Free CAS-PA Sample Questions — Certified Application Specialist – Performance Analytics

How is an Indicator Source used in data collection?

• A. Collect all the matching records into a temporary result set
• B. Build the first half of an encoded query
• C. Create a new Scores table for the selected Facts table
• D. Act as a folder to keep similar indicators together

Which of the following are suggested when you type in a query on Analytics Q&A? (Choose three.)

• A. Recent searches
• B. Tables and columns
• C. Breakdowns
• D. Indicators

What role is required to create personal targets and thresholds for users who can view an indicator on the Analytics Hub?

• A. pa_viewer
• B. pa_target_admin
• C. pa_threshold_admin
• D. No role

What are the default Access Control options for a new Indicator?

• A. Visible to Just Me. Visible by All Roles is False, role required is pa_admin
• B. Visible to Everyone. Visible by All Roles is True
• C. Visible to Everyone. Visible by All Roles is False, role required is pa_admin
• D. Visible to Just Me. Visible by All Roles is False

In KPI Details, what happens when an indicator misses its target on the Target Review date?

• A. The KPI status is set to Missed
• B. The KPI status is set to Not Met
• C. The associated target is disabled
• D. The KPI status is set to Off Track

Select the statement which correctly returns the global target.

• A. pa.getTarget([[Number of open incidents]], score_end)
• B. pa.getTargetGap([[Number of open incidents]], score_end)
• C. pa.getGlobalTarget($[[Number of open incidents]], score_end)
• D. pa.Target([[Number of open incidents]], score_end)

Select the syntactically INCORRECT formula, assuming that all Indicators names are valid.

• A. ((Number of new critical incidents)) / ((Number of new incidents)) * 100
• B. 100 - ((([[Average resolution time of resolved incidents]] - 17.5) / 17.5) * 100)
• C. if ([[Number of resolved incidents]] == 0) {0} else ([[Number of resolved incidents]])
• D. [[Number of new incidents]] / {{Number of new incidents}} * 100

An Indicator stores the value 4250.2. If the Precision is set to 2, what is displayed in a Score widget?

• A. 4.25k
• B. 4k
• C. 4.250.2
• D. 4.250.20

Which system property enables an administrator to allow specified user roles to select indicators as data sources from the Data Visualisation Configuration panel?

• A. glide.knowman.search.apply_role_based_security
• B. par_vis_config.data_source.can_select_indicator
• C. com.snc.pa.dc.max_row_count_indicator_source
• D. glide.source_control.checksum_required

Select the statements which correctly describe the respective Performance Analytics object behavior. (Choose two.)

• A. The frequency of an Indicator can differ from that of an Indicator Source
• B. Data collection must be completed before assigning Breakdowns to an Indicator
• C. Breakdowns require a Breakdown Mapping to be added to an Automated Indicator
• D. Indicator Sources with a Monthly frequency can still be collected in a Daily job

After modifying a Dashboard created from another Dashboard using the “Duplicate Dashboard” functionality, what type of changes are visible on both the original and the duplicate Dashboard going forward?

• A. Layout
• B. Any changes to Widgets made with the Edit Content icon
• C. Tab names and order
• D. Changes to the “Follow Interactive Filter” setting

What data update settings can you enable for a single score visualisation to update the score in real-time?

• A. Background refresh interval (minutes)
• B. Show score update time
• C. Real time update
• D. Live refresh date (seconds)

Which of the following visualisation types allow you to add multiple data sources of the same type in the UI Builder? (Choose two.)

• A. Single Score
• B. Time Series
• C. Pie and donuts
• D. Bars

Which feature can be used to view all Indicators used by a widget and all of the Tabs a widget appears on?

• A. Run Diagnostics
• B. Dependency Assessment
• C. Relationship Viewer
• D. Widget Indicators

Select the allowed visualization type for Text Analytics Widgets.

• A. Keyword List
• B. Breakdown
• C. Word Cloud
• D. Time series