Testing, Debugging and Quality Assurance Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of the Tracer tool in Pega Platform?
Answer: To trace and debug rule execution step-by-step during runtime
The Tracer tool records and displays detailed step-by-step rule execution information, allowing developers to debug logic and identify issues during runtime.
Which Pega tool allows developers to inspect and modify property values on the clipboard during a session?
Answer: Clipboard tool
The Clipboard tool provides a live view of all clipboard pages and their property values, and allows developers to modify values directly for testing purposes.
What does a high Pega Guardrail compliance score indicate about an application?
Answer: The application follows Pega best practices and platform standards
A high guardrail compliance score means the application closely adheres to Pega-recommended development patterns, reducing technical debt and easing future upgrades.
What is the purpose of running Application Linting in Pega?
Answer: To identify rule violations and best practice deviations
Application Linting scans rules in the application and reports guardrail violations, unused rules, and other best practice deviations that should be resolved.
What is the Performance Analyzer (PAL) primarily used for in Pega Platform?
Answer: Measuring and diagnosing application performance bottlenecks
PAL captures detailed performance metrics for rule executions, database calls, and interactions so developers can identify and resolve slow-running components.
Which Pega feature allows developers to create automated validations that confirm a rule produces expected outputs for given inputs?
Answer: Unit Test Cases
Unit Test Cases are Pega rules that store defined inputs and expected outputs, enabling automated regression testing of activities, data transforms, and decision rules.
What does the Pega Healthscan tool evaluate in a Pega application?
Answer: Overall application quality including guardrail compliance and best practices
Healthscan performs a comprehensive scan of the application's rules and configuration, reporting on guardrail compliance, potential issues, and overall application health.