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100

Employees can access and download all necessary forms to update their ACH direct deposit, W-4 tax withholding and other necessary CEDA forms in this centralized location. 

What is the library in HR Partners? 

100

This is the person you should reach out to for all finance related questions or requests.

What is Andrew Hoiness?

100

Although a pain in the neck - adding this extra layer of verification beyond just a password makes hackers cry. 

What is Multi-Factor Authentication(MFA)?

100

This is the number of hours each RCP community is currently receiving from our RCP staff. 

What is 135 hours?

100

Ron has been with CEDA for this many years. 

What is 22 years?

200

Employees are expected to log their hours and submit their timesheet by this specific time on the final day of the pay period. 

What is 5 P.M. Friday it is due?

200

This is the specific project that should be selected when submitting your monthly phone reimbursement.

What is your region's admin? (Ex: R1 Admin, WI Admin, SI - Planning, etc.)

No more CEDA - Admin!!

200

This is the common corporate email scam where you just got an email from Ron stating we are having a customer appreciation event tomorrow morning and he would like you to go to Best Buy and buy some gift cards.  

What is PHISHING?

200

This is the name of the new grant program CEDA is offering. Which allows communities to contract with CEDA for a specified number of grant-writing hours to support their funding needs and pursue grant opportunities.

What is the Grant Retainer Program?

200

Accompanied by a slow, rhythmic drum beat, this famous chant is performed by Minnesota Vikings fans at home games while clapping their hands over their heads.

What is SKOL?

300

Employees log into this system to access their annual W-2 and view their bi-weekly pay stubs. 

What is Hawkins-Ash Thomson Reuters Portal?

300

To submit a valid mileage claim, you must provide these three required pieces of information.

*Need all three to receive credit*

What is Date, To/From, and Total Miles?

300

You're working to evaluate potential sites for a large community business expansion. This information isn't public and won't be released until the site is selected. This is the AI tool you can use to help design the reports.  

What is CEDA's Google Gemini Enterprise?

All other AI models including ChatGPT, Co-pilot, Claude, etc. could train on these queries and private information could be leaked. 

300

To help demonstrate the successes and impact within each community, this is what each employee is expected to track on a quarterly basis.

What is Key Performance indicators (KPI)?

300

The starting point for Mississippi River is here. 

What is Lake Itasca in Itasca State Park?

400

This is where employees must log their vacation days, sick time, and paid leave in HR Partner. 

Hint: Looking for two answers. 

What is submit a leave request & log those hours on your timesheet to ensure they match? 

400

This is the number of days after submitting your timecard that you will receive payment for that pay period.

What is 10 days?

400

You've been working on a customer grant project and saving the supporting documents on your desktop. The laptop gets corrupted and won't reboot. This is where you can restore your grant project files. 

What is you can't, they are gone? TRICK QUESTION.

Next time store in the google drive where we have lots of restore options. 

400

The main purpose of a Revolving Loan Fund, which fills the financial buffer between what a commercial bank will lend and what a borrower needs.

What is Gap Financing?

400

This is the iconic regional or flagship animal of the Minnesota Northwoods region. 

What is the Moose?
500

When a medical leave is foreseeable, this is the minimum number of days advance notice an employee should provide to HR under both Federal FMLA and Minnesota Paid Leave regulation. 

What is 30 days prior to the start of leave?

500

To ensure your tax withholdings are actually processed by payroll, an updated W-4 must be submitted through this system, NOT the individual personal portal.

What is the HR Partners, as opposed to the Thomson Reuters employee portal?

500

You’re working with a municipality and they have reported they have an upset community member over a recent project. They have received a Freedom of Information request and would like your help to retrieve emails and data related to the project. This is your first step. 

What is contact CEDA’s responsibility authority with the request language?

AKA Teri Root.

500

Don't call the police! This planning technique involves slowly driving through neighborhoods, documenting building conditions, and convincing everyone you're supposed to be sitting in front of their house staring at their roof for a living.

What is a windshield survey?

500

This is approximately how many miles driving we are currently located from the Canadian Border. 

*Your answer must be within 5 miles of the correct distance*

What is 118 miles?