Final Practice Deck Flashcards

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Direct Capture of Objectives (DCO) provides many benefits. Which of the following are benefits of DCO? (Choose Two)
A. Automatically define and store application requirements.
B. Provide real-time awareness of project development to all project participants.
C. Easily convert legacy operations to automated business processes.
D. Use working models to better facilitate business and IT collaboration.

A

A Automatically define and store application requirements.

D Use working models to better facilitate business and IT collaboration.

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Classes are used to ______________________. (Choose Two)
A. manage a set of rules that define a major portion of an application.
B. organize a set of rules for deployment to another server.
C. organize a set of rules into a hierarchy.
D. organize a set of rules for reusability.

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C organize a set of rules into a hierarchy.

D organize a set of rules for reusability.

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Rulesets are used primarily for: (Choose Three)
A. Denying access to the application
B. Deploying rules
C. Granting access to the application
D. Organizing rules
E. Versioning rules
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B Deploying rules
D Organizing rules
E Versioning rules

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Consider this business use case:
To place an online order, a customer provides their personal details such as full name and address. The customer can search for, and select items to order. After the order is placed, it is processed by the Accounts Payable department. The order is then sent to the Fulfillment center where the order items are packaged and shipped to the customer. The customer may cancel the order at any time.
Now consider this case life cycle design stages:

New Order>Processing>Fullfillment>Shipping

Cancellation

The stages identified in the case life cycle design are _____________________.
A. valid because they represent a transfer of the case from one part of the organization to another.
B. valid because the names used to describe the stages do not use a verb+noun naming convention.
C. not valid because there are not at least 5 primary stages.
D. not valid because the Cancellation stage should be part of the primary flow.

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A valid because they represent a transfer of the case from one part of the organization to another.

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Which requirements would be best implemented as an Alternate Stage when defining a Case Type? (Choose Two)
A. An expense report that requires an audit when certain spending thresholds are crossed or the expense report is billable.
B. An expense report that requires us to capture a receipt.
C. An expense report that allows us to skip a stage if the expense report is not billable.
D. An expense report is rejected.

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A An expense report that requires an audit when certain spending thresholds are crossed or the expense report is billable.

D An expense report is rejected.

Rationale - Alternate stage is exception to primary flow so look for conditions

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In a Job Recruitment application, business needs to schedule interviews for candidates who meet passing requirements. Each interview must be tracked from interview date/time to resolution date/time for quality control purposes. The status of interview can change from New, Open-Scheduled, Open-InProgress, Resolved-Rejected, and Resolved-Approved. What are the new records are essential for this application? (Choose Three)
A. A field for interview date/time.
B. A Wait shape to hold processing until interview is completed.
C. A case type.
D. A view to capture scheduling information.
E. A service level to ensure timely resolution.

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A. A field for interview date/time.
C. A case type.
D. A view to capture scheduling information.

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Which Smart Shape allows you to move the case to a different stage in the life cycle? (Choose One)
A. Email Icon
B. Briefcase Icon
C. Briefcase with Arrow icon
D. Chevron (arrow to right)
A

D. Chevron (arrow to right)

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When routing to a Work Queue, an assignment remains in the queue until it is selected by an operator. When selected, the case ____________. (Choose One)
A. is moved to the operator’s worklist awaiting action
B. is transferred to the next available operator’s worklist
C. remains in the queue until the operator commits an action
D. is moved to the next queue by the operator’s action

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A. is moved to the operator’s worklist awaiting action

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Given the following business requirement, “Once a loan application is complete the case is routed to a group of underwriters for review.”  What type of routing is needed to ensure the case is handled by the next available underwriter? (Choose One)
A. Worklist routing
B. Work queue routing
C. Workpool routing
D. Work routing
A

B. Work queue routing

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When does the Status of a case change when a Work Status change is configured on an Assignment shape? (Choose One)
A. Upon completion of the Assignment
B. When the Case reaches the Assignment shape and the Assignment Object is Created
C. On the Connector prior to the Assignment shape
D. At the start of the Flow (Process) containing the Assignment shape

