Appian Certified Analyst Training
Exam Questions and Answers
What are the 4 critical capabilities of Appian? - ANSWER--Data Fabric
-Automation
-Total Experience
-Process Mining
Data Fabric - ANSWER-Unify data across systems. ex. Record Types
Automation - ANSWER-Automate anything with integrated workflow, RPA, AI, IDP, and
API Integration (and Process Modeler)
Total Experience - ANSWER-Engage internal and external users across web and
mobile experiences. Secure, responsive, flexible, and low code
Sites - ANSWER-User interface for employees who have an Appian login. An App may
have multiple sites
Portal - ANSWER-User interface for employees who don't have Appian login to
application. Ex. registering for an event, viewing public record
Process Mining - ANSWER-Appian Process Mining enables you to analyze key
processes, discover hidden inefficiencies, and then use this data to support process
improvements and automation.
What is the key benefit of Appian's data fabric?
A) It automates application development
B) It connects and unifies your data within a single data model
C) It minimizes manual tasks
D) It helps you analyze documentation to determine new processes - ANSWER-B) It
connects and unifies your data within a single data model
What Appian feature allows you to automate complex business workflows?
A) Decision object
B) RPA
C) Process Modeler
D) AI Skill - ANSWER-C) Process Modeler
What does "total experience' refer to? Select all that apply
A) engages all users
,B) responsive by default
C) allows you to sell goods and services
D secure by default
E) can be built using low code tools - ANSWER-A) engages all users
B) responsive by default
D secure by default
E) can be built using low code tools
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 - ANSWER-A) It
allows you to analyze business processes
B) It allows you to discover hidden inefficiencies
D) It provides data to inform process improvements and automation
What Appian design object unifies and optimizes data? Select the correct answer.
A) Interface
B) Process Model
C) Record Type
D) Expression - ANSWER-C) Record Type
What three elements are found in a typical Appian app?
A) Record lists and summary views
B) Payment page
C) Action to add new records
D) Related actions to update existing records - ANSWER-A) Record lists and summary
views
C) Action to add new records
D) Related actions to update existing records
True or False: Appian developers can create record types by connecting to existing data
sources, and they can also create record types and tables from scratch. - ANSWER-
True
How do you unify record types in Appian? Select the correct answer.
A) Build Views
B) Build a process to unify all record types
C) Add relationships from within the record type
D) This requires some coding - ANSWER-C) Add relationships from within the record
type
What two record type features can you use to extend existing data?
A) Record Events
B) Smart Service
,C) Custom record fields
D) Record level security - ANSWER-A) Record Events
C) Custom record fields
What type of security allows you to configure data visibility at the row level? Select the
correct answer.
A) Record-level security in the record type
B) Application-level security
C) Object-level security
D) You can't apply this level of security in Appian - ANSWER-A) 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 - ANSWER-A) Build
unified business workflows
B) Integrate with external systems
D) Enforce business rules
E) Automate routine tasks and data classification and extraction
When automating a workflow, how do you add a specialized business activity to it?
Select the correct answer.
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 - ANSWER-C) Drop the smart service into your process
What design object is used to capture business rules in Appian? Select the correct
answer.
A) Process model
B) Decision object
C) Record type
D) Interface - ANSWER-B) Decision object
True or False: Appian RPA is used to automate high-volume manual tasks, and often
the only solution when you need to connect to legacy systems that lack APIs. -
ANSWER-True
True or False: Appian AI Skill is used to automate common business tasks like
document classification, email classification, and document extraction. A developer only
needs to create and configure an AI Skill design object, and then add it to any Appian
process using the corresponding smart service. - ANSWER-True
, What is the developer experience like in Appian? Select three options that apply.
A) It's low-code
B) It relies on pre-built templates, patterns, and components
C) It requires coding skills
D) It encourages reusability - ANSWER-A) It's low-code
B) It relies on pre-built templates, patterns, and components
D) It encourages reusability
True or False: In Appian, you can connect to your users using two types of user
experience: sites and portals. - ANSWER-True
You have to build a user experience for employees logged into your Appian app. What
type of user experience will you build? Select the correct answer.
A) A record type
B) A portal
C) A site
D) An interface - ANSWER-C) A site
You have to build a user experience for customers who don't have an Appian login, and
need to report an incident. What type of user experience will you build? Select the
correct answer.
A) A portal
B) A site
C) An app
D) A record type - ANSWER-A) A portal
What makes Appian apps secure by default? Select three options that apply.
A) Appian is compliant with multiple standards for security and data privacy
B) Appian supports role-based access controls
C) You can only collaborate with internal employees
D) Appian allows you to configure security at the record level - ANSWER-A) Appian is
compliant with multiple standards for security and data privacy
B) Appian supports role-based access controls
D) Appian allows you to configure security at the record level
Complete this sentence. Process mining is a capability that ...
