GUIDEWIRE ASSOCIATE STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Name two places where application logic exists. - ✔✔Gosu rules
Business rules
The User Interface
Classes
Entity Names
✔✔During the Deployment phase, what happens during the Pilot step? - ✔✔- Allow a
subset of users to use the system
- Gather feedback
- Triage feedback
- Implement changes as needed
✔✔What are the three components of a user story? - ✔✔A role, an action, and a
reason.
✔✔What does Guidewire mean by Inception? - ✔✔Guidewire projects include an
inception phase to confirm
-- the scope of the project,
--produce an initial sizing, and
--create the project baseline.
✔✔What are the key objectives from Inception? - ✔✔1. Formally kick off the project
2. Train the team on base product and methodology
3. Introduce the team to agile concepts
4. Determine an approach to address any product gaps
5. Document the high-level design (HLD) for integrations
6. Explain estimation changes as a result of the workshops
✔✔Who typically attends Inception? - ✔✔Product owners, SMEs, business analysts,
developers, and testers
✔✔Which criteria are used to prioritize the backlog? - ✔✔(In no particular order) Priority,
value, size, risk
✔✔What are the benefits of the Guidewire Community website? - ✔✔The Community is
your one-stop shop for information about Guidewire products. There are on-demand
resources such as software downloads, knowledge articles, and documentation. Also,
this is where you can contact Guidewire Customer Support by creating a case. You can
also participate in the Community through the discussion groups.
✔✔What is the naming convention for story cards? - ✔✔1. xCenter with version
2. Theme
, 3. Sub-Theme / Screen
4. Guidewire ID
✔✔5 Common UI areas of all InsuranceSuite products - ✔✔Screen area
sidebar
tab bar
info bar
workspace
✔✔Business rules are used to create - ✔✔1. Activities
2. Exposures
3. Reserves
✔✔What are the Business Rule Components? - ✔✔1. Basic Information
2. Applicability criteria
3. Rule conditions
4. Rule actions
✔✔What are te logics those can be configured in PCFs? - ✔✔1. Field behavior -
visibility, availability, editability
2. Screen behavior - add buttons, links, and menu items
✔✔Logic that can be configured in classes - ✔✔1. New computed values or business
logic
2. Non-dev document requirements for calculations or formatting changes
3. Dev writes code to implement requirement and tests it
✔✔What are Gosu classes based on? - ✔✔Business objects
✔✔What are utility classes based on? - ✔✔Common, reusable tasks and calculations
✔✔Integration Mechanisms - ✔✔1. Predefined plugins (authentication/geocoding)
2. Web services - xml based information exchange system
3. Messaging - exchanging messages between systems
4. Startable plugins - listens for requests from external systems 5. Batch processes -
completes work without user input
✔✔what are the two types of rules and who is responsible to develop each? - ✔✔-
Gosu rules and Business rules
- Gosu rules are created by developers and Business rules are developed by non-
developers
✔✔Which are the tools provided by GW to understand the product features ? (Any 3) -
✔✔Documentation/ Reference Resources
Extension Packs
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Name two places where application logic exists. - ✔✔Gosu rules
Business rules
The User Interface
Classes
Entity Names
✔✔During the Deployment phase, what happens during the Pilot step? - ✔✔- Allow a
subset of users to use the system
- Gather feedback
- Triage feedback
- Implement changes as needed
✔✔What are the three components of a user story? - ✔✔A role, an action, and a
reason.
✔✔What does Guidewire mean by Inception? - ✔✔Guidewire projects include an
inception phase to confirm
-- the scope of the project,
--produce an initial sizing, and
--create the project baseline.
✔✔What are the key objectives from Inception? - ✔✔1. Formally kick off the project
2. Train the team on base product and methodology
3. Introduce the team to agile concepts
4. Determine an approach to address any product gaps
5. Document the high-level design (HLD) for integrations
6. Explain estimation changes as a result of the workshops
✔✔Who typically attends Inception? - ✔✔Product owners, SMEs, business analysts,
developers, and testers
✔✔Which criteria are used to prioritize the backlog? - ✔✔(In no particular order) Priority,
value, size, risk
✔✔What are the benefits of the Guidewire Community website? - ✔✔The Community is
your one-stop shop for information about Guidewire products. There are on-demand
resources such as software downloads, knowledge articles, and documentation. Also,
this is where you can contact Guidewire Customer Support by creating a case. You can
also participate in the Community through the discussion groups.
✔✔What is the naming convention for story cards? - ✔✔1. xCenter with version
2. Theme
, 3. Sub-Theme / Screen
4. Guidewire ID
✔✔5 Common UI areas of all InsuranceSuite products - ✔✔Screen area
sidebar
tab bar
info bar
workspace
✔✔Business rules are used to create - ✔✔1. Activities
2. Exposures
3. Reserves
✔✔What are the Business Rule Components? - ✔✔1. Basic Information
2. Applicability criteria
3. Rule conditions
4. Rule actions
✔✔What are te logics those can be configured in PCFs? - ✔✔1. Field behavior -
visibility, availability, editability
2. Screen behavior - add buttons, links, and menu items
✔✔Logic that can be configured in classes - ✔✔1. New computed values or business
logic
2. Non-dev document requirements for calculations or formatting changes
3. Dev writes code to implement requirement and tests it
✔✔What are Gosu classes based on? - ✔✔Business objects
✔✔What are utility classes based on? - ✔✔Common, reusable tasks and calculations
✔✔Integration Mechanisms - ✔✔1. Predefined plugins (authentication/geocoding)
2. Web services - xml based information exchange system
3. Messaging - exchanging messages between systems
4. Startable plugins - listens for requests from external systems 5. Batch processes -
completes work without user input
✔✔what are the two types of rules and who is responsible to develop each? - ✔✔-
Gosu rules and Business rules
- Gosu rules are created by developers and Business rules are developed by non-
developers
✔✔Which are the tools provided by GW to understand the product features ? (Any 3) -
✔✔Documentation/ Reference Resources
Extension Packs
