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Appian ACD201 Appian Senior Developer Exam Practice Test

Demo: 31 questions
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Appian Senior Developer Questions and Answers

Question 1

You're building an application with a review workflow.

Each submission must be approved by three users who can each approve or reject their request, and leave a comment. This action changes the status of the submission to 'Approved' or 'Rejected' correspondingly, and pushes the review to the previous or next assignee.

Which data model captures the workflow requirements appropriately?

Options:

A.

Two tables:

Review with columns id, statusId, comment, user

Ref Status with columns id, value

B.

Two tables:

Review with columns id, statusId, comment, user1, user2, user3

Ref Status with columns id, value

C.

Three tables:

Review to store id, statusId, comment

Ref Status with columns id, value

Review User with columns id, reviewId, user

Question 2

An energy company wants to allow the public to be able to report power outages directly and provide supporting documentation in the form of photos and/or videos. The company also requires the reporter's contact details.

How can a developer design and implement this requirement in Appian?

Options:

A.

A portal that interacts with records that stores the name, address, contact information, with a defined folder to store uploaded documents.

B.

A custom version of the Appian mobile app that the user can use to capture details, attached photos, and upload documents.

C.

A site where the user can trigger a process that captures the information including any uploaded files, and uploads everything to an internal Microsoft SharePoint site.

Question 3

You need to create an expression rule that will be reused throughout your environment.

What are two reasons why you should include meaningful test cases when creating a new expression rule? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

To improve the performance of the environment.

B.

To accelerate various types of testing, including: unit, regression, exploratory.

C.

To facilitate Test-Driven Development.

D.

To enhance the appearance of the code.

Question 4

You need to allow external systems to invoke Appian web APIs.

Which user role should be assigned?

Options:

A.

System Administrator

B.

Service Account

C.

Application User

Question 5

You're configuring Health Check settings under the Admin Console.

Which section would you find the setting to indicate that the Health Check will run on a Production Environment?

Options:

A.

General

B.

Scheduling

C.

Automatic Upload

Question 6

You're designing a custom component rule!pagingComponent() to page through a list of items. The component must display the current page numbers being shown, as well as the total number of items. Users should be able to click arrows to increase or decrease the pagination.

Review the following:

Which two patterns should be used when calling the component in this scenario? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Passing into the rule input totalCount of rule!pagingComponent() the value: local!query.totalCount where local!query is returning a dataSubset and returnTotalCount = "True".

B.

A rule input ri!pagingInfo on rule!pagingComponent() with a local variable of the same name in the main interface with an initial value. When the arrows are clicked, this updates the value of the local variable in the main interface.

C.

A local variable local!totalCount calculated using count(local!query), which is passed into rule!pagingComponent() via a rule input. The data type of local!query is a list of record or Custom Data Type (CDT).

D.

A local variable local!pagingInfo inside rule!pagingComponent() with an initial value. When the arrows are clicked, this updates the value of the local variable.

Question 7

Which two items are configured in the Admin Console when you create a web API? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

API Key

B.

Access Control Policies

C.

Service Account

D.

LDAP Authentication

Question 8

An application consists of a record type with sync enabled. This record type is used as a source to create a read-only grid.

A field "Number of days since created" is configured in the interface and a logic is implemented to calculate the number of days since a record is created in the application.

You need to implement sorting on this field.

What should you do?

Options:

A.

Sorting is not possible on custom record type fields. Instead, create a view with a custom field and use the field from the view for sorting.

B.

Create a custom record type field and use it in the sorting configuration.

C.

Add sortField: "Number of days since created" configuration for the gridColumn that needs to be sorted.

Question 9

A seamless user experience (UX) is important for an application so that a user does not feel like they are moving through different applications. Often when many developers are working on the same project all together, this can be a concern.

How should you ensure that a seamless UX is maintained throughout the app?

Options:

A.

Create and add reusable interface components to the Design Library so that developers can quickly and easily use reusable interfaces.

B.

Allow each developer to copy client provided mock-ups individually.

C.

Create reusable expression rules to ensure that the same rules are being used throughout.

Question 10

You're creating a new record type with data sync enabled. Users in the "ACME Employees" group must be able to access the record list and start the New Case action.

What are two valid steps that you should perform to grant users the appropriate access? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Add the “ACME Employees" group as a Viewer on the record type.

B.

Add the "ACME Employees" group as a Viewer to the data store mapped to the record.

C.

Grant Viewer permissions to the underlying interface object for the record list.

D.

Grant Initiator permissions to the underlying process model for the New Case action.

