StaffCircle University: Manager Accreditation

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Thank you for taking the time to complete the StaffCircle University Manager accreditation.

The questions delve into various aspects of the platform including objectives, reviews, holiday and absences, and people and groups.

If you approach a section of the quiz which is not utilised by your business (Holiday and Absence for example), you can skip this section, and this will not impact your final score.

The pass rate for this quiz is 80% and successful participants will be awarded StaffCircle Manager Accreditation status.

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Please enter your full name* This field is required.

First Name

Last Name

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Please enter your email address* This field is required.

example@example.com

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Does your organisation use Reviews?* This field is required.If you don't use this feature, you can skip to the next part of the accreditation quiz.

YesNo

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What is the role of a Reviewee?* This field is required.

The individual who oversees the review

The individual the review is about

The head of department or team leader

The individual who created the review

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The Reviewee’s scored questions contribute to the overall review’s score* This field is required.

True

False

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Which objectives appear to the Reviewer within the OBJECTIVE tab?* This field is required.

Objectives assigned to the Reviewee since the last review

A definitive list of the employee’s open and completed objectives

The employee’s open objectives

Objectives where the Reviewer is the same as the Review’s Reviewer

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How can you tell whether a Reviewee has responded to their feedback questions?* This field is required.

The single person icon on the Manage Reviews screen will display green

The Reviewer will receive a notification

On the review details page a green tick will display next to ‘Reviewee Feedback’

All of the above

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Comments written in the Conversation area are included in the review PDF* This field is required.

True

False

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The Reviewer will always have feedback questions as part of the review* This field is required.

True

False

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Once a review has been marked as complete, it cannot be re-opened* This field is required.

True

False

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Who typically fulfils the role of an internal reviewer?* This field is required.

The employee’s manager

The Head of HR/People

The Employee

Any employee within the business

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What is the role of a Reviewer?* This field is required.

The head of department or team leader

The individual the review is about

The individual who oversees the review

The individual who has created the review

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Where can you see who has visibility of the review?* This field is required.Select two choices

The first page of creating the review (after the tile has been selected)

Within the Supporting Information panel when responding to feedback questions

On the review’s details page

In the automated email after the review has been created

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Which report could you use to access/export responses to the Reviewee’s feedback questions?* This field is required.

Review Summary

Review Appraisal Overview

Reviewer Performance

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Does your organisation use Objectives?* This field is required.If you don't use this feature, you can skip to the next part of the accreditation quiz.

YesNo

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You can reopen an objective to update its progress* This field is required.

True

False

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Who can see Department level objectives?* This field is required.

Employees who have personal objectives which feed into department-level objectives

Employees who sit within the department

The Head of Department/Department Manager only

All employees within the business

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Where on the Objectives manager page, would you find the button to view completed objectives?* This field is required.

Using one of the interactive tiles at the top of the page

Completed objectives can only be seen by the employee

In the filters bar

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What is a shared objective?* This field is required.

A personal objective which has been linked to a department level objective

An objective which is assigned to everyone within a department

An objective which is assigned to individuals across departments, where the total is shared collectively

An objective which has been assigned to individuals across department, where each employee is expected to contribute individual efforts

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An employee can mark their own personal objective as complete* This field is required.

True

False

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How would you search for employee objectives which have been associated with a certain priority?* This field is required.

Via the Objective Summary Report

Using the filters and/or filters bar on the objective manager page

In your Personal Objectives area

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Which of the following statements are true?* This field is required.

Objectives can only be linked if the value is the same (i.e percentage, number)

Personal objectives can only be linked to a department objective if the department-level objective is linked to a company-level objective

SMART objectives and OKRs cannot be linked together

Only objectives which are measured as a percentage can be linked together

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SMART objectives can only be marked as complete if the progress bar measures 75% or higher* This field is required.

True

False

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What happens when an objective surpasses its due date?* This field is required.

The objective is marked as complete if the current progress is 100%

An overdue notification is sent to the employee and the reviewer of the objective

The objective’s progress can no longer be updated

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When updating the progress of an employee’s objective, which step is essential for saving progress changes?* This field is required.

