Plat-Arch-202 sample questions

Question 1

A global financial services firm is transitioning from a Waterfall to an Agile development methodology for their Salesforce implementation. They operate in a highly regulated environment requiring strict audit trails and separation of duties. The Compliance team is concerned that Agile's iterative nature will compromise their ability to track approvals for metadata changes. Which governance component should the architect recommend to satisfy compliance requirements while enabling Agile velocity?

Accepted Answer

Integrate an automated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool that links User Stories to Metadata commits and deployments, enforcing approvals within the tool.

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Implement a Center of Excellence (CoE) that enforces a Change Control Board (CCB) review for every sprint user story before development begins.

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Adopt a 'Water-Scrum-Fall' hybrid approach where development is Agile, but releases are batched quarterly to allow for manual audit documentation.

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Restrict developers to using Change Sets only, as the Salesforce native UI provides a non-editable audit trail of all deployments.

Question 2

A startup is designing its Salesforce architecture. They anticipate three distinct development teams working on separate functional areas: Sales Cloud customization, a custom partner portal (Experience Cloud), and an internal HR app. These teams need to work independently but share a common data model. Which Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) model best supports this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Package Development Model with Unlocked Packages using a dependency strategy.

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Org Development Model with a single monolithic repository.

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Change Set Development Model with three separate Developer Pro sandboxes.

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Managed Package Model with a private AppExchange listing.

Question 3

True or False: In a Continuous Delivery (CD) pipeline for Salesforce, 'Continuous Deployment' implies that every change that passes automated testing is automatically deployed to Production without manual intervention, whereas 'Continuous Delivery' requires a manual approval step for the final Production release.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 4

An architect is designing a sandbox strategy for a large enterprise project with two parallel workstreams: 'Core CRM Updates' and 'New Billing Integration'. Both streams have a major go-live in 3 months.

Which sandbox configuration ensures isolation during development while allowing for early conflict detection? (Select TWO)

Accepted Answer

Assign separate Developer Pro sandboxes for each workstream to build features independently.

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Use a shared Partial Copy sandbox as a 'System Integration' environment where both streams merge code weekly.

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Merge both streams directly into a Full Copy sandbox for development to ensure data accuracy.

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Wait until the week before go-live to merge both streams into the Production org.

Question 5

A multinational corporation has a strict requirement to test all customizations against the upcoming Salesforce Winter release before it hits production. They have a Full Copy sandbox currently on the Summer release.

What action must the architect take to ensure they have a valid environment for testing the Winter release features?

Accepted Answer

Refresh the Full Copy sandbox during the 'Sandbox Preview' window ensuring the sandbox is routed to a preview instance.

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Submit a case to Salesforce Support requesting the Winter release be applied to their Production org immediately.

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Do nothing; all sandboxes are automatically upgraded to the preview release 30 days before production.

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Use a Scratch Org, as scratch orgs always default to the upcoming release version regardless of configuration.

Question 6

The Centers of Excellence (CoE) for a large retail company is defining the role of the 'Release Manager'. Which set of responsibilities correctly aligns with this role in a Salesforce ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Managing the deployment schedule, resolving environment conflicts, and coordinating the path to production.

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Designing the data model, writing Apex triggers, and conducting code reviews.

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Defining business requirements, writing user stories, and conducting User Acceptance Testing.

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Setting strategic vision, approving budget, and hiring implementation partners.

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