APPIAN ANALYST EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is the difference between Picker and Group Browsers - ANSWER-- Group
Browsers you have to specify the navigation path
What is a site? - ANSWER-A way to configure a custom interface that allows you to
show information that's relevant to particular users
What does a site display typically? - ANSWER-content relevant to a single
application
What are one of the advantages of using a site? - ANSWER-Being able to customize
the navigation of the window
What are the different ways to access a site? - ANSWER-- Site URL
- Start Page ( users automatically get redirected to this page, when logging in)
- Link from Tempo
- Link from another site
What is BPMN? - ANSWER-Business Process Management Notation
What does BPMN do? - ANSWER-BPMN defines standards for visualizing business
process flows.
BPMN helps bridge the gap between design and implementation phases of a
business process
How are BPMN standards maintained? - ANSWER-Maintained by the Object
Management Group (OMG)
What is the goal of BPMN? - ANSWER-To provide standard notation that anyone in
the business can understand without having to the process intimately
BPMN Components - ANSWER-- Flow objects
o Events
Start, End, Message, and Timer
o Activities
Tasks and Subprocesses
o Gateways
Exclusive (XOR in Appian)
Inclusive(OR in Appian)
Parallel (AND in Appian)
Complex
- Connection objects
o Sequence Flows ()
o Message Flows ( dotted --) forms of communication i.e phone, email, jms, etc.
, o Associations (dotted line) used to associate supporting artifacts to flow objects like
comments and attachments
Artifacts - ANSWER-represent data outside of the process flow that supports it:
- Texts
- Nodes
- Mockups
- Visual Indicators
Report Builder - ANSWER-Utility found in Appian Interface Designer
What are the data sources for the Report Builder? - ANSWER-Data Store Entity and
Record
How does Appian support launching an application on an application platform? -
ANSWER--Fast integrations using pre-built connectors
-Cloud or on-premise deployment
-Native mobilitiy
Appian is the first and foremost which of the following? - ANSWER-Application
Platform
What tab(s) support the knowledge portion Awareness, Knowledge and Action
cycle? - ANSWER--Records
-Reports
What tabs(s) support the Awareness portion Awareness, Knowledge and Action
cycle? - ANSWER--News
What tab(s) support the Action portion Awareness, Knowledge and Action cycle? -
ANSWER--Tasks
-Actions
What are Records? - ANSWER--Records are visual representation of business data,
as it related to a single person, place or thing
Why do we use Records? - ANSWER-Records provide relevant knowledge in the
decision cycle
What is the highest level of organization in the Records tab? - ANSWER--Record
type
What chart visuals does Appian support out-of-the-box? - ANSWER--Pie chart
-Bar chart
-Column chart
-Line chart
Who will see a user-initiated post without searching? - ANSWER--Followers of the
author
-Participants added when the post was first created
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is the difference between Picker and Group Browsers - ANSWER-- Group
Browsers you have to specify the navigation path
What is a site? - ANSWER-A way to configure a custom interface that allows you to
show information that's relevant to particular users
What does a site display typically? - ANSWER-content relevant to a single
application
What are one of the advantages of using a site? - ANSWER-Being able to customize
the navigation of the window
What are the different ways to access a site? - ANSWER-- Site URL
- Start Page ( users automatically get redirected to this page, when logging in)
- Link from Tempo
- Link from another site
What is BPMN? - ANSWER-Business Process Management Notation
What does BPMN do? - ANSWER-BPMN defines standards for visualizing business
process flows.
BPMN helps bridge the gap between design and implementation phases of a
business process
How are BPMN standards maintained? - ANSWER-Maintained by the Object
Management Group (OMG)
What is the goal of BPMN? - ANSWER-To provide standard notation that anyone in
the business can understand without having to the process intimately
BPMN Components - ANSWER-- Flow objects
o Events
Start, End, Message, and Timer
o Activities
Tasks and Subprocesses
o Gateways
Exclusive (XOR in Appian)
Inclusive(OR in Appian)
Parallel (AND in Appian)
Complex
- Connection objects
o Sequence Flows ()
o Message Flows ( dotted --) forms of communication i.e phone, email, jms, etc.
, o Associations (dotted line) used to associate supporting artifacts to flow objects like
comments and attachments
Artifacts - ANSWER-represent data outside of the process flow that supports it:
- Texts
- Nodes
- Mockups
- Visual Indicators
Report Builder - ANSWER-Utility found in Appian Interface Designer
What are the data sources for the Report Builder? - ANSWER-Data Store Entity and
Record
How does Appian support launching an application on an application platform? -
ANSWER--Fast integrations using pre-built connectors
-Cloud or on-premise deployment
-Native mobilitiy
Appian is the first and foremost which of the following? - ANSWER-Application
Platform
What tab(s) support the knowledge portion Awareness, Knowledge and Action
cycle? - ANSWER--Records
-Reports
What tabs(s) support the Awareness portion Awareness, Knowledge and Action
cycle? - ANSWER--News
What tab(s) support the Action portion Awareness, Knowledge and Action cycle? -
ANSWER--Tasks
-Actions
What are Records? - ANSWER--Records are visual representation of business data,
as it related to a single person, place or thing
Why do we use Records? - ANSWER-Records provide relevant knowledge in the
decision cycle
What is the highest level of organization in the Records tab? - ANSWER--Record
type
What chart visuals does Appian support out-of-the-box? - ANSWER--Pie chart
-Bar chart
-Column chart
-Line chart
Who will see a user-initiated post without searching? - ANSWER--Followers of the
author
-Participants added when the post was first created
