Free Appian ACD-301 Exam Dumps Questions & Answers

You are just starting with a new team that has been working together on an application for months. They ask you to review some of their views that have been degrading in performance. The views are highly complex with hundreds of lines of SQL. What is the first step in troubleshooting the degradation?

• A.Go through the entire database structure to obtain an overview, ensure you understand the business needs, and then normalize the tables to optimize performance.
• B.Run an explain statement on the views, identify critical areas of improvement that can be remediated without business knowledge.
• C.Go through all of the tables one by one to identify which of the grouped by, ordered by, or joined keys are currently indexed.
• D.Browse through the tables, note any tables that contain a large volume of null values, and work with your team to plan for table restructure.

You are designing a process that is anticipated to be executed multiple times a day. This process retrieves data from an external system and then calls various utility processes as needed. The main process will not use the results of the utility processes, and there are no user forms anywhere.
Which design choice should be used to start the utility processes and minimize the load on the execution engines?

• A.Use the Start Process Smart Service to start the utility processes.
• B.Start the utility processes via a subprocess synchronously.
• C.Use Process Messaging to start the utility process.
• D.Start the utility processes via a subprocess asynchronously.

You are on a call with a new client, and their program lead is concerned about how their legacy systems will integrate with Appian. The lead wants to know what authentication methods are supported by Appian. Which three authentication methods are supported?

• A.OAuth
• B.Active Directory
• C.Biometrics
• D.CAC
• E.API Keys
• F.SAML

You need to generate a PDF document with specific formatting. Which approach would you recommend?

• A.Use the Word Doc from Template smart service in a process model to add the specific format.
• B.Use the PDF from XSL-FO Transformation smart service to generate the content with the specific format.
• C.There is no way to fulfill the requirement using Appian. Suggest sending the content as a plain email instead.
• D.Create an embedded interface with the necessary content and ask the user to use the browser "Print" functionality to save it as a PDF.

You are in a backlog refinement meeting with the development team and the product owner. You review a story for an integration involving a third-party system. A payload will be sent from the Appian system through the integration to the third-party system. The story is 21 points on a Fibonacci scale and requires development from your Appian team as well as technical resources from the third-party system. This item is crucial to your project's success. What are the two recommended steps to ensure this story can be developed effectively?

• A.Identify subject matter experts (SMEs) to perform user acceptance testing (UAT).
• B.Break down the item into smaller stories.
• C.Acquire testing steps from QA resources.
• D.Maintain a communication schedule with the third-party resources.