Question 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?

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

Setting shouldEndSession to false in the response object prevents the skill from exiting and keeps the user's session active.

Question 3

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 fail to resolve the customer issue?

Accepted Answer

AMAZON.FallbackIntent will not be triggered in the middle of a dialog. The fallback intent is designed to handle out-of-domain utterances, but during a dialog, the skill is focused on slot elicitation and will not switch to the fallback intent.

Question 4

An Alexa Skill Builder is developing a skill containing a multi-turn dialog that can be invoked with or without a specific intent request. On invocation, the skill needs to retrieve persistent attributes that have been saved by a previous invocation, and then copy them into session attributes. How should the Builder implement this functionality?

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Question 5

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?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

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?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

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?

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

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.)

Accepted Answer

Users have opted out of giving their location information, and the application ID of the skill does not match the expected application ID of the AWS Lambda function.

Question 9

An Alexa Skill Builder has built a new custom skill backed by an AWS Lambda function. The Lambda function executes successfully from the Lambda console, however, the Lambda function cannot be successfully invoked in the developer console or from an Amazon Alexa enabled device. No error messages show in the function's Amazon CloudWatch Logs. The Builder confirmed the endpoint has the correct ARN. What is likely causing this issue and how can it be corrected?

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Question 10

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?

Accepted Answer

The Progressive Response API allows Alexa to provide a verbal response to the user indicating that the skill is still processing the request, which helps manage user expectations during longer wait times.

Question 11

According to Amazon Alexa best practices, how should an Alexa Skill Builder prevent unintentional requests against a skill's backend when using AWS Lambda?

Accepted Answer

Validating the Application ID from the request JSON against the Lambda environment variables ensures that requests are coming from the intended Alexa skill, preventing unauthorized access.

Question 12

An Alexa Skill Builder wants to name a skill using a company's branded acronym, "NAT Systems." Which invocation name is valid?

Accepted Answer

The invocation name must be a single word or phrase, and cannot contain spaces or punctuation.

Question 13

A skill contains a PlanMyTrip intent configured to require slots fromCity and toCity . It contains the following interaction: Alexa: What city are you leaving from? User: I'm leaving from Seattle. Alexa: You want to fly out of Seattle Tacoma International Airport, right? User: Yes Which of the following should the Builder use to confirm the value of the slot only? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

The skill must be in "Edit" status to change the invocation name.

Question 15

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?

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Question 16

The namespace value in the header of the incoming directive for an Amazon Alexa smart home skill specifies the:

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Question 17

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?

Accepted Answer

The AudioPlayer interface requires the implementation of AMAZON.ResumeIntent and AMAZON.PauseIntent to control the playback of audio streams.

Question 18

An Alexa Skill Builder built a skill with the following interaction model:  Which utterance would invoke HelloIntent ?

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

An Alexa Skill Builder needs to have knowledge of the previous prompt that was presented to the user in order to give context to the user's response. How can the Builder accomplish this?

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

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.)

Accepted Answer

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Exam 2: AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder - Specialty