CDT Automation & Scripting 3

Question 1

A Python script uses PyPDF2 to merge documents but the output PDF has scrambled fonts. What is the MOST likely cause?

Accepted Answer

Source PDFs use embedded subsets that are not properly reconciled during merge

Answer

When PDFs with subsetted (partially embedded) fonts are merged, font resource name conflicts can cause glyphs to map incorrectly in the combined file.

Question 2

Which PowerShell cmdlet would you use to iterate over all DOCX files in a directory and its subdirectories for automated processing?

Accepted Answer

Get-ChildItem -Path . -Filter *.docx -Recurse

Answer

Get-ChildItem with -Recurse traverses all subdirectories and -Filter restricts results to files matching the wildcard pattern.

Question 3

A document automation script must insert a watermark only on pages that contain the phrase 'CONFIDENTIAL'. What technique enables this conditional logic?

Accepted Answer

Parsing each page's text layer, checking for the phrase, then conditionally stamping only matching pages

Answer

Extracting the text layer per page and testing it with a string search or regex allows the script to selectively apply the watermark only where appropriate.

Question 4

When scheduling automated document processing jobs on a Linux server, which tool is most commonly used to define time-based execution?

Accepted Answer

cron (crontab)

Answer

cron is the standard Linux scheduler; crontab entries define the schedule (minute/hour/day/month/weekday) and the command to run.

Question 5

A script that automates form filling must handle a PDF where some fields are read-only. What should the script do when it encounters a read-only field?

Accepted Answer

Skip the field or log it as a warning without attempting to write to it

Answer

Attempting to write to a read-only field will fail or corrupt the document; the script should detect the read-only flag and log a warning instead.

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CDT Automation & Scripting 3