Pegasystems Pega Certified System Architect (PCSA) 86V1 Sample Questions:

1. HOTSPOT
An online retailer creates a case type that processes and manages customer orders.
The checkout process has four steps:
1. Review Order: The customer reviews the items in order of add-to-cart selection and can adjust the quantity of each item and delete items to calculate and display the order total.
2. Select Shipping Option: The customer selects a shipping option to determine and display the shipping charge for their order.
3. Enter Delivery Address: The customer enters their delivery address to determine the sales tax, if applicable, and the application displays the calculated sales tax.
4. Enter Payment Information: The customer selects a payment option and confirms the grand total of the order.
For each calculation, identify the appropriate chaining option to maximize the performance.

2. What is the relationship between pyWorkPage and case data?

A) pyWorkPage stores all the data pages generated when a case resolves.
B) pyWorkPage stores all the data generated while creating and processing a case.
C) pyWorkPage timestamps all the data generated while creating and processing a case.

3. A list report includes columns for purchase requests and regional cost centers. A manager wants the report to show the total number of purchase requests for each of the regional cost centers.
How do you configure the report definition?

A) Summarize the purchase requests column by count.
B) Summarize the regional cost centers by count.
C) Use the purchase requests column to group the cost centers.
D) Filter the results so that the report includes only cost center and purchase requests.

4. A development team plans to enhance functionality of an existing application by changing several user interface rules. The team would like to pilot the enhancements to a small group of users before rolling the changes out to the entire user base .
What approach maximizes reuse and maintainability?

A) Place the updated rules into a new minor version of the ruleset and include the new ruleset version in a new version of the application.
B) Place the updated rules into a new minor version of the ruleset and include the new ruleset version in a new application.
C) Place the updated rules into a new ruleset and include the new ruleset in a new version of the application.
D) Place the updated rules into a new ruleset and include the new ruleset in a new application.

5. You create an application for employees to submit timesheets. Employees enter work, vacation, and sick time for a particular week.
On the entry form, employees see a summary of the total hours entered.
After the employee submits the timesheet, the application displays remaining vacation and sick time for the employee.
To configure the form where users enter hours, select the best configuration option to calculate the total hours for the week.

A) Use a data transform. When the user enters the form, the data transform determines the sum of the work, vacation, and sick time properties.
B) Use a When rule. When the value of any work, vacation, or sick time changes, the total hours change.
C) Use procedural processing. When the value of any work, vacation, or sick time changes and the user submits the form, the total hours change.
D) Use declarative processing. When the value of any work, vacation, or sick time changes, the total hours change.

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