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Question 1

Universal Containers has discovered a Sev0 defect in production. Tens of thousands of records will be created

with incorrect data in minutes, producing significant brand damage as a consequence. The Salesforce

administrator has suggested that the defective text field be replaced with a new picklist field directly in

production. The page layout will be modified so that the text-field is removed and the new picklist field added.

What should the Salesforce architect advise?

A : Deny the suggestion and explain to everyone that the risk is too high and the next release window is on the weekend.

B : Pair with the administrator, and review each change as it happens

C : Explain that only developers are certified to make changes directly in production.

D : Call the security team and begin organizing d penetration test.

Answer: B

Question 2

Universal containers has proposed using a Developer Edition org to stage changes to their Customer Community, which includes multiple custom Visualforce pages and components. Which three risks should a Technical Architect consider in this strategy? Choose 3 answers

A : Code changes cannot be deployed from a Developer Sandbox to Production.

B : Developer Edition orgs have limited user counts and low data volume limits, which will make User Testing difficult.

C : Developer Edition orgs cannot have sandboxes, which will make team development difficult.

D : Developer Edition orgs do not run on production servers and will not perform well during testing.

E : Changes Sets cannot be used to deploy from Developer Edition to Production which will make deployment more complex

Answer: B,C,D

Question 3

Universal Containers (UC) has integrated with their on-premise billing system using Salesforce Connect. The data is configured using an External Object in sandbox. UC wants to deploy the external object to production using the Metadata API and would like to know what Metadata types to choose for deployments to production. Which two options are valid metadata types related to deployment of external objects? Choose 2 answers.

A : In change sets, external objects are included in the custom object component.

B : In the Metadata API, the External Object metadata type represents external objects.

C : In change sets, external objects are included in the External Object component.

D : In the Metadata API, the Custom Object metadata type represents external objects.

Answer: A,D

Question 4

You are developing an Apex class that uses custom settings for some of its operations.

What’s the best approach for building a unit test to ensure your class handles scenarios where the custom settings are not initialized?

A : Skip the test as custom settings are always supposed to be initialized

B : Hardcode the custom settings values within the test

C : Use Test.isRunningTest() to bypass the custom settings

D : Design a test case where custom settings are not initialized and verify the expected behavior

Answer: D

Question 5

Universal Containers has multiple projects being developed in parallel. One of the projects is in the testing phase and the testing team found a list of issues on the items that will be deployed to production. As the project deadline is short, the customer team proposes that the fixes be done in the test sandbox and then deployed to production. What should be the Architect recommend?

A : Recommend the customer team's proposal to fix the issues in the testing env and deploy them to production.

B : Recommend fixing the issues in the development environment and deploying the changes to production.

C : Recommend fixing the issues in the development sandbox, migrating them to testing, and deploy to production after testing.

D : Recommend fixing the issues in the test environment and migrating the changes to the development sandbox.

Answer: C

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Total 610 Questions | Updated On: Jul 29, 2026

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