Certified Application Developer Questions and Answers

200 questions organized by topic with detailed explanations

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200 questions

6 topics

Updated May 2026

Designing and Creating an Application

40 questions11 easy20 medium9 hard~20% of exam

When a developer creates a new application in App Engine Studio or Studio, what scope does it use by default Which capability is available to scoped applications but not to globally scoped applications Where do you create and configure an application menu and its modules for navigation

Application User Interface

40 questions11 easy20 medium9 hard~20% of exam

Which statement about GlideForm methods is correct A developer wants logic to run only when a user changes a field on a form. Which client script type fits this requiremen...Which client script type runs when a form is submitted and can cancel the submission by returning false

Security and Restricting Access

40 questions8 easy20 medium12 hard~20% of exam

What protects record data when no ACL explicitly matches a requested object Who is required to create or update ACLs Where are Access Control rules stored in ServiceNow

Application Automation

40 questions10 easy19 medium11 hard~20% of exam

In a record-triggered flow, where does Flow Designer store the triggering record for later use What happens each time you add an action to a flow in Flow Designer Which event queue name follows the official naming guidance

Working with External Data

20 questions5 easy11 medium4 hard~10% of exam

What does the coalesce setting do in a transform map Which statement about import set tables is correct What is required for every import to a production table

Managing Applications

20 questions7 easy10 medium3 hard~10% of exam

What does source control integration ignore when connected to an application repository Before an instance can install an application from the Application Repository, what must be true What does publishing an application to the Application Repository allow company instances to do

All Questions

#	Question	Topic	Difficulty
1	When a developer creates a new application in App Engine Studio or Studio, what scope does it use by...	Designing and Creating an Application	easy
2	What protects record data when no ACL explicitly matches a requested object	Security and Restricting Access	medium
3	What does source control integration ignore when connected to an application repository	Managing Applications	hard
4	In a record-triggered flow, where does Flow Designer store the triggering record for later use	Application Automation	hard
5	What happens each time you add an action to a flow in Flow Designer	Application Automation	medium

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