AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder Questions + Answers

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Question 1 ( Topic 1 )
Which of the following are ways that a user can interact with an Amazon Alexa skill using both voice and non-voice methods? (Choose three.)
A. Scrolling through a list
B. Selecting an action
C. Zooming in on an image
D. Pausing a video
E. Muting the device
F. Pairing with Bluetooth


Answer : DEF

Question 2 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder wants a skill to inform the users of the number of times they have launched the skill.
What approach should the Builder take to track this information?
A. Store and increment a launchCount session attribute.
B. Using the ASK SDK, implement a persistent attribute that is stored and retrieved from Amazon DynamoDB.
C. Perform a scan of the Amazon DynamoDB table for the number of records and count each record as a skill launch.
D. Set up a global variable in the code project that increments each time the code is invoked by Amazon Alexa.


Answer : B

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... butes.html
Question 3 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder is developing a skill that tells users facts about their neighborhoods using their postal codes. When running the skill, users receive error messages from their Amazon Alexa devices. When the Builder checks the logs, error messages are being sent when the device location API is used to get users"™ postal codes.
What are the potential causes of this issue? (Choose two.)
A. The Alexa devices are registered in the incorrect postal code.
B. The AWS Lambda function is not registered to the skill.
C. The users have opted out of giving their location information.
D. The application ID of the skill does not match the expected application ID of the AWS Lambda function.
E. The skill is not registered to access information in the developer console.


Answer : CD

Question 4 ( Topic 1 )
On Amazon Alexa enabled devices with a screen, which of the following standard built-in intents are handled by Alexa on the skill"™s behalf and are not forwarded to the skill? (Choose three.)
A. AMAZON.NextIntent
B. AMAZON.MoreIntent
C. AMAZON.ScrollDownIntent
D. AMAZON.PreviousIntent
E. AMAZON.StartOverIntent
F. AMAZON.NavigateHomeIntent


Answer : CEF

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... tents.html
Question 5 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder wants to create a skill that asks the user two yes/no questions:
Alexa: Do you like cats?
Alexa: Do you like dogs?
When the username answers "yes", how should the Builder code the handler to know which question the answer refers to?
A. Using session attributes, store the previous question as the context for use in the AMAZON.YesIntent handler.
B. Within the AMAZON.YesIntent handler, prompt the user to repeat the name of the animal that they like.
C. Within the AMAZON.YesIntent handler, define a slot to store and retrieve the previously asked question.
D. Access Amazon CloudWatch Logs and retrieve the previous question topic from the recent log messages.


Answer : C

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... tents.html


Question 6 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder needs to set up an Amazon Alexa skill beta test.
What user identifier should be used to add beta testers?
A. AWS account number
B. Alexa user email address
C. Amazon vendor ID
D. Amazon customer ID


Answer : B

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... kills.html
Question 7 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder is developing a custom skill to play a live audio stream.
What two built-in intents are required to implement the AudioPlayer interface?
A. AMAZON.NextIntent and AMAZON.StopIntent
B. AMAZON.ResumeIntent and AMAZON.PauseIntent
C. AMAZON.CancelIntent and AMAZON.ResumeIntent
D. AMAZON.RepeatIntent and AMAZON.StopIntent


Answer : B

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... rence.html
Question 8 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder is trying to enable a skill in the developer console. The skill model builds without errors, but the Builder is unable to turn on testing.
What could be causing this?
A. The skill"™s slot types are invalid.
B. The skill does not have an example phrase
C. The skill does not have an invocation name
D. The skill does not have an endpoint


Answer : C

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... skill.html
Question 9 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder has published a skill to the Alexa Skills Store, but soon after realizes that Amazon Alexa is saying an incorrect word in one of the responses.
What is the recommended method for the Builder to correct this issue?
A. Correct the response in a new endpoint, and after updating the In Development version of the skill, redeploy it.
B. Access the In Development version of the skill, alter the intent that was causing the incorrect word, then resubmit the skill for certification.
C. Edit the response in a new endpoint, and after updating the In Development version of the skill, resubmit it for certification.
D. Correct the response in the existing endpoint of the Live version of the skill, then redeploy it.


