job family is a job profile attribute, not an organization type. Security groups based on job families are typically role-based or attribute-based, not organization-based.

References

1. Workday Documentation

"Set Up Organization-Based Security Groups": This guide explicitly states that organization-based security groups include workers based on their membership in specified organizations. It details the process of selecting an organization type (e.g.

Cost Center

Location) and an allowed organization

with the option to "Include Subordinate Organizations

" which leverages hierarchies. This directly supports that membership in a Cost Center Hierarchy or Location Hierarchy grants access. (Reference: Workday Security Administration Guide

Chapter on Security Groups

Section: "Organization-Based Security Groups").

2. Workday Documentation

"Core Concepts: Organizations": This document defines the foundational organization types in Workday

including Cost Centers and Locations

and explains how they can be structured into hierarchies for reporting and security purposes. It clarifies that a worker's organizational assignments are the basis for membership in organization-based security groups. (Reference: Workday HCM Core Concepts Guide

Chapter: "Organizations in Workday").

3. Workday Documentation

"Security Group Types": This resource differentiates between security group types. It defines organization-based groups by their link to organization membership

contrasting them with role-based groups (assigned to positions/jobs) and attribute-based groups (which could be based on job family

but are not "organization-based"). This confirms why job family is an incorrect basis for this specific group type. (Reference: Workday Security Administration Guide

Chapter on Security Groups

Section: "Overview of Security Group Types").

Question 2 of 15

Question breakdown

Tests: Understand organization-based security group membership
Difficulty: Medium

Key idea: Organization-based security groups grant membership based on a worker's assignment to supervisory, cost center, location, or other organizations and their hierarchies.

How to reach the answer

Identify which options describe membership in a Workday organization or organization hierarchy.
Location hierarchies and cost center hierarchies are organization types that security groups can reference, including subordinates.
A job family is a job attribute, not an organization, so it does not drive organization-based membership.
Being 'located in' three cities is not a defined hierarchy membership, and a worker normally has one primary location per position.

Each option

AIncorrect. This option lists multiple cities rather than membership in a defined organization hierarchy, so it is not how membership is determined.
BCorrect. A location hierarchy is an organization structure that a location membership security group can include, along with its subordinates.
CCorrect. A cost center hierarchy is an organization structure that a role-based or membership organization security group can be based on.
DIncorrect. A job family is a job profile grouping, not an organization, so it falls under job-based security rather than organization-based.

Common trap: Job family sounds like a grouping of people, but it belongs to job-based security, not organization-based security.

In practice: Security partners often build location membership groups for regional data access. Cost center groups are commonly used for finance-aligned HR visibility.

Remember: Organization-based security keys off organizations and hierarchies such as supervisory, cost center, and location, not job attributes.

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