Esri ArcGIS API for Python Associate Exam Feed

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You need to connect to your ArcGIS Online organization as an administrator so you can manage members and content. Which statement creates an authenticated GIS connection using built-in credentials?

Gis Administration

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A script must run unattended on a server using a registered application's client ID without storing a username or password. Which authentication scheme should you configure on the GIS object?

Gis Administration

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You want a list of all users in your organization whose role is 'org_publisher'. Which manager and method combination retrieves organization members?

Gis Administration

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An employee changed departments and now needs publishing privileges. You have a User object stored in the variable 'user'. Which call changes that member's role to Publisher?

Gis Administration

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Before deleting a user account from the organization, you must reassign that person's items and groups so nothing is orphaned. Which User method transfers ownership and group membership during deletion?

Gis Administration

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Your organization uses named-user licensing for the ArcGIS Pro extension 'Spatial Analyst'. Which manager lets you assign and revoke that license to members programmatically?

Gis Administration

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You need to report how many ArcGIS Online credits your organization has remaining so you can plan analysis budgets. Which property returns the available credit total for the org?

Gis Administration

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A workflow must create a new group for a project team and then add several members to it. Which sequence uses the correct managers and methods?

Gis Administration

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You must change your organization's default basemap and time zone for all new users. Which call updates organization-level settings?

Gis Administration

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You are scripting against ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal) rather than ArcGIS Online. Which GIS connection targets the portal at https://gis.company.com/portal using web-tier integrated authentication?

Gis Administration

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Within an ArcGIS Notebook hosted in your organization, you want to connect to the hosting org as the signed-in user with no credentials in code. Which connection is recommended?

Gis Administration

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To avoid embedding credentials, you stored a connection under a named profile on your machine. Which call reuses those persisted credentials?

Gis Administration

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You need to list every member who has never signed in so you can reclaim licenses. After retrieving users, which User property tells you the last login time?

Gis Administration

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An organization wants a custom role that grants creating content and publishing hosted feature layers but not administrative privileges. Which manager creates custom roles?

Gis Administration

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A member's allotted credit budget needs to be capped at 500 credits to prevent overspending on analysis. Which approach sets a per-member credit budget?

Gis Administration

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You retrieved a User object and need their full name and email for a report. Which expression correctly accesses these member attributes?

Gis Administration

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You want to invite an existing organization member to a private group and have them added immediately without sending an invitation they must accept. Which Group method should you use?

Gis Administration

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Your script must verify that the connection succeeded and identify which organization and user it authenticated as. Which property returns the currently signed-in User?

Gis Administration

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An organization requires that all newly created groups disallow members from sharing items outside the group. Which Group creation parameter controls whether members can share group content?

Gis Administration

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You must confirm whether the connected portal is ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise to branch your automation logic. Which property distinguishes them?

Gis Administration

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Your team needs every member's storage usage to plan a cleanup. After you call gis.users.search(), which approach computes total items owned by each user?

Gis Administration

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A nightly job should disable members who have left the company without deleting their accounts immediately. Which User method deactivates an account?

Gis Administration

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You need to enumerate all groups in the organization, including ones you do not own, for an audit. Which call returns organization groups matching a wildcard query?

Gis Administration

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Your organization enabled multifactor settings and you must read the current security policy (password policy, MFA) via the API. Which object surfaces organization security configuration?

Gis Administration

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You are automating onboarding and must create a new built-in user account in ArcGIS Online with a specified role and user type. Which manager method creates the account?

Gis Administration

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You need to find all hosted feature layers in your organization tagged 'parcels' so you can update their metadata. Which call returns the matching items?

Content Management

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You have an item's unique ID and need the corresponding Item object directly without searching. Which method retrieves it?

Content Management

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You want to add a local CSV of store locations to your organization and then publish it as a hosted feature layer. Which two-step sequence is correct?

Content Management

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After publishing, you must share a hosted feature layer item publicly so anyone on the internet can view it. Which call shares the item with everyone?

Content Management

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A web map's title and snippet need updating for clarity. You hold the Item object in 'item'. Which call edits the item's descriptive properties?

Content Management

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You must replace the thumbnail image of a published item with a new PNG file. Which Item update approach applies the new thumbnail?

Content Management

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Your governance policy requires copying a colleague's web map into your own content without affecting the original. Which Item method creates an independent copy you own?

Content Management

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You must migrate a web map and all its dependent layers from a staging organization to production, preserving relationships. Which ContentManager method is designed for this deep copy?

Content Management

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You want to organize your content by placing several items into a new folder named 'Q2 Projects'. Which sequence creates the folder and moves an item into it?

Content Management

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A retired dataset must be permanently removed from the organization. After confirming no dependencies, which call deletes the item?

Content Management

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To prevent accidental removal of a critical hosted layer, you want to make it delete-protected via the API. Which Item method sets protection?

Content Management

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When publishing a CSV that contains a 'address' column but no coordinates, you want ArcGIS to geocode the rows during publishing. Which publish_parameters location type enables this?

Content Management

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You need to inspect the layers and tables exposed by a hosted feature layer Item before scripting edits. Which Item property returns its layers?

Content Management

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You must add an existing ArcGIS Server REST service from another portal as an item in your organization without copying its data. Which item_properties type and add approach is correct?

Content Management

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A search must return only items owned by a specific user and limit results to 1000. Which ContentManager.search() arguments accomplish this?

Content Management

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You need to download the source data of a hosted feature layer as a file geodatabase for archival. Which Item method initiates an export and returns the export Item?

Content Management

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An item must be shared with two specific groups but not with the whole organization. You have the group IDs in a list. Which call shares correctly?

Content Management

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You want to transfer ownership of a set of orphaned items to a service account after an employee left, keeping the items in place. Which Item method reassigns ownership?

Content Management

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Before scripting bulk edits, you want to confirm whether a hosted feature layer supports editing. Which capability string in the layer's properties indicates editability?

Content Management

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You must add comprehensive metadata tags and a description to an item in one operation right after creating it. Which item_properties keys carry tags and description?

Content Management

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A published hosted feature layer's source CSV was updated. You want to overwrite the existing service with the new data while keeping the same item ID and URL. Which approach is correct?

Content Management

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You need to list every item shared to a particular group for an audit report. Which Group method returns the group's content items?

Content Management

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