Free ACD100 Sample Questions — Appian Certified Associate Developer

What is a way to start a process from an interface?

• A. Start Process Smart Service
• B. Process Start Event
• C. Process Messaging
• D. Start Process Link

During what stage of the Appian Delivery Methodology does story-pointing regularly occur?

• A. Build
• B. Optimize
• C. Release
• D. Initiate

In a process model, a user input task is configured as a Quick Task. What happens when the process is started?

• A. Assignees can reassign the task to someone else
• B. The task automatically has priority over other active tasks
• C. The user only has one hour to complete the task form
• D. The task will not show up on Tempo

A client requested a feature that is exceptionally specific and uncommon. You begin by gathering research to help determine how such a feature could be implemented, but no documentation is available. What should you do next?

• A. Create a Support Case
• B. Check The Appian Academy
• C. Review the Appian Playbook
• D. Ask the Appian Community

You have data from two unrelated tables. Which Appian objects can easily relate data from these two tables?

• A. Process Models
• B. Expression Rules
• C. Custom Data Types
• D. Record Types

What is a correct representation of a dynamic process display name?

• A. "Create or Update Record; " & pv!recordName
• B. "Create or Update Record: " + pp!initiator
• C. "Create or Update Record " + ac!recordName
• D. "Create or Update Record & pv!recordName"

Which scenario would most commonly use a related action?

• A. Running a process every Friday morning that sends a reminder email to employees who haven’t submitted their timesheet
• B. Starting a company-wide annual performance review process that tasks every employee to fill out a self-assessment
• C. Resetting the password on an employee who has forgotten their login credential
• D. Updating the status of an IT service request to "Closed", because an IT response is not necessary

You need to query some data from the database using more than one filter. Which parameter for a!query() should you use to define your filters?

• A. filter
• B. logicalExpression
• C. aggregation
• D. selection

What type of variable can only be used within the context of a particular expression, and can only be accessed within the function that defines them?

• A. Local Variable
• B. Process Variable
• C. Rule Input Variable
• D. CDT Variable

What is the maximum number of additional views that can be created on Appian record types?

• A. 10
• B. 20
• C. 30
• D. There is no limit

Your team lead mentions that the environment has been performing very slow lately, and the reason is unclear. A process model is consuming a lot of memory, and this could be causing the slowness in the environment. What are two valid solutions to this issue? (Choose two.)

• A. Manually delete processes that have already been completed or cancelled so it does not cause further performance issues
• B. Configure the automatic process clean up so that it does not automatically clean-up processes
• C. Delete processes alter completion or cancellation by configuring the Data Management tab in the Process Model Properties
• D. Archive processes after completion or cancellation by configuring the Data Management tab in the Process Model Properties

What is the lowest level of permissions required to delete a folder?

• A. Administrator
• B. Editor
• C. Manager
• D. Viewer

A record for Employees has been created. What is the correct use case for a record list action?

• A. View the details at an Employee
• B. Delete an existing Employee
• C. Add a new Employee
• D. Update an existing Employee

Which three objects can be a valid page in a Site? (Choose three.)

• A. Data store
• B. Report
• C. News Feed
• D. Process models with a start form
• E. Record type

You are using local variables defined in a!localVariables(). Based on the default refresh behavior, when will the variable refresh?

• A. Variables are refreshed when introduced in a!forEach()
• B. Variables are refreshed on every interaction
• C. Variables are refreshed when any referenced variables are changed
• D. Variables are refreshed once the form is submitted