A) Distills manual business processes into KPIs
B) Discovers patterns and bottlenecks in your processes
C) Uncovers datasets from IT systems
D) None of these options - ANSWER-B) Discovers patterns and bottlenecks in your
processes
True or False: You're in charge of the insight you gain from process mining. Articulate
your questions, then identify the source tables with relevant data, and process mining
will show you the patterns in regards to data you've provided. - ANSWER-True
Exam Questions and Answers
What are the 4 critical capabilities of Appian? - ANSWER--Data Fabric
-Automation
-Total Experience
-Process Mining
Data Fabric - ANSWER-Unify data across systems. ex. Record Types
Automation - ANSWER-Automate anything with integrated workflow, RPA, AI, IDP, and
API Integration (and Process Modeler)
Total Experience - ANSWER-Engage internal and external users across web and
mobile experiences. Secure, responsive, flexible, and low code
Sites - ANSWER-User interface for employees who have an Appian login. An App may
have multiple sites
Portal - ANSWER-User interface for employees who don't have Appian login to
application. Ex. registering for an event, viewing public record
Process Mining - ANSWER-Appian Process Mining enables you to analyze key
processes, discover hidden inefficiencies, and then use this data to support process
improvements and automation.
What is the key benefit of Appian's data fabric?
A) It automates application development
B) It connects and unifies your data within a single data model
C) It minimizes manual tasks
D) It helps you analyze documentation to determine new processes - ANSWER-B) It
connects and unifies your data within a single data model
What Appian feature allows you to automate complex business workflows?
A) Decision object
B) RPA
C) Process Modeler
D) AI Skill - ANSWER-C) Process Modeler
What does "total experience' refer to? Select all that apply
A) engages all users
,B) responsive by default
C) allows you to sell goods and services
D secure by default
E) can be built using low code tools - ANSWER-A) engages all users
B) responsive by default
D secure by default
E) can be built using low code tools
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 - ANSWER-A) It
allows you to analyze business processes
B) It allows you to discover hidden inefficiencies
D) It provides data to inform process improvements and automation
What Appian design object unifies and optimizes data? Select the correct answer.
A) Interface
B) Process Model
C) Record Type
D) Expression - ANSWER-C) Record Type
What three elements are found in a typical Appian app?
A) Record lists and summary views
B) Payment page
C) Action to add new records
D) Related actions to update existing records - ANSWER-A) Record lists and summary
views
C) Action to add new records
D) Related actions to update existing records
True or False: Appian developers can create record types by connecting to existing data
sources, and they can also create record types and tables from scratch. - ANSWER-
True
How do you unify record types in Appian? Select the correct answer.
A) Build Views
B) Build a process to unify all record types
C) Add relationships from within the record type
D) This requires some coding - ANSWER-C) Add relationships from within the record
type
What two record type features can you use to extend existing data?
A) Record Events
B) Smart Service
,C) Custom record fields
D) Record level security - ANSWER-A) Record Events
C) Custom record fields
What type of security allows you to configure data visibility at the row level? Select the
correct answer.
A) Record-level security in the record type
B) Application-level security
C) Object-level security
D) You can't apply this level of security in Appian - ANSWER-A) 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 - ANSWER-A) Build
unified business workflows
B) Integrate with external systems
D) Enforce business rules
E) Automate routine tasks and data classification and extraction
When automating a workflow, how do you add a specialized business activity to it?
Select the correct answer.
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 - ANSWER-C) Drop the smart service into your process
What design object is used to capture business rules in Appian? Select the correct
answer.
A) Process model
B) Decision object
C) Record type
D) Interface - ANSWER-B) Decision object
True or False: Appian RPA is used to automate high-volume manual tasks, and often
the only solution when you need to connect to legacy systems that lack APIs. -
ANSWER-True
True or False: Appian AI Skill is used to automate common business tasks like
document classification, email classification, and document extraction. A developer only
needs to create and configure an AI Skill design object, and then add it to any Appian
process using the corresponding smart service. - ANSWER-True
, What is the developer experience like in Appian? Select three options that apply.
A) It's low-code
B) It relies on pre-built templates, patterns, and components
C) It requires coding skills
D) It encourages reusability - ANSWER-A) It's low-code
B) It relies on pre-built templates, patterns, and components
D) It encourages reusability
True or False: In Appian, you can connect to your users using two types of user
experience: sites and portals. - ANSWER-True
You have to build a user experience for employees logged into your Appian app. What
type of user experience will you build? Select the correct answer.
A) A record type
B) A portal
C) A site
D) An interface - ANSWER-C) A site
You have to build a user experience for customers who don't have an Appian login, and
need to report an incident. What type of user experience will you build? Select the
correct answer.
A) A portal
B) A site
C) An app
D) A record type - ANSWER-A) A portal
What makes Appian apps secure by default? Select three options that apply.
A) Appian is compliant with multiple standards for security and data privacy
B) Appian supports role-based access controls
C) You can only collaborate with internal employees
D) Appian allows you to configure security at the record level - ANSWER-A) Appian is
compliant with multiple standards for security and data privacy
B) Appian supports role-based access controls
D) Appian allows you to configure security at the record level
Complete this sentence. Process mining is a capability that ...
A) Distills manual business processes into KPIs
B) Discovers patterns and bottlenecks in your processes
C) Uncovers datasets from IT systems
D) None of these options - ANSWER-B) Discovers patterns and bottlenecks in your
processes
True or False: You're in charge of the insight you gain from process mining. Articulate
your questions, then identify the source tables with relevant data, and process mining
will show you the patterns in regards to data you've provided. - ANSWER-True