Question 11

You're developing a record view for a case management system that enables users to upload files to a specific location within an external records application.

Your requirements are:

In this record view, there should be a record action that allows the user to upload a file to the interface and configure the metadata (name, author, file size) before submitting.

If the file is larger than 250MB, the user will be notified that the file will be uploaded overnight.

Once the file has been successfully uploaded, the file will appear on the record view and the user can interact with the file.

Which two pieces of user-facing information must be captured from this business process so that you can develop this record view? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

The location of where the file will be uploaded to in the external records application.

B.

The email of the system administrator so that an email can be sent to them if the integration fails.

C.

The time of file upload if the file is less than 250MB.

D.

How the user wishes to interact with these files in the record view - as a grid or a series of card layouts.

Question 12

You need to add test cases to an existing expression rule in the system. Expression rule gives a complex data type value as an output result.

The test case should pass only when a field in the resultant data matches with a specific value mentioned.

How should you configure the test case assertion?

Options:

A.

Assertion expression evaluates to True.

B.

Test output matches the asserted output.

C.

Test completes without errors.

Question 13

You're refining a story for a centralized distribution center that extends the current application by allowing inventory managers to review orders.

These orders are created through a record action that various workshops access from a shared Appian site.

Which consideration best suits this use case?

Options:

A.

How will you handle errors resulting from a failed integration as a result of the workshops using an external system to place orders?

B.

What are the personas that will be utilizing this application so that an Appian group structure can be developed and maintained?

C.

What components have already been built relating to this piece of functionality so that you can reuse them and speed up development?

Question 14

You need to create a new database schema using a connected data source system.

What should you do?

Note: To answer, move all steps from the Options list to the Answer List area and arrange them in the correct order.

Options:

Question 15

You're reviewing the process model built by your team member.

Which two design decisions might cause performance issues? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Asynchronous subprocess

B.

No target process for the Send Message event

C.

Data types passed by reference

D.

Too many nodes

Question 16

Which two options are correct regarding record relationships when using synced records in your application? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Relationships can be established between any record types that have sync enabled, regardless of the source.

B.

Many-to-one relationships can be established using record relationships.

C.

Record type relationships enforce referential integrity.

D.

Up to 20 relationships can be added on a record type with data sync enabled.

Question 17

You're redesigning user interfaces to achieve more efficient space usage.

Which layout component is the best choice for displaying an interface with a vertical meaningful order of components?

Options:

A.

a!sideBySideLayout()

B.

a!cardLayout()

C.

a!columnsLayout()

Question 18

You need to create a web API so that an external system can start a process in your app.

Which two statements are true about using a service account to authenticate the system? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

The service account must be granted access to that web API via group management.

B.

The service account must be configured from within the web API object.

C.

The service account must be a user in the Service Accounts group.

D.

The service account is created as any other object in Appian.

Question 19

A view is created with the primary table PERSON and is joined using a left join with the APPOINTMENT table on the column "PERSON_ID". There is a one-to-many relationship between the PERSON and APPOINTMENT tables.

A Custom Data Type (CDT) and a data store entity have been created based on this view, with the primary key being "PERSON_ID".

Review the data presented in the PERSON and APPOINTMENT tables:

Which two statements are true when the following query entity is executed? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Appian makes one more query to the database(other than the actual query to fetch the data) to get the totalCount based on the applied filters.

B.

result totalCount is 3

C.

result totalCount is 1

D.

Appian makes one more query to the database(other than the actual query to fetch the data) to get the totalCount based on the applied filters and paging info.

Question 20

You're designing a report to show the total number of cases per month grouped by region. A synced record exists for the data source.

Which design pattern is most appropriate in this case?

Options:

A.

Configure a!columnChartFieid() using a!columnChartConfig() with the case creation date as the primaryGrouping and the region as the secondaryGrouping.

B.

Use a!queryRecordType() with a!aggregationFieids() to group the case creation date by region into a local variable. Pass the local variable value into the data input of a!columnChartField()

C.

Configure a!pieChartFieid() using a!pieChartConfig() with the case creation date as the primaryGrouping and the region as the secondaryGrouping.

Question 21

You're developing a functionality to manage transactions for an insurance company. Each transaction can have multiple items where respective item type and item amount can be entered. The amount entered can be either negative or positive, and is a decimal data type with a precision of 8 and a scale of 2.

A maximum of 10 items can be entered for a transaction. Once all the items are entered, you need to calculate and show the sum of all items' total amounts at the transaction level.

What is the best way to calculate and display the sum of all item amounts?

