UiPath-ADPv1 Practice Test 13 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A developer is building a UiPath automation that must process invoices. The process uses a REFramework and needs to guarantee that each invoice is processed exactly once, even if the robot crashes mid-transaction. The invoices are stored in an Orchestrator Queue named 'Invoices'. What is the correct approach to retrieve and process queue items?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

Use the 'Get Transaction Item' activity to retrieve a single item with Status 'New', process it, then set its status to 'Successful' using 'Set Transaction Status'.. The correct approach uses Get Transaction Item to atomically retrieve and lock a New queue item, then Set Transaction Status to mark it Successful after processing. This ensures that each item is processed once, and if a crash occurs, the item remains In Progress and can be retried. Other options either fail to lock items, use incorrect activities, or delete items instead of updating status.

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Use the 'Get Transaction Item' activity with the 'Reference' property set to the invoice number, process the item, and then use the 'Update Queue Item' activity to change its status to 'Successful'.

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Use the 'Add Queue Item' activity to add each invoice to the queue, then use 'Get Transaction Item' to process them, and finally delete the queue items after processing.

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Use the 'Get Queue Items' activity to fetch all items with Status 'New', loop through them, and update each item's status to 'Successful' after processing.

Question 2

A developer needs to ensure that a UiPath automation can run on a machine that does not have Microsoft Excel installed. The automation must read data from an Excel file and write it to a DataTable. Which activity should be used to achieve this?

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Workbook Read Range. Workbook Read Range is the correct activity because it reads Excel files using the Open XML SDK, which does not require Microsoft Excel to be installed. Excel Application Scope relies on Interop and requires Excel, while Read CSV and Read Text File handle different file formats and do not return a DataTable from an Excel file.

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Read CSV

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Excel Application Scope with Read Range

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Read Text File

Question 3

A developer needs to configure a UiPath Orchestrator Queue to ensure that if a transaction fails due to a business rule violation, it is not retried, but if it fails due to a system exception, it is retried up to 3 times. The queue currently has default settings. Which combination of queue settings and transaction status handling achieves this?

Accepted Answer

Set the queue's 'Max # of retries' to 3, and in the process, use 'Set Transaction Status' with Status 'Failed' and ErrorType 'Business' for business exceptions, and ErrorType 'Application' for system exceptions.. To prevent retries for business exceptions and allow up to 3 retries for system exceptions, set the queue's Max # of retries to 3. Then, when a business rule violation occurs, use Set Transaction Status with ErrorType Business; for system exceptions, use ErrorType Application. Orchestrator will not retry Business exceptions, but will retry Application exceptions until the maximum retry count is reached.

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Set the queue's 'Max # of retries' to 3, and in the process, use 'Set Transaction Status' with Status 'Failed' for all exceptions, and rely on the queue's retry mechanism to distinguish between business and system exceptions.

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Set the queue's 'Max # of retries' to 0, and in the process, use 'Set Transaction Status' with Status 'Failed' and ErrorType 'Business' for business exceptions, and ErrorType 'Application' for system exceptions, and manually re-add failed system exceptions to the queue.

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Set the queue's 'Max # of retries' to 3, and in the process, use 'Set Transaction Status' with Status 'Failed' and ErrorType 'Business' for system exceptions, and ErrorType 'Application' for business exceptions.

Question 4

A developer is building an attended automation using UiPath Studio. The workflow must pause and wait for the user to enter a comment before continuing, but the automation must also remain responsive to system events. Which activity should be used to collect the user's input?

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Input Dialog. Input Dialog is the correct choice because it is specifically designed to prompt the user for input and block the workflow until a response is received. It supports various input controls, including text fields for comments. Message Box, Write Line, and Assign do not offer the capability to capture user-entered text, making them inappropriate for this attended automation requirement.

