Application Design & Development Flashcards

Which rule availability setting halts rule resolution and causes an error if that rule is selected?

Answer: Blocked

A Blocked rule stops rule resolution entirely, so no lower-ranked candidate is used.

Which inheritance type is set explicitly in the class rule's 'Parent class to inherit from' field?

Answer: Directed inheritance

Directed inheritance is defined explicitly in the class rule, while pattern inheritance follows the class name prefix.

In ruleset version 01-02-05, what does '02' represent?

Answer: Minor version

Ruleset versions use the major-minor-patch format, so the middle number is the minor version.

Which Pega feature lets several development teams work on the same application in parallel and merge changes later?

Answer: Branches

Branch rulesets isolate each team's changes until they are merged into the base ruleset.

Gold-tier customers need a different discount calculation than other customers. Which approach specializes the rule by property value?

Answer: Circumstance the rule

Circumstancing creates a variant of a rule that is chosen when a property matches a specified value.

Which class layer holds assets that should be reused across all applications in the enterprise, such as shared data classes?

Answer: Organization layer

The organization layer contains enterprise-wide assets reusable by every application in the organization.

When a developer checks out a rule, where is the editable copy stored?

Answer: The developer's personal ruleset

Checked-out rules are copied to the developer's personal ruleset so changes don't affect others until check-in.