ODC Associate Developer

Certification
Sample Exam

Before Starting
This sample exam has 15 questions that will help you get ready for the ODC Associate
Developer exam. We recommend that you prepare a real exam environment as much as
possible.

● Find a quiet room just for you.

● Print this document, apart from the last page.
● Get a stopwatch or set a timer for the (recommended) duration of 35 minutes.

The last page of this document has the correct answers. Don’t peek! Use it only after
completing your exam, to check how well you did.

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● Read each question and its answers carefully.
● Take your time! Questions may be revisited and your choices can be changed.
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 ● Pick only one answer per question, as only one is correct.
● Answer all questions, as there’s no benefit in not doing so.
● Try turning off all electronic devices during the exam.
● Refrain from using or reading any external materials during the exam.

After Completing the Sample Exam

After completing the exam, validate the answers you selected by checking the ones
provided on the last page of this document and count the total number of correct
answers. Since the passing score is 70% or higher, you should get at least 11 questions right.
In case you chose any wrong answers, we suggest you review the study materials where
that specific topic is covered.

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Sample Exam Questions
1. Considering the following Entity Diagram, which of the following options is
incorrect?

A. The PersonMovieRole Entity record can only be associated with a single Movie
record.
B. A PersonRole record can be associated with several PersonMovieRole records.
C. A Movie record can have several MovieGenres.
D. A Person record can be associated with several Movies.

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 2. A developer wants to add a Filter to the GetEmployees Aggregate to guarantee that
only Employees with a corporate email from OutSystems (ending with
@outsystems.com) are returned. How can they create that Filter?

A. Employee.Email = “%@outsystems.com”
B. Employee.Email like “@outsystems.com”
C. Employee.Email like “%@outsystems.com”
D. Employee.Email = “@outsystems.com”

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 3. The following image shows the GetDepartments Aggregate with the Fetch property
set to Only on Demand. When will the GetDepartments Aggregate be triggered?

A. The GetDepartments will be triggered after the information on the Screen is

ready.
B. The GetDepartments will only run when explicitly triggered in the app’s logic.
C. The GetDepartments will be triggered whenever anything on the Screen changes.
D. The GetDepartments will be triggered automatically when the Screen is
initializing.

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 4. Consider the FetchCurrentUserName Client Action in the image below. Where can
this Action be used?

A. It can be used in any other Client or Server Action.

B. It can only be used inside Expression widgets.
C. It can be used in any other Client Actions and on Expression widgets.
D. It can only be used inside Client Actions that are set as Functions.

5. Consider a Form with a SaveOnClick Action that allows saving information into the
database. If the developer is not performing any custom validations, is it a good
practice to check if the Form.Valid property is True before saving the data?

A. Yes. The Built-In Validations by themselves will not prevent the data from being
saved to the database, even if there is invalid data added by the user.
B. No. The Valid property of the Form only needs to be validated when the
developer has defined custom validations.
C. Yes. The Built-In Validations do not check the data types of the Inputs, so this
validation is important to guarantee that the Input values match the expected
data types.
D. No. When the Built-In Validations fail, the SaveOnClick Action is not executed.

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 6. What happens if an attribute is hidden in the Aggregate’s Editor window?

A. If the attribute is not being used in the app, the hidden column will not appear in
the Aggregate Editor window and the corresponding attribute will not be
available in the Aggregate’s output.
B. If the attribute is being used in the app, the Aggregate will get an error since the
corresponding attribute will not be available in the Aggregate’s output.
C. The hidden attribute will not appear in the Aggregate Editor window and will not
be available in the Aggregate’s output, regardless if it is being used in the app or
not.
D. The hidden attribute will not appear in the Aggregate Editor window, but it will
still be available in the Aggregate’s output, regardless if it is being used in the
app or not.

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 7. The image below shows a Pagination widget that is being defined. What is the
purpose of the StartIndex Local Variable?

A. The StartIndex indicates the point where each page of the Pagination widget
starts.
B. The StartIndex shows the total number of pages of records that the user will be
able to navigate to.
C. The StartIndex points to the total number of records displayed across the
pagination.
D. The StartIndex represents the number of records shown per page.

