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Question #1 Verified Q&A
Cloud Kicks has the following requirements:<br />
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• Their Shipment custom object must always relate to a Product, a Sender, and a Receiver (all<br />
separate custom objects).<br />
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• If a Shipment is currently associated with a Product, Sender, or Receiver, deletion of those records<br />
should not be allowed.<br />
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• Each custom object must have separate sharing models.<br />
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What should an Architect do to fulfill these requirements?
A Create a required Lookup relationship to each of the three parent records.
B Create a Master-Detail relationship to each of the three parent records.
C Create two Master-Detail and one Lookup relationship to the parent records.
D Associate the Shipment to each parent record by using a VLOOKUP formula field.
Correct Answer: Create a required Lookup relationship to each of the three parent records.
Explanation:
A required Lookup relationship ensures that the Shipment record must have a value for each of the three parent records, and also prevents the deletion of those parent records if they are referenced by a Shipment record. A Master-Detail relationship would not allow separate sharing models for each custom object, and a VLOOKUP formula field would not enforce the relationship or prevent deletion
Question #2 Verified Q&A
Universal Containers (UC) is planning to move away from legacy CRM to Salesforce. As part of one- time data migration, UC will need to keep the original date when a contact was created in the legacy system. How should an Architect design the data migration solution to meet this requirement?
A Create a new field on the Contact object to capture the Created Date. Hide the standard Created Date field using Field -Level Security.
B Enable "Set Audit Fields" and assign the permission to the user loading the data for the duration of the migration.
C After the data is migrated, perform an update on all records to set the original date in a standard Created Date field.
D Write an Apex trigger on the Contact object, before insert event to set the original value in a standard Created Date field.
Correct Answer: Enable "Set Audit Fields" and assign the permission to the user loading the data for the duration of the migration.
Explanation:
Enabling “Set Audit Fields” allows the user loading the data to set the value of the standard CreatedDate field to match the original date from the legacy system. This is a one-time permission that can be revoked after the migration is completed. The other options would either not work or require additional customization
Question #3 Verified Q&A
An architect has been asked to provide error messages when a future date is detected in a custom Birthdate _c field on the Contact object. The client wants the ability to translate the error messages.<br />
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What are two approaches the architect should use to achieve this solution? Choose 2 answers
A Create a trigger on Contact and add an error to the record with a custom label.
B Create a workflow field update to set the standard ErrorMessage field.
C Implement a third -party validation process with translate functionality.
D Create a validation rule and translate the error message with translation workbench.
Correct Answer: Create a trigger on Contact and add an error to the record with a custom label., Create a validation rule and translate the error message with translation workbench.
Explanation:
Creating a trigger on Contact and adding an error to the record with a custom label allows the architect to use the translation workbench to translate the error message based on the user’s language. Creating a validation rule and translating the error message with translation workbench also achieves the same result. The other options would either not provide translation functionality or not display an error message
Question #4 Verified Q&A
What is an advantage of using Custom metadata type over Custom setting?
A Custom metadata types are available for reporting.
B Custom metadata records are deployable using packages.
C Custom metadata records are editable in Apex.
D Custom metadata records are not copied from production to sandbox.
Correct Answer: Custom metadata records are deployable using packages.
Explanation:
Custom metadata records are deployable using packages, which makes them easier to migrate from one environment to another. Custom settings records are not deployable using packages, and they are copied from production to sandbox. Custom metadata types are not available for reporting, and custom metadata records are not editable in Apex.
Question #5 Verified Q&A
Get Cloudy Consulting uses an invoicing system that has specific requirements. One requirement is that attachments associated with the Invoice_c custom object be classified by Types (i.e., ""Purchase Order"", ""Receipt"", etc.) so that reporting can be performed on invoices showing the number of attachments grouped by Type.<br />
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What should an Architect do to categorize the attachments to fulfill these requirements?
A Add a ContentType picklist field to the Attachment layout and create additional picklist options.
B Create a custom picklist field for the Type on the standard Attachment object with the values.
C Add additional options to the standard ContentType picklist field for the Attachment object.
D Create a custom object related to the Invoice object with a picklist field for the Type.
Correct Answer: Create a custom object related to the Invoice object with a picklist field for the Type.
Explanation:
Creating a custom object related to the Invoice object with a picklist field for the Type allows the architect to categorize the attachments and report on them by Type. The standard Attachment object does not have a ContentType picklist field, and adding a custom picklist field to it would not be best practice.

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