Pega Definitions from CSA

Question 1

CLIPBOARD

Answer 1

Where the page remains in memory

W/in the Dev Tools —> allows for you to what value is currently

Tracks the name-value pairs

Question 2

DIRECT CAPTURE of OBJECTS (DCO)

Answer 2

Refers to a set of application dev tools and best practices that are used to define business and project objectives

Question 3

GUARDRAIL

Answer 3

Guidelines that help developers achieve project success, optimal performance, reuse and maintainability for apps.

Question 4

CLASS

Answer 4

Grouping or container for a collection of rules or other objects

Question 5

PyWORKCOVER

Answer 5

Contains the case data for the parent case

Enables you to copy data between the parent case and the child case

Question 6

CASE TYPE

Answer 6

Represents work in your app that follows a lifecycle or path to completion

Question 7

CASE

Answer 7

Instance of a case type and its primary unit of work in an app

Question 8

CASE STATUS

Answer 8

Primary indicator of the progress of a case towards resolution

Question 9

STAGES

Answer 9

Transfer of Authority

Significant change in the status of a case

Broken down into:

• Processes
• Steps

Question 10

ALTERNATE STAGES

Answer 10

Represents exceptions to the normal case of events

Question 11

CONCRETE CLASS

Answer 11

Displayed anywhere below the top level of the class hierarchy

Types:

• Internal Classes
• External Classes
• Rule Types
• Work Types

Question 12

EXTERNAL CLASSES

Answer 12

Is a Concrete Class

Corresponds to a table in an external relationship (relational) Db rather than within PegaRULES Db

Question 13

PATTERN INHERITANCE

Answer 13

Optional method where a class inherits characteristics from other classes

Setup in Rule-Obj-class rule

ex.
TGB-HRApps-Onboarding. —> TGB-HRApps —> TGB

Question 14

PyWORKPAGE

Answer 14

Stores all the data generated while creating and processing a case

Specific page on the clipboard

Question 15

PAGE

Answer 15

Structure for organizing data elements in an application

Data elements are key-value pairs —> info from the customer in the app

Question 16

DATA CLASS

Answer 16

Typically used to describe the data-model

Can be used for interfacing w/in the Db

Question 17

RULE

Answer 17

A rule defines the behavior of part of an application

Saved in Pega-RULES Db

Question 18

AUTHORING STUDIOS

Answer 18

Workspaces or studios speed app development and enhance productivity

Types:

• App Studio
• Dev Studio
• Admin Studio
• Prediction Studio

Question 19

APP STUDIO

Answer 19

Authoring tool that focuses on App Development

• Case Design
• Data Integrations
• Channels and Interfaces
• UI Authoring

Question 20

Business Architects

Answer 20

Define business rules and SLAs (Service Level Agreements)

Question 21

SYSTEM ARCHITECT

Answer 21

Developer role that creates the app

Configures app assets including UI forms

Contributes object-oriented design and technical implementation skills to an app developmental project

Question 22

WORK CLASS

Answer 22

Inherits from WORK-

Typically created as a work class to describe some form of ‘work’ to be instantiated and completed

Property examples

• pyStatus Work
• pxUrgency
• pyID

Question 23

DIRECT INHERITANCE

Answer 23

Method by which a class inherits characteristics directly from a specified parent class

Reuse standard Pega Platform rules

Ex.
TGB-HRApps-Onboarding TGB-WorkClaim-IssueClaim

Question 24

RULESETS

Answer 24

Stores, identifying and manages the set of rules that define an app or a major position of an app

Contains rule instances which are divided to support version management

Question 25

COMMON APPLICATION RULESET

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Uses all of the available rules on the lowest layer

Question 26

PROCEDURAL PROCESSING

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Based on rules, such as data transfers, activities or user interfaces (UI) rules to instruct the application when to look for a trigger event

Question 27

2 TYPES OF RULESET VALIDATION

Answer 27

Application Validation RULESET Validation

Question 28

APPLICATION VALIDATION

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Rules in the RULESET can reference ALL rules in the ruleset defined in the same application Rulesets belonging to any built-on application

Question 29

RULESET VALIDATION

Answer 29

Each ruleset version defines one or more ruleset versions on which the ruleset depends

Question 30

BACKWARD CHAINING | - declarative processing

Answer 30

Means the target property value is not automatically updated to when other declare expressions in a network update their target values

Question 31

FORWARD CHAINING | - declarative processing

Answer 31

Automatic propagation or changes in one property value to changes in other property values or to indexes

Question 32

DATA MODEL

Answer 32

Relating a conceptual model of how data items relate to each other in an application.

Question 33

DECISION TABLE

Answer 33

Decision table is a decision rule that defines comparisons by using a table format to specify a series of tests performed on property values to allow an automated decision

Question 34

DECISION TREE

Answer 34

Decision rule that defines comparisons by using a tree structure. Nested if/else conditions as you specify a series of tests to perform