APPIAN CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE DEVELOPER EXAMS: INSIGHTFUL
A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the four critical capabilities of Appian?
1. Data fabric (Unify data across multiple systems)
2. Automation (Automate business processes)
3. Total Experience (Engage all users across web and mobile experiences)
4. Process mining (Mine your data to discover processes that can be optimized and
automated)
Appian's Data fabric consists of numerous design objects including:
Record Types
Custom Data Types
Data Stores
Connected Systems
Integrations
Web APIs
Which one is the most common way to work with data?
Record Types - This object allows you to connect to your enterprise data and unify it
within a single data model.
Appian's ability to automate is primarily displayed using what design object?
Process Model - You'll see Appian's workflow through the process modeler that allows
you to use complex logic to connect people, systems, robotic tasks, AI, business rules
and data.
T or F: Appian's process models allow you to automate repetitive and rule based
tasks such as copying data or searching for data online.
True
What is the difference between a Site and a Portal?
Sites are the user experience for the employees of your company who are logged into
your app.
Portals are the user experience for users without an Appian login.
What are four use cases for a Portal?
,1. Registering for an event
2. Reporting an incident
3. Requesting an account
4. Viewing a public record
What Appian capability allows you to:
- Identify the root causes of bottle necks in user workload
- Compare to see if organizational workflow stand up to company standards and
best practices
- Assess target performance of APIs
Process Mining
What is the key benefit of Appian's data fabric?
It connects and unifies your data within a single data model.
What Appian feature allows you to automate complex business workflows?
Process modeler
What does "total experience" refer to? (Select 4)
A. It engages all users
B. It is responsive by default
C. It allows you to sell goods and services
D. It is secure by default
E. It can be built using low-code tools
A, B, D, E
What are the benefits of Appian Process Mining? Select three options that apply.
A. It allows you to analyze business processes
B. It allows you to discover hidden inefficiencies
C. It minimizes manual tasks
D. It provides data to inform process improvements and automation
A, B, D
What Appian design object unifies and optimizes data?
Record Type
What three elements are found in a typical Appian app?
, Create: Action to add new records
Read: Record lists and summary views
Update: Related actions to update existing records
CRUD minus the D
T or F: Appian developers can create record types by connecting to existing data
sources, and they can also create record types and tables from scratch.
True
How do you unify record types in Appian?
Add relationships from within the record type.
What two record type features can you use to extend existing data?
Record Events (Who takes action on records and when. Then displays a history of
events to users.)
Custom record fields (You can create these to aggregate, extract, group or modify data
to provide your business users with additional business insights. You can create a field
for graphs such as sum of column.)
What type of security allows you to configure data visibility at the row level?
Record-level security in the record type
What kinds of automation can you implement with Appian? Select four options
that apply.
A. Build unified business workflows
B. Integrate with external systems
C. Industrial automation
D. Enforce business rules
E. Automate routine tasks and data classification and extraction
A, B, D, E
When automating a workflow, how do you add a specialized business activity to
it?
A. Drop the workflow node into your process
B. Drop the gateway into your process
C. Drop the smart service into your process
D. Code your activity
A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the four critical capabilities of Appian?
1. Data fabric (Unify data across multiple systems)
2. Automation (Automate business processes)
3. Total Experience (Engage all users across web and mobile experiences)
4. Process mining (Mine your data to discover processes that can be optimized and
automated)
Appian's Data fabric consists of numerous design objects including:
Record Types
Custom Data Types
Data Stores
Connected Systems
Integrations
Web APIs
Which one is the most common way to work with data?
Record Types - This object allows you to connect to your enterprise data and unify it
within a single data model.
Appian's ability to automate is primarily displayed using what design object?
Process Model - You'll see Appian's workflow through the process modeler that allows
you to use complex logic to connect people, systems, robotic tasks, AI, business rules
and data.
T or F: Appian's process models allow you to automate repetitive and rule based
tasks such as copying data or searching for data online.
True
What is the difference between a Site and a Portal?
Sites are the user experience for the employees of your company who are logged into
your app.
Portals are the user experience for users without an Appian login.
What are four use cases for a Portal?
,1. Registering for an event
2. Reporting an incident
3. Requesting an account
4. Viewing a public record
What Appian capability allows you to:
- Identify the root causes of bottle necks in user workload
- Compare to see if organizational workflow stand up to company standards and
best practices
- Assess target performance of APIs
Process Mining
What is the key benefit of Appian's data fabric?
It connects and unifies your data within a single data model.
What Appian feature allows you to automate complex business workflows?
Process modeler
What does "total experience" refer to? (Select 4)
A. It engages all users
B. It is responsive by default
C. It allows you to sell goods and services
D. It is secure by default
E. It can be built using low-code tools
A, B, D, E
What are the benefits of Appian Process Mining? Select three options that apply.
A. It allows you to analyze business processes
B. It allows you to discover hidden inefficiencies
C. It minimizes manual tasks
D. It provides data to inform process improvements and automation
A, B, D
What Appian design object unifies and optimizes data?
Record Type
What three elements are found in a typical Appian app?
, Create: Action to add new records
Read: Record lists and summary views
Update: Related actions to update existing records
CRUD minus the D
T or F: Appian developers can create record types by connecting to existing data
sources, and they can also create record types and tables from scratch.
True
How do you unify record types in Appian?
Add relationships from within the record type.
What two record type features can you use to extend existing data?
Record Events (Who takes action on records and when. Then displays a history of
events to users.)
Custom record fields (You can create these to aggregate, extract, group or modify data
to provide your business users with additional business insights. You can create a field
for graphs such as sum of column.)
What type of security allows you to configure data visibility at the row level?
Record-level security in the record type
What kinds of automation can you implement with Appian? Select four options
that apply.
A. Build unified business workflows
B. Integrate with external systems
C. Industrial automation
D. Enforce business rules
E. Automate routine tasks and data classification and extraction
A, B, D, E
When automating a workflow, how do you add a specialized business activity to
it?
A. Drop the workflow node into your process
B. Drop the gateway into your process
C. Drop the smart service into your process
D. Code your activity
