RPA Developer Foundation Training - Full Set

What is recommended to have in a Catch block?

- A LogMessage activity. - An alternative to the approach that fails.

What can you use to add more details about the process in the workflow itself?

- Adding activity annotations - The comment activity (maybe)

The Save Attachments activity can save all the attachments of an email to:

- An absolute path. - A relative path. (maybe)

How can you specify the location of a PDF file?

- As a relative path - As a full path to the PDF

What is considered a best practice in large projects?

- Breaking a large process in smaller workflows - Giving descriptive names to variables and workflows - Testing workflows independently

As a best practice, how should workflows use a local desktop application?

- By checking if the corresponding process is running and if not, opening the application by using the Open Application activity. - By using selectors to interact with the application. - By closing the application once it's no longer needed.

As a best practice, how should workflows use a local desktop application?

- By closing the application once it's no longer needed. - By using selectors to interact with the application.

How should an RPA developer address runtime exceptions in the workflows?

- By logging any exception events - By using automatic recovery sequences inside the Catch blocks. - By using Try/Catch blocks when invoking external workflow files

How can you extract data from an invoked workflow?

- By using Out arguments. - By using In/Out arguments.

How can execution be paused before a particular activity?

- By using a breakpoint in Debug mode -By using a Break activity

How can execution be paused before a particular activity?

- By using a breakpoint in Debug mode. - By using a MessageBox activity.

Which of the following activities can be used to select an item in drop down list, in Citrix?

- Click image - Click OCR Text

How can you start an application within a Citrix environment?

- Double clicking the application icon on the desktop - Defining a shortcut key and then triggering the app with a Send Hotkey activity

Which of the following activities will allow you to retrieve only unread messages?

- Get Outlook Mail Messages - Get IMAP Mail Messages

If you want to extract specific information from multiple native PDF files with the same structure, what activity should you use?

- Get Text

What type of arguments can you use in a workflow?

- In -Out - In/Out

How do you specify the Excel file to read from, in a Read Cell activity?

- In the WorkbookPath property, provide the full path of the workbook. - In the WorkbookPath property, provide a relative path, if the workbook is in the project folder.

Which of the following properties are found in the Get Outlook Mail Messages activity?

- MailFolder

If a Click Image activity was created with an image of an icon, and meanwhile that icon becomes highlighted, will the activity still work?

- No if the accuracy is too high - Yes, if the clipping region avoids the background of the icon

We have a native PDF invoice and we need to read the amount in USD next to the label AMOUNT. What methods can we apply to get the desired value?

- Open the file in Acrobat Reader or any other compatible PDF reader and use Anchor Base with the label as an anchor. - Use the Get Text activity with a reliable selector (if available) in order to only retrieve the amount from the PDF file.

What activity should you use to extract all the text from the PDF file?

- Read PDF with OCR - Read PDF with Text

Which of the following methods can be used for reading text from a native .pdf document?

- Read PDF with OCR activity - Read PDF Text activity - Ui Automation (open .pdf document in Adobe Acrobat Reader, then Get Text)

Which of the following phrases are true regarding Project Organization?

- Saves time for all team members - Is a constant concern of the robot developer

What activity allows you to customize the name of the sender when you are sending an email?

- Send SMTP Mail Message - Send Exchange Mail Message

If you are using the For Each activity to loop through a list of MailMessage variables, what should you set the TypeArgument property to?

- System.Net.Mail.MailMessage

The Read PDF with OCR activity will throw an error if the following is not specified:

- The FileName property. - The OCR Engine that is to be used.

Which of the following methods can be used for reading text from a native .pdf document?

- UI Autimantion (open . pdf document in Adobe Acrobat Reader, then Get Text) - Read PDF with OCR activity - Read PDF with Text activity

How can you manage passwords for an automation project?

- With Windows Credential Manager -With the Get Password activity

What activity should you use if you want to add data to an existing .xlsx document?

- Workbook Append Range - Excel Append Range

Can you run the robot manually, step by step, in order to analyze the robot behavior in certain conditions?

- Yes, by using Step Into and Step Over. - Yes, by using Breakpoints and running the workflow in Debug mode.

Imagine you have to use a Type Into activity in an element that loads slowly. Will it be a good idea to add some delays before executing Type Into?

- Yes, use On image appear and start typing only after the trigger happens.

If the PDF activities are not listed in your Activities Panel, how can you get them?

- by installing them using the Manage Packages feature

How can you run the process slower in order to analyze the robots behavior in certain conditions?

- by using Slow Step and running the workflow in Debug mode - by using Slow Step and starting the workflow normally (maybe)

Which of the following statements regarding the Read PDF with OCR activity are true?

- it works with native .pdf files - it allows you to specify the range of pages to be read - it can use different OCR engines (Microsoft, Google)

What activities can you use to send an email message?

- send Outlook Mail Message - send SMTP Mail Message

When running a workflow how can you see the steps the workflow is executing?

- using Debug with Highlight Activities option - using Debug and inspecting the Output panel

How can you send an image inside a MailMessage?

- you can add the path to the attachment directly in the send activity - you can specify the relative path of the image in the Attachments property

If you need to sort a table from an .xlsx file, what should you use?

An Excel Sort data table activity.

What does the Find Image activity return?

An UI element object

The Save Attachments activity can save all the attachments of an email to:

An absolute path.

