APPIAN SENIOR DEVELOPER EVALUATION UPDATED
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
Definition of Done - ✔✔Outlined in the initiate phase of SDLC
Planning Poker - ✔✔Assigns point values, refines backlog
Sprint Retrospective - ✔✔Questions on past performance and future plans
Authentication - ✔✔Appian supports basic and LDAP
Whitelist/Blacklist - ✔✔Control file extensions in Admin Console
Data Retention - ✔✔Manage disk space in testing environment
Internationalization - ✔✔Enable secondary language in the app
User Landing Page - ✔✔Modify in Admin Console under Infrastructure
External Credentials - ✔✔Stored and accessed in Admin Console
Monitoring Section - ✔✔Provides various activity reports
CDT Field Limitations - ✔✔Text limit, naming truncation after 27 characters
Database Indexes - ✔✔Improve data retrieval speed
Database Joins - ✔✔Combine data from multiple tables
Data Store Permissions - ✔✔Required for reading, writing, and deleting data
Database Joins Types - ✔✔Include Left, Inner, Right, Full/Outer
Audit Trail - ✔✔Use triggers in DB for change detection
Standard XSD Tags - ✔✔Include complexType, attribute, choice, etc.
<xsd:element> - ✔✔Field created for each element with name and datatype attributes
<xsd:extension> - ✔✔Used to import a schema extending a set of elements
<xsd:group> - ✔✔Elements in a group can be fields of any Custom Data Type (CDT)
, <xsd:import> - ✔✔Imports/references schemas from a URI without 's'
<xsd:list> - ✔✔Converted into Appian system data types with single or multivalues
<xsd:schema> - ✔✔Sets the namespace prefix in the schema
<xsd:sequence> - ✔✔Fields defined in the order indicated by the sequence
<xsd:simpleContent> - ✔✔If encountered with attributes, they are supported as string
fields in the CDT
<xsd:simpleType> - ✔✔CDT created for each simple type in the schema
<xsd:union> - ✔✔Used when a CDT is created via a WSDL
<xsd:all> - ✔✔Fields defined in the order indicated within the all compositor
<xsd:annotation> - ✔✔Description of the Custom Data Type (CDT)
<xsd:appinfo> - ✔✔Allows JPA annotations usage
<xsd:any> - ✔✔Elements become string fields in the CDT, named with numbers when
many
<xsd:anyType> - ✔✔Converted into 'Any Type' in Appian or existing CDT if mapping
fails
<xsd:attribute> - ✔✔Fields in an attribute nested item using attributes in XML for name,
type, ref...
<xsd:attributeGroup> - ✔✔Referenced within other datatypes, not standalone
<xsd:choice> - ✔✔Can only be used with a single item as contents, multiple produce an
error
<xsd:complexContent> - ✔✔Used for restrictions, ignored for extension, relies on
defined types
Limiting batch size - ✔✔A configuration that can improve the performance of a query.
Returning only needed fields - ✔✔A configuration that can improve the performance of
a query.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
Definition of Done - ✔✔Outlined in the initiate phase of SDLC
Planning Poker - ✔✔Assigns point values, refines backlog
Sprint Retrospective - ✔✔Questions on past performance and future plans
Authentication - ✔✔Appian supports basic and LDAP
Whitelist/Blacklist - ✔✔Control file extensions in Admin Console
Data Retention - ✔✔Manage disk space in testing environment
Internationalization - ✔✔Enable secondary language in the app
User Landing Page - ✔✔Modify in Admin Console under Infrastructure
External Credentials - ✔✔Stored and accessed in Admin Console
Monitoring Section - ✔✔Provides various activity reports
CDT Field Limitations - ✔✔Text limit, naming truncation after 27 characters
Database Indexes - ✔✔Improve data retrieval speed
Database Joins - ✔✔Combine data from multiple tables
Data Store Permissions - ✔✔Required for reading, writing, and deleting data
Database Joins Types - ✔✔Include Left, Inner, Right, Full/Outer
Audit Trail - ✔✔Use triggers in DB for change detection
Standard XSD Tags - ✔✔Include complexType, attribute, choice, etc.
<xsd:element> - ✔✔Field created for each element with name and datatype attributes
<xsd:extension> - ✔✔Used to import a schema extending a set of elements
<xsd:group> - ✔✔Elements in a group can be fields of any Custom Data Type (CDT)
, <xsd:import> - ✔✔Imports/references schemas from a URI without 's'
<xsd:list> - ✔✔Converted into Appian system data types with single or multivalues
<xsd:schema> - ✔✔Sets the namespace prefix in the schema
<xsd:sequence> - ✔✔Fields defined in the order indicated by the sequence
<xsd:simpleContent> - ✔✔If encountered with attributes, they are supported as string
fields in the CDT
<xsd:simpleType> - ✔✔CDT created for each simple type in the schema
<xsd:union> - ✔✔Used when a CDT is created via a WSDL
<xsd:all> - ✔✔Fields defined in the order indicated within the all compositor
<xsd:annotation> - ✔✔Description of the Custom Data Type (CDT)
<xsd:appinfo> - ✔✔Allows JPA annotations usage
<xsd:any> - ✔✔Elements become string fields in the CDT, named with numbers when
many
<xsd:anyType> - ✔✔Converted into 'Any Type' in Appian or existing CDT if mapping
fails
<xsd:attribute> - ✔✔Fields in an attribute nested item using attributes in XML for name,
type, ref...
<xsd:attributeGroup> - ✔✔Referenced within other datatypes, not standalone
<xsd:choice> - ✔✔Can only be used with a single item as contents, multiple produce an
error
<xsd:complexContent> - ✔✔Used for restrictions, ignored for extension, relies on
defined types
Limiting batch size - ✔✔A configuration that can improve the performance of a query.
Returning only needed fields - ✔✔A configuration that can improve the performance of
a query.
