RPA Cheat Sheet 2026

The 30 highest-yield RPA facts, distilled from real exam questions. Print it, save it as a PDF, or study it here — free, no sign-up.

1. Which exception type in UiPath represents an error caused by a UI element not being found on screen? → SelectorNotFoundException
2. Runtime Guide does not contain ________________ during RPA development. → None of the above
3. In Blue Prism, what are 'Collections' used for? → Storing and manipulating tabular data with rows and columns within a process
4. In UiPath, which workflow layout type is best suited for sequential step-by-step processes without complex branching? → Sequence
5. Which practice is considered a best approach when automating a process prone to frequent UI changes? → Use robust, attribute-based selectors with fallback strategies
6. What does 'Surface Automation' mean in the context of Blue Prism? → Interacting with application UI elements when API or direct integration is not available
7. What does a 'Resource PC' represent in Blue Prism architecture? → A machine where Blue Prism Runtime Resource is installed to execute automations
8. What might be compared to a software robot? → A virtual worker
9. What is a 'Decision Stage' used for in Blue Prism Process Studio? → Evaluating a condition and branching the process flow based on true/false outcome
10. What are 'Business Objects' in Blue Prism? → Reusable components that define how a bot interacts with a specific application
11. What is the purpose of parallel testing in an RPA deployment? → Comparing the outputs of a new bot against the legacy system to validate correctness
12. In RPA architecture, what is a 'Bot Runner' primarily responsible for? → Executing automated tasks on a machine
13. What is 'robotic desktop automation' (RDA)? → Attended automation that assists humans at their workstations
14. What is the primary risk of using 'image-based automation' in RPA? → It breaks when screen resolution, theme, or layout changes
15. What are the different workflow types that UiPath Studio offers? → All of the above
16. In RPA, what is a 'queue' used for? → Storing work items that robots process in order
17. What is a 'Process Definition Document (PDD)' in RPA? → A detailed document describing the current state of a process to be automated
18. What is 'IQ Bot' in the Automation Anywhere platform? → An intelligent automation tool that processes unstructured data using AI and ML
19. What is the 'Control Room' in Automation Anywhere responsible for? → Centralized management, deployment, and monitoring of all bots
20. What is 'ROI' typically used to measure in an RPA program? → The financial return gained from automation relative to its implementation cost
21. Which RPA concept refers to the idea of bots automatically discovering new automation opportunities within a live process? → Task mining
22. In UiPath, which data type would you use to store a collection of key-value pairs where keys must be unique? → Dictionary
23. Which metric measures the percentage of a process that is completed by a bot without human intervention? → Straight-through processing (STP) rate
24. What is 'citizen development' in the context of RPA? → Non-technical business users building their own automations with low-code RPA tools
25. In RPA change management, what does 'bot retirement' involve? → Decommissioning an automation when the underlying process changes or is eliminated
26. What is the significance of 'bot orchestration' in large-scale RPA deployments? → Coordinating multiple robots, scheduling workloads, and managing priorities centrally
27. Which is a key anti-pattern to AVOID when selecting RPA processes? → Automating a broken process without fixing it first
28. What is the main risk of using 'image-based automation' (click by screenshot) as a primary automation technique? → It breaks if screen resolution, theme, or application appearance changes even slightly
29. What purposes do queues serve? → Distribute transactional load among multiple robots
30. In Blue Prism, what does 'Automate' refer to? → The Blue Prism client application used by developers and operators