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B. When the Case reaches the Assignment shape and the Assignment Object is Created

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A Wait step may pause a case’s processing until a predetermined time expires or ___________________________. (Choose One)
A. completion of the Assignment
B. that case or dependent case(es) processing reaches a specific status
C. a property’s value exceeds a threshold
D. a subcase or spin-off case is created

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B. that case or dependent case(es) processing reaches a specific status

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Which of these rule types can be used in a flow to direct the processing of a case? (Choose Two)
A. Integrator
B. Assignment
C. Flow Action
D. Transformer
E. When
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C. Flow Action

E. When

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Where is a When rule referenced when called from a flow? (Choose One)
A. Assignment
B. Connector
C. Decision 
D. Fork
E. Service Level
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B. Connector

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In a support application you have the requirement:
An email notification should be sent within four hours of receipt of the support issue.
What in the service level should be set to four hours to meet this requirement? (Choose One)
A. Goal
B. Deadline
C. Passed Deadline
D. Expired

A

A. Goal

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In a new prescription request, all NSAID medication requests must have a pharmacist with DRG Level 3 approvals. Any pharmacist who meets or exceeds Level 3 may approve.
To meet this requirement you configure the case design to have ______________________. (Choose One)
A. A step that routes to Pharmacist Level 3 worklist
B. A custom utility step that uses a standard Pega router
C. A step that routes to the Pharmacist Level 3 skilled queue
D. A send email utility step that

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C. A step that routes to the Pharmacist Level 3 skilled queue

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Which shape would you use if you wanted the system to automatically choose between multiple outcomes? (Choose One)
A. Assignment
B. Decision
C. Subprocess
D. Utility
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B. Decision

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You configure a service level to start with 0 points and adjust assignment urgency to 20 when the goal is reached, another 20 when the deadline is reached, and 50 when the passed deadline event is triggered. You iterate the passed deadline 3 times. How many points will the assignment have on the last iteration of passed deadline.
A.  100
B. 140
C. 190
D. 230
A

A. 100

This is max value of urgency

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18
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An application allows employees to submit expense reports on a weekly basis. Expense reports must be approved by both employee’s manager and audited by finance. The tasks may be completed in any order, but both must be approved for payment to be made. How do you configure the approvals in the application (Choose One)
A. Configure cascading approval process based on user reporting structure
B. Configure a case-wide optional process for each approval process
C. Configure parallel processes for each set of required steps
D. Configure cascading approval process based on an authority matrix

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C. Configure parallel processes for each set of required steps

NOTE: Term “both” along with “any order” means parallel processing

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We have an assignment service level that has the following configuration:	
Initial Urgency of the Assignment – 10	
Goal – 1 day – Urgency – 15	
Deadline – 3 days – Urgency - 20 	
Passed Deadline – 24 hours – Urgency 20
If the systems creates an assignment with this service level associated to it on March 1st at 9am, what will the urgency value be on March 4th at 5pm? (Choose One)
A. 25
B. 35
C. 45
D. 55
A

D. 55

Rationale -
+10 default (starts at 0 is completely misleading)
+10 Start of Service on March 1, 9am
+15 Goal on March 2, 9am (this is from start of service)
+20 Deadline +10 March 4, 9am (again time frame is from start of service)

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An application includes the property .Employee.Dependent(2).DateOfBirth. The property mode of .Dependent(2) is a _________________. (Choose One)

A. PageList (Field Group List)
B. PageGroup
C. ValueList
D. ValueGroup

A

A. PageList (Field Group List)

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Information about the case data is stored in which page on the Clipboard? (Choose One)

A. pyCaseData
B. pyWorkCase
C. pyWorkData
D. pyWorkPage

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D. pyWorkPage

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The clipboard is a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ tool and is unique to each \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_? (Choose One)
A. case, application
B. diagnostic, case
C. client-side, user session
D. server-side, user session
A

