CPSA - Certified Pega System Architect Business Logic and Decisions Questions and Answers

Question 1

An insurance company determines car insurance premiums based on two independent factors: the driver's age group (e.g., 18-25, 26-40, 41+) and the vehicle's safety rating (e.g., Low, Medium, High).
The logic is represented as a grid where each combination of age group and safety rating has a specific premium amount.
Which type of decision rule is most suitable for modeling this requirement?

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Decision Table

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Decision Tree

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Map Value

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Declare Expression

Question 2

In an order management application, the `LineItemTotal` property must always be equal to the `Quantity` multiplied by the `UnitPrice`. A system architect needs to ensure that whenever `Quantity` or `UnitPrice` is changed by the user, `LineItemTotal` is automatically recomputed in the background without requiring a user action. Which rule should be used to configure this automatic calculation?

Accepted Answer

A Declare Expression configured on the `LineItemTotal` property.

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A Validate rule triggered on submit.

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A Data Transform called by a flow action.

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An Activity that runs on a nightly schedule.

Question 3

A company's internal application needs to display the full name of a department based on its two-letter abbreviation. For example, 'HR' should map to 'Human Resources', 'FN' to 'Finance', and 'IT' to 'Information Technology'. The logic involves a single input (the abbreviation) mapping to a single output (the full name). Which rule is the most direct and efficient way to implement this one-to-one mapping?

Accepted Answer

Map Value

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Decision Tree

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Declare OnChange

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Decision Table

Question 4

A bank needs to determine the required level of approval for a loan. If the loan amount is less than $50,000, it requires 'Loan Officer' approval. If the amount is between $50,000 and $250,000, the logic then checks the applicant's credit score. If the score is above 700, it requires 'Manager' approval; otherwise, it requires 'Senior Manager' approval. Which rule best models this nested, if-then-else logic?

Accepted Answer

Decision Tree

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Map Value

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Declare Expression

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Decision Table

Question 5

A business rule for a new credit card application states that the applicant's requested credit limit (`.RequestedLimit`) cannot exceed their calculated maximum allowable limit (`.MaxAllowableLimit`). If a user enters a value for `.RequestedLimit` that is too high, a message must be displayed immediately on the screen, even before the form is submitted. Which rule should be used to enforce this immediate validation?

Accepted Answer

A Declare Constraint on the `.RequestedLimit` property.

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A Validate rule in the flow action.

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A Trigger that runs on save.

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A Declare OnChange that calls a validation activity.

Question 6

In a purchase order case, a data page returns a list of line items (`D_LineItems.pxResults`), which is a `Page List` property. A developer needs to copy each item from this source list into the case's `LineItems` property. For each item copied, the `ItemStatus` property must be set to 'Pending'. Which action within a Data Transform is used to iterate through the source list?

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For Each Page In

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Update Page

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Append and Map to

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When