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Write Line

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Message Box

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Assign

Question 5

A developer is building a UiPath automation that must process invoices. The process uses a REFramework and needs to guarantee that each invoice is processed exactly once, even if the robot crashes mid-transaction. The invoices are stored in an Orchestrator Queue named 'Invoices'. What is the correct approach to retrieve and process queue items?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

Windows Certificate Store with robot user permissions. A client certificate for a web application must be stored where the robot user can access it securely. The Windows Certificate Store, combined with file system and store permissions limited to the robot user, ensures the certificate is available only to that user. Other UiPath asset types cannot store certificates or enforce per-user access, so they are unsuitable for this scenario.

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Orchestrator Asset of type Text

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Orchestrator Credential Asset

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UiPath Orchestrator Queue with certificate reference

Question 6

An attended automation is deployed to a user's machine. The user needs to be able to start the process from the UiPath Assistant while working in another application. The developer wants to ensure that the process can be triggered without the user having to switch to the Assistant window. Which feature should be configured?

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Global keyboard shortcut. Configuring a global keyboard shortcut in UiPath Assistant enables the user to start the attended automation from anywhere in the operating system, including while focused on another application. This meets the requirement without disrupting the user's workflow. Other options like auto-start, Picture-in-Picture, or the Robot Tray do not provide on-demand triggering from any application context.

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UiPath Robot Tray

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Picture-in-Picture mode

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Auto-start on login

Question 7

An automation team wants to ensure that a critical production process in Orchestrator is executed only on a specific set of robots that have been certified for high-security environments. The robots are already provisioned and assigned to the folder. Which Orchestrator feature should they use to restrict the process to those robots?

Accepted Answer

Configure the process to run only on robots with a specific tag, and assign that tag to the certified robots.. Robot tags in Orchestrator provide a way to logically group robots and target processes to specific sets. By tagging the certified robots and configuring the process to execute only on that tag, the automation team ensures that only those robots run the process, meeting the security requirement without moving resources or using unrelated features.

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Create a separate folder for the process and move the certified robots into that folder.

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Set the process to 'High Density' mode to ensure it runs only on certified robots.

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Use a queue-based trigger that only certified robots can access.

Question 8

An automation developer is using the 'Type Into' activity to enter a date into a web form. The field already contains a placeholder value 'MM/DD/YYYY'. The developer wants to ensure the placeholder is removed before typing the new date. Which property of the 'Type Into' activity should be configured?

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EmptyField. To ensure the input field is cleared before typing, the EmptyField property must be set to True. This removes any existing content, including placeholders, so the new date is entered cleanly. Other properties like ClickBeforeTyping or Activate only manage focus and do not alter the field's content.

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DelayAfter

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ClickBeforeTyping

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Activate

Question 9

A developer needs to store a password that an unattended robot will use to log into a legacy application. The password must be encrypted and accessible only to the robot at runtime. Which UiPath Orchestrator asset type should the developer use?

Accepted Answer

Credential asset. Credential assets are the only Orchestrator asset type that securely stores passwords. They encrypt the value and allow controlled access via robot roles. The Get Credential activity retrieves the username and password as a secure string, which can be used in login activities without exposing the plain text. Other asset types lack encryption and the ability to store secrets, making them inappropriate for this requirement.

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Text asset

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Bool asset

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Integer asset

Question 10

An attended automation uses the UiPath Assistant to run a process that includes a Form Activity with a button labeled "Complete". The user reports that the form never closes, even after clicking the button. Which action should the developer take to ensure the form closes and the workflow continues?

Accepted Answer

In the Form Designer, set the button's Action property to "Submit".. In UiPath Forms, buttons must be configured with an Action property set to "Submit" to close the form and return data to the workflow. Without this, the form remains open and the workflow waits indefinitely. The developer should open the Form Designer, select the button, and set its Action to "Submit". This ensures the form closes upon user click and the automation continues.

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Add a Close Form activity after the Form Activity in the workflow.

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Set the form's Timeout property to a non-zero value so it closes automatically.

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Set the form's Button property to "Submit" and bind the button to a FormField.

Question 11

An administrator needs to grant a robot account permission to read and write to a storage bucket in a modern folder, but the robot should not be able to delete any files. Which Orchestrator role configuration should be applied?

