Process model

Question

A form has 5 rule inputs ,as follows: 
 > 1cdt variable 
 > 3 text variables 
 > 1 integer variable 
 According to best practices,how many process variables are required in the process model's user input task 
 Options 
 1) 1 
 2) 3 
 3) 5 
 4) 6

Mike Schmitt · Answer

This question really bugs me, because the only possible correct answer is "There's no way to actually know". Some rule inputs may be completely optional, and irrelevant in certain process contexts; some might expect a hardcoded value to be passed in, and therefore would never map to any particular PV. 
 Additionally, the idea it asserts of "process variables required in the user input task" is nonsensical - there is no such direct tie. PVs will usually be assigned into and/or assigned the output of ACP variables, and also PVs can be passed directly into a rule input (when that PV won't be changed at all by the output of the task), but neither of these things is quite the same as "process variable required in the task". 
 If a question is phrased such that knowing more about the subject / thinking more about it makes it HARDER to answer, then it's a BAD QUESTION.

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