Free Salesforce Platform-App-Builder Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 2

Use a Component visibility filter. The issue is not object access or field access. The Contact Lightning record page is shared, but one component should be hidden for users with the Marketing profile. Salesforce Lightning App Builder supports visibility filters on Lightning page components, so the app builder can conditionally show or hide that component based on user/profile criteria.

Why not the others? AppExchange is unrelated. Detail page layouts control field layout, not visibility of a Lightning page component. Field-level security controls field access, not whether a large component appears on a Lightning record page.

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A custom field type change can substantially increase change-set deployment time because Salesforce may need to transform existing stored data to conform to the new field representation. Salesforce ' s official Change Sets Best Practices documentation specifically warns administrators to consider possible deployment delays when a change set includes custom field type changes. The documentation explains that these changes can require modifications across a large number of existing records and therefore can extend deployment for a significant period. Salesforce even recommends considering a manual field-type modification after deployment when avoiding the delay is important. Profiles may increase deployment complexity because they contain access metadata, but they are not the specific documented cause identified here. Dependent fields and roles likewise do not inherently produce the extended data-conversion processing associated with changing a field ' s underlying data type.

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The correct answer is D.

Universal Containers wants the Account Region value to appear on related Contact records and stay in sync whenever the Account value changes. A cross-object formula field on Contact is the best declarative solution because it dynamically references the parent Account field. Salesforce Trailhead explains that a cross-object formula can pull information from a parent object through a lookup relationship, such as showing Account information on Contact.

Because Account Region is a picklist, the formula must convert the picklist value to text using the TEXT() function. Trailhead gives the same pattern with Account Industry on Contact: TEXT(Account.Industry) .

B is incorrect because ISPICKVAL() checks whether a picklist equals a specific text value and returns true/false; it does not display the picklist value.

A and C are incorrect because creating a copied field and trying to update it through a relationship is unnecessary when a formula field can stay synchronized automatically.

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The correct answer is D. Sum.

Cloud Kicks wants the total value of all won Opportunities displayed on the Account record. In a roll-up summary field, SUM totals the values in a selected numeric/currency field, such as Opportunity Amount. Salesforce documentation identifies SUM as the roll-up summary type used to total values in the selected field.

The app builder would create a roll-up summary field on Account, summarize Opportunities, use SUM on the Amount field, and apply filter criteria for won Opportunities, such as Stage equals Closed Won.

A. Count would only count the number of Opportunities.

B. Total is not the Salesforce roll-up summary type name.

C. Aggregate is not the specific roll-up summary option used here.

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The correct answer is B. Feed Tracking.

DreamHouse Realty wants changes to selected fields, such as Asking_Price__c and Real_Estate_Agent__c , to appear prominently in Chatter. This is exactly what Chatter Feed Tracking is used for.

Salesforce documentation states that feed tracking is available for record fields and can be configured for custom objects. Salesforce guidance also says admins can enable feed tracking from Setup, select an object, enable feed tracking, and choose fields to track.

A. Topics is used for categorizing Chatter posts, not automatically tracking field changes.

C. Pin Field is not the Chatter feature for tracking field updates.

D. Publisher Actions are actions users can take from the publisher, not automatic field-change tracking.

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Salesforce states that to make a custom object ' s records searchable, an administrator can create a custom tab set to Default On or Default Off ; creating the tab enables the object ' s search capability. Salesforce also warns that a custom object ' s tab must be visible for the user ' s profile and specifically says not to set the tab to Tab Hidden. A Search Layout controls which fields users see in search results but does not by itself enable object searchability. A search filter similarly refines results rather than enabling the custom object in Global Search. Therefore, among the available options, creating the custom tab with Default Off is the correct configuration.

The correct answer is D.

Salesforce allows converting a master-detail relationship to a lookup relationship only when there are no roll-up summary fields on the master object that summarize the detail records. Salesforce documentation states that after a roll-up summary field exists on an object, the object’s master-detail relationship can’t be converted into a lookup relationship.

In this case, if Account has roll-up summary fields based on related Park records, Salesforce blocks the conversion.

A is incorrect because a flow using Account does not normally prevent converting the relationship. B is incorrect because formulas on Park referencing Account are not the primary restriction. C is incorrect because custom objects do not need at least one master-detail relationship for reporting.

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The Full sandbox is the appropriate environment for final User Acceptance Testing when realistic production-scale data is required. Salesforce describes a Full sandbox as a replica of the production organization containing metadata and production data and identifies it as suitable for testing, staging, load testing, and UAT. The app builder should therefore move the developed components from the Developer sandbox to the Full sandbox, allow sales operations users to validate the commission calculations against representative Opportunity data, and deploy to production only after successful testing. Conducting UAT directly in production creates unnecessary operational risk. A Developer sandbox contains metadata but does not automatically contain production data at the required scale. Therefore, D follows the proper Salesforce application lifecycle and testing model.

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The verified answer is A. Applications is the detail object in a master-detail relationship, so its record access is inherited from the Internship master. Salesforce explicitly states that custom objects on the detail side cannot have independent sharing rules, manual sharing, or queues because they do not have an independent Owner field. To let recruiters edit Application records, the app builder must therefore grant the required Read/Write access to the related Internship master records, such as through a sharing rule. Option C is invalid because the detail object ' s sharing model cannot simply be independently configured as Public Read/Write. Option D is also invalid because a detail custom object cannot have its own sharing rule in this configuration.

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The correct answer is C. A delegated approver is the recommended Salesforce feature when the assigned approver is unavailable, such as during vacation. Salesforce documentation confirms that users can identify a delegate in approval settings, and delegated approvers can approve or reject approval requests.

This ensures the closed-won Opportunity can still be reviewed before the leaderboard is updated, even though the owner’s manager is away.

Why others are incorrect:

A is not the best recommended setup because relying on an assistant to reassign requests is manual and reactive.

B is incorrect because forwarding approval requests is not the standard solution for planned approver absence.

D is incorrect because assignment rules do not assign delegated approvers for approval processes.

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