Accepted Answer

Create a custom role with only 'Storage Bucket Read' and 'Storage Bucket Write' permissions and assign it to the robot.. Orchestrator's role-based access control supports custom roles with granular permissions. To allow read and write but not delete, you must create a custom role that includes only the 'Storage Bucket Read' and 'Storage Bucket Write' permissions. Assigning this role to the robot account at the folder level ensures it has the necessary access without the ability to delete files. Default roles either grant too much or cannot be modified.

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Assign the robot account the 'Storage Bucket Administrator' role at the folder level.

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Assign the robot account the 'Folder Administrator' role at the folder level.

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Use the default 'Robot' role and modify its permissions to include storage bucket access.

Question 12

A developer is preparing to use UiPath Autopilot for Developers to generate a workflow from a description. Which TWO practices improve the likelihood that the generated workflow is usable with minimal rework? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Specify the target application names, input formats, and expected outputs in the description.. Autopilot generates better workflows when the description supplies concrete context and a logical step order. Naming applications, formats, and outputs helps activity selection, while presenting steps sequentially helps the model produce a correct flow. Excluding credentials, shortening the description excessively, and omitting error-handling expectations all reduce quality or introduce risk, so they are not recommended practices.

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Include real production credentials and connection strings in the description.

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Use the shortest possible description to avoid overwhelming the model.

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Ask Autopilot to generate the workflow without specifying any error-handling expectations.

Question 13

A developer uses the HTTP Request activity in a UiPath Studio project to call a REST API that returns a deeply nested JSON response. The developer needs to extract a specific value located at a path of several levels, and the response structure may vary slightly between calls. The developer wants to avoid deserializing the entire payload into custom classes. Which approach is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Use the Deserialize JSON activity with the TypeArgument set to Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject, then use the SelectToken method with a JSONPath expression to retrieve the nested value.. Using JObject with SelectToken leverages JSONPath to query nested values without predefined classes, which is ideal when the JSON structure may vary. It avoids brittle string parsing and the rigidity of tabular or dictionary-based deserialization, providing a flexible and maintainable solution for extracting deep values from REST API responses.

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Use the Deserialize JSON activity with the TypeArgument set to System.Data.DataTable, then use the Select method to filter rows containing the desired value.

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Use the Deserialize JSON activity with the TypeArgument set to System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, Object), then access nested levels using repeated TryGetValue calls.

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Use the HTTP Request activity with the Response Content property set to a string, then apply regular expressions to parse the raw JSON text for the desired value.

Question 14

A developer is creating an attended automation that must display a form to the user for entering multiple fields, such as name, date, and amount, before continuing. The form should be customizable and return the values as structured data. Which UiPath activity should be used?

Accepted Answer

Form Activity (Custom Form). The Form Activity (Custom Form) is the appropriate choice because it enables the creation of a multi-field form that can be customized with various controls. It returns the collected data as a structured object, which can then be used in the automation. This activity is specifically designed for attended scenarios where user input is required in a single, cohesive interface.

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Message Box

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Input Dialog

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Select Folder

Question 15

An automation developer has built an attended process that uses the Modern Design experience and relies on UI automation for a legacy desktop application. Users report that the robot sometimes clicks the wrong element after they resize or move the application window during execution. The developer wants the selector to remain valid across window size and position changes without weakening the overall reliability. Which approach should the developer take?

Accepted Answer

Add an Anchor to the target element in the selector, referencing a nearby stable UI element.. Anchoring the target to a nearby stable element makes the selector resilient to window size and position changes without sacrificing strict matching. The robot locates the anchor first and then finds the target relative to it, so the click lands on the correct control even after the user rearranges the window. Fuzzy matching, Computer Vision, and simulated clicks each solve different problems and do not fix the geometry-dependent selector.

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Switch the target from a strict selector to a fuzzy selector with a low accuracy threshold.

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Enable the Simulate Click input method on the Click activity.

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Use a Computer Vision activity with the target anchored to a stable label on the form.