Options:

A.

text(sum(ri!items.amount),"00.00")

B.

fixed(sum(ri!items.amount),2,false())

C.

round(sum(ri!items.amount),2)

Question 22

You need to create a read-only grid that displays support case information. Data for the support cases is mapped to the "Case" record type with data sync enabled.

Within the record, there are fields named "createdDateTime" and "resolvedDateTime". These two fields store the timestamps for when a case is created and resolved, respectively.

The grid includes a column indicating the number of hours between when the case was created and when it was resolved. This column must be sortable within the grid.

How should you calculate the hour value that will display in the column?

Options:

A.

Create a custom record field that evaluates in real-time, and calculates the number of hours between when the case was created and when it was resolved.

B.

Within the grid column, utilize an Appian function to calculate the number of hours between when the case was created and when it was resolved.

C.

Create a custom record field that evaluates at sync-time, and calculates the number of hours between when the case was created and the current date and time.

Question 23

You run a report on different employee transactions by using a View.

You encounter the following error: "a!queryEntity: An error occurred while retrieving the data."

What is the most likely root cause of this error?

Options:

A.

The view doesn't have a column mapped as a primary key in its corresponding CDT.

B.

The view contains a large number of rows, requiring more time to fetch the data.

C.

The rule contains a missing syntax.

Question 24

You notice that a process consumes a significant amount of memory. The process involves ingesting long strings from a web service and saving them to the database using a looping approach. The string output is saved to a process variable with data type Text.

Which two options will reduce the memory usage? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Save the string output directly to the data structure to be written to the database.

B.

Configure the process to delete previously completed or cancelled instances.

C.

Ensure that all process variables have the option "Hidden" deselected.

D.

Evaluate each step in a separate script task and save the output to a process variable.

Question 25

You receive a warning about approaching the 2,000,000 row limit with synced records in your Production environment.

What are two ways to efficiently address this warning to prevent reaching the limit? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Design the process to write data in batches of 1,000.

B.

Disable data sync immediately to prevent user facing-front end issues.

C.

Keep only necessary data and plan to move the archived data to an audit table in a longer run.

D.

Apply one or more source filters to limit the number of rows synced in Agpian.

Question 26

An insurance company's product details are currently distributed across numerous database tables, encompassing over 60 to 70 fields.

You need to implement a product comparison tool for business users to compare up to three insurance products simultaneously, with all the product details in a tabular format.

Refer to the following sample format:

Which object should be used to transform the data into the required format?

Options:

A.

Stored procedure

B.

Record type with relationships

C.

VCCCiews

Question 27

Your client reported that a form in the application is very slow to load.

You investigate and find a query entity which is nor performing well.

Which action should you perform to improve query performance for the query entity?

Options:

A.

Change the data source of the query entity to a view with a WHERE clause.

B.

Apply indices on all the fields referred in the query.

C.

Apply the appropriate filters and indices in both Appian and the database.

Question 28

You need to configure your process model to store the result of an expression rule for every item in a list. Your design must have the smallest memory footprint.

What should you do?

Options:

A.

Invoke a sub-process for each item in the list.

B.

Configure a script task to use a!forEach() to iterate over each item in the list.

C.

Create a loop of smart service nodes in the process model and execute it for each item in the list.

D.

Execute MNI over a script task for each item in the list.

Question 29

You're creating a process to update specific fields in a list of records and you save the updated records to the database.

You're given the following performance considerations:

Execution time

Process instance memory usage

Process execution engine load balancing

Based on these performance metrics, rank the options from best to worst.

Note: To answer, move all steps from the Options list to the Answer List area and arrange them in the correct ranking order (best at the top, and worst at the bottom).

Options:

Question 30

You're designing an expression rule that needs to retrieve employees from a database for a given department and display their full name concatenated with their role in a list for a dropdown field.

Which design approach should you recommend?

Options:

A.

Query the data to return all employees. Using a!forEach(), for each item in the list, if the employee belongs to the given department, return the employee name and role, otherwise, return a null value.

B.

Query the data to return all employees. Use wherecontains() to return the employees for the given department and use a!forEach() to return the employee name and role for each item in the list.

C.

Query the data with a filter applied to only return employees for the given department. Using a!forEach(), for each item in the list, return the employee name and role.

Question 31

Consider this POST request:

https://www.example.com/suite/webapi/customer

Match the values to the correct fields in the resulting http!request value.

Note: Each value will be used once. To change your responses, you may deselect your response by clicking the blank space at the top of the selection list.

Options:

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