AB-620 cheat sheet
Last-minute reference for AB-620. This is a design exam: it asks which construction satisfies a stated constraint.
Exam facts
| Duration | 120 minutes |
| Passing score | 700 / 1000 |
| Level | Associate |
| Platform | Copilot Studio |
Skill areas
| Area | Weight |
|---|---|
| Integrate and extend agents in Copilot Studio | 40–45% |
| Plan and configure agent solutions | 30–35% |
| Test and manage agents | 20–25% |
Requirement to construction
| Requirement | Answer |
|---|---|
| Answers must track weekly document updates | Ground on the knowledge source the owners maintain |
| Agent must never advise on a topic | Out-of-scope topic with a scripted refusal |
| Must create a ticket in another system | Action or connector call, not a link |
| Must know the user’s department | Read the authenticated user’s profile |
| Answers must be verifiable | Enable citations |
| Secret for a partner API | Secure credential store on the connection |
| Value needed later in the conversation | Conversation-scoped variable |
| External users must not see pricing | Separate sources; ground externally on public content only |
| Change tested before all users get it | Publish to a test environment or limited channel |
| Record of what the agent said | Transcript retention with access controls |
Traps
- Dev works, production fails → connection references and environment variables not configured in the target environment. This is both the real-world failure and the exam’s favourite.
- Many phrasings not recognised → add varied trigger phrases and use generative understanding, not a longer response.
- Topic-scoped variables die with the topic. Use conversation scope to carry values.
- Instructing the model to respect permissions is not a control.
- Stale answers after a document update → the knowledge index has not refreshed; the model did not memorise anything.
- Cost is driven by conversation or message volume, not authors or documents.
Night-before checklist
- Three areas; integration is the biggest block
- Action versus generated text: deterministic, permission-aware, auditable
- Escalation transfers context, it does not apologise
- Check ID and proctoring rules — see exam day
Take the 20-question practice test first.