What happens if Find Image doesn't actually find the desired image?

An exception is thrown

You have an Excel table with two columns named "PersonName" and "Age". What happens if you use the activity Insert Column with the Column Name property set to "Age"?

An exception is thrown.

What is the most effective way to handle the click on a UI Element that is not always available?

By placing the Click activity inside a Try/Catch block.

What is the EASIEST navigation method to be used in a form with Citrix?

By sending keyboard commands/hotkeys

How can you trigger another workflow from within your current one?

By using the Invoke Method activity.

How can you trigger another workflow from within your current one?

By using the Invoke Workflow File activity.

How can we make sure that an app is in a certain state in a Citrix environment?

By waiting for certain UI elements to appear or disappear and making decisions based on that.

The Finally block of a Try/Catch activity is executed when:

Every time, regardless if an exception occurred or not.

What activity should you use to read all the data from a .xlsx file?

Excel Read Range

What activity you should use if you want to calculate a sum into a cell using Excel formulas?

Excel Write Cell

The Send Outlook Mail Message activity will work without having Microsoft Outlook installed:

False

If you want to wait until a UI Element becomes available on the screen, what activity should you use?

Find Element

What is the recommended layout to define business logic in a complex process automation?

Flowchart

In order to loop through all the rows of a datatable , which activity should be used?

For Each Row

What activity can you use to create a DataTable from an input string?

Generate Data Table

If you want to get only filtered MailMessage variables, what activity should you use?

Get Outlook mail messages

Which of the following activities requires the PDF file to be opened with Acrobat Reader in order to read it?

Get Text

Which of the following is a good example of a workflow name?

GetCostumerNumber.xaml

Which of the following is a good example of a workflow name?

GetCustomerNumber.xaml

Which Visual Basic property within the MailMessage class will you use to get the Date of an email?

Headers ("Date")

What activity can be used in a Citrix environment to check whether a UI element is displayed or not?

Image Exists

Where can you find more details about the following error that appears when loading a workflow: "Activity could not be loaded because of errors in the XAML"?

In Output pane.

Where can you see the variables' values during workflow execution?

In the Locals pane

What activity is used to chain together multiple workflows in a single automation?

Invoke Workflow File activity

What is the output of the Save Mail Message activity?

It saves a .eml file.

What happens if you try to use a Write Range activity to a . xlsx file that does not exist?

It will create that file for you and write the data in it.

What happens if you use the Write Range activity with the Range property set to "" to write a database to an excel file that already contains data?

It will overwrite the existing data.

What happens if you use the Excel Read Range activity to read a .xlsx file that is already opened?

It will read the document successfully.

What is the supported variable type in the Output property field of all Get Mail activities (POP3, IMAP, Outlook, Exchange)?

List (MailMessage)

Is "Workflow2.xaml" a good name for a reusable workflow?

No

Is notifying the user via a Message Box activity a good way to keep track of a workflow's execution progress ?

No

Will the Get Outlook Mail Message activity delete the emails from the account after it reads them?

No

Will the Read PDF with OCR activity open the PDF document on the screen in order to read it?

No

Can a Pick Branch activity be used alone?

No, it can only be added inside a Pick activity body.

What is the easiest way to get the invoice number from a native PDF file?

Open the PDF with Acrobat and scrape only relevant information

What activity can you use to create a DataTable from an input string?

Output Data Table (NOT)

What should you use if you want to get the value of a specific cell from a row in a datatable?

Output Data Table (maybe)

If the PDF contains both images and native text, what activity should you use to read all the text from it?

Read PDF with OCR

What activity can be used to read an entire sheet from a excel file?

Read Range

What happens if you use a Read Range activity with the Range property set to "" (an empty string)?

Reads all the information from the specified sheet

What is the Output Data Table activity used for?

Saves all data from the Data Table to a string variable.

What activity can you use to send an email without entering the username and password of the email account?

Send Outlook Mail Message

What is the recommended layout for a sequence of UI Interactions?

Sequence

What is the recommended layout for sequential activities?

Sequence

How can a robot read only the first page of a PDF file, using the PDF activities?

Set the Range property to: "1"

If you want to extract specific information from a series of PDF files with a similar structure but the workflow only works for one file of the series, what should you investigate?

The Selector property.

When you have more than one exception type defined in the Catch block, which block is executed?

The block with most specific match. (maybe)

What does the Locals panel display when you are working in Debug mode?

The current values of your variables

What happens if the AddHeaders option is checked for Read Range activity?

The first row form the specified range is considered to be the column names

What happens if you put a Breakpoint on a Click activity and start the workflow in Debug mode?

The workflow will be paused unti you click the Continue button.

How many Catches can you have in a Try/Catch block?

There is no limit on the number of catches.

What can you use to make sure that the execution continues even if an activity fails?

Try/Catch activity

What is the best approach to filter data from a data table based on a condition?

Using the 'Select' method.

If you need to stop the workflow until a UI Element has disappeared from the screen, what activity should you use?

Wait Element Vanish

You need to read from an Excel sheet and you don't know the range. What do you write in the "Range" property of the Read Range Activity?

Write an empty string

Can Excel related activities be used without having the Excel Application installed?

Yes but only for xlsx files

When is it recommended to use nested If activities inside workflows?

You should avoid using nested If activities.

If you need to know if a UI Element is available on the screen or not, what activity should you use?

[NOT] Element Exists