D. server-side, user session

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In which of the following situations would you use a data transform? (Choose Two)
A. Execute a Flow Action
B. Copy data between pages
C. Set default values when creating a case
D. Create properties after the case has been created

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B. Copy data between pages

C. Set default values when creating a case

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Which of the following would be typical data stored in a Pega Data Source?
A. Delivery Options
B. Customer Details
C. Insurance Policy Data
D. Case Data
A

A. Delivery Options

Rationale: Reference data used in look up

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A loan application requires a borrower data type with fields to collect first/last name, address, employment, income, credit score, etc. In certain situations data type of spouse/partner and/or cosigner are required. Can all data types reuse the same properties? (Choose One)
A. Yes, if each data type references the same data class
B. Yes, if each field references the same data source
C. No, each data type must reference a unique data class
D. No, each data type must reference a unique data source
A

A. Yes, if each data type references the same data class

Rationale - loan view references a data class that then references a data source.

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Which of the following are true about validating user input? (Choose Two)
A. Validate rules allow us to compare conditions however they must be referenced in order to work.
B. Validate rules allow us to record an expected relationship between properties and have the system manage them
C. Edit Validate allow us to compare input values with an exact pattern using a Java statement
D. Edit Validate rules allow us to record an expected relationship between properties and have the system manage them

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A. Validate rules allow us to compare conditions however they must be referenced in order to work.

C. Edit Validate allow us to compare input values with an exact pattern using a Java statement

Rationale: “Have system manage them” would be declarative processing which is different than validation rules?

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Select the statement that best describes an Edit Validate rule. (Choose One)
A. Used to test property values against specific conditions
B. Used to ensure a required relationship between two properties
C. Used to test input values against a specific pattern
D. Used to limit the input to a specified number of characters

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C. Used to test input values against a specific pattern

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You have a requirement to add a bank checking account number field to a view. Routing numbers must contain nine digits. How would you configure the field to support this requirement? (Choose One)
A. In an edit validate rule, configure a function to test for a routing number pattern.
B. Use an edit validate rule that validates the routing number pattern.
C. Use a decimal property type and make the field required.
D. Set the minimum and maximum values to 9 in a text field.

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B. Use an edit validate rule that validates the routing number pattern.

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You are adding a field to your case type in which users must enter the day, month, and year they were hired before the user can submit the user form. The field type must enforce a date format. What two validation approaches would you use to meet the validation requirements? (Choose Two)
A. Use the read-only option
B. Use the required option
C. Define the field type as an integer
D. Add the word “Required” to the field label
E. Define the field type as a date only

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B. Use the required option

E. Define the field type as a date only

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When creating a data page the requirement is to have the data cached and refreshed after 90 days, which refresh option is best suited to meet this requirement? (Choose One)

A. Reload Every 90 Days
B. Reload if Older Than
C. Do Not Reload When
D. Refresh Once Per Interaction

A

B. Reload if Older Than

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An application will use a data page to store user preferences.  This page needs to be available to all the cases associated with a single end user.  The most appropriate scope for this data page is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. (Choose One)
A. Node
B. Requestor
C. Shared
D. Thread
A

B. Requestor

32
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You have a data page with product data. The data page is configured to reload if it is older than 1 day. If the data page was created at 9am on Monday morning, which of the following best describes when the data page will reload? (Choose One)
A. The data page automatically reloads at 9am on Tuesday.
B. The data page reloads automatically 1 day after it was last accessed.
C. The data page reloads on the next access after 9am on Tuesday.
D. The data page reloads on the next access one day after it was last accessed.

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C. The data page reloads on the next access after 9am on Tuesday.

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The first stage of your process contains an assignment step. You need create a new custom user view with appropriate fields for this step. The quickest way to do this is via the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. (Choose One)
A. Case Designer, Settings Tab
B. Case Designer, Data Model Tab
C. Case Designer, Views Tab
D. Case Designer, Workflow Tab
A

D. Case Designer, Workflow Tab

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What three questions can you ask to help you plan user views? (Choose Three)
A. Will users want to see information displayed in different styles?
B. How will users enter values into those fields?
C. Will the information be stored in an external database?
D. What field do users need to see?
E. Can users modify the values or only read the values?