Answer : A

Question 10 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder needs to change the invocation name of a new skill.
What status should the skill be in to make this change?
A. In Development
B. Build
C. In Certification
D. Edit


Answer : D

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... skill.html


Question 11 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder is building an order reporting skill. Occasionally, users need to enter 30-digit serial codes.
How can this be accomplished while providing a good voice user interface experience?
A. Manually extend the timeout so that users can input all the numbers.
B. Use multiple requests for smaller segments of the code and store the data in session attributes.
C. Enter single digits one request at a time.
D. Request that users send the number using the Amazon Alexa app


Answer : A

Question 12 ( Topic 1 )
An Amazon Alexa interactive story skill needs to provide users with the option to resume the skill from where users left off when they last used the skill.
Where should the data be stored to ensure that the skill will start at the correct location?
A. In a JSON file along with the skill"™s AWS Lambda function
B. In Amazon DynamoDB
C. In the skill"™s session object
D. In the skills"™s request object


Answer : C

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... skill.html
Question 13 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder is developing a custom skill and needs to verify that the correct slot values are being passed into the AWS Lambda function.
According to best practices, what is the MOST efficient way to capture this information?
A. Add a logging statement to write the event request to Amazon CloudWatch Logs.
B. Add an API call to write the environment variables to an Amazon S3 bucket when the function is invoked.
C. Add an API call to read the event information from AWS Cloud Trail logs and add a PutObject API call to write to an Amazon S3 bucket.
D. Add a statement to parse the JSON request and save to the local disk for the Lambda function


Answer : D

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... alues.html
Question 14 ( Topic 1 )
Before beginning the development of a skill, an Alexa Skill Builder wants to hear how a statement will be pronounced by Amazon Alexa in another locale.
How should the Builder test the pronounciation of the statement?
A. Use the Alexa Simulator tab in the developer console to interact with the skill using the selected locale.
B. Create a developer account for the specific locale, and use a device to interact with the skill.
C. Use Voice & Tone tab in the developer console to play the statement using the selected locale.
D. Use the Manual JSON tab in the developer console to create a sample JSON response


Answer : C

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... skill.html
Question 15 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder submitted a child-directed skill for certification that lists the nearest skateboard parks. The Builder ensured that
-> The skill does not link to an external account
-> The skill stored the child"™s preference by userId
-> The skill has a valid privacy policy link in the skill Distribution page
Given this information, why will the skill fail certification?
A. The Builder did not upload a privacy policy document
B. Child-directed skills cannot use location information
C. The child"™s userId cannot be used because of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) restrictions.
D. The skill should not be child-directed as it can be used by children over 13 years old.


Answer : C

Question 16 ( Topic 1 )
The namespace value in the header of the incoming directive for an Amazon Alexa smart home skill specifies the:
A. context of the message
B. capability interface of the message
C. endpoint specified in the message
D. control message for the directive


Answer : D

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... ponse.html
Question 17 ( Topic 1 )
According to Amazon Alexa best practices, how should an Alexa Skill Builder prevent unintentional requests against a skill"™s backend when using AWS Lambda?
A. Ensure that the session ID provided by the request to Lambda is not already in use.
B. Rotate the Lambda ARN regularly to prevent others from using the service.
C. Retrieve the Application ID property from the request JSON and validate it against the Lambda environment variables.
D. Provide the Lambda trigger with the Application ID so that it validates on the ask trigger.


Answer : C

Question 18 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder would like to improve a skill"™s help experience. To do this, the Builder plans to leverage the user"™s activity leading up to the help request to contextualize the help response.
Where should the skill obtain the necessary context?
A. Load the user"™s recent activity from the Intent Request History API, then use this to provide context to the AMAZON.HelpIntent request.
B. Retrieve the recent activity from the context object passed with the AMAZON.HelpIntent request.
C. Use a session attribute to store the intent name for each request, then use this to provide context to the AMAZON.HelpIntent request.
D. Retrieve the recent activity from the slot values passed with the AMAZON.HelpIntent request.


