Question 1

An Alexa Builder is working on a skill for music streaming. When a user says, "Alexa, stop" the skill needs to know where the user was in the song, so that when returning to the skill in a new session, the song can pick up where it left off. Which section of the following JSON contains the data indicating where the song left off?

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Question 2

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?

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Persistent attributes stored in Amazon DynamoDB allow the skill to retain information across sessions, making it suitable for tracking the number of times a user has launched the skill.

Question 3

Which of the following occur when a beta test of a live skill times out? (Choose two.)

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Question 4

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?

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The skill does not have an invocation name.

Question 5

An Alexa Skill Builder is developing a complex skill to help users purchase items. The Builder has implemented the default AMAZON.HelpIntent , but when users ask for help they always reach the same unhelpful result. How should the Builder enhance the experience to guide the users toward the end goal?

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The Builder should check the state of the user conversation when AMAZON.HelpIntent is received to provide contextual responses, which will make the help more relevant and useful to the user's current situation.

Question 6

An Alexa Skill Builder wants to customize a welcome back message for each person who uses the skill. The JSON input is shown below:  Which element from the request would the Builder use to accomplish this?

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Question 7

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?

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The skill's session object is used to store data that needs to be persisted between invocations of the skill. This includes the user's current location in the story.

Question 8

An Alexa Skill Builder published a skill that streams sounds to help users relax. The skill is becoming very popular and is available in many different locales around the world. More than 20.000 users are using the skill every week, and more than 500 users are added daily. The sound files are stored in Amazon S3. What can the Builder do to ensure low latency and the best possible streaming performance?

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Question 9

When testing an Amazon Alexa skill using the Test page in the developer console, the JSON output is null . What is the MOST likely cause?

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Question 10

An Alexa Skill Builder wants to implement in-skill purchasing to offer one-time purchases for access to premium content. The Builder created an entitlement product and deployed it successfully using the ASK CLI tool. When testing the custom BuyInskillProductIntent in the developer console, the Builder receives the following error: Sorry, this product is not available with your current language setting. How can this error be fixed?

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Question 11

The information below details a portion of an interaction model in JSON:  What is wrong with this interaction model?

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Question 12

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?

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The AMAZON.FallbackIntent is designed to handle unexpected user input that doesn't match any other intent. It can be used to redirect users back to the intended topic by providing a relevant response.

Question 13

An Alexa Skill Builder wants to create a skill that asks the user two yes/no questions: Alexa: Do you like cats? Do you like dogs? When the username answers "yes", how should the Builder code the handler to know which question the answer refers to?

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Question 14

An Alexa Skill Builder is developing a skill that must send an initial welcome email to each new user. What combination of features would the Builder use to satisfy this requirement? (Choose two.)

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Question 15

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?

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The child's userId is considered Personally Identifiable Information (PII), and storing it without proper consent or measures is against the guidelines for child-directed skills.

Question 16

An Alexa Skill Builder noticed that a large percentage of a food ordering skill's customers are not completing their transactions. The Builder needs to know what portion of the customers are leaving the skill by not responding, compared to the portion of customers who receive an error. Which report inside the Analytics section of the developer console will provide this information?

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Question 17

An Alexa Skill Builder is creating a skill that requires the user to authenticate by speaking a PIN before an order status can be retrieved. According to best practices, how should the PIN value be collected?

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Question 18

An Alexa Skill Builder wants to add a short audio clip to a skill with SSML. The Builder records a 6-second audio clip using a high-end microphone and recording application and exports the file with a bitrate of 48 kbps. The file is then uploaded to a public Amazon S3 bucket. The Builder then updates the SSML to return:  When testing the skill, Amazon Alexa responds with "There was a problem with the requested skill's response" every time. How should the Builder resolve this error?

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Question 19

An Alexa Skill Builder is using the AudioPlayer.Play directive and would like to automatically start the next audio track at the end of the current track. Which AudioPlayer playBehavior values will allow the Builder to achieve this without changing the audio currently playing? (Choose two.)

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REPLACE_ENQUEUED and ENQUEUE will allow the Builder to automatically start the next audio track at the end of the current track without changing the audio currently playing.

Question 20

An Alexa Skill Builder is interested in gathering information about returning users. What analytics tool in the developer console would provide the Builder with this information?

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The Retention analytics tool in the developer console provides information about returning users, helping the Alexa Skill Builder understand user engagement over time.

Exam 2: AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder - Specialty