Understand Customer Environment Risks and Articulate Appropriate Mitigation Strategies. DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 1)

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1. 1expert · hard

   A customer is implementing Salesforce for a financial services company. The project has a strict regulatory deadline. During the design phase, you discover that the customer's data model is complex and will require significant customization. The customer's IT team has limited experience with Salesforce. What is the most significant risk to the project?

   • AThe regulatory requirements may change during the project, causing rework.
   • BThe IT team's limited experience may lead to implementation errors.
   • CThe complex data model will require extensive customization, increasing the risk of technical debt.
   • DThe regulatory deadline may not be met due to the complexity of the data model and the team's inexperience.
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2. 2foundation · easy

   During a deployment, a risk is identified that a critical API might be rate-limited, causing the integration to fail. Which of the following is an example of a contingency mitigation strategy?

   • AImplementing a retry mechanism with exponential backoff in the integration code
   • BConducting a load test to verify the API can handle the expected traffic
   • CNegotiating a higher API limit with the vendor
   • DDocumenting the API usage in the deployment runbook
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4. 3foundation · easy

   A deployment architect needs to communicate a risk mitigation plan to a non-technical business stakeholder. What is the most effective way to articulate the strategy?

   • AUse technical jargon to demonstrate expertise
   • BOnly mention the risk if it becomes an issue
   • CProvide a detailed technical document without a summary
   • DFocus on the business impact and the actions being taken in plain language
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5. 4foundation · easy

   During a project, the team identifies that a critical third-party integration may not be available during the planned go-live weekend. What is the primary purpose of assessing the impact of this risk?

   • ATo assign a risk owner to monitor the integration
   • BTo quantify the potential effect on the project timeline and business operations
   • CTo determine the likelihood of the integration being unavailable
   • DTo identify the root cause of the integration failure
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6. 5application · medium

   You are presenting a risk assessment to the customer's executive team. You have identified a risk that the customer's data migration may exceed the planned downtime window. Which statement best articulates the risk and mitigation to the executives?

   • AThe migration is a technical detail that the IT team will handle.
   • BThe data migration may take longer than expected, but we will work overtime to finish it.
   • CWe will ensure the migration is completed on time by using a faster migration tool.
   • DThere is a risk that the data migration will exceed the planned downtime window, which could impact business operations. To mitigate this, we will perform a trial migration and have a rollback plan in place.
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