Appian Certified Associate Developer
Exam Questions and Answers
At what point should personas be created? - ANS-Sprint 0
a company has just purchased appian for a new part of their business. What would be
good attributes of a first product? Select all that apply. - ANS-an app that address a
painpoint in the company, an app with rich interfaces, an app tha tmaeks use of sites to
show records, reports, news, actions, tasks and an app with requirements gathered
before appian was purchased
what is the differenc between the analyst and designer view of the process modeler? -
ANS-the analyst view is for drawing the flow, whereas the designer view is for
configuring the process flow to work
select all that apply. Which of these are available appian interface components? - ANS-
file upload field, picker field, column browser
what are some responsibilities an analyst would take during testing? - ANS-serve as a
bridge btw the business and development team, write test cases, identify high impact
functionality
T/F story points do not equate to how long it will take to complete a task - ANS-T
which user is responsible for building plugins for appian? - ANS-developer
which of these is NOT a feature of using an Agile methodology with Appian? - ANS-all
requirements are planned up front in detail
what resource can you give to end users to help them understand the Appian interface?
- ANS-appian quick reference guide
T/F An analyst will be responsible for designing a scalable solution that meets the
business requirements? - ANS-F
How many data entities comprise a data store? - ANS-One or More
Tempo is available via: - ANS-All other answers are correct
, In Process Model security, what can administrator do that an editor cannot? - ANS-
delete process models that reside in the folder, change the security of other users who
have access to the folder
What are process variables used for? - ANS-making data available throughout the
process, reporting
What is the function of the "verify" button within a data store? - ANS-compare data store
entities to structure of tables or views in an RDBMS
Process model A has the following security: Group 1 as Administrators, Group 2 as
Editors, and Group 3 as Viewers. When process model A is "Saved As" a new process
model B, what is the process model security for Process B? - ANS-the user performing
the Save As will be the Administrator
What can be viewed from process history tab while monitoring a process? - ANS-
Process history data includes the following information: The date and time of the action
The process object that caused the action The action that took place (or that is
occurring), for example: Start, Complete, Retry. The actor (or user account) whose
credentials were used to perform the action The properties of the action taken, including
the process variable values written by an action
The table used to display this information is sorted by the Date & Time column in
descending order (most recent action is listed on top). You can sort the table by any of
the column headers.
For changes to process variables that hold multiple values (or multiple items in a
custom data type), only the first 100 items are retained in process history
When is a new version of a constant created? - ANS-Each time you modify and save a
constant, a new version is created. All objects that use the constant will use the latest
version.
How do you assign tasks more efficiently? - ANS-Appian recommends using groups for
task assignment.
What can be edited in tempo view of record type? - ANS-Icon and icon description?
Pretty sure record type or the record itself
In record type, a related action can open in which way? - ANS-Dialog box and new
window
Define a flat relationship CDT - ANS-In a flat design, there is no explicit relationship
between CDTs in Appian --- querying one table doesn't return all the fields in the related
table, it only returns the primary key.
Which is best layout for horizontal info - ANS-record list record view - wise page width
Exam Questions and Answers
At what point should personas be created? - ANS-Sprint 0
a company has just purchased appian for a new part of their business. What would be
good attributes of a first product? Select all that apply. - ANS-an app that address a
painpoint in the company, an app with rich interfaces, an app tha tmaeks use of sites to
show records, reports, news, actions, tasks and an app with requirements gathered
before appian was purchased
what is the differenc between the analyst and designer view of the process modeler? -
ANS-the analyst view is for drawing the flow, whereas the designer view is for
configuring the process flow to work
select all that apply. Which of these are available appian interface components? - ANS-
file upload field, picker field, column browser
what are some responsibilities an analyst would take during testing? - ANS-serve as a
bridge btw the business and development team, write test cases, identify high impact
functionality
T/F story points do not equate to how long it will take to complete a task - ANS-T
which user is responsible for building plugins for appian? - ANS-developer
which of these is NOT a feature of using an Agile methodology with Appian? - ANS-all
requirements are planned up front in detail
what resource can you give to end users to help them understand the Appian interface?
- ANS-appian quick reference guide
T/F An analyst will be responsible for designing a scalable solution that meets the
business requirements? - ANS-F
How many data entities comprise a data store? - ANS-One or More
Tempo is available via: - ANS-All other answers are correct
, In Process Model security, what can administrator do that an editor cannot? - ANS-
delete process models that reside in the folder, change the security of other users who
have access to the folder
What are process variables used for? - ANS-making data available throughout the
process, reporting
What is the function of the "verify" button within a data store? - ANS-compare data store
entities to structure of tables or views in an RDBMS
Process model A has the following security: Group 1 as Administrators, Group 2 as
Editors, and Group 3 as Viewers. When process model A is "Saved As" a new process
model B, what is the process model security for Process B? - ANS-the user performing
the Save As will be the Administrator
What can be viewed from process history tab while monitoring a process? - ANS-
Process history data includes the following information: The date and time of the action
The process object that caused the action The action that took place (or that is
occurring), for example: Start, Complete, Retry. The actor (or user account) whose
credentials were used to perform the action The properties of the action taken, including
the process variable values written by an action
The table used to display this information is sorted by the Date & Time column in
descending order (most recent action is listed on top). You can sort the table by any of
the column headers.
For changes to process variables that hold multiple values (or multiple items in a
custom data type), only the first 100 items are retained in process history
When is a new version of a constant created? - ANS-Each time you modify and save a
constant, a new version is created. All objects that use the constant will use the latest
version.
How do you assign tasks more efficiently? - ANS-Appian recommends using groups for
task assignment.
What can be edited in tempo view of record type? - ANS-Icon and icon description?
Pretty sure record type or the record itself
In record type, a related action can open in which way? - ANS-Dialog box and new
window
Define a flat relationship CDT - ANS-In a flat design, there is no explicit relationship
between CDTs in Appian --- querying one table doesn't return all the fields in the related
table, it only returns the primary key.
Which is best layout for horizontal info - ANS-record list record view - wise page width