Answer : D

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... tents.html
Question 19 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder adds a colleague to a skill using the beta test feature. The colleague logs in to the developer console to edit the interaction model and cannot see the skill.
Why is this happening?
A. The colleague needs the ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR enablement.
B. The skill was not submitted for publishing.
C. The colleague was not made an administrator in the beta test tool.
D. The colleague has not been added to the skill"™s developer account.


Answer : C

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... kills.html
Question 20 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder is developing a skill using AWS Lambda. When invoking the skill, Amazon Alexa responds "There was a problem with the requested skill"™s response."
The following message is displayed in Amazon CloudWatch Logs for the Lambda function.



Which of the following actions will resolve the problem?
A. Define a new intent named Unhandled in the skill interaction model and add an Unhandled intent handler to the Lambda function.
B. Add an .addErrorHandlers(<function>) attribute to the SkillBuilder object and define a function to display detailed information about the error, then respond verbally to the user.
C. Add an intent handler for the SessionEndedRequest intent to the Lambda function to display detailed information about the error.
D. Add additional logic to the AMAZON.StopIntent handler in the Lambda function to display detailed information about the error.


Answer : B

Reference:
https://forums.developer.amazon.com/que ... nse-1.html


Question 21 ( Topic 1 )
An Amazon Alexa skill fetches data for users from a third-party API and the wait for the response from that call is variable, often taking up to 5 seconds.
What is the recommended method for notifying users that a skill is working on the request and has not failed to respond?
A. Prefetch the data that is expected to the required by the skill from the third-party API using Amazon CloudWatch Events.
B. Call the Progressive Response API and send a directive, such as VoicePlayer.Speak
C. Ask a follow-up question for clarification to engage the user while waiting for the initially requested response.
D. Respond to the user stating that the data will be ready soon, and upon the next launch of the skill, provide the user with the response they initially requested.


Answer : B

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... ponse.html
Question 22 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder has created a custom skill about basketball including a HowToPlayBasketball intent. When looking at the Intent History page in the developer console, the Builder sees that a number of users are asking the skill how to play baseball. The Builder wants to add a relevant response directing the user back to the topic of basketball.
How should the Builder implement this?
A. Add AMAZON.FallbackIntent and respond with a message about baseball in the handler
B. Create a custom intent related to baseball, and when matched, provide a relevant response
C. Add more sample utterances related to baseball in the HowToPlayBasketball intent
D. Create a new custom baseball slot and add a slot-filling utterance to the HowToPlayBasketball intent.


Answer : A

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alex ... efully-to- unexpected-customer-requests
Question 23 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder is using session attributes to maintain a user"™s state.
What can the Builder do to ensure that a user"™s session is not lost if they take too long to answer a question and the skill exists?
A. Set shouldEndSession to false in the response object to prevent the skill from exiting.
B. Handle the SessionEndedRequest request type and persist the user"™s session to a database.
C. Return false from the SessionEndedRequest handler so the session does not exist.
D. Return a reprompt in the response object from the SessionEndedRequest handler.


Answer : A

Reference:
https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alex ... hance-the- voice-experience
Question 24 ( Topic 1 )
An Alexa Skill Builder built a skill with the following interaction model:



Which utterance would invoke HelloIntent?
A. "Alexa, use my first skill to say hello."
B. "Alexa, ask my first skill to say hello to John."
C. "Alexa, open my first skill."
D. "Alexa, say hello to my first skill."


Answer : D

Question 25 ( Topic 1 )
A travel booking skill has slot elicitation for fromCity, toCity, and travelDate inside of a dialog. After going live, the skill is getting negative reviews stating that the skill does not understand the city names when customers try to book travel.
The Alexa Skill Builder adds AMAZON.FallbackIntent to the interaction model with the goal of providing better messaging for out-of-domain utterances.
Why will the addition of AMAZON.FallbackIntent fail to resolve the customer issue?
A. AMAZON.FallbackIntent will not be triggered in the middle of a dialog.
B. A handler cannot be added to a Live skill.
C. AMAZON.FallbackIntent will cause the slot values to be incorrectly mapped.
D. AMAZON.FallbackIntent cannot be present in a skill with a Dialog directive.


Answer : A