Appian Certified Lead Developer Sample Questions:

1. The business database for a large, complex Appian application is to undergo a migration between database technologies, as well as interface and process changes. The project manager asks you to recommend a test strategy. Given the changes, which two items should be included in the test strategy?

A) A regression test of all existing system functionality
B) Tests for each of the interfaces and process changes
C) Tests that ensure users can still successfully log into the platform
D) Internationalization testing of the Appian platform
E) Penetration testing of the Appian platform

2. You are reviewing log files that can be accessed in Appian to monitor and troubleshoot platform-based issues.
For each type of log file, match the corresponding Information that it provides. Each description will either be used once, or not at all.
Note: To change your responses, you may deselect your response by clicking the blank space at the top of the selection list.

3. An existing integration is implemented in Appian. Its role is to send data for the main case and its related objects in a complex JSON to a REST API, to insert new information into an existing application. This integration was working well for a while. However, the customer highlighted one specific scenario where the integration failed in Production, and the API responded with a 500 Internal Error code. The project is in Post-Production Maintenance, and the customer needs your assistance. Which three steps should you take to troubleshoot the issue?

A) Send a test case to the Production API to ensure the service is still up and running.
B) Send the same payload to the test API to ensure the issue is not related to the API environment.
C) Analyze the behavior of subsequent calls to the Production API to ensure there is no global issue, and ask the customer to analyze the API logs to understand the nature of the issue.
D) Ensure there were no network issues when the integration was sent.
E) Obtain the JSON sent to the API and validate that there is no difference between the expected JSON format and the sent one.

4. Your team has deployed an application to Production with an underperforming view. Unexpectedly, the production data is ten times that of what was tested, and you must remediate the issue. What is the best option you can take to mitigate their performance concerns?

A) Introduce a data management policy to reduce the volume of data.
B) Create a materialized view or table.
C) Create a table which is loaded every hour with the latest data.
D) Bypass Appian's query rule by calling the database directly with a SQL statement.

5. For each scenario outlined, match the best tool to use to meet expectations. Each tool will be used once Note: To change your responses, you may deselected your response by clicking the blank space at the top of the selection list.

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