PEGACPSA25V1 Certified Pega System Architect '25 Practice Questions
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Domains covered on the exam 8
- Case Management25%
- Data and Integration20%
- Application Development15%
- Pega GenAI10%
- User Experience10%
- Security10%
- Insights5%
- DevOps5%
- 1
Which Pega tool allows you to visualize and interactively query application data to create charts and dashboards without writing SQL or complex activity rules?
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Correct answer: D
The 'Explore Data' (or Insights) feature in Pega provides a drag-and-drop interface for users to query data, create visualizations (charts/graphs), and save them as dashboards, democratizing data access.
- 2
You are creating a Unit Test for a Decision Table rule. What is the prerequisite for converting a manual test run into a saved Pega Unit Test Case?
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Correct answer: D
Pega requires a configured Test Ruleset to store unit test cases. If no test ruleset is defined in the Application rule, you cannot save the test case.
- 3
A Data Page 'D_CustomerDetails' is configured with 'Reload once per interaction' and has a parameter 'CustomerID'. Two different users, User A and User B, access this Data Page with the SAME CustomerID at the same time. The Data Page scope is 'Thread'. How many times will the data source be queried?
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Correct answer: C
Thread scope means the data page instance is unique to the specific thread of a specific requestor. User A and User B are different requestors, so they have different threads. Therefore, the system must query the source twice (once for each user) to populate their individual thread-scoped pages.
- 4
When using 'Pega GenAI Knowledge Buddy' to answer user questions based on internal documentation, what is the function of the 'Knowledge Base' configuration?
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Correct answer: A
Knowledge Buddy uses Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). The Knowledge Base is the configured collection of documents (ingested via connectors or upload) that the system indexes. When a user asks a question, Buddy searches this Knowledge Base for relevant chunks to ground its answer.
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You have a Requirement to ensure that a 'Social Security Number' property is always entered in the format 'XXX-XX-XXXX'. Which rule type should be referenced in the property definition to enforce this format on the server side?
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Correct answer: D
An Edit Validate rule (Java-based) is referenced on a Property rule to validate the format of the data (like Regex patterns) when the value is submitted.
- 6
A financial services organization is implementing a Loan Application case type. The requirement states that if a loan request exceeds $50,000, it must be routed to the 'Senior Underwriters' work queue. If the amount is $50,000 or less, it should be routed to the 'Junior Underwriters' work queue. Additionally, the routing logic must consider the applicant's credit score tier ('High Risk', 'Medium Risk', 'Low Risk') to prioritize assignment urgency immediately upon routing. Which configuration optimally meets these requirements using Pega best practices?
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Correct answer: C
The 'ToDecisionTree' (or ToBusinessLogic) router allows routing based on complex logic returning a Work Queue name. While urgency is typically handled by SLAs, the routing decision itself is best encapsulated in a decision rule (Tree or Table) when logic branches. This approach separates the routing logic from the flow definition, enhancing maintainability.
- 7
A developer is configuring a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for a 'Verify Documents' assignment. The requirements are:
- Initial Assignment Urgency: 10
- Goal Interval: 4 hours (increases urgency by 10)
- Deadline Interval: 8 hours (increases urgency by 20)
- Passed Deadline: Increases urgency by 10 every 2 hours, up to 3 times.
If the assignment is created at 9:00 AM and remains untouched, what will the assignment urgency be at 6:00 PM on the same day?
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Correct answer: A
In a Pega service-level agreement the goal and deadline intervals both start when the assignment is created, and the first passed-deadline interval starts at the deadline (Pega help, Service-level agreement form, General tab). The initial urgency at 9:00 AM is 10. The goal is reached at 1:00 PM (4 hours), adding 10, so urgency is 20. The deadline is reached at 5:00 PM (8 hours), adding 20, so urgency is 40. The first passed-deadline increase happens 2 hours after the deadline, at 7:00 PM, so at 6:00 PM nothing more has been added and urgency is 40. A total of 50 counts the initial urgency of 10 twice, 60 would need the first passed-deadline increase that has not happened yet, and 30 misses one of the increases.
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You are designing a data integration strategy for a Product Catalog in an e-commerce application. The product list is large (50,000+ records), changes infrequently (once a week), and is accessed by all users across the system for read-only purposes during order creation. Which Data Page scope and configuration is most appropriate to optimize performance and memory usage?
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Correct answer: C
Node scope is ideal for reference data shared across all requestors (users) on a single node. Since the data is large and changes infrequently, loading it once per node saves significant memory and database hits compared to Thread or Requestor scope, which would duplicate the 50,000 records for every user or case.
- 9
A System Architect is debugging a case where a specific flow action is not appearing for a user, even though the user has the correct access role. The flow action is in the 'UPlus-Work-Claims' class. The user's Access Group points to an application version built on the 'UPlus-Work' framework. Using the Situational Layer Cake concept, what is the most likely reason the rule is not resolving?
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Correct answer: A
In Rule Resolution, if a rule is marked 'Withdrawn' in a ruleset version accessible to the user, Pega skips that version AND all lower versions of that rule in the same Major version, effectively hiding it. This is a common cause for rules 'disappearing' during debugging.
- 10
A company wants to leverage Pega GenAI to accelerate the modernization of their legacy insurance claims process. They have a collection of PDF manuals and BPMN diagrams describing the old system. Which Pega GenAI feature should the System Architect use to analyze these assets and suggest a new Case Type structure and data model?
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Correct answer: A
Pega GenAI Blueprint is specifically designed for application design and legacy transformation. It can ingest legacy documentation (like PDFs or process maps) to suggest optimized Case Type lifecycles, data objects, and personas, rapidly creating a foundational application structure.
