Salesforce Certified Platform Data Architect Sample Questions:

1. Universal Containers (UC) has implemented Sales Cloud and it has been noticed that Sales reps are not entering enough data to run insightful reports and dashboards. UC executives would like to monitor and measure data quality metrics. What solution addresses this requirement?

A) Generate reports to view the quality of sample data.
B) Use third-party AppExchange tools to monitor and measure data quality.
C) Use custom objects and fields to calculate data quality.
D) Export the data to an enterprise data warehouse and use BI tools for data quality.

2. NTO has 1 million customer records spanning 25 years. As part of its new SF project, NTO would like to create a master data management strategy to help preserve the history and relevance of its customer data. Which 3 activities will be required to identify a successful master data management strategy? Choose 3 answer

A) Install a data warehouse
B) Create a data archive strategy
C) Define the systems of record for critical data
D) Choose a Business Intelligence tool.
E) Identify data to be replicated

3. Northern Trail Outfitters (NTO) has implemented Salesforce for its sales users. The opportunity management in Saiesforce Is implemented as follows:
1. Sales users enter their opportunities in Salesforce for forecasting and reporting purposes.
2. NTO has a product pricing system (PPS) that is used to update the Opportunity Amount field on opportunities on a daily basis.
3. PPS is the trusted source within NTO for Opportunity Amount.
4. NTO uses Opportunity Forecast for its sales planning and management.
Sales users have noticed that their updates to the Opportunity Amount field are overwritten when PPS updates their opportunities.
How should a data architect address this overwriting issue?

A) Change PSS integration to update only Opportunity Amount field when the value is null.
B) Create a custom field for Opportunity amount that PSS updates separating the field sales user updates.
C) Create a custom field for Opportunity amount that sales users update separating the field that PPS updates.
D) Change Opportunity Amount field access to Read Only for sales users field-level security.

4. DreamHouse Realty has a Salesforce deployment that manages Sales, Support, and Marketing efforts in a multi-system ERP environment. The company recently reached the limits of native reports and dashboards and needs options for providing more analytical insights. What are two approaches an Architect should recommend? (Choose two.)

A) Setup Audit Trails
B) Weekly Snapshots
C) Einstein Analytics
D) AppExchange Apps

5. A large Automobile company has implemented SF for its Sales Associates. Leads flow from its website to SF using a batch integration in SF. The Batch job connects the leads to Accounts in SF. Customer visiting their retail stores are also created in SF as Accounts.
The company has noticed a large number of duplicate accounts in SF. On analysis, it was found that certain customers could interact with its website and also visit the store. The Sales associates use Global Search to search for customers in Salesforce before they create the customers.
Which scalable option should a data Architect choose to implement to avoid duplicates?

A) Build Custom search based on fields on Accounts which can be matched with customer when they visit the store
B) Customize Account creation process to search if customer exists before creating an Account.
C) Create duplicate rules in SF to validate duplicates during the account creation process
D) Implement a MDM solution to validate the customer information before creating Accounts in SF.

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