A

B. How will users enter values into those fields?
D. What field do users need to see?
E. Can users modify the values or only read the values?

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You are configuring a text box for a Spouse field to appear dynamically on a user form. How do you configure the text box to display only when the user selects Married/Partnered from the Marital Status field? (Choose One)
A. Configure a disable when condition on the Spouse field
B. Configure the Spouse field to be visible when it is not blank
C. Configure the visibility based on a required when condition for the Spouse field
D. Configure a visible when condition expression for the Spouse field

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D. Configure a visible when condition expression for the Spouse field

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Which statement best represents the relationships between controls, formats, and mixins? (Choose One)
A. A control specifies a mixin which defines a format
B. A control specifies a format which uses a mixin
C. A mixin specifies a control which defines a format
D. A format uses a mixin that defines a control

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B. A control specifies a format which uses a mixin

37
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What does the Report Browser allow users to do?  (Choose Two)
A. Create Reports
B. Modify Reports
C. Delete Reports
D. Execute Reports
A

A. Create Reports

D. Execute Reports

38
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You have created a new report that contains a list of resolved expense reports by approver. Columns include Expense #, Expense Amount, Approved (Y/N), Resolution Date, Comments, and Approver ID. The finance manager wants you to display each Approver ID in a row, Beneath each approver, you must list the expenses Expense Amount, Resolution Date, Approver ID, and Comments.How do you configure the report?   (Choose One)
A. Filter by the Approver ID column.
B. Summarize the Approver ID column.
C. Sort the Approver ID column.
D. Group by the Approver ID column.
A

D. Group by the Approver ID column.

39
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What are two types of Report Definitions available in Pega 8?  (Choose Two)
A. Detailed
B. Table (Grid)
C. List
D. Summary
A

C. List

D. Summary

40
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Your organization has a standard loan request report that contains columns for loan ID, loan officer, work status, and a loan creation date. A manager requests a report that includes only loans created in the previous quarter and do not have a status of New. How would you configure the report filter to support this requirement? (Choose One)
A. Create two conditions: Work Status does not equal New, AND Creation Date is less than current quarter.
B. Create two conditions: Work Condition equals New OR Creation Date does not equal Previous Quarter.
C. Create one condition: Work status does not equal New where Creation Date is equal to Previous Quarter.
D. Create two conditions: Work Status does not equal New, AND Creation Date is equal to Previous Quarter.

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D. Create two conditions: Work Status does not equal New, AND Creation Date is equal to Previous Quarter.

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A report contains the following columns: Case ID (.pyID), Work Assignment Urgency (.pxUrgencyAssign), Policy Number (.PolicyNumber), Policy Holder (.PolicyHolder), and Case Status (.pyStatusWork). Which of the columns need to be optimized so the rule form does not produce a performance warning? (Choose Two)
A. Case ID
B. Work Assignment Urgency
C. Policy Number
D. Policy Holder
E. Case Status
A

C. Policy Number

D. Policy Holder

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What two items should a developer configure before delegating a rule?(Choose Two)
A. A separate Operator ID that has access to the delegated rules
B. An Access Role that has access to the production ruleset
C. An Access Group that has access to the production ruleset
D. An unlocked ruleset added to the Application rule as a production ruleset

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C. An Access Group that has access to the production ruleset

D. An unlocked ruleset added to the Application rule as a production ruleset

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Which best describes the benefit of unit testing rules? (Choose One)
A. Unit testing validates a rule configuration to ensure that any dependent rules are available to the application.
B. Unit testing validates information that must be provided before the rule can be saved.
C. Unit testing identifies configuration issues that may impact application performance on a production system.
D. Unit testing identifies configuration issues that can propagate to other rules with potentially serious consequences.

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D. Unit testing identifies configuration issues that can propagate to other rules with potentially serious consequences.