Populating a comment in the conversation area

Using an indicator to determine whether the objective is on track, off track, or at risk of completion

Populating a comment in the progress description area

Checking that the objective has not surpassed it’s due date

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You cannot duplicate an objective for multiple employees as all objectives in the platform must be unique* This field is required.

True

False

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Does your organisation use People and Groups?* This field is required.If you don't use this feature, you can skip to the next part of the accreditation quiz.

YesNo

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How would you assign an award to an employee?* This field is required.

Via the People Directory when clicking on the employee’s name

When responding to your feedback questions as part of the employee’s review

Via the main feed

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Where would you update the address information for one of your direct reports?* This field is required.

Via the People directory

Via the People area of the platform in manage mode

By submitting a request via the platform to your system administrator

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How would you find a specific employee in the directory?* This field is required.Select two options

By utilising the filters bar and arrows on the directory page

By searching the employee’s name in the search bar at the top of the page

Using the search bar to the right-hand side of the main page

On the Manager Today Screen

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How would you send a direct message to one of your direct reports?* This field is required.

Via the People Directory and clicking on the employee’s name

Via the People area of the platform in manage mode and selecting the ‘Messages’ tab from the left-hand side

Via your personal profile area by clicking on your name in the top right-hand corner of the screen and selecting ‘messages’ from the menu to the left

Via the Manager Today screen

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How would you provide real-time feedback to an employee?* This field is required.

Via your personal profile area by clicking on the name in the top right-hand corner of the screen and selecting ‘feedback’ from the menu to the left

Via the People Directory and clicking on the employee’s name

When responding to your feedback questions as part of the employee’s review

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Where would you access the employee’s personal folder to upload and view their personal documents?* This field is required.

Clicking the documents tab in the left-hand side bar

Via the People area of the platform in manage mode, by selecting the name of the employee and then ‘Documents’ from the left-hand side bar

When conducting the employee’s review or objective

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Where could you find the Manager Today screen?* This field is required.

In your profile area by clicking on your icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen

By clicking on your company’s logo in the top left-hand corner of the screen

By clicking the ‘Today’ icon in the left-hand side bar

Viewable in the main feed to the right-hand side

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Where could you find an employee’s emergency contact information?* This field is required.

Via the People area of the platform in manage mode and selecting the name of the employee from the list

Via the People directory

Via the Manager Today screen

Via the Directory Structure view

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What information is displayed in the employee’s timeline?* This field is required.

When they have logged in to the platform

What content they have engaged with on the feed

What feedback they have received from their peers

All of the above

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Where could you see which training qualifications are expiring for your direct reports?* This field is required.

Via the Employee Benefits reports

Via the Other Items report

Via the employee’s Documents folder

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Does your organisation use Holiday and Absence?* This field is required.If you don't use this feature, you can skip to the next part of the accreditation quiz.

YesNo

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Employees can delete their own holiday requests* This field is required.

True

False

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Where would you find a list of pending absence requests for your direct reports?* This field is required.

By navigating to the People area of the platform within the manager area

Only by requesting a report from your system administrator

By selecting the ‘Pending’ button at the top of the manage absences page

By using the filters bar area of the manage absences page

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How would you book an employee’s holiday for the next holiday year?* This field is required.

By logging the holiday as normal and using the date picker to span to the next calendar year

By changing the ‘Select Dates’ drop-down in the filters to ‘Next Year’

By manually entering the year in the date field when submitting the request

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How would you adjust the manager holiday and absence screen to view only sickness absences?* This field is required.

By adjusting the ‘Type’ drop-down in the filters bar

By selecting the relevant filter button at the top of the page

Via the manager calendar view and selecting the sickness key from the top of the screen

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Which option could you use to view further details on an absence request?* This field is required.

Clicking the arrow in the ACTIONS area or the name of the absence (i.e Holiday)

Clicking the name of the employee or the arrow in the ACTIONS area

Clicking the name of the absence or the name of the employee

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Where would you view the employee’s current holiday balance?

Via the People area of the platform in manage mode, selecting the name of the employee from the list and then Time Off from the left-hand side

Clicking on the Arrow button within the ACTIONS section

Using the Calendar view from the manager screen