GUIDEWIRE CONFIGURATION EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
2025
Input set - Answer-A set of atomic widgets grouped together. Could be target with
partial page update to Improve UI performance.
Card - Answer-A collection of cards with each containing Detail Views or List Views.
List Detail Panel - Answer-Top List View & a button view panel that displays data about
the selected list item.
ETI file - Answer-Base level application or a custom entity that can be found in
metadata or extensions folder
ETX file - Answer-Extension files that are found in the extensions folder
Why are Base entities read-only? - Answer-To prevent conflicts during upgrade to the
next version of the Guidewire application.
How are Subtypes stored in the database? - Answer-Subtype fields are stored in the
supertype table in a denormalized format. Each subtype having an ID in the supertype
table.
What is one limitation of the subtype hierarchy? - Answer-A subtype can only have one
parent entity, multiple inheritances are not supported. Deep Hieararchies can result in
very wide tables that are highly denormalized resulting in poor application performance.
Atomic Widget - Answer-A graphical user interface element that is non-divisible,
displays, individual data values/or excecutes individual actions.
Display Key - Answer-Used to display static text in the UI & support easy text
reusability. Essentially an abstract display value referenced by a widget's label property.
They can be edited using the display-properties file in the application.
What must you specify in the value property? - Answer-The field in the data model that
the widget is bound to.
Iterator - Answer-A widget that takes a set of items and performs the same set of
actions.
Row iterator - Answer-Takes a set objects and renders each object as one row of cells.
, What are Panel Refs used for - Answer-To refernce reusable PCF files such as Detail
View and List view PCF files.
PCF file - Answer-Defines a container widget or location and its contents.
Mode - Answer-A property given to PCFs that are appropriate or a given business
scenario. Usually when widget needs need to vary significantly due to a difference in
lines of business or contact type. They must have the same ID, variables (in number
and in name).
Page - Answer-contains a single Screen
Location Group - Answer-A collection of Pages used to view or modify data.
Wizard - Answer-An ordered collection of Screens used to execute a complex business
process.
Popups - Answer-Contains a single screen that will navigat the user to its previous
location once the pop is executed.
Worksheet - Answer-Contains a single screen rendered in the workspace frame.
Forwards - Answer-Contains logic to execute before navigating to another location.
Exit Points - Answer-An exit point points to a URL outside of the Guidewire application.
go() method - Answer-Used for navigating to Location Groups, Forwards, and Pages
push() method - Answer-Used for navigating to Popups, Exit points, and Wizards.
goinWorkspace() method - Answer-Used for navigating to Worksheets.
Gosu Rule - Answer-Applies specific programming logic to test a condition and perform
an action.
What are the three types of Gosu Rule? - Answer-Pre-Update, Event Fired and
Validation
Enhancement - Answer-Extend entity functionality using programming logic as entity
methods.
Gosu Class - Answer-Encapsulates data and code for a specific purpose or function.
Describes a business object's properties and behaviors.
Array - Answer-A set of values are of the same type in a single collection.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
2025
Input set - Answer-A set of atomic widgets grouped together. Could be target with
partial page update to Improve UI performance.
Card - Answer-A collection of cards with each containing Detail Views or List Views.
List Detail Panel - Answer-Top List View & a button view panel that displays data about
the selected list item.
ETI file - Answer-Base level application or a custom entity that can be found in
metadata or extensions folder
ETX file - Answer-Extension files that are found in the extensions folder
Why are Base entities read-only? - Answer-To prevent conflicts during upgrade to the
next version of the Guidewire application.
How are Subtypes stored in the database? - Answer-Subtype fields are stored in the
supertype table in a denormalized format. Each subtype having an ID in the supertype
table.
What is one limitation of the subtype hierarchy? - Answer-A subtype can only have one
parent entity, multiple inheritances are not supported. Deep Hieararchies can result in
very wide tables that are highly denormalized resulting in poor application performance.
Atomic Widget - Answer-A graphical user interface element that is non-divisible,
displays, individual data values/or excecutes individual actions.
Display Key - Answer-Used to display static text in the UI & support easy text
reusability. Essentially an abstract display value referenced by a widget's label property.
They can be edited using the display-properties file in the application.
What must you specify in the value property? - Answer-The field in the data model that
the widget is bound to.
Iterator - Answer-A widget that takes a set of items and performs the same set of
actions.
Row iterator - Answer-Takes a set objects and renders each object as one row of cells.
, What are Panel Refs used for - Answer-To refernce reusable PCF files such as Detail
View and List view PCF files.
PCF file - Answer-Defines a container widget or location and its contents.
Mode - Answer-A property given to PCFs that are appropriate or a given business
scenario. Usually when widget needs need to vary significantly due to a difference in
lines of business or contact type. They must have the same ID, variables (in number
and in name).
Page - Answer-contains a single Screen
Location Group - Answer-A collection of Pages used to view or modify data.
Wizard - Answer-An ordered collection of Screens used to execute a complex business
process.
Popups - Answer-Contains a single screen that will navigat the user to its previous
location once the pop is executed.
Worksheet - Answer-Contains a single screen rendered in the workspace frame.
Forwards - Answer-Contains logic to execute before navigating to another location.
Exit Points - Answer-An exit point points to a URL outside of the Guidewire application.
go() method - Answer-Used for navigating to Location Groups, Forwards, and Pages
push() method - Answer-Used for navigating to Popups, Exit points, and Wizards.
goinWorkspace() method - Answer-Used for navigating to Worksheets.
Gosu Rule - Answer-Applies specific programming logic to test a condition and perform
an action.
What are the three types of Gosu Rule? - Answer-Pre-Update, Event Fired and
Validation
Enhancement - Answer-Extend entity functionality using programming logic as entity
methods.
Gosu Class - Answer-Encapsulates data and code for a specific purpose or function.
Describes a business object's properties and behaviors.
Array - Answer-A set of values are of the same type in a single collection.