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 8. The image below shows the Movies Screen, which has a Table with movies that can
be dynamically sorted. When the user clicks on a table column header, the movies
should appear sorted by the respective attribute in the column. Whenever the user
selects a new column to sort by, the OnSort Client Action is triggered and refreshes
the list of movies. Considering this scenario, what is missing in the OnSort Action
flow, if anything, to make sure the movies are sorted the way they should?

A. Add a Refresh Data element for the GetMovieGenres Aggregate.

B. Add an Assign below the Start with the following assignment: TableSort =
GetMovies.List.Current.
C. Add an Assign below the Start with the following assignment: TableSort = SortBy.
D. Nothing else needs to be done. Refreshing the GetMovies Aggregate already
guarantees that the data will be fetched with the new sorting criteria.

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 9. Consider an Employee Screen that should only be accessed by Managers and
Employees. This Screen has a Link to the EmployeeDetail Screen that only users with
the Manager role can access. The following image shows how this scenario is
currently implemented. What do we need to change on this Screen, if anything, to
ensure the expected behavior is properly implemented?

A. Nothing is wrong in this scenario and the logic is implemented correctly.

B. The condition of the If needs to be replaced by GetUserId() <> NullIdentifier().
C. The condition of the If needs to be replaced by CheckEmployeeRole().
D. The Employee Screen needs to have the Manager selected in the Authorization
properties.

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 10. The following image shows the Save Client Action that allows creating or updating
information about an Employee in the database. What should be the value of the
Employee Input Parameter in the Employee_CreateOrUpdate Server Action?

A. EmployeeId
B. GetEmployeeById.List.Current.Employee
C. GetEmployeeById.List
D. GetEmployeeById.List.Current.Employee.Id

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 11. Which of the following options describes a common use case for the On Initialize
Event?

A. Set the focus on an Input widget.

B. Clean the structure (DOM) of the Screen.
C. Define logic to act upon a change in data.
D. Set default values for Screen’s Local Variables.

12. The following image shows the CustomerDetails Screen, which has an Expression
that displays the customer’s Name fetched by the GetCustomerById Aggregate.
What should be the Value of the Expression?

A. GetCustomerById.Name

B. GetCustomerById.List.Customer.Name
C. GetCustomerById.List.Current.Customer.Name
D. Customer.Name

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 13.Considering the Entity shown in the image below, choose the correct option.

A. The Entity’s records can be modified both at runtime, using the Create/Update
Entity Actions, and at design time.
B. If the NewYork office had to be removed, this could only be done at design time.
C. The OfficeLocation Id attribute cannot be used to create relationships between
this and other Entities.
D. It is not possible to delete the attributes in the OfficeLocation Entity since they
are automatically created, but we can always add new ones.

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 14. The following image shows the SaveOnClick Client Action which is triggered when
the end-user clicks on a Save Button to save a Project’s details in the database. This
Action calls the Project_CreateOrUpdate Server Action, where some of the
necessary logic is implemented. What happens if an end-user without the Manager
Role clicks on the Save Button?

A. The warning message “One or more fields are incorrect” would be displayed to
the end-user because the Form would be considered invalid.
B. The execution of the Action would proceed in the DatabaseException handler
since the record could not be saved in the database.
C. The execution of the Action would proceed in the AllExceptions handler since
this is the closest Exception handler that matches the Not Manager Exception.
D. The execution of the Action would end in the Not Manager Raise Exception, then
continue in the Global Exception handler since there is no Exception handler in
these Actions to handle the Not Manager Exception.

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 15. The Thumbs Block implements a thumbs up/thumbs down rating system where the
ThumbClicked Event is triggered when an option is selected. Which of the following
options is correct?

A. A Client Action to handle the Event must be created in every parent of the Block.
B. A Client Action to handle the Event can be created in the parents of the Block,
but only where it makes sense to create some logic to respond to the Event.
C. A Client Action to handle the Event must be created inside the Block.
D. A Client Action to handle the Event can be created inside the Block if it is
necessary to create some logic to respond to the Event.

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Answers
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. B
11. D
12. C
13. B
14. C
15. B

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