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Certification Exam

Certified Pega Senior System Architect

60 Questions

1 hr 30 mins

Passing Score: 70%

 Applies to: Pega Platform '25

The Certified Pega Senior System Architect ’25 certification validates the ability to use Pega to design and build for reusability across multiple lines of business, and includes applying best practices, understanding application debugging, understanding performance tuning and system maintenance techniques, and addressing security/access requirements in an application.   

Exam Code: PEGACPSSA25V1

Language: English

Retirement Date: N/A

Intermediate
English

Prerequisites

Senior System Architect

Exam topics (% of exam)

Application Development (30%)
Define the Class hierarchy structure
Describe the purpose of Modular architecture and Enterprise reuse
Create an application with the New Application wizard
Describe the rule resolution process; adjust rule availability
Identify how circumstancing affects application behavior
Circumstance rules on a single variable or multiple variables
Differentiate between a queue processor and a job scheduler
Identify the role and elements of activities in case processing
Automate actions when a property value changes
Identify the role and impacts of application versioning; Use of ruleset skimming
Configure and validate application rulesets
Migrate an application; use of product rules
Case Management (20%)
Differentiate between work groups, work queues, and organizational structures
Configure parallel processing for cases
Manage concurrent case access; locking strategies
Configure flow action pre- and post-processing
Extend service-level agreement configurations
Data and Integration (20%)
Validate data against a pattern
Identify use cases for keyed data pages
Exchange data with other applications
Address integration errors in connectors
Configure a field value Rule
User Experience (5%)
Configure custom Portals to satisfy different customer requirements
Use Pega Web Embed technology to integrate Pega applications within existing client websites
Explain how Constellation SDKs use Constellation DX components to incorporate Constellation in alternative design systems
Group fields in views
Initiate request/response calls between a Constellation application and Constellation DX API REST endpoints.
System Administration (15%)
Measure System Performance; use of performance-related tools
Debug system performance
Review log files: Distinguish system events and performance events
Explain the need to configure Application Settings for integrating external systems
Describe the Application Settings configuration
Add resource settings for an integration
Security (10%)
Distinguish between role-based, attribute-based, and client-based access control
Organize and manage case attachments
Secure data with data encryption
Track and audit changes to data

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