Given a Complex Customer Scenario Ability, Identify the Appropriate Use of Source Control, Automated Test, and Deployment Tools and Demonstrate the Ability to Articulate the Process Involved. DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A Salesforce team needs to deploy metadata changes to a production org. They want to use a deployment tool that supports change sets, but they also need to automate the deployment in CI/CD and track the deployment history. Which tool should they use?

   • ASalesforce CLI with the force:source:deploy command in a CI pipeline
   • BChange sets created manually in the Salesforce UI and deployed via the UI
   • CA CI pipeline that uses the Metadata API to deploy change sets
   • DA third-party tool that only supports source-based deployment, not change sets
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2. 17application · medium

   A Salesforce consulting firm deploys to 50+ client orgs, each with slightly different metadata and permission configurations. They need a deployment tool that supports environment-specific configuration, automated rollback on failed validation, and a clear audit trail for compliance. The team is small and prefers a managed service over maintaining their own infrastructure. Which deployment tool should they choose?

   • AGitLab CI/CD with environment scopes and rollback jobs
   • BGitHub Actions with environment secrets and reusable workflows
   • CJenkins with the Salesforce CLI plugin and custom rollback scripts
   • DCopado with environment-specific configurations and automated rollback
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4. 18foundation · easy

   A customer requires a source control tool that supports Git, integrates with their existing Jenkins CI/CD server, and can be self-hosted to meet data residency requirements. Which tool is most appropriate?

   • AGitHub
   • BBitbucket
   • CAzure Repos
   • DGitLab
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5. 19foundation · easy

   A team needs a deployment tool that supports environment management (dev, test, prod), rollback capabilities, and release orchestration. Which tool is most appropriate?

   • AAnsible
   • BOctopus Deploy
   • CDocker
   • DJenkins
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6. 20foundation · easy

   In a typical CI/CD pipeline, what is the correct sequence of stages after a developer commits code?

   • ABuild, Deploy, Test
   • BDeploy, Build, Test
   • CBuild, Test, Deploy
   • DTest, Build, Deploy
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