Salesforce Platform App Builder - Practice Test #3

Question 1

Universal Containers requires that, just before an 'Opportunity' record is saved to the database, a custom expiration date is automatically calculated based on fields from the same opportunity. What is the most efficient tool to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Record-Triggered Flow (Before-Save)

Answer

Record-Triggered Flow (After-Save)

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Workflow Rule with Field Update

Answer

Process Builder

Question 2

An App Builder is creating a Screen Flow that inserts Contact records. Occasionally, the creation fails due to validation rules or duplicates, and the user sees a generic error message ('Unhandled Fault'). How should this be handled to provide a user-friendly message?

Accepted Answer

Add a Screen and connect it to the 'Create Records' element using a Fault Path.

Answer

Configure a 'Decision' element to check for duplicates before inserting.

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Deactivate validation rules temporarily using Custom Settings.

Answer

Check the 'Ignore Errors' box on the 'Create Records' element.

Question 3

In a complex approval process, the required approver changes depending on the geographic region specified on the Opportunity record, and these approvers are not the users' direct managers. How should the approver routing be configured?

Accepted Answer

Configure a custom User Lookup field on the Opportunity and use it to assign the approver.

Answer

Use the standard role hierarchy.

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Create multiple approval processes, one for each region.

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Use the Delegated Approver functionality on the user profile.

Question 4

An external ERP system needs to be notified immediately when an Opportunity is marked 'Closed Won'. The integration must be robust, decoupled, and able to support retries if the ERP is temporarily down. What is the best declarative solution?

Accepted Answer

Outbound Messages executed by a Workflow Rule.

Answer

Platform Events published via a Flow.

Answer

Invocable Apex called from a Process Builder.

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Direct HTTP Callout from a Screen Flow.

Question 5

What are the key advantages of using Subflows in Flow Builder? (Select 2)

Accepted Answer

Answer

They allow reusing common business logic across multiple Flows.

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They bypass all DML limits by executing in a separate thread.

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They can be called from Before-Save flows (Fast Field Updates).

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They simplify maintenance by isolating complex logic snippets.

Question 6

Cloud Kicks requires the 'Zip Code' field on their accounts to be formatted exactly as either 5 numeric digits or 5 numeric digits followed by a hyphen and 4 numeric digits (e.g., 12345 or 12345-6789). Which function should be used in the Validation Rule?

Accepted Answer

REGEX()

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BEGINS()

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CONTAINS()

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ISNUMBER()

Question 7

An App Builder is trying to create a Roll-up Summary field on the Account object to sum Opportunity amounts, but wants to filter only Opportunities using a formula field 'Days_Open__c'. When creating the field, the formula field does not appear in the filter criteria. Why does this happen?

Accepted Answer

The formula field contains dynamic date calculations (like TODAY() or NOW()) or cross-object fields.

Answer

The limit for Roll-up Summary fields on the Account object has been reached.

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Formula fields cannot be used in Roll-up Summary filters under any circumstances.

Answer

The App Builder does not have FLS permission for the 'Days_Open__c' field.

Question 8

A company uses Salesforce Connect to view orders stored in SAP as an External Object ('Orders__x'). They want to link these orders to the standard 'Account' object in Salesforce using the Account's 'Customer_ID__c' field. Which relationship type should be created on 'Orders__x'?

Accepted Answer

Indirect Lookup

Answer

External Lookup

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Standard Lookup

Answer

Hierarchical Lookup

Question 9

You have been asked to change a Master-Detail relationship field to a Lookup relationship on the 'Project' object. When attempting this, you receive an error. What is the prerequisite for making this conversion?

Accepted Answer

There must be no Roll-up Summary fields on the parent object summarizing the child object.

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You must deactivate all Flows referencing the field before converting.

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The child object must have no data to perform the conversion.

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All records on the parent object must have the same owner.

Question 10

An administrator needs to import 40,000 'Campaign' records preventing duplicates by using an External ID field. Which tool should they use?

Accepted Answer

Data Loader

Answer

Data Import Wizard

Answer

Salesforce Inspector

Answer

Data Export Service

Salesforce Platform App Builder - Practice Test #3

Universal Containers requires that, just before an 'Opportunity' record is saved to the database, a custom expiration date is automatically calculated based on fields from the same opportunity. What is the most efficient tool to achieve this?

Explanation

Before-Save Flows

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