User Interface

Question 1

How do application developers benefit from dynamic behavior?

Answer 1

Enables application developers to hide portions of the UI until those portions are needed, and then expose them in response to some trigger, such as property value failing within an allowed range, or when users click a button

Question 2

How would you describe the event-action model?

Answer 2

Think of event and actin as a cause and effect pair. Users perform events that trigger UI changes. The changes are the action.

Question 3

When would you use visible when conditions?

Answer 3

To hide or display data fields based on a value entered by users.

Question 4

What is the advantage of selecting run visibility condition on client and run disabled content condition on client?

Answer 4

Configuring visibility and disable options to run on the client reduces the number of server trips and avoids page refreshes.

Question 5

What is your first consideration when configuring field attributes for dynamic display?

Answer 5

Identify the UI element target that you want to dynamically show and hide, enable and disable, or make required before deciding at which level (section, layout, or field) to apply the visible when condition.

Question 6

What is the relationship between a section and user view?

Answer 6

A section is the rule used in Pega to configure the contents of a user view.

Question 7

Describe the purpose of dynamic layouts?

Answer 7

They arrange items in a flexible form that automatically adjusts to screen size.

Question 8

What do you use to configure section layouts?

Answer 8

Design templates

Question 9

What is one advantage of using design templates?

Answer 9

They will allow you to apply a consistent structure to a form.

You can change the structure by changing the form.

Question 10

What are the 3 ways a section can be configured?

Answer 10

App Studio
Dev Studio
Design Template

Question 11

What are responsive breakpoints in Pega applications?

Answer 11

Default settings built into the application skin rule.

They manage the content transition of an application between monitor, tablet and mobile phone displays.

Question 12

Why do tables need responsive configuration in addition to responsive breakpoints?

Answer 12

Relying on breakpoints alone for tables can result in unimportant columns having prominence over more important columns.

Question 13

What two ways can you add a table to a view?

Answer 13

Add a field group list to a view in app studio

Add a table to a section used by the view

Question 14

What is a repeating dynamic layout?

Answer 14

A function which automatically adjusts screen size depending on the interface i.e. smartphone, tablet or computer.

Question 15

What does an action set consist of?

Answer 15

Event, action, and conditions

Question 16

What is an event?

Answer 16

A trigger performed by users, such as clicking a button, hovering a pointer over a field, or entering a value in a field.

Question 17

What is an action?

Answer 17

A response performed by the system as a result of the user event.

For example, when users click a button, the application creates a case.

Question 18

What is a condition?

Answer 18

Restrictions such as when rules, which can be applied to an event and action combination.

For example, you can configure conditions so that hovering over a field displays a smart tip message only if the field contains a property value

Question 19

What is the purpose of an action set?

Answer 19

To configure dynamic UI changes such as displaying a menu when a user clicks a button.

Question 20

what are the main considerations when preparing to configure an action set?

Answer 20

The UI control, and which event and action to configure to the control.

Question 21

How do you configure an action set to occur when the control is in read-only mode?

Answer 21

You use the applicability drop-down list to configure whether the action set is processed if the control is displayed in read-only mode, editable mode, or both.

Question 22

What is a skin?

Answer 22

Defines the responsive behavior and formatting, such as colours, fonts, images, and layouts used in Pega.

Question 23

What is mixin?

Answer 23

Defines a set of style attributes that can be reused in user interfaces elements.

Question 24

What element should you create to maintain a consistent group of styles?

Answer 24

Mixin

Question 25

what option represents the relationship between mixins, controls and formats?

Answer 25

A control specifies a format which uses a mixin.